2009–10 Tour de Ski

The 2009–10 Tour de Ski took place 1-10 January 2010. The race started in Oberhof, Germany, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The defending champions are Switzerland's Dario Cologna for the men and Finland's Virpi Kuitunen. This year's event was won by Lukáš Bauer of the Czech Republic for the men and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk for the women.

Contents

Standings

Men

Place Name Time
1  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 4:13:10.6
2  Petter Northug (NOR) 4:14:27.0
3  Dario Cologna (SUI) 4:14:42.8
4  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 4:14:52.0
5  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 4:15:03.2
6  René Sommerfeldt (GER) 4:16:12.0
7  Axel Teichmann (GER) 4:16:18.6
8  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) 4:16:26.9
9  Ivan Babikov (CAN) 4:16:42.4
10  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 4:16:49.0

Women

Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:37:54.5
2  Petra Majdič (SLO) 2:38:13.7
3  Arianna Follis (ITA) 2:39:06.7
4  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 2:39:29.2
5  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 2:40:02.6
6  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 2:40:21.7
7  Olga Savialova (RUS) 2:41:15.8
8  Marianna Longa (ITA) 2:41:28.1
9  Alena Sidko (RUS) 2:41:49.6
10  Katrin Zeller (GER) 2:42:41.4

Stages

Stage 1

1 January 2010, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

Men - 3.75 km freestyle[2]
Place Name Time
1  Petter Northug (NOR) 7:37.4
2  Marcus Hellner (SWE) + 0.8
3  Axel Teichmann (GER) + 2.0
4  Dario Cologna (SUI) + 2.5
5  Sergey Shiryayev (RUS) + 5.2
Women - 2.5 km freestyle[3]
Place Name Time
1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 6:35.3
2  Natalya Korostelyova (RUS) + 2.1
3  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) + 6.3
4  Arianna Follis (ITA) + 7.0
5  Miriam Gössner (GER) +12.7

Stage 2

2 January 2010, Oberhof - distance (handicap start)

Men - 15 km classical[4]
Place Name Time
1  Petter Northug (NOR) 39:45.8
2  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) + 0.1
3  Matti Heikkinen (FIN) + 0.7
4  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) + 2.4
5  Tobias Angerer (GER) + 3.0
Women - 10 km classical[5]
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 28:10.0
2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) + 2.8
3  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) + 5.7
4  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) +13.2
5  Arianna Follis (ITA) +26.6

Stage 3

3 January 2010, Oberhof - sprint

Men - sprint classical[6]
Place Name Time
1  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 3:55.0
2  Petter Northug (NOR) + 2.1
3  Axel Teichmann (GER) + 3.1
4  Teodor Peterson (SWE) + 9.7
5  Emil Jönsson (SWE) +39.1
Women - sprint classical[7]
Place Name Time
1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 4:18.8
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) + 2.1
3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) + 3.6
4  Arianna Follis (ITA) + 9.3
5  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) +10.6

Defending champion  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) abandoned Tour de Ski after Stage 3 in sixth place

Stage 4

4 January 2010, Prague, Czech Republic - sprint

Men - sprint freestyle[8]
Place Name Time
1  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 2:26.5
2  Marcus Hellner (SWE) + 1.4
3  Simen Østensen (NOR) + 3.0
4  Dušan Kožíšek (CZE) + 3.6
5  Teodor Peterson (SWE) + 3.8
Women - sprint freestyle[9]
Place Name Time
1  Natalya Korostelyova (RUS) 2:45.7
2  Celine Brun-Lie (NOR) + 0.9
3  Alena Procházková (SVK) + 2.2
4  Arianna Follis (ITA) + 2.7
5  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) + 9.9

Twenty male athletes left Tour de Ski after stage 4, including tour leader  Emil Jönsson (SWE), fourth placed  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) and seventh placed  Eldar Rønning (NOR).[10] The top three finishers in the women's sprint stage did not compete in the following stage.[11]

Stage 5

6 January 2010, Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach, Italy - handicap

Men - 36 km freestyle[12]
Place Name Time
1  Petter Northug (NOR) 1:25:38.0
2  Dario Cologna (SUI) + 0.4
3  Marcus Hellner (SWE) + 0.8
4  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) + 10.8
5  Matti Heikkinen (FIN) + 12.0
Women - 16 km freestyle[11]
Place Name Time
1  Arianna Follis (ITA) 34:34.8
2  Petra Majdič (SLO) + 3.4
3  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) + 4.1
4  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) + 27.6
5  Marianna Longa (ITA) + 2:00.9

Stage 6

7 January 2010, Toblach - individual start

Men - 10 km classical[13]
Place Name Time
1  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) 23:14.5
2  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 23:16.2
3  Petter Northug (NOR) 23:20.7
4  Axel Teichmann (GER) 23:27.9
5  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 23:40.0
Women - 5 km classical[14]
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 12:37.6
2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 12:49.2
3  Petra Majdič (SLO) 12:52.4
4  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 13:03.2
5  Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) 13:04.7

Stage 7

9 January 2010, Val di Fiemme - mass start

Men - 20 km classical[15]
Place Name Time
1  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 59:03.5
2  Petter Northug (NOR) 59:35.0
3  Axel Teichmann (GER) 59:35.8
4  Dario Cologna (SUI) 59:36.8
5  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) 59:40.6
Women - 10 km classical[16]
Place Name Time
1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 34:06.4
2  Elena Kolomina (KAZ) 34:06.5
3  Marianna Longa (ITA) 34:07.4
4  Riikka Sarasoja (FIN) 34:07.7
5  Arianna Follis (ITA) 34:08.8

Stage 8

10 January 2010, Val di Fiemme - distance

Men - 10 km freestyle[17]
Place Name Time
1  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 33:43.4
2  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 33:45.8
3  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 33:45.9
4  Ivan Babikov (CAN) 33:48.7
5  Dario Cologna (SUI) 33:52.4
Women - 9 km freestyle[18]
Place Name Time
1  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 35:49.8
2  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 35:52.8
3  Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS) 35:53.7
4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 36:14.8
5  Sabina Valbusa (ITA) 36:20.1

References

  1. ^ Tour de Ski leaderboard. - accessed 13 January 2010.
  2. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 1 January 2010 men's 3.75 km freestyle prologue results. - accessed 1 January 2010.
  3. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 1 January 2010 women's 2.5 km freestyle prologue results. - accessed 1 January 2010.
  4. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 2 January 2010 men's 15 km classical handicap start results. - accessed 2 January 2010.
  5. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 2 January 2010 women's 10 km classical handicap start results. - accessed 2 January 2010.
  6. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 3 January 2010 men's sprint classical results. - accessed 3 January 2010.
  7. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Oberhof 3 January 2010 women's sprint classical results. - accessed 3 January 2010.
  8. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Prague 4 January 2010 men's sprint freestyle results. - accessed 5 January 2010.
  9. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Prague 4 January 2010 women's sprint freestyle results. - accessed 5 January 2010.
  10. ^ 2009-10 FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach 6 January 2010 men's 36 km freestyle handicap results. - accessed 6 January 2010.
  11. ^ a b 2009-10 FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Cortina d'Ampezzo 6 January 2010 women's 16 km freestyle handicap results. - accessed 6 January 2010.
  12. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach 6 January 2010 men's 36 km freestyle results. - accessed 6 January 2010.
  13. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Toblach 7 January 2010 men's 10 km classical results. - accessed 7 January 2010.
  14. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Toblach 7 January 2010 women's 5 km classical results. - accessed 7 January 2010
  15. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Val di Fiemme 9 January 2010 men's 20 km classical mass start results. - accessed 9 January 2010.
  16. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Val di Fiemme 9 January 2010 women's 10 km classical mass start results. - accessed 9 January 2010
  17. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Val di Fiemme 10 January 2010 men's 10 km freestyle final climb results. - accessed 10 January 2010.
  18. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing Tour de Ski Val di Fiemme 10 January 2010 women's 9 km freestyle final climb results. - accessed 10 January 2010