2011–12 Tour de Ski

The 2011–12 Tour de Ski will take place from 29 December 2011 to 7 January 2012. The race will start in Oberhof, Germany, and end in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The defending champions were Dario Cologna of Switzerland for the men and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk (2-time defending champion) for the women.

Contents

Schedule

Stage Venue Date Event Distance Start time (CET)
Women Men Women Men
1 Oberhof (GER) 29 December 2011 Prologue Free technique, individual start 3.1 km 4.0 km 14:15 15:15
2 30 December 2011 Pursuit Classical technique, 'handicap' start 10 km 15 km 14:15 15:15
3 Oberstdorf (GER) 31 December 2011 Sprint Classical technique, qualification and finals 1.2 km 1.2 km 13:30 Q 14:30 F
4 1 January 2012 Skiathlon Classical/Free technique, Mass Start 5+5 km 10+10 km 13:00 15:45
5 Toblach (ITA) 3 January 2012 Distance Classical technique, individual start 3 km 5 km 15:45 12:45
6 4 January 2012 Sprint Free technique, qualification and finals 1.3 km 1.3 km 10:45 Q 12:15 F
7 Cortina d'Ampezzo - Toblach (ITA) 5 January 2012 Distance Free technique, handicap start 15 km 35 km 15:30 13:00
8 Val di Fiemme (ITA) 7 January 2012 Distance Classical technique, mass start 10km 20km 15:45 12:30
9 8 January 2012 Final Climb Free technique, 'handicap' start 9km 9km 12:30 14:30

Stages

Stage 1

29 December 2011, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

Men - 4.0 km freestyle[1]
Place Name Time
1  Petter Northug (NOR) 7:58.3
2  Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.7
3  Maurice Manificat (FRA) +4.0
4  Marcus Hellner (SWE) +5.6
5  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) +6.8
Women - 3.1 km freestyle[2]
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 7:03.7
2  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +0.4
3  Hanna Brodin (SWE) +4.0
4  Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN) +4.1
5  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) +4.2

Stage 2

30 December 2011, Oberhof - pursuit (handicap start)

Men - 15 km classical
Place Name Time
1  Axel Teichmann (GER) 46:03.3
2  Petter Northug (NOR) +2.3
3  Dario Cologna (SUI) +2.9
4  Alexander Legkov (RUS) +4.3
5  Eldar Rønning (NOR) +5.3
Women - 10 km classical
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 32:04.4
2  Therese Johaug (NOR) +0.2
3  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +7.1
4  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +16.3
5  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) +53.4
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Stage 3

31 December 2011, Oberstdorf, Germany - sprint

Men - sprint classical
Place Name Time
1 Nikita Kriukov 2:28.6
2 Alexey Petukhov +0.7
3 Nikolay Morilov +1.2
4 Dmitriy Japarov +1.7
5 Dario Cologna +3.7
Women - sprint classical
Place Name Time
1 Justyna Kowalczyk 2:45.3
2 Marit Bjørgen +3.2
3 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +6.3
4 Natalya Matveyeva +8.0
5 Ida Ingemarsdotter +13.1

Stage 4

1 January 2012, Oberstdorf - skiathlon

Stage 5

3 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - distance

Stage 6

4 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - sprint F

Stage 7

5 January 2012, Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach - distance (handicap start)

Stage 8

7 January 2012, Val di Fiemme, Italy - distance (mass start)

Stage 9

8 January 2012, Val di Fiemme - distance (handicap start)

References

  1. ^ Petter Northug opens his account in Tour de Ski with a victory
  2. ^ Justyna Kowalczyk comes through to take the win in Stage 1 of Tour de Ski

External links

Tour de Ski seasons
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