2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 23rd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany on 25 October 2003 and finished in Pragelato, Italy on 14 March 2004. René Sommerfeldt of Germany won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy won the women's.^[2]

2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	René Sommerfeldt	Gabriella Paruzzi
Distance	René Sommerfeldt	Valentyna Shevchenko
Sprint	Thobias Fredriksson	Marit Bjørgen
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	19 venues	19 venues
Individual	25 events	25 events
Relay/Team	9 events	9 events
←2002–03 2004–05→

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Martin Koukal	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson
2	22 November 2003	Beitostølen	15 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Axel Teichmann	Peter Larsson Pietro Piller Cottrer
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	15 km C	Anders Aukland	Jens Arne Svartedal	Anders Södergren	Jens Arne Svartedal
4	30 November 2003		30 km Skiathlon	Axel Teichmann	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt	Axel Teichmann
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	30 km F Mass Start	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Vincent Vittoz	Mathias Fredriksson
6	13 December 2003	Davos	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Nikolay Pankratov	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Andrus Veerpalu	Axel Teichmann
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	30 km Skiathlon	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Anders Södergren	Mathias Fredriksson
9	21 December 2003		10 km F	Christian Hoffmann	Axel Teichmann	Tobias Angerer	René Sommerfeldt
10	6 January 2004	Falun	30 km Skiathlon	Tobias Angerer	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Jens Filbrich
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	Ivan Alypov
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae
13	18 January 2004		Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Håvard Bjerkeli
14	25 January 2004	Val di Fiemme	70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Anders Aukland	Giorgio Di Centa	Jørgen Aukland
15	6 February 2004	La Clusaz	15 km F	Fulvio Valbusa	Vincent Vittoz	Christian Hoffmann
16	13 February 2004	Oberstdorf	30 km Skiathlon	René Sommerfeldt	Reto Burgermeister	Lukáš Bauer
17	18 February 2004	Stockholm	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
18	21 February 2004	Umeå	15 km C	Mathias Fredriksson	Yevgeny Dementyev	Jaak Mae
19	24 February 2004	Trondheim	Sprint F	Janusz Krezelok	Thobias Fredriksson	Anders Högberg
20	26 February 2004	Drammen	Sprint C	Håvard Bjerkeli	Tor Arne Hetland	Anders Högberg
21	28 February 2004	Oslo	50 km F	René Sommerfeldt	Fulvio Valbusa	Lukáš Bauer
22	5 March 2004	Lahti	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Mikael Östberg	Jörgen Brink
23	7 March 2004		15 km C	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae	Andrus Veerpalu
24	12 March 2004	Pragelato	Sprint F	Freddy Schwienbacher	Jens Arne Svartedal	Børre Næss
25	13 March 2004		30 km F	Christian Hoffmann	René Sommerfeldt	Thomas Moriggl

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Gabriella Paruzzi	Alyona Sidko	Evgenia Hahina	Gabriella Paruzzi
2	22 November 2003	Beitostølen	10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Vibeke Skofterud	Kristina Šmigun
4	29 November 2003		15 km Skiathlon	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Zavyalova	Evi Sachenbacher	Kristina Smigun
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	15 km F Mass Start	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel
6	13 December 2003	Davos	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Manuela Henkel
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Smigun
9	21 December 2003		10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel
10	6 January 2004	Falun	15 km Skiathlon	Kateřina Neumannová	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	Claudia Künzel	Kristina Šmigun	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	10 km C	Gabriella Paruzzi	Claudia Künzel	Kateřina Neumannová
13	18 January 2004		Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Pirjo Manninen
14	25 January 2004	Val di Fiemme	70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko	Manuela Henkel
15	6 February 2004	La Clusaz	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa
16	14 February 2004	Oberstdorf	15 km Skiathlon	Yuliya Chepalova	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Olga Zavyalova
17	18 February 2004	Stockholm	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Ella Gjømle
18	21 February 2004	Umeå	10 km C	Kateřina Neumannová	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi
19	24 February 2004	Trondheim	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachenbacher	Claudia Künzel
20	26 February 2004	Drammen	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Elina Hietamäki
21	28 February 2004	Oslo	30 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa	Valentyna Shevchenko
22	5 March 2004	Lahti	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anna Dahlberg
23	7 March 2004		10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova
24	12 March 2004	Pragelato	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Elina Hietamäki
25	13 March 2004		15 km F	Sabina Valbusa	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová

Men's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Sweden I Peter Larsson Thobias Fredriksson	Germany I Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Norway II Tor Arne Hetland Håvard Bjerkeli
2	23 November 2003	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway I Jens Arne Svartedal Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad	Norway II Frode Estil Tore Bjonviken Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3	7 December 2003	Toblach	Team Sprint F	Norway I Håvard Bjerkeli Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden I Thobias Fredriksson Peter Larsson	Norway II Håvard Solbakken John Kristian Dahl
4	14 December 2003	Davos	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Sweden Martin Larsson Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Högberg
5	11 January 2004	Otepää	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Italy I Bruno Carrara Valerio Checchi Pietro Piller Cottrer Fulvio Valbusa	Russia I Maxim Bulgakov Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov
6	7 February 2004	La Clusaz	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	France I Alexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Russia Nikolay Pankratov Mikhail Ivanov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov
7	15 February 2004	Oberstdorf	Team Sprint F	Germany II Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Russia I Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev	Germany I René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer
8	22 February 2004	Umeå	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Franz Göring Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tore Ruud Hofstad	Sweden I Mats Larsson Jörgen Brink Anders Högberg Mathias Fredriksson
9	6 March 2004	Lahti	Team Sprint C	Russia I Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev	Sweden II Mats Larsson Björn Lind	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Jens Arne Svartedal

Women's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Uschi Disl Claudia Künzel	Russia I Alyona Sidko Evgenia Hahina
2	23 November 2003	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Stefanie Böhler Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia Evgenia Hahina Alyona Sidko Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova
3	7 December 2003	Toblach	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Italy II Karin Moroder Cristina Kelder
4	14 December 2003	Davos	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Mürer Stemland Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Germany Stefanie Böhler Manuela Henkel Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia I Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova
5	11 January 2004	Otepää	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Finland I Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riikka Sarasoja Virpi Kuitunen
6	7 February 2004	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Anke Reschwam Schulze Claudia Künzel	Italy Marianna Longa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa
7	15 February 2004	Oberstdorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Germany III Manuela Henkel Isabel Klaus
8	22 February 2004	Umeå	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova Ekaterina Vorontsova Yuliya Chepalova	Finland I Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Satu Salonen Riikka Sarasoja Kati Venäläinen
9	6 March 2004	Lahti	Team Sprint C	Norway I Ella Gjømle Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Finland I Elina Hietamäki Pirjo Manninen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova

Men's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points 1 René Sommerfeldt 956 2 Mathias Fredriksson 606 3 Jens Arne Svartedal 592 4 Tobias Angerer 582 5 Axel Teichmann 575 6 Frode Estil 558 7 Andrus Veerpalu 539 8 Fulvio Valbusa 462 9 Thobias Fredriksson 436 10 Anders Södergren 434

Distance Rank Skier Points 1 René Sommerfeldt 902 2 Mathias Fredriksson 569 3 Frode Estil 558 4 Axel Teichmann 495 5 Tobias Angerer 488 6 Andrus Veerpalu 465 7 Fulvio Valbusa 439 8 Anders Södergren 434 9 Lukáš Bauer 420 10 Pietro Piller Cottrer 411

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Thobias Fredriksson 410 2 Jens Arne Svartedal 381 3 Håvard Bjerkeli 337 4 Tor Arne Hetland 296 5 Peter Larsson 270 6 John Kristian Dahl 237 7 Janusz Krężelok 226 8 Jörgen Brink 212 9 Björn Lind 211 10 Anders Högberg 191

Women's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points 1 Gabriella Paruzzi 1228 2 Marit Bjørgen 1139 3 Valentyna Shevchenko 983 4 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 856 5 Kristina Šmigun 853 6 Virpi Kuitunen 848 7 Claudia Künzel 762 8 Olga Zavyalova 664 9 Kateřina Neumannová 629 10 Sabina Valbusa 554

Distance Rank Skier Points 1 Valentyna Shevchenko 983 2 Gabriella Paruzzi 870 3 Kristina Šmigun 839 4 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 656 5 Olga Zavyalova 625 6 Claudia Künzel 587 7 Virpi Kuitunen 543 8 Kateřina Neumannová 542 9 Sabina Valbusa 527 10 Yuliya Chepalova 460

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 745 2 Gabriella Paruzzi 358 3 Anna Dahlberg 330 4 Virpi Kuitunen 305 5 Elina Hietamäki 268 6 Beckie Scott 229 7 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 205 8 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 200 9 Manuela Henkel 189 10 Claudia Künzel 175

Nations Cup

Overall Rank Nation Points 1  Norway 9915 2  Germany 7452 3  Italy 6552 4  Russia 5572 5  Sweden 5347 6  Finland 3889 7  Estonia 2228 8  Czech Republic 1576 9  Kazakhstan 1284 10  France 1172

Men Rank Nation Points 1  Norway 5130 2  Germany 4146 3  Sweden 3840 4  Italy 3263 5  Russia 2245 6  Estonia 1311 7  Czech Republic 892 8  France 855 9  Finland 668 10  Kazakhstan 638

Women Rank Nation Points 1  Norway 4785 2  Russia 3327 3  Germany 3306 4  Italy 3289 5  Finland 3221 6  Sweden 1507 7  Ukraine 993 8  Estonia 917 9  Czech Republic 684 10  Kazakhstan 646

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2003–04 season in parentheses)

Men  Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 3 (8) first places  Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), 2 (6) first places  Anders Aukland (NOR), 2 (5) first places  Andrus Veerpalu (EST), 2 (4) first places  Frode Estil (NOR), 2 (4) first places  Thobias Fredriksson (SWE), 2 (3) first places  René Sommerfeldt (GER), 2 (3) first places  Christian Hoffmann (AUT), 2 (2) first places  Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR), 1 (3) first place  Peter Larsson (SWE), 1 (2) first place  Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Axel Teichmann (GER), 1 (2) first place  Fulvio Valbusa (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Tobias Angerer (GER), 1 (1) first place  Janusz Krężelok (POL), 1 (1) first place  Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Women  Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 7 (10) first places  Kristina Šmigun (EST), 4 (13) first places  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 4 (11) first places  Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA), 3 (4) first places  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 2 (15) first places  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR), 2 (2) first places  Claudia Künzel (GER), 1 (1) first place  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN), 1 (1) first place  Sabina Valbusa (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Retirements