The 2007–08 Tour de Ski was the 2nd edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 28 December 2007 until 6 January 2008. The race kicked off in Nové Město, the Czech Republic, and finished in Val di Fiemme, Italy, ten days later. It featured 8 top international cross-country skiing competitions, of which two were sprint events.
Women Final standings Overall standings # Name Nation Time Ranking per stage WC Points12345678 1 Charlotte Kalla 2:43:01.0711616129400 pts 2 Virpi Kuitunen +36.4122512211121320 pts 3 Arianna Follis +53.311711494107240 pts 4 Valentyna Shevchenko +1:09.2911428531171200 pts 5 Olga Rocheva +1:14.88818745416180 pts 6 Claudia Künzel-Nystad +2:07.8221793271333160 pts 7 Justyna Kowalczyk +2:20.831569832618144 pts 8 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle +2:23.81391562317610128 pts 9 Katrin Zeller +2:29.81761916132056116 pts 10 Riitta-Liisa Roponen +2:31.71941213228208104 pts 11 Kristin Størmer Steira +2:42.9=241931214329296 pts 12 Seraina Mischol +2:58.75127191116131388 pts 13 Anna Hansson +3:22.71253915172771180 pts 14 Therese Johaug +3:33.71027442232915472 pts 15 Pirjo Muranen +3:49.2312822012782064 pts 16 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +4:00.118141110106272360 pts 17 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen +4:07.122314281 22232556 pts 18 Petra Majdič +4:36.0202513187 15142252 pts 19 Sabina Valbusa +5:01.923220212523251548 pts 20 Larisa Kurkina +5:02.3=152135251930111744 pts 21 Antonella Confortola +5:07.2291640172833161240 pts 22 Natalya Korostelyova +5:29.83213104182184236 pts 23 Stefanie Böhler +5:30.62120345371834532 pts 24 Yevgeniya Medvedeva +6:50.0=2724=46243228211428 pts 25 Alena Procházková +7:53.842268362410193324 pts 26 Kristin Mürer Stemland +8:13.2261843302636283020 pts 27 Kateřina Smutná +8:21.2=153621342119123416 pts 28 Yuliya Chekalyova +8:53.3332951312940222612 pts 29 Yuliya Ivanova +9:07.26323323162431418 pts 30 Magda Genuin +9:59.1304143331935354 pts - Marit Bjørgen -4*3*3*27*20* DNSDNS- pts Source:
*Marit Bjørgen was leading Tour de Ski after the second and third stages but had to pull out after stage 6, as she had contracted a virus infection. Source:
Sprint Standings +Women's sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Bonus 1 156s 2 109s 3 106s 4 99s 5 90s 6 85s 7 85s 8 76s 9 74s 10 72s
Stages Stage 1 Prologue - December 28; 3.3 km classical, individual start; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 9:22.8 50 pts. 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 0.7 40 pts. 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 1.9 30 pts. 4 Marit Bjørgen + 6.1 5 Seraina Mischol + 13.0 23 pts. 6 Yuliya Ivanova + 14.4 20 pts. 7 Charlotte Kalla + 14.5 18 pts. 8 Olga Rocheva + 14.8 16 pts. 9 Valentyna Shevchenko + 15.3 14 pts.10 Therese Johaug + 15.8 13 pts.11 Arianna Follis + 17.2 12 pts.12 Anna Hansson + 17.4 11 pts.13 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle + 18.8 10 pts.14 Vibeke Skofterud + 19.7 15 Kateřina Smutná + 20.4 8 pts.Larisa Kurkina Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 9:07.8 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 5.7 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 11.9 4 Marit Bjørgen + 21.1 5 Seraina Mischol + 28.0 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 15 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 10 3 Justyna Kowalczyk 5
Stage 2 December 29; 10 km free technique, pursuit; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Charlotte Kalla 25:47.9 50 pts. 2 Sabina Valbusa + 2.1 40 pts. 3 Marit Bjørgen + 8.2 4 Riitta-Liisa Roponen + 9.3 25 pts. 5 Anna Hansson + 12.7 23 pts. 6 Katrin Zeller + 13.5 20 pts. 7 Arianna Follis + 14.5 18 pts. 8 Olga Rocheva + 14.8 16 pts. 9 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle + 15.1 14 pts.10 Vibeke Skofterud + 16.6 11 Valentyna Shevchenko + 18.2 12 pts.12 Seraina Mischol + 19.2 11 pts.13 Natalya Korostelyova + 21.5 10 pts.14 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 22.0 9 pts.15 Justyna Kowalczyk + 24.6 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Marit Bjørgen 35:25.0 2 Charlotte Kalla + 0.2 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 15.0 4 Virpi Kuitunen + 15.3 5 Olga Rocheva + 15.8 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 15 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 10 3 Justyna Kowalczyk 5
Stage 3 December 30; 1.0 km free technique, sprint; Prague, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Arianna Follis 1:50.5 50 pts. 2 Pirjo Muranen + 0.2 40 pts. 3 Marit Bjørgen + 0.7 4 Magda Genuin + 1.0 25 pts. 5 Virpi Kuitunen + 2.0 23 pts. 6 Justyna Kowalczyk + 10.9 20 pts. B Final 7 Seraina Mischol 1:51.3 18 pts. 8 Alena Procházková + 0.1 16 pts. 9 Claudia Künzel-Nystad + 0.6 14 pts.10 Natalya Korostelyova + 0.8 13 pts.11 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 1.1 12 pts.12 Riitta-Liisa Roponen + 1.3 11 pts. Eliminated in the Quarter-final13 Petra Majdič - 10 pts.14 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen - 9 pts.15 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle - 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Marit Bjørgen 36:25.6 2 Arianna Follis + 9.4 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 22.0 4 Virpi Kuitunen + 23.5 5 Seraina Mischol + 31.5 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Arianna Follis 60 2 Virpi Kuitunen 59 3 Pirjo Muranen 56 4 Marit Bjørgen 52 5 Magda Genuin 49 6 Justyna Kowalczyk 47
Stage 4 January 1; 10 km free technique, pursuit; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Charlotte Kalla 26:21.9 50 pts. 2 Kristin Størmer Steira + 3.0 40 pts. 3 Claudia Künzel-Nystad + 4.2 30 pts. 4 Natalya Korostelyova + 5.0 25 pts. 5 Stefanie Böhler + 8.7 23 pts. 6 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle + 11.7 20 pts. 7 Olga Rocheva + 11.8 18 pts. 8 Valentyna Shevchenko + 14.8 16 pts. 9 Justyna Kowalczyk + 26.1 14 pts.10 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 27.3 13 pts.11 Vibeke Skofterud + 31.5 12 Virpi Kuitunen + 32.1 11 pts.13 Riitta-Liisa Roponen + 33.4 10 pts.14 Arianna Follis + 37.1 9 pts.15 Anna Hansson + 40.0 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Charlotte Kalla 1:03:25.5 2 Arianna Follis + 8.5 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 10.1 4 Virpi Kuitunen + 17.6 5 Claudia Künzel-Nystad + 30.8 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Arianna Follis 60 2 Virpi Kuitunen 59 3 Pirjo Muranen 56 4 Marit Bjørgen 52 5 Magda Genuin 49 6 Justyna Kowalczyk 47 Source: Stage 5 January 2; 10 km classical, individual start; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 28:55.7 50 pts. 2 Virpi Kuitunen + 2.6 40 pts. 3 Therese Johaug + 13.3 30 pts. 4 Olga Rocheva + 14.3 25 pts. 5 Valentyna Shevchenko + 23.0 23 pts. 6 Charlotte Kalla + 25.2 20 pts. 7 Petra Majdič + 25.3 18 pts. 8 Justyna Kowalczyk + 32.2 16 pts. 9 Arianna Follis + 47.9 14 pts.10 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 49.7 13 pts.11 Seraina Mischol + 53.0 12 pts.12 Pirjo Muranen + 54.4 11 pts.13 Katrin Zeller + 55.9 10 pts.14 Kristin Størmer Steira + 58.6 9 pts.15 Vibeke Skofterud + 58.8 Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 1:32:21.4 2 Charlotte Kalla + 25.0 3 Justyna Kowalczyk +42.1 4 Olga Rocheva + 45.7 5 Arianna Follis + 56.2 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 79 2 Arianna Follis 60 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 57 4 Pirjo Muranen 56 5 Marit Bjørgen 52 6 Magda Genuin 49 7 Justyna Kowalczyk 47 Source: Stage 6 January 4; 1.2 km free technique, sprint; Asiago, Italy
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Charlotte Kalla 2:51.0 50 pts. 2 Natalya Korostelyova + 0.6 40 pts. 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 1.2 30 pts. 4 Arianna Follis + 1.2 25 pts. 5 Olga Rocheva + 3.9 23 pts. 6 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 14.3 20 pts. B Final 7 Pirjo Muranen 2:55.3 18 pts. 8 Riitta-Liisa Roponen + 0.7 16 pts. 9 Magda Genuin + 2.5 14 pts.10 Alena Procházková + 3.3 13 pts.11 Virpi Kuitunen + 3.4 12 pts.12 Vesna Fabjan + 3.4 11 pts. Eliminated in the Quarter-final13 Claudia Künzel-Nystad - 10 pts.14 Natalya Ilyina - 9 pts.15 Petra Majdič - 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 1:34:41.3 2 Charlotte Kalla + 0.2 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 23.7 4 Olga Rocheva + 36.1 5 Arianna Follis + 38.2 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 111 2 Arianna Follis 109 3 Justyna Kowalczyk 99 4 Pirjo Muranen 96 5 Natalya Korostelyova 90 6 Magda Genuin 85 7 Charlotte Kalla 75 8 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 74
Stage 7 January 5; 10 km classical, mass start; Val di Fiemme, Italy
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 32:48.1 50 pts. 2 Charlotte Kalla + 4.5 40 pts. 3 Claudia Künzel-Nystad + 5.0 30 pts. 4 Olga Rocheva + 5.1 25 pts. 5 Katrin Zeller + 5.5 23 pts. 6 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle + 5.6 20 pts. 7 Anna Hansson + 5.7 18 pts. 8 Pirjo Muranen + 12.4 16 pts. 9 Kristin Størmer Steira + 13.0 14 pts.10 Arianna Follis + 13.2 13 pts.11 Larisa Kurkina + 17.2 12 pts.12 Kateřina Smutná + 20.5 11 pts.13 Seraina Mischol + 28.3 10 pts.14 Petra Majdič + 28.8 9 pts.15 Therese Johaug + 29.4 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 2:06:44.4 2 Charlotte Kalla + 39.7 3 Olga Rocheva + 1:26.2 4 Arianna Follis + 1:36.4 5 Justyna Kowalczyk + 2:19.1 6 Natalya Korostelyova + 2:39.7 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 156 2 Arianna Follis 109 3 Pirjo Muranen 106 4 Justyna Kowalczyk 99 5 Natalya Korostelyova 90
Stage 8 Final Climb - January 6; 10 km free technique, pursuit; Val di Fiemme, Italy
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Valentyna Shevchenko 34:06.2 50 pts. 2 Kristin Størmer Steira +55.3 40 pts. 3 Claudia Künzel-Nystad +1:10.8 30 pts. 4 Therese Johaug +1:16.5 25 pts. 5 Stefanie Böhler +1:17.3 23 pts. 6 Katrin Zeller +1:25.0 20 pts. 7 Arianna Follis +1:27.3 18 pts. 8 Riitta-Liisa Roponen +1:29.1 16 pts. 9 Charlotte Kalla +1:30.7 14 pts.10 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle +1:32.8 13 pts.11 Anna Hansson +1:39.7 12 pts.12 Antonella Confortola +1:48.6 11 pts.13 Seraina Mischol +1:52.3 10 pts.14 Yevgeniya Medvedeva +1:53.7 9 pts.15 Sabina Valbusa +1:57.5 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Charlotte Kalla 2:43:01.0 2 Virpi Kuitunen +36.4 3 Arianna Follis +53.3 4 Valentyna Shevchenko +1:09.2 5 Olga Rocheva +1:14.8 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Virpi Kuitunen 156 2 Arianna Follis 109 3 Pirjo Muranen 106 4 Justyna Kowalczyk 99 5 Natalya Korostelyova 90
Men Final standings Overall standings +Men's overall standings (1–20) Rank Name Time 1 3:38:07.4 2 +2:47.3 3 +2:47.6 4 +2:53.9 5 +3:04.0 6 +3:39.9 7 +3:47.5 8 +3:52.9 9 +3:53.3 10 +4:01.3 11 +4:17.6 12 +4:24.2 13 +4:36.5 14 +4:37.3 15 +4:54.8 16 +5:03.2 17 +5:17.3 18 +5:19.1 19 +5:19.9 20 +5:27.0
Sprint Standings +Men's sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Bonus 1 104s 2 104s 3 96s 4 90s 5 88s 6 85s 7 76s 8 66s 9 61s 10 59s
Stages Stage 1 Prologue - December 28; 4.5 km classical, individual start; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Lukáš Bauer 11:15.6 50 pts. 2 Axel Teichmann + 1.0 40 pts. 3 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset + 3.3 30 pts. 4 Sami Jauhojärvi + 3.5 25 pts. 5 Mats Larsson + 4.9 23 pts. 6 Jens Arne Svartedal + 5.6 20 pts. 7 Dmitry Liashenko + 8.5 18 pts. 8 Anders Södergren + 10.6 16 pts. 9 John Kristian Dahl + 12.8 14 pts.Tor Arne Hetland 11 Eldar Rønning + 14.1 12 pts.12 Ville Nousiainen + 14.4 11 pts.13 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 14.7 10 pts.14 Martin Jakš + 15.5 9 pts.15 Franz Göring + 15.6 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings # Name Nation Time 1 Lukáš Bauer 11:00.6 2 Axel Teichmann + 6.0 3 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset + 13.3 4 Sami Jauhojärvi + 18.5 5 Mats Larsson + 19.9 Sprint standings # Name Nation Points 1 Lukáš Bauer 15 2 Axel Teichmann 10 3 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 5
Stage 2 December 29; 15 km free technique, pursuit; Nové Město, Czech Republic
Stage result # Name Nation Time WC Points 1 Emmanuel Jonnier 34:43.9 50 pts. 2 Lukáš Bauer + 9.6 40 pts. 3 Valerio Checchi + 11.2 30 pts. 4 Tord Asle Gjerdalen + 11.6 25 pts. 5 Pietro Piller Cottrer + 16.2 23 pts.6 Martin Bajčičák + 17.6 20 pts.Fabio Santus 8 Jean Marc Gaillard + 18.5 16 pts. 9 Simen Østensen + 20.3 14 pts.10 Tobias Angerer + 20.4 13 pts.11 Petter Northug + 20.6 12 pts.12 René Sommerfeldt + 21.2 11 pts.13 Martin Koukal + 21.4 10 pts.14 Marcus Hellner + 21.5 9 pts.15 Yevgeny Dementyev + 22.7 8 pts.Tour de Ski standings