2008–09 Tour de Ski

The 2008–09 Tour de Ski was the third edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009. The race kicked off in Oberhof, Germany, and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The tour was the first tour starting in Oberhof and the second starting in Germany. The men's event was 102 km, won by Dario Cologna of Switzerland; and the women's event was 60 km, won by Virpi Kuitunen of Finland.

Tour de Ski

2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)	Oberhof, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dates	27 December 2008 (2008-12-27) – 4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)
Stages	7
Results
Men Winner  Dario Cologna (SUI)   Second  Petter Northug (NOR)   Third  Axel Teichmann (GER) Sprint  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) Women Winner  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)   Second  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)   Third  Petra Majdič (SLO) Sprint  Petra Majdič (SLO)
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Overall leadership

Overall leadership by stage

Stage	Men			Ladies
	Winner	Overall standings	Sprint standings	Winner	Overall standings	Sprint standings
1	Axel Teichmann	Axel Teichmann	Axel Teichmann	Claudia Nystad	Claudia Nystad	Claudia Nystad
2	Dario Cologna	Dario Cologna		Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen
3	Tor Arne Hetland		Tor Arne Hetland	Arianna Follis	Arianna Follis	Arianna Follis
4	Axel Teichmann			Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen
5	Petter Northug			Arianna Follis	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
6	Axel Teichmann			Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič
7	Ivan Babikov			Therese Johaug
Final		Dario Cologna	Tor Arne Hetland	Final	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the Overall standings		Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings

Overall standings

Men Final overall standings (1–10)[1] Rank Name Time 1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 2:56:05.4 2  Petter Northug (NOR) +59.0 3  Axel Teichmann (GER) +1:02.8 4  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) +1:22.2 5  Vasily Rochev (RUS) +1:31.0 6  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) +1:39.1 7  Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) +1:52.7 8  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +2:06.3 9  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) +2:16.4 10  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) +2:20.8 Final overall standings (11–54) Rank Name Time 11  Jaak Mae (EST) +2:21.6 12  Jens Filbrich (GER) +2:41.5 13  Eldar Rønning (NOR) +2:47.7 14  Toni Livers (SUI) +2:49.3 15  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +3:05.2 16  Aivar Rehemaa (EST) +3:07.2 17  Vincent Vittoz (FRA) +3:11.0 18  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) +3:40.8 19  Andrus Veerpalu (EST) +3:45.2 20  Devon Kershaw (CAN) +3:55.3 21  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) +4:14.4 22  Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) +4:20.7 23  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) +4:26.7 24  David Hofer (ITA) +4:33.7 25  Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA) +4:37.9 26  Matti Heikkinen (FIN) +4:40.7 27  Roland Clara (ITA) +4:52.4 28  Tom Reichelt (GER) +4:59.5 29  Curdin Perl (SUI) +5:16.1 30  Alexandre Rousselet (FRA) +5:18.9 31  Nikolay Pankratov (RUS) +5:24.9 32  Valerio Checchi (ITA) +5:28.5 33  Alexander Legkov (RUS) +5:37.4 34  Fabio Pasini (ITA) +6:29.8 35  Ivan Babikov (CAN) +7:05.1 36  Jiří Magál (CZE) +7:30.5 37  Alexander Kuznetsov (RUS) +7:45.1 38  Yevgeniy Velichko (KAZ) +7:51.3 39  Ivan Bátory (SVK) +7:53.6 40  Aleš Razým (CZE) +8:20.9 41  Algo Kärp (EST) +8:42.4 42  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) +9:40.1 43  Aleksandr Ossipov (KAZ) +10:07.1 44  Roman Leybyuk (UKR) +10:18.4 45  Cyril Miranda (FRA) +11:45.8 46  Janusz Krężelok (POL) +11:57.8 47  Andrey Gridin (KAZ) +13:30.6 48  Cristian Zorzi (ITA) +14:15.9 49  Damien Ambrosetti (FRA) +22:08.8 50  Roddy Darragon (FRA) +22:37.8 51  Martin Stockinger (AUT) +23:05.0 52  François Soulié (AND) +23:23.5 53  Jonas Thor Olsen (DEN) +23:51.6 54  Harald Wurm (AUT) +28:34.1

Women Final overall standings (1–10)[2] Rank Name Time 1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2:06:41.4 2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +7.2 3  Petra Majdič (SLO) +34.5 4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1:21.1 5  Marianna Longa (ITA) +1:36.5 6  Therese Johaug (NOR) +2:20.0 7  Anna Haag (SWE) +2:26.5 8  Arianna Follis (ITA) +2:35.6 9  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) +2:51.8 10  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +3:12.4 Final overall standings (11–36) Rank Name Time 11  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) +3:24.6 12  Pirjo Muranen (FIN) +3:42.3 13  Stefanie Böhler (GER) +4:05.5 14  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) +4:06.6 15  Sara Renner (CAN) +4:51.7 16  Claudia Nystad (GER) +5:06.5 17  Katrin Zeller (GER) +5:23.3 18  Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS) +5:27.6 19  Olga Rocheva (RUS) +6:31.4 20  Larisa Kurkina (RUS) +6:37.2 21  Olga Zavyalova (RUS) +6:58.6 22  Kamila Rajdlová (CZE) +7:18.3 23  Kateřina Smutná (AUT) +7:45.9 24  Sara Lindborg (SWE) +8:17.7 25  Olga Tiagai (RUS) +8:30.5 26  Alena Procházková (SVK) +9:01.1 27  Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina (KAZ) +9:04.1 28  Antonella Confortola Wyatt (ITA) +9:35.8 29  Magda Genuin (ITA) +9:54.9 30  Natalya Ilyina (RUS) +10:17.0 31  Yuliya Ivanova (RUS) +10:50.0 32  Karin Moroder (ITA) +11:43.7 33  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) +12:27.6 34  Oxana Yatskaya (KAZ) +13:17.2 35  Lada Nesterenko (UKR) +13:25.0 36  Tatjana Mannima (EST) +13:28.3

• Yevgeny Dementyev finished 9th but was later disqualified after he tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO).

Sprint standings

The sprint competition was contested during the sprint races and partly during the other races. According to the position in the race, the skiers achieved bonus seconds for sprints, and bonus points for intermediate points in mass start races.^[3]

Men Final sprint standings (1–10)[4] Rank Name Total 1  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 131 2  Dario Cologna (SUI) 122 3  Petter Northug (NOR) 105 4  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) 102 5  Vasily Rochev (RUS) 101 6  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 88 7  Cristian Zorzi (ITA) 86 8  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 74 9  Axel Teichmann (GER) 73 10  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) 70

Women Final sprint standings (1–10)[5] Rank Name Total 1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 148 2  Arianna Follis (ITA) 130 3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 123 4  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 92 5  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 74 6  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 74 7  Marianna Longa (ITA) 72 8  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) 72 9  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 70 10  Claudia Nystad (GER) 67

Stages

Stage 1

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Prologue, Individual start

Men - 3.75 km Free [6] Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 7:11,8 min 2 Dario Cologna + 8,2 s 3 Petter Northug + 13,0 s 4 Aivar Rehemaa + 13,3 s 5 Devon Kershaw + 13,8 s 6 Tom Reichelt + 14,9 s

Women - 2.8 km Free [7] Place Name Time 1 Claudia Nystad 6:17,2 min 2 Arianna Follis + 1,1 s 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 2,3 s 3 Petra Majdič + 2,3 s 5 Marit Bjørgen + 7,6 s 6 Pirjo Muranen + 8,1 s

Stage 2

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap Start

Women - 10 km Classic [8] Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 30:22,7 min 2 Marit Bjørgen + 1,9 s 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 6,2 s 4 Arianna Follis + 8,9 s 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 10,4 s 6 Petra Majdič + 29,4 s

Men - 15 km Classic [9] Place Name Time 1 Dario Cologna 43:05,1 min 2 Axel Teichmann + 4,8 s 3 Devon Kershaw + 26,4 s 4 Sami Jauhojärvi + 26,4 s 5 Tobias Angerer + 28,3 s 6 Jaak Mae + 28,4 s

Women - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day") Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 23:56,7 min 2 Marit Bjørgen + 3,9 s 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 10,4 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 18,2 s 5 Arianna Follis + 26,9 s

Men - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day") Place Name Time 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 35:47,9 min 2 Andrus Veerpalu + 2,9 s 3 Toni Livers + 3,5 s 4 Daniel Rickardsson + 4,4 s 5 Sami Jauhojärvi + 6,6 s

Stage 3

29 December 2008, Prague - Sprint

Men - 1.3 km Free [10] Place Name Time 1 Tor Arne Hetland 2:34,3 min + 60 bonus seconds 2 Vasily Rochev 2:33,8 min + 56 bonus seconds 3 Jean-Marc Gaillard 2:38,0 min + 52 bonus seconds 4 Sami Jauhojärvi 2:39,0 min + 48 bonus seconds 5 John Kristian Dahl 2:36,2 min + 44 bonus seconds 6 Eldar Rønning 2:36,2 min + 42 bonus seconds

Women - 1.3 km Free [11] Place Name Time 1 Arianna Follis 2:52,3 min + 60 bonus seconds 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2:54,8 min + 56 bonus seconds 3 Petra Majdič 2:58,3 min + 52 bonus seconds 4 Pirjo Muranen 2:56,8 min + 48 bonus seconds 5 Marthe Kristoffersen 2:54,9 min + 44 bonus seconds 6 Claudia Nystad 2:54,9 min + 42 bonus seconds

Stage 4

31 December 2008, Nové Město na Moravě - Individual start

Men - 15 km Classic [12] Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 39:03,7 min 2 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 5,0 s 3 Nikolay Chebotko + 10,5 s 4 Jaak Mae +11,3 s 5 Lukáš Bauer + 13,4 s 6 Eldar Rønning + 14,7 s

Women - 9 km Classic [13] Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 24:45,4 min 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 37,6 s 3 Marit Bjørgen + 49,9 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 55,1 s 5 Petra Majdič + 59,5 s 6 Marianna Longa + 1:15,0 s

Stage 5

1 January 2009, Nové Město na Moravě - Sprint

Men - 1.2 km Free [14] Place Name Time 1 Petter Northug 60 bonus seconds 2 Tor Arne Hetland 56 bonus seconds 3 Cristian Zorzi 52 bonus seconds 4 John Kristian Dahl 48 bonus seconds 5 Dario Cologna 44 bonus seconds 6 Nikolay Chebotko 42 bonus seconds

Women - 1.2 km Free [15] Place Name Time 1 Arianna Follis 60 bonus seconds 2 Petra Majdič 56 bonus seconds 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 52 bonus seconds 4 Magda Genuin 48 bonus seconds 5 Alena Procházková 44 bonus seconds 6 Marianna Longa 42 bonus seconds

Stage 6

3 January 2009, Val di Fiemme, Italy - Mass start

Men - 20 km Classic [16] Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 55:19,2 min 2 Sami Jauhojärvi + 0,3 s 3 Nikolay Chebotko + 1,3 s 4 Dario Cologna + 1,8 s 5 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 2,5 s 6 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 3,9 s

Women - 10 km Classic [17] Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 30:10,3 min 2 Petra Majdič + 13,8 s 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 20,5 s 4 Marianna Longa + 24,6 s 5 Marit Bjørgen + 33,0 s 6 Pirjo Muranen + 34,7 s

Stage 7

4 January 2009, Val di Fiemme - Pursuit

Men - 10 km Free Final Climb [18] Place Name Time 1 Ivan Babikov 33:51,2 min 2 Tom Reichelt + 1,5 s 3 Giorgio Di Centa + 3,2 s 4 Matti Heikkinen + 12,0 s 5 Lukáš Bauer + 15,2 s 6 Jean-Marc Gaillard + 21,7 s

Women - 9 km Free Final Climb [19] Place Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 35:07,7 min 2 Kristin Størmer Steira + 8,7 s 3 Valentyna Shevchenko + 44,3 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 47,1 s 5 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova + 54,6 s 6 Anna Haag + 58,4 s