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.
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. Neppe full kvote til Tour de Ski , Kjetil Skaufel, Trønder-Avisa, published 29 November 2006 The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs,Tour Facts , from tour-de-ski.com 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 Tour-favoritter i kø , Tor Kise Karlsen, ANB, published 10 November 2006 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. 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.
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 DatePlaceCountryWomen's distanceMen's distanceEventTechniqueWomen's winnerMen's winner 29 December Nové Město na Moravě Czech Republic 3 km 4.5 km Prologue, interval start - cancelled Classic Not available Not available 30 December Nové Město na Moravě Czech Republic 10 km 15 km 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.Sorry Norge - utlendingene vinner, Dagbladet, 30 December 2006, pg. 34 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.FIS COMPETITION FACTS – Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country , from tour-de-ski.com
Women's event, 822 mLadies 0.8 km Free Sprint - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 1 Marit Bjørgen 1:31.9 50 2 Arianna Follis 1:31.8 40 3 Chandra Crawford 1:32.1 30 4 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1:34.2 28 5 Petra Majdič 1:33.8 26 6 Virpi Kuitunen 1:32.6 25 Final B Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 7 Pirjo Manninen 1:36.2 24 8 Claudia Künzel-Nystad 1:34.0 23 9 Britta Norgren 1:32.6 22 10 Karin Moroder 1:35.9 21 11 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 1:35.5 20 12 Caroline Weibel 1:34.8 19Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Marit Bjørgen 41.9'' 2 Arianna Follis +9.9 3 Chandra Crawford +20.2 4 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +24.3 5 Virpi Kuitunen +25.7 6 Petra Majdič +25.9 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 50 2 Arianna Follis 40 3 Chandra Crawford 30 4 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 28 5 Petra Majdič 26 6 Virpi Kuitunen 25
Men's event, 1200 mMens 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
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 Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 1 Christoph Eigenmann 1:20.3 50 2 Devon Kershaw 1:24.0 40 3 Roddy Darragon 1:23.7 30 4 Thobias Fredriksson 1:23.9 28 5 Petter Northug 1:25.1 26 6 Øystein Pettersen 1:22.1 25 Final B Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 7 Simen Østensen 1:22.8 24 8 Tor Arne Hetland 1:23.4 23 9 Björn Lind 1:24.4 22 10 Fredrik Östberg 1:24.4 21 11 Anti Saarepuu 1:23.9 20 12 Peter Larsson 1:23.4 19Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Christoph Eigenmann 30.3'' 2 Devon Kershaw +13.7 3 Roddy Darragon +23.4 4 Thobias Fredriksson +25.6 5 Øystein Pettersen +26.8 6 Simen Østensen +28.5 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Christoph Eigenmann 50 2 Devon Kershaw 40 3 Roddy Darragon 30 4 Thobias Fredriksson 28 5 Petter Northug 26 6 Øystein Pettersen 25
Stage 2: Pursuit Oberstdorf, 2 January Women's event, 5 km classical + 5 km freeWomen's 5 km Classical + 5 km Free Pursuit - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
Bonus seconds earned during the race:
Seconds Point 1 Finish 15 10 5
Rank Name Nation Time 1 Kristin Størmer Steira 29:27.6 2 Valentyna Shevchenko +13.3 3 Olga Zavyalova +17.2 4 Kateřina Neumannová +17.9 5 Riitta-Liisa Roponen +18.8 6 Yuliya Chekalyova +21.5 7 Karine Philippot +22.8 8 Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen +22.9 9 Kine Beate Bjørnås +23.4 10 Vibeke Skofterud +27.3 11 Irina Artemova +27.5 12 Marianna Longa +28.0 21 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +47.6 22 Virpi Kuitunen +48.5 25 Marit Bjørgen +55.5 29 Arianna Follis +1:00.1 33 Petra Majdič +1:06.1 52 Chandra Crawford +3:22.4Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Kristin Størmer Steira 30:53.9 2 Marit Bjørgen +6.1 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +12.5 4 Kateřina Neumannová +16.6 5 Claudia Künzel-Nystad +16.9 6 Valentyna Shevchenko +18.0 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 55 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 43 3 Arianna Follis 40 4 Virpi Kuitunen 35 5 Chandra Crawford 30 6 Petra Majdič 26
Men's event, 10 km classical + 10 km freeMen's 10 km Classical + 10 km Free Pursuit - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
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 15 10 5
Rank Name Nation Time 1 Vincent Vittoz 50:55.9 2 Alexander Legkov +0.9 3 Tobias Angerer +2.5 4 Nikolay Pankratov +3.1 5 Anders Södergren +3.3 6 Yevgeny Dementyev +3.4 7 Pietro Piller Cottrer +3.7 8 Sergey Shiryayev +5.4 9 Axel Teichmann +6.0 10 Mathias Fredriksson +8.0 11 Jens Filbrich +9.6 12 Simen Østensen +11.6 25 Devon Kershaw +52.7 49 Øystein Pettersen +2:09.1 69 Thobias Fredriksson +4:26.7Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Simen Østensen 51:51.3 2 Vincent Vittoz +14.4 3 Alexander Legkov +23.6 4 Tobias Angerer +28.3 5 Yevgeny Dementyev +33.6 6 Nikolay Pankratov +33.7 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Devon Kershaw 40 2 Simen Østensen 39 3 Björn Lind 32 4 Thobias Fredriksson 28 5 Petter Northug 26 6 Øystein Pettersen 25
Stage 3: Individual Start Oberstdorf, 3 January Women's event, 10 km classicalWomen's 10 km Classical Individual - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 3 January 2007
Rank Name Nation Time 1 Petra Majdič 28:44.8 2 Kristin Størmer Steira +27.2 3 Virpi Kuitunen +33.8 4 Valentyna Shevchenko +37.1 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +37.9 6 Vibeke Skofterud +38.3 7 Marianna Longa +54.8 8 Viola Bauer +56.0 9 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle +59.5 10 Kamila Rajdlová +1:04.2 11 Marit Bjørgen +1:05.0 12 Justyna Kowalczyk +1:11.7 17 Kateřina Neumannová +1:37.4 26 Claudia Künzel-Nystad +2:09.2Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Kristin Størmer Steira 1:00:05.9 2 Petra Majdič +20.4 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +23.2 4 Virpi Kuitunen +26.4 5 Valentyna Shevchenko +27.9 6 Vibeke Skofterud +41.5 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 55 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 43 3 Arianna Follis 40 4 Virpi Kuitunen 35 5 Chandra Crawford 30 6 Petra Majdič 26
Men's event, 15 km classicalMen's 15 km Classical Individual - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 3 January 2007
Rank Name Nation Time 1 Franz Göring 39:40.7 2 René Sommerfeldt +13.3 3 Tobias Angerer +30.0 4 Eldar Rønning +30.4 5 Martin Bajčičák +41.2 6 Reto Burgermeister +50.0 7 Sami Jauhojärvi +50.6 8 Petter Northug +51.2 9 Mats Larsson +52.5 10 Jean-Marc Gaillard +52.9 11 Jens Arne Svartedal +54.8 12 Roman Leybyuk +59.4 13 Yevgeny Dementyev +1:00.1 18 Simen Østensen +1:15.3 27 Nikolay Pankratov +1:31.6 44 Alexander Legkov +2:15.2Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Tobias Angerer 1:32.30.3 2 Simen Østensen +17.0 3 Franz Göring +30.7 4 Yevgeny Dementyev +35.4 5 Petter Northug +42.8 6 Vincent Vittoz +44.9 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Devon Kershaw 40 2 Simen Østensen 39 3 Björn Lind 32 4 Thobias Fredriksson 28 5 Petter Northug 26 6 Øystein Pettersen 25
Stage 4: Sprint Asiago, 5 January Women's event, 1.2 kmWomen's 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 1 Virpi Kuitunen 2:39.1 50 2 Marit Bjørgen 2:39.9 40 3 Arianna Follis 2:42.9 30 4 Britta Norgren 2:44.1 28 5 Kateřina Neumannová 2:44.5 26 6 Natalya Korostelyova 2:45.2 25 Final B Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 7 Pirjo Manninen 2:44.4 24 8 Nicole Fessel 2:47.1 23 9 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 2:46.0 22 10 Riitta-Liisa Roponen 2:43.4 21 11 Claudia Künzel-Nystad 2:40.9 20 12 Chandra Crawford 2:41.4 19
Eliminated before finals Rank Name Nation Time 27 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2:43.7 32 Valentyna Shevchenko 2:49.3 48 Kristin Størmer Steira 2:54.2Tour de Ski standings Rank Name Nation Total time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 1:02.21.4 2 Marit Bjørgen +28.3 3 Petra Majdič +34.3 4 Kristin Størmer Steira +38.7 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +47.4 6 Vibeke Skofterud +55.6 Sprint standings Rank Name Nation Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 95 2 Virpi Kuitunen 85 3 Arianna Follis 70 4 Britta Norgren 50 5 Chandra Crawford 49 6 Pirjo Manninen 48
Men's event, 1.2 kmMens 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results , fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A Rank Name Nation Time Bonus seconds 1 Tor Arne Hetland 2:21.5 50 2 Thobias Fredriksson 2:22.0 40 3 Petter Northug 2:24.4 30 4 Janusz Krężelok 2:25.6 28 5 Marcus Hellner 2:24.3 26 6 Dušan Kožíšek 2:25.8 25 Final B