2012–13 Tour de Ski

The 2012-13 Tour de Ski began in Oberhof, Germany on December 29, 2012, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy on January 6, 2013. The women's cup was won by defending champion Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland) while the men's cup was won by Russian Alexander Legkov ahead of defending champion Dario Cologna of Switzerland.

Schedule

^[1]

Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Distance		Start time (CET)
Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Women	Men	Women	Men
1	Oberhof (GER)	29 December 2012	Prologue Free technique, individual start	3.1 km	4.0 km	13:15	14:30
2	Oberhof (GER)	30 December 2012	Distance Classical technique, pursuit	9 km	15 km	13:45	14:45
3	Val Müstair (SUI)	1 January 2013	Sprint Free technique, qualification and finals	1.4 km	1.4 km	14:00 Q 16:00 F
4	Cortina-Toblach (ITA)	3 January 2013	Distance Free technique, pursuit	15 km	35 km	12:15	15:15
5	Toblach (ITA)	4 January 2013	Distance Classical technique, individual start	3 km	5 km	11:15	12:30
6	Val di Fiemme (ITA)	5 January 2013	Distance Classical technique, mass start	10 km	15 km	12:30	13:30
7	Val di Fiemme (ITA)	6 January 2013	Final Climb Free technique, pursuit	9 km	9 km	11:45	14:50

Standings

Men

Final standings, with bonus seconds deducted.^[2]

Place	Name	Time
1	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	3:29:28.6
2	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+18.7
3	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	+40.7
4	Petter Northug (NOR)	+1:07.7
5	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+1:12.4
6	Lukáš Bauer (CZE)	+1:41.7
7	Ivan Babikov (CAN)	+2:04.4
8	Giorgio Di Centa (ITA)	+2:15.5
9	Johan Olsson (SWE)	+2:20.7
10	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+2:47.5

Women

Final standings, with bonus seconds deducted.^[3]

Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	2:25:21.6
2	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+27.9
3	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+2:39.5
4	Krista Lahteenmäki (FIN)	+3:04.7
5	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	+3:13.5
6	Heidi Weng (NOR)	+3.29,1
7	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	+3.51,3
8	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	+4.19,6
9	Anne Kyllönen (FIN)	+4:23.0
10	Katrin Zeller (GER)	+4.58,4

Stages

Stage 1

29 December 2012, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

**Men - 4.0 km freestyle (individual start)**^[4]
Place	Name	Time
1	Petter Northug (NOR)	8:28.7
2	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+6.1
3	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+7.2
4	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+10.1
5	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+10.7

**Women - 3.1 km freestyle (individual start)**^[5]
Place	Name	Time
1	Kikkan Randall (USA)	7:28.1
2	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	+4.4
3	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+4.7
4	Denise Herrmann (GER)	+9.3
5	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	+10.6

Stage 2

30 December 2012, Oberhof, Germany

**Men - 15 km classic (pursuit)**^[6]
Place	Name	Time
1	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	39:47.0
2	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+0.1
3	Petter Northug (NOR)	+6.5
4	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+6.7
5	Alex Harvey (CAN)	+7.7

**Women - 9 km classic (pursuit)**^[7]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	25:01.4
2	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+41.4
3	Anne Kyllönen (FIN)	+45.0
4	Denise Herrmann (GER)	+48.5
5	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+49.1

Stage 3

1 January 2013, Val Müstair, Switzerland - sprint

**Men - sprint freestyle** ^[8]
Place	Name	Time
1	Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR)	3:21.3
2	Federico Pellegrino (ITA)	+1.0
3	Len Väljas (CAN)	+1.6
4	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+3.5
5	Calle Halfvarsson (SWE)	+6.5

**Women - sprint freestyle** ^[9]
Place	Name	Time
1	Kikkan Randall (USA)	3:37.0
2	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)	+8.7
3	Heidi Weng (NOR)	+10.6
4	Hanna Kolb (GER)	+12.6
5	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+14.7

Stage 4

3 January 2013, Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach - distance (handicap start)

**Men - 35 km freestyle (pursuit)** ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1	Petter Northug (NOR)	+1:16:32.7
2	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+0.7
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+0.9
4	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	+1.6
5	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+1:25.7

**Women - 15 km freestyle (pursuit)** ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	37:15.1
2	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	+18.3
3	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+18.7
4	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+19.2
5	Anne Kyllönen (FIN)	+43.1

Stage 5

4 January 2013, Val di Fiemme - distance (individual start)

**Men - 5 km classical (individual start)** ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1	Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ)	12:37.9
2	Petter Northug (NOR)	+8.0
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+8.2
4	Dmitrij Japarov (RUS)	+13.7
5	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+15.7

**Women - 3 km classical (individual start)** ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	10:08.1
2	Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN)	+16.5
3	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	+17.1
4	Anne Kyllönen (FIN)	+17.7
5	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+21.1

Stage 6

5 January 2013, Val di Fiemme - distance (mass start)

**Men - 15 km classical (mass start)** ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1	Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ)	39:01.5
2	Len Väljas (CAN)	+0.1
3	Alex Harvey (CAN)	+0.4
4	Giorgio di Centa (ITA)	+0.7
5	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+0.9

**Women - 10 km classical (mass start)** ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	28:12.9
2	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+33.2
3	Krista Lahteenmäki (FIN)	+39.0
4	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+41.1
5	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+1:01.6

Stage 7

6 January 2013, Val di Fiemme - distance (final climb)

**Men - 9 km freestyle (final climb)** ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1
2
3
4
5

**Women - 9 km freestyle (final climb)** ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Therese Johaug (NOR)	34:12.4
2	Elizabeth Stephen (USA)	+39.5
3	Heidi Weng (NOR)	+1:10.8
4	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	+1:33.3
5	Krista Lahteenmäki (FIN)	+1:33.5

References

↑ "Tour de Ski Schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Overall Standing Men". Eurosport. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
↑ "Tour de Ski Overall Standing Women". International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Mens Stage 1 Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Women Stage 1 Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Mens Stage 2 Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Women Stage 2 Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint - Men Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint - Ladies Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Men 32 km Free Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Ladies 15 km Free Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.

External links

Official website

Tour de Ski

Seasons

Winners

Men	2006–07: Tobias Angerer (GER) 2007–08: Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2008–09: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2009–10: Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2010–11: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2011–12: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2012–13: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 2013–14: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2015: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2016: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)

Women	2006–07: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2007–08: Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 2008–09: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2009–10: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2010–11: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2011–12: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2012–13: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2013–14: Therese Johaug (NOR) 2015: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2016: Therese Johaug (NOR)

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