2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 26th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 28 October 2006 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf which was eventually won by Marit Bjørgen of Norway. This season, Tour de Ski was a part of the World Cup for the first time. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.

2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
DisciplineMenWomen
OverallGermany Tobias Angerer (2nd title)Finland Virpi Kuitunen
DistanceGermany Tobias AngererFinland Virpi Kuitunen
SprintNorway Jens Arne SvartedalFinland Virpi Kuitunen
Nations CupNorway NorwayFinland Finland
Nations Cup OverallNorway Norway
Stage events
Tour de SkiGermany Tobias AngererFinland Virpi Kuitunen
Competition
Locations18 venues18 venues
Individual25 events25 events
Relay/Team5 events5 events
Cancelled3 events3 events

Calendar

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.

The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. The inaugural Tour de Ski was supposed to start with the meet at Nové Město, but due to lack of snow the first two events were cancelled. The 1st Tour the Ski started in München and concluded at Val di Fiemme.

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WCStageDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bibRef.
1128 October 2006   DüsseldorfSprint F   Eldar Rønning Øystein Pettersen Tor Arne Hetland Eldar Rønning[1]
2218 November 2006   Gällivare15 km F   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tore Ruud Hofstad Franz Göring Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Eldar Rønning
[2]
3325 November 2006   RukaSprint C   Jens Arne Svartedal Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Tor Arne Hetland Eldar Rønning[3]
4426 November 2006   Ruka15 km C   Eldar Rønning Vincent Vittoz Anders Södergren[4]
8 December 2006   AostaSprint F  cancelled, rescheduled to Rybinsk (21 Jan)[5]
10 December 2006   Aosta30 km C Mass Start  cancelled[6]
5513 December 2006   Cogne/Val d'Aosta15 km C   Eldar Rønning Tor Arne Hetland Yevgeny Dementyev Eldar Rønning[7]
6616 December 2006   La Clusaz30 km F Mass Start   Tobias Angerer Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev[8]
29 December 2006   Nové Město4.5 km C Prologue  cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled[9]
30 December 2006   Nové Město15 km F Pursuit  cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled[10]
731 December 2006   MunichSprint F   Christoph Eigenmann Devon Kershaw Roddy Darragon Eldar Rønning[11]
82 January 2007   Oberstdorf10 km C + 10 km F  
Double Pursuit  
Vincent Vittoz Alexander Legkov Tobias Angerer[12]
93 January 2007   Oberstdorf15 km C   Franz Göring René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer[13]
105 January 2007   AsiagoSprint F   Tor Arne Hetland Thobias Fredriksson Petter Northug[14]
116 January 2007   Val di Fiemme30 km C Mass Start   Eldar Rønning Ivan Alypov Sami Jauhojärvi[15]
127 January 2007   Val di Fiemme11 km F Pursuit 
Final Climb  
Sergey Shiryayev Alexander Legkov Giorgio Di Centa[16]
71st Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2006 – 7 January 2007) Tobias Angerer Alexander Legkov Simen Østensen Tobias Angerer[17]
81320 January 2007   Rybinsk30 km F Mass Start   Alexander Legkov Emmanuel Jonnier Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer[18]
91421 January 2007   RybinskSprint F   Renato Pasini Nikolay Pankratov Tobias Angerer[19]
101527 January 2007   Otepää15 km C   Axel Teichmann Frode Estil Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset[20]
111628 January 2007   OtepääSprint C   Jens Arne Svartedal Vasily Rochev Torin Koos[21]
12173 February 2007   Davos15 km F   Vincent Vittoz
Toni Livers
Not awarded Christian Hoffmann[22]
131815 February 2007   ChangchunSprint C   Ola Vigen Hattestad Børre Næss Tor Arne Hetland[23]
141916 February 2007   Changchun15 km F   Tobias Angerer Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier[24]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 (22 February–4 March)
152010 March 2007   LahtiSprint F   Petter Northug Jens Arne Svartedal Eldar Rønning Tobias Angerer[25]
162111 March 2007   Lahti15 km C   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Eldar Rønning Tobias Angerer[26]
172214 March 2007   DrammenSprint C   Børre Næss Mats Larsson Trond Iversen[27]
182317 March 2007   Oslo50 km C   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Tobias Angerer Frode Estil[28]
192421 March 2007   StockholmSprint C   Mikhail Devyatyarov Emil Jönsson Mats Larsson[29]
202524 March 2007   Falun15 km C + 15 km F 
Double Pursuit  
Tobias Angerer Mathias Fredriksson Emmanuel Jonnier[30]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WCStageDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bibRef.
1128 October 2006   DüsseldorfSprint F   Marit Bjørgen Natalya Matveyeva Ella Gjømle Marit Bjørgen[31]
2218 November 2006   Gällivare10 km F   Kateřina Neumannová Kristina Šmigun Marit Bjørgen[32]
3325 November 2006   RukaSprint C   Petra Majdič Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen[33]
4426 November 2006   Ruka10 km C   Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen Kristina Šmigun[34]
9 December 2006   AostaSprint F  cancelled, rescheduled to Rybinsk (21 Jan)[5]
10 December 2006   Aosta15 km C Mass Start  cancelled[35]
5513 December 2006   Cogne/Val d'Aosta10 km C   Virpi Kuitunen Petra Majdič Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen[36]
6616 December 2006   La Clusaz15 km F Mass Start   Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Arianna Follis[37]
29 December 2006   Nové Město3 km C Prologue  cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled[38]
30 December 2006   Nové Město10 km F Pursuit  cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled[39]
731 December 2006   MunichSprint F   Marit Bjørgen Arianna Follis Chandra Crawford Virpi Kuitunen[40]
82 January 2007   Oberstdorf5 km C + 5 km F  
Double Pursuit  
Kristin Størmer Steira Valentyna Shevchenko Olga Zavyalova[41]
93 January 2007   Oberstdorf10 km C   Petra Majdič Kristin Størmer Steira Virpi Kuitunen[42]
105 January 2007   AsiagoSprint F   Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen Arianna Follis[43]
116 January 2007   Val di Fiemme15 km C Mass Start   Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Marit Bjørgen[44]
127 January 2007   Val di Fiemme10 km F Pursuit  
Final Climb  
Kateřina Neumannová Kristin Størmer Steira Valentyna Shevchenko[45]
71st Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2006 – 7 January 2007) Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen Valentyna Shevchenko[17]
81320 January 2007   Rybinsk15 km F Mass Start   Riitta-Liisa Roponen Kateřina Neumannová Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen[46]
91421 January 2007   RybinskSprint F   Arianna Follis Claudia Künzel-Nystad Kikkan Randall[47]
101527 January 2007   Otepää10 km C   Justyna Kowalczyk Virpi Kuitunen Valentyna Shevchenko[48]
111628 January 2007   OtepääSprint C   Virpi Kuitunen Astrid Jacobsen Yevgeniya Shapovalova[49]
12173 February 2007   Davos10 km F   Virpi Kuitunen Olga Zavyalova Marit Bjørgen[50]
131815 February 2007   ChangchunSprint C   Yevgeniya Shapovalova Natalya Matveyeva Guro Strøm Solli[51]
141916 February 2007   Changchun10 km F   Kateřina Neumannová Karine Philippot Svetlana Malahova[52]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 (22 February–4 March)
152010 March 2007   LahtiSprint F   Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Anna Dahlberg Virpi Kuitunen[53]
162111 March 2007   Lahti10 km C   Kristina Šmigun Olga Zavyalova Viola Bauer[54]
172214 March 2007   DrammenSprint C   Virpi Kuitunen Petra Majdič Aino-Kaisa Saarinen[55]
182317 March 2007   Oslo30 km C   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Petra Majdič[56]
192421 March 2007   StockholmSprint C   Petra Majdič Virpi Kuitunen Anna Dahlberg[57]
202524 March 2007   Falun7.5 km C + 7.5 km F 
Double Pursuit  
Marit Bjørgen Kateřina Neumannová Therese Johaug[58]

Men's team

WCDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdRef.
129 October 2006   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F    Sweden I
Björn Lind
Peter Larsson
 Norway II
Øystein Pettersen
Eldar Rønning
 Italy I
Renato Pasini
Cristian Zorzi
[59]
219 November 2006   Gällivare4 × 10 km relay C/F    Germany
Jens Filbrich
Franz Göring
Tobias Angerer
Axel Teichmann
 Russia
Nikolay Pankratov
Vasily Rochev
Alexander Legkov
Yevgeny Dementyev
 Czech Republic
Martin Koukal
Lukáš Bauer
Jiří Magál
Milan Šperl
[60]
317 December 2006   La Clusaz4 × 10 km relay C/F    Russia I
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Pankratov
Alexander Legkov
Yevgeny Dementyev
 Norway
Tor Arne Hetland
Eldar Rønning
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Petter Northug
 Germany
Benjamin Seifert
Axel Teichmann
René Sommerfeldt
Tobias Angerer
[61]
21 January 2007   RybinskTeam Sprint C  cancelled, due to rescheduled sprint to Rybinsk (21 Jan)[62]
44 February 2007   Davos4 × 10 km relay C/F    Russia
Ivan Babikov
Sergey Novikov
Ilia Chernousov
Sergey Shiryayev
 Italy
Valerio Checchi
Giorgio Di Centa
Fabio Santus
Pietro Piller Cottrer
 France
Jean-Marc Gaillard
Vincent Vittoz
Emmanuel Jonnier
Alexandre Rousselet
[63]
525 March 2007   Falun4 × 10 km relay C/F    Norway I
Øystein Pettersen
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Frode Estil
Petter Northug
 Russia
Nikolay Pankratov
Vasily Rochev
Alexander Legkov
Maxim Vylegzhanin
 France
Christophe Perrillat-Collomb
Jean-Marc Gaillard
Vincent Vittoz
Emmanuel Jonnier
[64]

Women's team

WCDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdRef.
129 October 2006   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F    Norway I
Ella Gjømle
Marit Bjørgen
 Sweden I
Britta Norgren
Lina Andersson
 Finland II
Virpi Kuitunen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
[65]
219 November 2006   Gällivare4 × 5 km relay C/F    Norway I
Vibeke Skofterud
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Germany I
Manuela Henkel
Katrin Zeller
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Künzel
 Finland
Kirsi Välimaa
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
[66]
317 December 2006   La Clusaz4 × 5 km relay C/F    Germany
Stefanie Böhler
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel-Nystad
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
 Sweden
Lina Andersson
Sara Lindborg
Charlotte Kalla
Britta Norgren
 Czech Republic
Helena Erbenová
Kamila Rajdlová
Ivana Janečková
Kateřina Neumannová
[67]
21 January 2007   RybinskTeam Sprint C  cancelled, due to rescheduled sprint to Rybinsk (21 Jan)[68]
44 February 2007   Davos4 × 5 km relay C/F    Sweden
Lina Andersson
Anna Karin Strömstedt
Charlotte Kalla
Britta Norgren
 Norway I
Astrid Jacobsen
Vibeke Skofterud
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Finland
Pirjo Muranen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kati Venäläinen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
[69]
525 March 2007   Falun4 × 5 km relay C/F    Germany
Stefanie Böhler
Viola Bauer
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Künzel-Nystad
 Finland I
Pirjo Muranen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
 Sweden I
Anna Dahlberg
Maria Rydqvist
Charlotte Kalla
Britta Norgren
[70]

Men's standings

Below are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006–07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men.

The first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.

11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.

Overall

PosSkier1234678-1516171819202122232425262728Pts
1 Tobias Angerer481311336193211131
2 Alexander Legkov712222212526578
3 Eldar Rønning18111726173222556
4 Tor Arne Hetland3372155152031817522
5 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset211431617117479
6 Vincent Vittoz3029141971=2105463
7 Petter Northug112445171223442
8 Jens Arne Svartedal15119152112121812386
9 Sami Jauhojärvi25228826717827=248135382
10 Frode Estil166112436381
11 Simen Østensen330551914361
12 Mathias Fredriksson2741411141327=131417192336
13 Franz Göring364624317
14 Yevgeny Dementiev183389241826315
15 Anders Södergren3541623114297
16 Nikolay Pankratov29131023211713294
17 René Sommerfeldt815620811154269
18 Axel Teichmann6751228262
19 Jens Filbrich991212919291529250
20 Emil Jönsson667742246
21 Emmanuel Jonnier162622833238
22 Trond Iversen94131241039218
23 Vasily Rochev101741521717214
24 Børre Næss13229124209
25 Mats Larsson1610232318202
25 Jaak Mae52655612202
27 Sergey Shiryayev121074200
28 Øystein Pettersen2916191111184
29 Jiří Magál1229138189178
30 Ola Vigen Hattestad3023122214177

Distance

RankPoints
1  Tobias Angerer (GER)592
2  Vincent Vittoz (FRA)415
3  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)348
4  Eldar Rønning (NOR)286
5  Frode Estil (NOR)285
6  Alexander Legkov (RUS)260
7  Mathias Fredriksson (SWE)255
8  Anders Södergren (SWE)238
9  Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA)219
10  Axel Teichmann (GER)217

Sprint

RankPoints
1  Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR)341
2  Trond Iversen (NOR)286
3  Emil Jönsson (SWE)282
4  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)234
5  Eldar Rønning (NOR)215
6  Andrew Newell (USA)210
7  Børre Næss (NOR)209
8  Johan Kjølstad (NOR)181
9  Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR)178
10  Vasily Rochev (RUS)170

Women's standings

Below are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006–07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for women.

The first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.

11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.

Overall

PosSkier1234567-1415161718192021222324252627Pts
1 Virpi Kuitunen12132111154211112122281510
2 Marit Bjørgen1332172419381610191941
3 Kateřina Neumannová241454526416772894
4 Petra Majdič10817286159114623126844
5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen17178837431666179531116826
6 Riitta-Liisa Roponen9=1282131131529516548
7 Valentyna Shevchenko4696332512231211541
8 Justyna Kowalczyk18274271117511107621484
9 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle7191618259891025=981916274438
10 Arianna Follis5141830=3161012152528298419
11 Kristina Šmigun231015721185405
12 Olga Zavyalova9=1514251482297398
13 Claudia Künzel-Nystad2316152128171922214288141717413369
14 Kristin Størmer Steira12195723741110367
15 Vibeke Skofterud52756199719141315364
16 Viola Bauer2613151016271016314201018333
17 Natalya Matveyeva2235244213=23189311
18 Karine Philippot212220141219622419287
19 Marianna Longa1122131517185182169281
20 Lina Andersson4730=95105612272
21 Anna Dahlberg1463154320255
22 Natalya Korostelyova1511281124231179223018218
23 Yevgeniya Shapovalova1314311826216
24 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen254172417214
25 Stefanie Böhler181021116171120211723213
26 Ella Gjømle330614281612132723191
27 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto658513182
28 Alyona Sidko292229212512510122314176
29 Pirjo Manninen222519262211172129529165
30 Kikkan Randall1237730155

Distance

RankPoints
1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)650
2  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)627
3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)441
4  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)405
5  Kristina Smigun (EST)405
6  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)368
7  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)326
8  Petra Majdič (SVN)325
9  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR)295
10  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)252

Sprint

RankPoints
1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)532
2  Petra Majdič (SVN)385
3  Natalya Matveyeva (RUS)313
4  Lina Andersson (SWE)238
5  Anna Dahlberg (SWE)228
6  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)216
7  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)214
8  Arianna Follis (ITA)208
9  Yevgeniya Shapovalova (RUS)203
10  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)182

Nations Cup

This is the sum of all individual points scored plus points for relay events. Relays count double (200 to the winner), while two teams may be counted for team sprints.

Overall

PosNationPointsMen's (Rk)Women's (Rk)
1  Norway849522 (1)327 (1)
2  Sweden380174 (3)206 (2)
3  Germany337201 (2)136 (4)
4  Italy245130 (4)115 (6)
5  Finland20833 (9)175 (3)
6  Russia17742 (7)135 (5)
7   Switzerland13974 (5)65 (8)
8  Slovenia8888 (7)
9  France8750 (6)37 (10)
10  Japan7229 (12)42 (9)
11  Estonia5141 (8)10 (14)
12  Czech Republic4033 (9)7 (15)
13  Austria3522 (13)13 (13)
14  United States3232 (11)
15  Belarus3131 (11)
16  China3010 (15)20 (12)
17  Poland1515 (14)

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2006/07 season in parentheses)

Retirements

See also

Notes