2007 in cross-country skiing

See also: 2007 in sports, 2006 in cross-country skiing, 2008 in cross-country skiing.

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2 - Kristin Størmer Steira wins the second race of the Tour de Ski and claims the yellow jersey with previous leader Marit Bjørgen only finishing in 25th position 55.5 seconds behind Steira who now leads the rankings by 6.1 seconds. In the men's competition leader Christoph Eigenmann does not finish and thus loses his yellow jersey to Simen Østensen who finished in 12th position, 11.6 seconds behind winner Vincent Vittoz.
3 - During the second race in Oberstdorf, the third in total for the Tour de Ski, leader Kristin Størmer Steira successfully defends her yellow jersey by finishing second behind Petra Majdič who follows in second position in the overall rankings, 20.4 seconds behind Steira. Franz Göring wins the men's race being the first of three Germans entering the podium, the others being René Sommerfeldt and Tobias Angerer. With leader Simen Østensen finishing in 18th position Angerer overtook him to take the yellow jersey and now leads by 17.0 seconds.

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Leader
28 October 2006	Düsseldorf, Germany	1.5 km F Sprint	Eldar Rønning	Eldar Rønning
18 November 2006	Gällivare, Sweden	15 km F Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Eldar Rønning Ole Einar Bjørndalen
25 November 2006	Kuusamo, Finland	1.2 km C Sprint	Jens Arne Svartedal	Eldar Rønning
26 November 2006	Kuusamo, Finland	15 km C Individual	Eldar Rønning	Eldar Rønning
13 December 2006	Cogne/Val d'Aosta, Italy	15 km C + 15 km F Pursuit	Eldar Rønning	Eldar Rønning
16 December 2006	La Clusaz, France	30 km F Mass Start	Tobias Angerer	Eldar Rønning

Date	Place	Discipline	Top 3	Leader
31 December 2006	Munich, Germany	1.2 km F Sprint	Christoph Eigenmann Devon Kershaw Roddy Darragon	Christoph Eigenmann
2 January 2007	Oberstdorf, Germany	10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit	Vincent Vittoz Alexander Legkov Tobias Angerer	Simen Østensen
3 January 2007	Oberstdorf, Germany	15 km C Individual	Franz Göring René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Tobias Angerer

Date	Place	Discipline	Top 3	Leader
31 December 2006	Munich, Germany	822m F Sprint	Marit Bjørgen Arianna Follis Chandra Crawford	Marit Bjørgen
2 January 2007	Oberstdorf, Germany	5 km C + 5 km F Pursuit	Kristin Størmer Steira Valentina Shevchenko Olga Savialova	Kristin Størmer Steira
3 January 2007	Oberstdorf, Germany	10 km C Individual	Petra Majdič Kristin Størmer Steira Virpi Kuitunen	Kristin Størmer Steira

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