2006–07 Tour de Ski
The 2006–07 Tour de Ski was the first Tour to take place, from 31 December 2006 until 7 January 2007. It was won by German Tobias Angerer for men, while Finn Virpi Kuitunen won the women's Tour.
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Venue(s) | Munich, Germany Oberstdorf, Germany Asiago, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | 31 December 2006 – 7 January 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 8 (6 completed, 2 cancelled) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first edition of the tour was held in Germany and Italy, with six races spread out over eight days, including two separate days of rest.[1] The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs,[2] shared out on both men and women. Men's and women's events were held together on the same days.
Origin
Cross-country skiing had been through a period of renewal from the early 1980s, when the free technique was first introduced to the World Championships which led to a rush of new events, including pursuit skiing, sprint skiing and eventually long mass start races, to complement the traditional time trial or individual start style of skiing. The Tour de Ski was modelled on the Tour de France of cycling[3] and the idea has been reported to come from a meeting between former Olympic gold medallist Vegard Ulvang and Jürg Capol, the International Ski Federation's (FIS) chief executive officer for cross-country competitions, in Ulvang's sauna in Maridalen, Norway.[4][5] Their idea was to create a stage competition consisting of different events which they expected would lead to several days of continuous excitement before the most complete skiers would become Tour de Ski champions.[4]
Ranking
The overall results were based on the aggregate time for all events, as well as bonus seconds awarded on sprint and mass start stages.
The two sprint races carried bonus seconds for the finish, which were subtracted from the overall time, as follows:
Finishing position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Seconds deducted | 50 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In mass start competitions, intermediate points carried bonus seconds; 15 to the winner, 10 to number two, and 5 to number three. The same number of seconds were awarded at the finish. In the 30 km race there were two intermediate points, in the 15 km race one intermediate point.
Stages
Date | Place | Country | Women's distance | Men's distance | Event | Technique | Women's winner | Men's winner |
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Prologue, interval start - cancelled | Classic | Not available | Not available | |||||
Pursuit, starting intervals according to results in prologue - cancelled | Freestyle | Not available | Not available | |||||
31 December | Munich | Germany | 1100 m | 1100 m | Sprint | Freestyle | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Christoph Eigenmann (SUI) |
2 January | Oberstdorf | Germany | 5+5 km | 10+10 km | Double pursuit | Classic/Freestyle | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
3 January | Oberstdorf | Germany | 10 km | 15 km | Interval start | Classic | Petra Majdič (SLO) | Franz Göring (GER) |
5 January | Asiago | Italy | 1200 m | 1200 m | Sprint | Freestyle | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) |
6 January | Cavalese | Italy | 15 km | 30 km | Mass start | Classic | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
7 January | Cavalese | Italy | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit. Hill climb finish. Starting intervals according to time differences in overall ranking. | Freestyle | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |
Favourites
Dagbladet's Brynjar Skjærli listed Finland's Virpi Kuitunen as the main favourite in the women's event, with Marit Bjørgen the main challenger. Justyna Kowalczyk, Petra Majdič, Kateřina Neumannová, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Claudia Künzel-Nystad, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Vibeke Skofterud and Kristina Šmigun were listed as "outsiders" or dark horses.[6] In the men's event, Tobias Angerer was the favourite, with Yevgeny Dementyev, Tor Arne Hetland, Petter Northug, Eldar Rønning, Anders Södergren, Jens Arne Svartedal and Axel Teichmann all listed as challengers. Frode Estil was named as an outsider.
Stage 1: Sprint Munich, 31 December
This was held at Munich Olympic Stadium in front of 6,500 spectators.[7]
- Women's event, 822 m[8]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
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Tour de Ski standings
Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 1200 m[9]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Northug fell in the first curve of the final, taking Pettersen and Fredriksson with him.
Final A
Final B
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Tour de Ski standings
Sprint standings
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Stage 2: Pursuit Oberstdorf, 2 January
- Women's event, 5 km classical + 5 km free[10]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:
Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
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15 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) |
10 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) |
5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) |
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Tour de Ski standings
Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 10 km classical + 10 km free[11]
Neither Christoph Eigenmann nor Roddy Darragon, number one and three in the overall standings before the race, finished, and were thus eliminated from the overall competition.
Bonus seconds earned during the race:
Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
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15 | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
10 | Björn Lind (SWE) | Alexander Legkov (RUS) |
5 | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |
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Sprint standings
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Stage 3: Individual Start Oberstdorf, 3 January
- Women's event, 10 km classical[12]
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Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 15 km classical[13]
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Stage 4: Sprint Asiago, 5 January
- Women's event, 1.2 km[14]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
Eliminated before finals
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Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 1.2 km[15]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
Eliminated before finals
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Sprint standings
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Stage 5: Mass Start Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 6 January
The sprint jersey was awarded after this stage; Virpi Kuitunen of Finland earned 45 bonus points and won the women's black jersey, while Tor Arne Hetland from Norway successfully defended the men's jersey.
- Women's event, 15 km[16]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:[17]
Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
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15 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) |
10 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) |
5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) |
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Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 30 km[18]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:[19]
Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
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15 | Sergey Shiryayev (RUS) | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
10 | Frode Estil (NOR) | Frode Estil (NOR) | Ivan Alypov (RUS) |
5 | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) |
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Sprint standings
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Stage 6: Final Climb Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 7 January
Athletes started in order of the aggregate standings, and the first athlete to reach the finish won. After the first 15 athletes, the remainder were released in a "wave start" five minutes behind Kuitunen, the leader, but their total time behind Kuitunen was added to the final time.
Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
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1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 36:36.7 | 31 | 2:20.15.3 |
2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 35:44.4 | 16 | +1:17.5 |
3 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | 34:30.2 | 3 | +1:20.8 |
4 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 36:19.0 | 24 | +1:21.8 |
5 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | 34:24.0 | 1 | +1:23.8 |
6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 35:48.4 | 17 | +1:52.0 |
7 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 34:25.3 | 2 | +1:53.8 |
8 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | 35:25.4 | 10 | +1:58.2 |
9 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | 35:59.7 | 20 | +2:23.7 |
10 | Viola Bauer | GER | 35:18.8 | 9 | +2:41.5 |
11 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 35:33.1 | 13 | +3:08.5 |
12 | Karine Philippot | FRA | 34:56.2 | 6 | +3:20.4 |
13 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | FIN | 35:39.2 | 14 | +3:22.0 |
14 | Olga Zavyalova | RUS | 35:27.0 | 11 | +3:36.0 |
15 | Marianna Longa | ITA | 36:32.7 | 29 | +3:41.1 |
Top stage times | |||||
34 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | RUS | 34:44.7 | 4 | |
18 | Sabina Valbusa | ITA | 34:50.7 | 5 | |
30 | Oxana Yatskaya | KAZ | 34:56.2 | 7 | |
35 | Svetlana Malahova | KAZ | 35:28.8 | 12 | |
A wave start was also employed in the men's event, but the first 30 started according to the time differences in the overall Tour standings. The remainder started six minutes behind Angerer.
Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
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1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 33:39.5 | 18 | 3:29:49.7 |
2 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | 32:12.8 | 2 | +46.4 |
3 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 34:14.5 | 33 | +50.2 |
4 | Petter Northug | NOR | 34:08.1 | 30 | +1:07.0 |
5 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 33:43.1 | 20 | +1:09.4 |
6 | Franz Göring | GER | 33:41.4 | 19 | +1:18.7 |
7 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | 33:46.9 | 22 | +1:24.3 |
8 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | 32:55.6 | 7 | +1:32.2 |
9 | Jens Filbrich | GER | 33:36.6 | 16 | +1:34.8 |
10 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | 33:07.5 | 9 | +1:46.1 |
11 | Frode Estil | NOR | 34:12.8 | 32 | +1:56.9 |
12 | Sergey Shiryayev | RUS | 32:08.4 | 1 | +2:18.5 |
13 | Jiří Magál | CZE | 33:46.0 | 21 | +2:38.1 |
14 | Mathias Fredriksson | SWE | 33:30.8 | 14 | +2:53.9 |
15 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 32:54.0 | 5 | +3:05.2 |
Top stage times | |||||
20 | Giorgio Di Centa | ITA | 32:49.7 | 3 | |
26 | Emmanuel Jonnier | FRA | 32:51.8 | 4 | |
34 | Martin Bajčičák | SVK | 32:55.3 | 6 | |
32 | Christian Hoffmann | AUT | 32:56.8 | 8 | |
36 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 33:12.7 | 10 | |
19 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | 33:23.9 | 11 | |
16 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 33:28.3 | 12 | |
See also
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