2008–09 Tour de Ski

The 2008–09 Tour de Ski took place from 27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009. The race kicked off in Oberhof, Germany, and finished in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The men's event was 102 km, won by Dario Cologna of Switzerland; and the woman's event was 60 km, won by Virpi Kuitunen of Finland.

Final results

Men
Place Name Time
1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 2:56:05.4
2  Petter Northug (NOR) 2:57:04.4
3  Axel Teichmann (GER) 2:57:08.2
4  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 2:57:27.2
5  Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (RUS) 2:57:36.4
6  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 2:57:44.5
7  Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2:57:58.1
8  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2:58:11.7
9  Eugeni Dementiev (RUS) 2:58:19.2
10  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) 2:58:21.8
11  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2:58:26.2
12  Jaak Mae (EST) 2:58:27.0
13  Jens Filbrich (GER) 2:58:46.9
14  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 2:58:53.1
15  Toni Livers (SUI) 2:58:54.7
16  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 2:59:10.6
17  Aivar Rehemaa (EST) 2:59:12.6
18  Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 2:59:16.4
19  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) 2:59:46.2
20  Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2:59:50.6
Women
Place Name Points
1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2:06:41.4
2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 2:06:48.6
3  Petra Majdič (SLO) 2:07:15.9
4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:08:02.5
5  Marianna Longa (ITA) 2:08:17.9
6  Therese Johaug (NOR) 2:09:01.4
7  Anna Haag (SWE) 2:09:07.9
8  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 2:09:33.2
9  Arianna Follis (ITA) 2:09:17.0
10  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2:09:53.8
11  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 2:10:06.0
12  Pirjo Muranen (FIN) 2:10:23.7
13  Stefanie Böhler (GER) 2:10:45.9
14  Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) 2:10:48.0
15  Sara Renner (CAN) 2:11:33.1
16  Claudia Nystad (GER) 2:11:47.9
17  Katrin Zeller (GER) 2:12:04.7
18  Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS) 2:12:09.0
19  Olga Rocheva (RUS) 2:13:12.8
20  Larisa Kurkina (RUS) 2:13:18.6

Sprint

The sprint event 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 intermediary points in mass start races .

Sprint standings

Women
Place Name Bonus
1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 148s
2  Arianna Follis (ITA) 130s
3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 123s
4  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 92s
5  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 74s
Men
Place Name Bonus
1  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 131s
2  Dario Cologna (SUI) 122s
3  Petter Northug (NOR) 105s
4  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) 102s
5  Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (RUS) 101s

Stages

Stage 1

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Prologue, Individual start

Men - 3,75 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Switzerland Dario Cologna 6:17,2 min
2 Germany Axel Teichmann + 1,1 s
3 Canada Devon Kershaw + 2,3 s
3 Finland Sami Jauhojärvi + 2,3 s
5 Germany Tobias Angerer + 7,6 s
Women - 2,8 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Finland Virpi Kuitunen 7:11,8 min
2 Norway Marit Bjørgen + 8,2 s
3 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk + 13 s
4 Italy Arianna Follis + 13,3 s
5 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 13,8 s

Stage 2

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap start

Women - 10 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Finland Virpi Kuitunen 23:56,7 min
2 Norway Marit Bjørgen + 3,9 s
3 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 10,4 s
4 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk + 18,2 s
5 Italy Arianna Follis + 26,9 s
Men - 15 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby 35:47,9 min
2 Estonia Andrus Veerpalu + 2,9 s
3 Switzerland Toni Livers + 3,5 s
4 Sweden Daniel Rickardsson + 4,4 s
5 Finland Sami Jauhojärvi + 6,6 s

Stage 3

29 December 2008, Prague - Sprint

Men - 1,3 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Norway Tor Arne Hetland 2:34,3 min + 60 Bonus Seconds
2 Russia Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev 2:33,8 min + 56 Bonus Seconds
3 France Jean Marc Gaillard 2:38,0 min + 52 Bonus Seconds
4 Finland Sami Jauhojärvi 2:39,0 min + 48 Bonus Seconds
5 Norway John Kristian Dahl 2:36,2 min + 44 Bonus Seconds
Women - 1,3 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Italy Arianna Follis 2:52,3 min + 60 Bonus Seconds
2 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2:54,8 min + 56 Bonus Seconds
3 Slovenia Petra Majdič 2:58,3 min + 52 Bonus Seconds
4 Finland Pirjo Muranen 2:56,8 min + 48 Bonus Seconds
5 Norway Marthe Kristoffersen 2:54,9 min + 44 Bonus Seconds

Stage 4

31 December 2008, Nové Město na Moravě - Individual start

Men - 15 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Germany Axel Teichmann 39:03,7 min
2 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 5,0 s
3 Kazakhstan Nikolay Chebotko + 10,5 s
4 Estonia Jaak Mae +11,3 s
5 Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer + 13,4 s
Women - 9 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Finland Virpi Kuitunen 24:45,4 min
2 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 37,6 s
3 Norway Marit Bjørgen + 49,9 s
4 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk + 55,1 s
5 Slovenia Petra Majdič + 59,5 s

Stage 5

1 January 2009, Nové Město na Moravě - Sprint

Men - 1,2 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Norway Petter Northug 60 Bonus Seconds
2 Norway Tor Arne Hetland 56 Bonus Seconds
3 Italy Cristian Zorzi 52 Bonus Seconds
4 Norway John Kristian Dahl 48 Bonus Seconds
5 Switzerland Dario Cologna 44 Bonus Seconds
Women - 1,2 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Italy Arianna Follis 60 Bonus Seconds
2 Slovenia Petra Majdič 56 Bonus Seconds
3 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 52 Bonus Seconds
4 Italy Magda Genuin 48 Bonus Seconds
5 Slovakia Alena Procházková 44 Bonus Seconds

Stage 6

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

Men - 20 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Germany Axel Teichmann 55:19,2 min
2 Finland Sami Jauhojärvi + 0,3 s
3 Kazakhstan Nikolay Chebotko + 1,3 s
4 Switzerland Dario Cologna + 1,8 s
5 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 2,5 s
Women - 10 km Classic
Place Name Time
1 Finland Virpi Kuitunen 30:10,3 min
2 Slovenia Petra Majdič + 13,8 s
3 Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 20,5 s
4 Italy Marianna Longa + 24,6 s
5 Norway Marit Bjørgen + 33,0 s

Stage 7

4 January 2009, Val di Fiemme - Pursuit

Men - 20 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Canada Ivan Babikov 33:51,2 min
2 Germany Tom Reichelt + 1,5 s
3 Italy Giorgio Di Centa + 3,2 s
4 Finland Matti Heikkinen + 12,0 s
5 Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer + 15,2 s
Women - 10 km Free
Place Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 35:07,7 min
2 Norway Kristin Størmer Steira + 8,7 s
3 Ukraine Valentina Shevchenko + 44,3 s
4 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk + 47,1 s
5 Russia Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova + 54,6 s

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