2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 32nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season started on 24 November 2012 in Gällivare, Sweden, and ended on 24 March 2013 in Falun, Sweden.^[1]

2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Petter Northug (2nd title)	Justyna Kowalczyk (4th title)
Distance	Alexander Legkov	Justyna Kowalczyk
Sprint	Emil Jönsson	Kikkan Randall
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Stage events
Nordic Opening	Petter Northug	Marit Bjørgen
Tour de Ski	Alexander Legkov	Justyna Kowalczyk
World Cup Final	Petter Northug	Marit Bjørgen
Competition
Locations	18 venues	18 venues
Individual	29 events	29 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events
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This season's biggest event was the Tour de Ski and the 2013 World Championships.

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	24 November 2012	Gällivare	15 km F	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexey Poltoranin	Marcus Hellner	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[2]
	2	30 November 2012	Ruka	Sprint C	Nikita Kryukov	Petter Northug	Eirik Brandsdal	Alexey Poltoranin	[3]
	3	1 December 2012	Ruka	10 km F	Alexander Legkov	Petter Northug	Maurice Manificat		[4]
	4	2 December 2012	Ruka	15 km C Pursuit	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Dario Cologna	Martin Johnsrud Sundby		[5]
2	3rd Nordic Opening Overall (30 November – 2 December 2012)				Petter Northug	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Alexey Poltoranin	Petter Northug	[6]
3	5	8 December 2012	Quebec	Sprint F	Emil Jönsson	Teodor Peterson	Alexey Petukhov	Petter Northug	[7]
4	6	13 December 2012	Canmore	15 km C Mass Start	Tim Tscharnke	Sjur Røthe	Tobias Angerer		[8]
5	7	15 December 2012	Canmore	Sprint F	Emil Jönsson	Anders Gløersen	Nikita Kryukov	Emil Jönsson	[9]
6	8	16 December 2012	Canmore	30 km Skiathlon	Maurice Manificat	Roland Clara	Sjur Røthe		[10]
	9	29 December 2012	Oberhof	4 km F Prologue	Petter Northug	Marcus Hellner	Alexander Legkov	Petter Northug	[11]
	10	30 December 2012	Oberhof	15 km C Pursuit	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Alexander Legkov	Petter Northug		[12]
	11	1 January 2013	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Finn Hågen Krogh	Federico Pellegrino	Len Väljas		[13]
	12	3 January 2013	Cortina–Toblach	35 km F Pursuit	Petter Northug	Alexander Legkov	Dario Cologna		[14]
	13	4 January 2013	Toblach	5 km C	Alexey Poltoranin	Petter Northug	Dario Cologna		[15]
	14	5 January 2013	Val di Fiemme	15 km C Mass Start	Alexey Poltoranin	Len Väljas	Alex Harvey		[16]
	15	6 January 2013	Val di Fiemme	9 km F Pursuit   Final Climb	Marcus Hellner	Ivan Babikov	Roland Clara		[17]
7	7th Tour de Ski (29 December 2012 – 6 January 2013)				Alexander Legkov	Dario Cologna	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Alexander Legkov	[18]
8	16	12 January 2013	Liberec	Sprint C	Teodor Peterson	Emil Jönsson	Pål Golberg	Alexander Legkov	[19]
9	17	19 January 2013	La Clusaz	15 km C Mass Start	Alexey Poltoranin	Alexander Bessmertnykh	Dario Cologna		[20]
10	18	1 February 2013	Sochi	Sprint F	Petter Northug	Dario Cologna	David Hofer	Dario Cologna	[21]
11	19	2 February 2013	Sochi	30 km Skiathlon	Dario Cologna	Ilia Chernousov	Alexander Legkov		[22]
12	20	16 February 2013	Davos	Sprint C	Alexey Poltoranin	Dario Cologna	Federico Pellegrino		[23]
13	21	17 February 2013	Davos	15 km F	Johan Olsson	Dario Cologna	Alexander Legkov		[24]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 (20 February–3 March)
14	22	9 March 2013	Lahti	Sprint F	Emil Jönsson	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Finn Hågen Krogh	Dario Cologna	[25]
15	23	10 March 2013	Lahti	15 km C	Petter Northug	Alexey Poltoranin	Martin Johnsrud Sundby		[26]
16	24	13 March 2013	Drammen	Sprint C	Petter Northug	Alexey Poltoranin	Nikita Kryukov		[27]
17	25	16 March 2013	Oslo	50 km F Mass Start	Alexander Legkov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Ilia Chernousov	Alexander Legkov	[28]
	26	20 March 2013	Stockholm	Sprint C	Petter Northug	Eirik Brandsdal	Nikita Kryukov	Petter Northug	[29]
	27	22 March 2013	Falun	2.5 km F Prologue	Petter Northug	Pål Golberg	Anders Gløersen		[30]
	28	23 March 2013	Falun	15 km C Mass Start	Eldar Rønning	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Martin Johnsrud Sundby		[31]
	29	24 March 2013	Falun	15 km F Pursuit	Finn Hågen Krogh	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov		[32]
18	2012–13 World Cup Final (20–24 March 2013)				Petter Northug	Finn Hågen Krogh	Martin Johnsrud Sundby		[33]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	24 November 2012	Gällivare	10 km F	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Kikkan Randall	Marit Bjørgen	[34]
	2	30 November 2012	Ruka	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	Anastasia Dotsenko	Marit Bjørgen	[35]
	3	1 December 2012	Ruka	5 km F	Marit Bjørgen	Kikkan Randall	Yuliya Chekalyova		[36]
	4	2 December 2012	Ruka	10 km C Pursuit	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Heidi Weng		[37]
2	3rd Nordic Opening Overall (30 November – 2 December 2012)				Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Heidi Weng		[38]
3	5	8 December 2012	Quebec	Sprint F	Kikkan Randall	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Ida Ingemarsdotter	Marit Bjørgen	[39]
4	6	13 December 2012	Canmore	10 km C Mass Start	Justyna Kowalczyk	Anne Kyllönen	Maiken Caspersen Falla		[40]
5	7	15 December 2012	Canmore	Sprint F	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Kikkan Randall	Celine Brun-Lie		[41]
6	8	16 December 2012	Canmore	15 km Skiathlon	Justyna Kowalczyk	Anne Kyllönen	Vibeke Skofterud	Justyna Kowalczyk	[42]
	9	29 December 2012	Oberhof	3 km F Prologue	Kikkan Randall	Charlotte Kalla	Justyna Kowalczyk	Justyna Kowalczyk	[43]
	10	30 December 2012	Oberhof	9 km C Pursuit	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug	Anne Kyllönen		[44]
	11	1 January 2013	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Kikkan Randall	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng		[45]
	12	3 January 2013	Toblach	15 km F Pursuit	Justyna Kowalczyk	Charlotte Kalla	Therese Johaug		[46]
	13	4 January 2013	Toblach	3.3 km C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Krista Lähteenmäki	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen		[47]
	14	5 January 2013	Val di Fiemme	10 km C Mass Start	Justyna Kowalczyk	Kristin Størmer Steira	Krista Lähteenmäki		[48]
	15	6 January 2013	Val di Fiemme	9 km F Pursuit   Final Climb	Therese Johaug	Elizabeth Stephen	Heidi Weng		[49]
7	7th Tour de Ski (29 December 2012 – 6 January 2013)				Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira		[50]
8	16	12 January 2013	Liberec	Sprint C	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Justyna Kowalczyk	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Justyna Kowalczyk	[51]
9	17	19 January 2013	La Clusaz	10 km C Mass Start	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Justyna Kowalczyk		[52]
10	18	1 February 2013	Sochi	Sprint F	Kikkan Randall	Aurore Jéan	Celine Brun-Lie		[53]
11	19	2 February 2013	Sochi	15 km Skiathlon	Kristin Størmer Steira	Yuliya Chekalyova	Nicole Fessel		[54]
12	20	16 February 2013	Davos	Sprint C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Anne Kyllönen		[55]
13	21	17 February 2013	Davos	10 km F	Therese Johaug	Justyna Kowalczyk	Kristin Størmer Steira		[56]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 (20 February–3 March)
14	22	9 March 2013	Lahti	Sprint F	Kikkan Randall	Marit Bjørgen	Alena Procházková	Justyna Kowalczyk	[57]
15	23	10 March 2013	Lahti	10 km C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng		[58]
16	24	13 March 2013	Drammen	Sprint C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg		[59]
17	25	17 March 2013	Oslo	30 km F Mass Start	Therese Johaug	Justyna Kowalczyk	Yuliya Chekalyova		[60]
	26	20 March 2013	Stockholm	Sprint C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Kerttu Niskanen	Justyna Kowalczyk	[61]
	27	22 March 2013	Falun	2.5 km F Prologue	Marit Bjørgen	Charlotte Kalla	Kikkan Randall		[62]
	28	23 March 2013	Falun	10 km C Mass Start	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Heidi Weng		[63]
	29	24 March 2013	Falun	10 km F Pursuit	Therese Johaug	Kikkan Randall	Charlotte Kalla		[64]
18	2012–13 World Cup Final (20–24 March 2013)				Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Charlotte Kalla		[65]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	25 November 2012	Gällivare	4 × 7.5 km relay C/F	Norway I Eldar Rønning Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sjur Røthe Petter Northug	Sweden I Emil Jönsson Johan Olsson Daniel Rickardsson Marcus Hellner	Russia I Evgeniy Belov Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Legkov Ilia Chernousov	[66]
2	7 December 2012	Quebec	Team Sprint F	Kazakhstan I Denis Volotka Nikolay Chebotko	Russia I Nikita Kryukov Alexey Petukhov	Norway I Anders Gløersen Eirik Brandsdal	[67]
3	13 January 2013	Liberec	Team Sprint C	Russia II Mikhail Devyatyarov Nikolay Morilov	Norway I Eirik Brandsdal Pål Golberg	Russia I Nikita Kryukov Alexey Petukhov	[68]
4	20 January 2013	La Clusaz	4 × 7.5 km relay C/F	Norway Eldar Rønning Didrik Tønseth Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sjur Røthe	Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner	Czech Republic Jiří Magál Lukáš Bauer Aleš Razym Martin Jakš	[69]
5	3 February 2013	Sochi	Team Sprint C	Russia I Dmitry Yaparov Maxim Vylegzhanin	Sweden I Teodor Peterson Emil Jönsson	Germany I Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	[70]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	25 November 2012	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Martine Ek Hagen Marit Bjørgen	Sweden I Ida Ingemarsdotter Sofia Bleckur Lisa Larsen Charlotte Kalla	United States Holly Brooks Kikkan Randall Elizabeth Stephen Jessie Diggins	[71]
2	7 December 2012	Quebec	Team Sprint F	United States I Jessie Diggins Kikkan Randall	Germany Hanna Kolb Denise Herrmann	Norway I Celine Brun-Lie Maiken Caspersen Falla	[72]
3	13 January 2013	Liberec	Team Sprint C	Norway I Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla	Sweden I Stina Nilsson Ida Ingemarsdotter	Sweden II Linn Sömskar Magdalena Pajala	[73]
4	20 January 2013	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Steira Marit Bjørgen	Finland Anne Kyllönen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Kerttu Niskanen	Norway II Vibeke Skofterud Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Martine Ek Hagen Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	[74]
5	3 February 2013	Sochi	Team Sprint C	Finland Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Anne Kyllönen	Russia II Yuliya Ivanova Natalya Matveyeva	Canada Perianne Jones Daria Gaiazova	[75]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank Athlete Points[76] 1  Petter Northug (NOR) 1561 2  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 1381 3  Dario Cologna (SUI) 1364 4  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 995 5  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 935 6  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 845 7  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 735 8  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 672 9  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 630 10  Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR) 545

Rank Athlete Points 11  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 510 12  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 504 13  Sjur Røthe (NOR) 480 14  Tobias Angerer (GER) 460 15  Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) 430 16  Evgeniy Belov (RUS) 425 17  Roland Clara (ITA) 389 18  Johan Olsson (SWE) 369 19  Dmitry Yaparov (RUS) 368 20  Ivan Babikov (CAN) 354

Rank Athlete Points 21  Pål Golberg (NOR) 346 22  Tim Tscharnke (GER) 338 23  Len Väljas (CAN) 335 24  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) 328 25  Nikita Kryukov (RUS) 316 26  Maurice Manificat (FRA) 302 27  Devon Kershaw (CAN) 298 28  Jens Filbrich (GER) 295 29  Andrew Newell (USA) 292 30  Alexander Bessmertnykh (RUS) 282

Distance Rank Athlete Points 1  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 793 2  Dario Cologna (SUI) 644 3  Petter Northug (NOR) 632 4  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 521 5  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 508 6  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 469 7  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 437 8  Sjur Røthe (NOR) 390 9  Tobias Angerer (GER) 368 10  Roland Clara (ITA) 361

Sprint Rank Athlete Points 1  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 498 2  Petter Northug (NOR) 329 3  Nikita Kryukov (RUS) 316 4  Teodor Peterson (SWE) 274 5  Andrew Newell (USA) 264 6  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 258 7  Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) 240 8  Len Väljas (CAN) 214 9  Dario Cologna (SUI) 210 10  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) 183

Women's standings

Overall

Rank Athlete Points[77] 1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2017 2  Therese Johaug (NOR) 1503 3  Kikkan Randall (USA) 1190 4  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 1148 5  Heidi Weng (NOR) 1085 6  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 1018 7  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 987 8  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 845 9  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 778 10  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) 736

Rank Athlete Points 11  Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) 648 12  Yuliya Chekalyova (RUS) 559 13  Denise Herrmann (GER) 535 14  Katrin Zeller (GER) 499 15  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 478 16  Aurore Jéan (FRA) 438 17  Masako Ishida (JPN) 438 18  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 421 19  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 417 20  Elizabeth Stephen (USA) 410

Rank Athlete Points 21  Emma Wikén (SWE) 359 22  Nicole Fessel (GER) 326 23  Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) 316 24  Kateřina Smutná (AUT) 316 25  Celine Brun-Lie (NOR) 309 26  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 304 27  Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN) 300 28  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) 290 29  Yuliya Ivanova (RUS) 268 30  Mona-Liisa Malvalehto (FIN) 244

Distance Rank Athlete Points 1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1027 2  Therese Johaug (NOR) 874 3  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 665 4  Heidi Weng (NOR) 526 5  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 499 6  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 492 7  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 456 8  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 441 9  Yuliya Chekalyova (RUS) 430 10  Kikkan Randall (USA) 398

Sprint Rank Athlete Points 1  Kikkan Randall (USA) 542 2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 430 3  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 294 4  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 283 5  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 260 6  Celine Brun-Lie (NOR) 258 7  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 256 8  Mona-Liisa Malvalehto (FIN) 244 9  Aurore Jéan (FRA) 213 10  Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) 213

Nations Cup

Overall Pos Nation Points[78] 1  Norway 14208 2  Russia 9130 3  Sweden 6352 4  Finland 4841 5  Germany 3869 6  United States 3482 7  Italy 2664 8   Switzerland 2449 9  Poland 2182 10  Canada 1947

Men Pos Nation Points[78] 1  Russia 6353 2  Norway 6154 3  Sweden 3583 4   Switzerland 2197 5  Italy 2023 6  Germany 1881 7  Kazakhstan 1645 8  Canada 1494 9  Czech Republic 909 10  France 895

Women Pos Nation Points[78] 1  Norway 8054 2  Finland 4139 3  Russia 2777 4  Sweden 2769 5  United States 2709 6  Poland 2104 7  Germany 1988 8  France 903 9  Italy 641 10  Canada 453

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2012–13 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.^[79]

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Team Sprint
Nordic Opening	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
World Cup Final
Relay
Tour de Ski	400	320	240	200	180	160	144	128	116	104	96	88	80	72	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4
Stage Nordic Opening	50	46	43	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Stage Tour de Ski
Stage World Cup Final
Bonus points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Every skier's results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.

In mass start races bonus points are awarded to the first 10 at each bonus station.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Tim Tscharnke (GER), 23, in his 4th season – the WC 4 (15 km C Mass Start) in Canmore; his first podium

Women  Mona-Liisa Malvalehto (FIN), 29, in her 12th season – the WC 8 (Sprint C) in Liberec; her first podium

First World Cup podium

Men  Sjur Røthe (NOR), 24, in his 4th season - no. 2 in the WC 4 (15 km C Mass Start) in Canmore

Women  Anne Kyllönen (FIN), 25, in her 6th season - no. 2 in the WC 4 (10 km C Mass Start) in Canmore  Elizabeth Stephen (USA), 23, in her 5th season - no. 2 in the WC 7 (9 km F Final Climb) in Val di Fiemme  Nicole Fessel (GER), 30, in her 11th season - no. 3 in the WC 11 (15 km Skiathlon) in Sochi

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2012/13 season in parentheses)

Men  Petter Northug (NOR), 9 (33) first places  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ), 4 (6) first places  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 3 (13) first places  Alexander Legkov (RUS), 3 (8) first places  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS), 2 (4) first places  Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR), 2 (3) first places  Dario Cologna (SUI), 1 (11) first place  Eldar Rønning (NOR), 1 (11) first place  Marcus Hellner (SWE), 1 (4) first place  Nikita Kriukov (RUS), 1 (3) first place  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Maurice Manificat (FRA), 1 (2) first place  Johan Olsson (SWE), 1 (5) first place  Teodor Peterson (SWE), 1 (3) first place  Tim Tscharnke (GER), 1 (1) first place

Women  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), 11 (44) first places  Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 9 (78) first places  Kikkan Randall (USA) 5 (10) first places  Therese Johaug (NOR), 4 (13) first places  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Mona-Liisa Malvalehto (FIN), 1 (1) first place  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR), 1 (3) first place

Footnotes