2008–09 Tour de Ski

The 2008–09 Tour de Ski was the 3rd 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 ladies' 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
Dates27 December 2008 (2008-12-27) – 4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)
Stages7
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)

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

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
  • 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
Ladies - 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 Majdic + 2,3 s
5 Marit Bjørgen + 7,6 s
6 Pirjo Muranen + 8,1 s

Stage 2

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap Start

Ladies - 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 Majdic + 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


Ladies - 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
Ladies - 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
Ladies - 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
Ladies - 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
Ladies - 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
Ladies - 9 km Free Final Climb [19]
Place Name Time
1 Therese Johaug 35:07,7 min
2 Kristin Størmer Steira + 8,7 s
3 Valentina Shevchenko + 44,3 s
4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 47,1 s
5 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova + 54,6 s
6 Anna Haag + 58,4 s
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References
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  2. "Tour de Ski Overall Standing Ladies" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "Bonus seconds". tour-de-ski.com. Tour de Ski. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06.
  4. "TOUR DE SKI SPRINT STANDING MEN" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  5. "TOUR DE SKI SPRINT STANDING LADIES" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. "Prologue Men 3.7 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  7. "Prologue Ladies 2.8 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  8. "Ladies 10 km Classic Pursuit 'Handicap' Start Result" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  9. "Men 15 km Classic Pursuit 'Handicap' Start Result" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. "Men 1.3 km Free Sprint Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  11. "Ladies 1.3 km Free Sprint Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. "Men 15 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  13. "Ladies 9 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  14. "Men 1.2 km Free Sprint Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
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