2011–12 Tour de Ski

The 2011–12 Tour de Ski was the sixth edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 29 December 2011 to 8 January 2012. The race started in Oberhof, Germany, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The defending champions were Dario Cologna of Switzerland for the men and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk (two-time defending champion) for the women. Both Cologna and Kowalczyk were able to defend their titles as Tour de Ski champions and became the first athletes ever to win the Tour three times.

Tour de Ski
2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Oberhof, Germany
Oberstdorf, Germany
Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Toblach, Italy
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dates29 December 2011 (2011-12-29) – 7 January 2012 (2012-01-07)
Stages9
Results
Men
Jersey awarded to the men's overall winner Winner  Dario Cologna (SUI)
  Second  Marcus Hellner (SWE)
  Third  Petter Northug (NOR)
Jersey awarded to the men's sprint classification winner Sprint  Dario Cologna (SUI)
Women
Jersey awarded to the women's overall winner Winner  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)
  Second  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
  Third  Therese Johaug (NOR)
Jersey awarded to the women's sprint classification winner Sprint  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

Schedule
StageVenueDateEventTechniqueDistanceStart time (CET)
WomenMenWomenMen
1Oberhof (GER)29 December 2011Prologue, individual startFree3.1 km4.0 km14:1515:15
230 December 2011Pursuit, 'handicap' startClassic10 km15 km14:1515:15
3Oberstdorf (GER)31 December 2011Sprint, qualification and finalsClassic1.2 km1.2 km13:30 Q 14:30 F
41 January 2012SkiathlonClassic/Free5+5 km10+10 km13:0015:45
5Toblach (ITA)3 January 2012Distance, individual startClassic3 km5 km15:4512:45
64 January 2012Sprint, qualification and finalsFree1.3 km1.3 km10:45 Q 12:15 F
7Cortina d'Ampezzo - Toblach (ITA)5 January 2012Distance, handicap startFree15 km32 km15:3013:00
8Val di Fiemme (ITA)7 January 2012Distance, mass startClassic10 km20 km15:4512:30
98 January 2012Final Climb, 'handicap' startFree9 km9 km12:3014:30

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) 4:33:17.2
2  Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1:02.3
3  Petter Northug (NOR) +1:44.6
4  Devon Kershaw (CAN) +2:09.4
5  Alexander Legkov (RUS) +2:59.1
6  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) +3:22.3
7  Maurice Manificat (FRA) +3:43.7
8  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +4:12.4
9  Martin Jakš (CZE) +4:20.2
10  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) +4:29.1

Women

Final overall standings (1–10)[2]
Rank Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:52:45.0
2  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +28.2
3  Therese Johaug (NOR) +3:57.8
4  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) +6:48.6
5  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) +6:55.1
6  Katrin Zeller (GER) +7:09.7
7  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +8:01.2
8  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +8:32.7
9  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +8:34.2
10  Kikkan Randall (USA) +8:55.8

Sprint standings

Men

Final sprint standings (1–10)[3]
Rank Name Time
1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 3:56
2  Petter Northug (NOR) 3:53
3  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:52
4  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 1:44
5  Alex Harvey (CAN) 1:37
6  Devon Kershaw (CAN) 1:34
7  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 1:32
8  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 1:11
9  Dmitry Yaparov (RUS) 1:04
10  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 0:58

Women

Final sprint standings (1–10)[4]
Rank Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 4:04
2  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 3:56
3  Kikkan Randall (USA) 1:40
4  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 1:40
5  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 1:20
6  Aurore Jéan (FRA) 1:18
7  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 1:11
8  Therese Johaug (NOR) 1:09
9  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) 0:59
10  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 0:56

Stages

Stage 1

29 December 2011, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

Men - 4.0 km freestyle [5]
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 [6]
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 (pursuit) [7]
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) +4.2
5  Eldar Rønning (NOR) +5.3
Women - 10 km classical (pursuit) [8]
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
Men - 15 km classical (stage) [7]
Place Name Time
1  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 37:42.2
2  Giorgio di Centa (ITA) +5.3
3  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) +8.6
4  Axel Teichmann (GER) +9.1
5  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) +10.5
Women - 10 km classical (stage) [8]
Place Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 24:48.7
2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +21.8
3  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +27.0
4  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +28.7
5  Masako Ishida (JPN) +49.7

Stage 3

31 December 2011, Oberstdorf, Germany

Men - 1.2 km Sprint Classic [9][10]
Place Name Time
1  Nikita Kryukov (RUS) 2:28.6
2  Alexey Petukhov (RUS) +0.7
3  Nikolay Morilov (RUS) +1.2
4  Dmitriy Yaparov (RUS) +1.7
5  Dario Cologna (SUI) +3.7
Women - 1.2 km Sprint Classic [11][12]
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:45.3
2  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +3.2
3  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +6.3
4  Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) +8.0
5  Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) +13.1

Stage 4

1 January 2012, Oberstdorf - skiathlon

Men - 10+10 km [13]
Place Name Time
1  Petter Northug (NOR) 50:27.3
2  Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3
3  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +0.6
4  Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1.5
5  Kristian Tettli Rennemo (NOR) +1.7
Women - 5+5 km [14]
Place Name Time
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 27:16.0
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1.6
3  Therese Johaug (NOR) +1.8
4  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) +35.3
5  Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN) +45.3

Stage 5

3 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - distance

Men - 5.0 km classical [15]
Place Name Time
1  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 13:49.5
2  Eldar Rønning (NOR) +1.7
3  Dario Cologna (SUI) +2.0
4  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) +3.5
5  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) +4.0
Women - 3.3 km classical [16]
Place Name Time
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 10:49.2
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +3.9
3  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +15.1
4  Nicole Fessel (GER) +17.0
5  Stefanie Böhler (GER) +17.2

Stage 6

4 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - sprint

Men - sprint freestyle [17]
Place Name Time
1  Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 3:03.4
2  Petter Northug (NOR) +0.0
3  Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.3
4  David Hofer (ITA) +0.9
5  Alexey Petukhov (RUS) +1.8
Women - sprint freestyle [18]
Place Name Time
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 3:17.6
2  Kikkan Randall (USA) +0.5
3  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.3
4  Denise Herrmann (GER) +4.7
5  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) +6.1

Stage 7

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

Men - 32 km freestyle (pursuit) [19]
Place Name Time
1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 1:09:25.2
2  Petter Northug (NOR) +1:15.8
3  Alexander Legkov (RUS) +1:16.4
4  Devon Kershaw (CAN) +1:16.8
5  Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1:17.2
Women - 15 km freestyle (pursuit) [20]
Place Name Time
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 39:01.1
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +2.0
3  Therese Johaug (NOR) +3:16.9
4  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) +4:42.2
5  Kikkan Randall (USA) +4:48.3

Stage 8

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

Men - 20 km classical mass start [21]
Place Name Time
1  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 1:00:02.2
2  Alex Harvey (CAN) +1.1
3  Dario Cologna (SUI) +1.3
4  Petter Northug (NOR) +1.5
5  Sergey Turychev (RUS) +2.3
Women - 10 km classical mass start [22]
Place Name Time
1  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 25:49.8
2  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +7.5
3  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +31.0
4  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +33.6
5  Yuliya Ivanova (RUS) +42.3

Stage 9

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

Men - 9 km freestyle [23]
Place Name Time
1  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 30:38.2
2  Maurice Manificat (FRA) +0.1
3  Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1.7
4  Roland Clara (ITA) +16.2
5  Thomas Moriggl (ITA) +30.7
Women - 9 km freestyle [24]
Place Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 34:17.7
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +51.3
3  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +1:08.0
4  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) +1:10.8
5  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) +1:13.9

References
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