The 2021 Tour de Ski was the 15th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Val Müstair, Switzerland on 1 January 2021 and conclude with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 10 January 2021. The tour was the second edition starting in Val Müstair. The last stage known as the Final Climb was held as a mass start for the second time. Alexander Bolshunov from Russia and Therese Johaug from Norway were the title defenders. However, Johaug and other athletes from Norway decided to skip the Tour de Ski with concerns about competing and travelling during coronavirus pandemic.
Bolshunov defended his title on this year's Tour de Ski, finishing in the overall standings with a three-minute margin from the runner-up. Jessie Diggins won her first Tour de Ski cup; her best result prior to that was third, which she reached at the 2017–18 Tour de Ski. She became the first American to win the Tour de Ski.Jessie Diggins becomes first American to win Tour de Ski
Schedule
Stage Venue Date Event Technique Distance Start time (CET)Women Men Women Men 1 Val Müstair 1 January 2021 Sprint Freestyle 1.4 km 1.4 km 11:45 11:45 2 2 January 2021 Distance, mass start Classic 10 km 15 km 12:30 14:45 3 3 January 2021 Distance, pursuit Freestyle 10 km 15 km 15:25 11:35 4 Toblach 5 January 2021 Distance, interval start Freestyle 10 km 15 km 13:00 14:45 5 6 January 2021 Distance, pursuit Classic 10 km 15 km 13:30 14:40 6 Val di Fiemme 8 January 2021 Distance, mass start Classic 10 km 15 km 15:35 13:15 7 9 January 2021 Sprint Classic 1.3 km 1.5 km 13:05 13:05 8 10 January 2021 Final Climb, mass startFreestyle 10 km 10 km 12:45 15:35
Overall leadership Two main individual classifications were contested in the 2023-2024 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important is the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at both sprint stages and at intermediate points during mass start stage 6. In the sprint stages, the winners were awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stage 6 the first ten skiers past the intermediate point received from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the second time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings wore a yellow bib.
+ Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 In finish Interval start none Mass start Pursuit Sprint 60 54 48 46 44 42 32 30 28 26 24 22 10 8 6 4 Intermediate sprint Mass Start (only stage 6) 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 none
The second competition is the points standings, which replaced the sprint competition from past editions. The skiers who will receive the highest number of points during the Tour will win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader will be identified by a red bib. + Points standings points for the top 10 positions by type Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In finish Sprint 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 Pursuit 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Intermediate sprint Interval start () 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Mass start
The final competition is a team competition. This is calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team is the team with the lowest cumulative time.
+Classification leadership by stage Stage Men Women Winner Overall standings Points standings Winner Overall standings Points standings 1 Federico Pellegrino Federico Pellegrino Federico Pellegrino Linn Svahn Linn Svahn Linn Svahn 2 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Federico Pellegrino Linn Svahn Linn Svahn Linn Svahn 3 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Federico Pellegrino Jessie Diggins Jessie Diggins Linn Svahn 4 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Jessie Diggins Jessie Diggins Jessie Diggins 5 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Yuliya Stupak Jessie Diggins Jessie Diggins 6 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Natalya Nepryayeva Jessie Diggins Jessie Diggins 7 Oskar Svensson Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Linn Svahn Jessie Diggins Linn Svahn 8 Denis Spitsov Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Ebba Andersson Jessie Diggins Linn Svahn Final Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Final Jessie Diggins Linn Svahn
Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the Overall standings Denotes the winner of the Points standings
Overall standings Men +Final Overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 3:32:32.3 2 +3:23.9 3 +3:36.7 4 +3:40.6 5 +4:03.3 6 +5:08.5 7 +5:23.7 8 +6:04.6 9 +6:12.4 10 +6:22.9 Final Overall standings (11–51) Rank Name Time 11 +7:36.2 12 +7:49.6 13 +7:50.6 14 +8:13.2 15 +8:22.9 16 +8:25.1 17 +8:25.8 18 +8:36.1 19 +9:04.8 20 +9:17.5 21 +9:26.6 22 +9:31.8 23 +9:54.0 24 +10:10.0 25 +10:22.2 26 +10:38.3 27 +10:45.0 28 +11:05.2 29 +11:13.6 30 +11:14.9 31 +11:26.2 32 +11:28.3 33 +12:04.6 34 +12:33.7 35 +13:19.7 36 +13:20.3 37 +13:57.7 38 +13:59.8 39 +14:52.4 40 +14:59.1 41 +15:16.7 42 +15:37.3 43 +16:22.5 44 +16:50.6 45 +17:30.6 46 +17:42.3 47 +17:50.2 48 +19:17.6 49 +21:43.3 50 +22:40.0 51 +29:09.7Women + Final Overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 3:04:45.8 2 +1:24.8 3 +2:00.8 4 +2:58.1 5 +3:23.0 6 +3:27.6 7 +3:28.5 8 +3:41.4 9 +5:10.8 10 +5:21.2 Final Overall standings (11–41) Rank Name Time 11 +5:36.7 12 +5:41.7 13 +6:15.9 14 +6:38.0 15 +6:49.4 16 +7:04.4 17 +7:15.2 18 +7:35.6 19 +7:47.0 20 +8:51.5 21 +9:46.9 22 +9:51.4 23 +9:53.3 24 +10:07.0 25 +10:07.3 26 +11:06.8 27 +11:14.8 28 +11:26.3 29 +11:44.3 30 +11:55.4 31 +12:33.8 32 +12:36.6 33 +13:20.3 34 +13:26.7 35 +15:03.8 36 +15:11.4 37 +16:37.6 38 +16:48.1 39 +17:11.0 40 +17:45.4 41 +18:52.3
Points standings Men +Final Points standings (1–10) Rank Name Points 1 101 2 90 3 71 4 42 5 38 6 32 7 24 8 20 9 20 10 20Women + Final Points standings (1–10) Rank Name Points 1 83 2 74 3 51 4 50 5 43 6 38 7 30 8 28 9 27 10 26
Team standings + Final Team standings (1–5) Rank Nation Time 1 Russia 13:17:31.8 2 Sweden +14:26.2 3 United States +21:23.8 4 Germany +24:50.8 5 Italy +30:18.0
Stages Stage 1 1 January 2021, Val Müstair, Switzerland Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following: Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42 Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22 Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
+Men – 1.4 km Sprint Freestyle Rank Name 1 3:02.19 (1) 3:08.44 60 2 3:04.53 (2) +0.57 54 3 3:06.67 (7) +2.53 48 4 3:07.98 (13) +4.33 46 5 3:04.81 (3) +4.82 44 6 3:07.46 (10) +28.28 42 7 3:08.07 (14) 32 8 3:07.25 (8) 30 9 3:07.95 (12) 28 10 3:09.48 (19) 26+Women – 1.4 km Sprint Freestyle Rank Name 1 3:33.70 (2) 3:32.01 60 2 3:35.60 (6) +0.54 54 3 3:39.82 (14) +3.41 48 4 3:37.23 (8) +5.83 46 5 3:35.24 (5) +8.00 44 6 3:35.11 (3) +1:02.00 42 7 3:30.86 (1) 32 8 3:43.53 (26) 30 9 3:36.00 (7) 28 10 3:38.59 (11) 26
Stage 2 2 January 2021, Val Müstair, Switzerland No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 34:09.8 2 +23.5 3 +25.3 4 +27.7 5 +34.4 6 +36.3 7 +43.4 8 +47.2 9 +47.3 10 +47.7+Women – 10 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 30:09.9 2 +0.7 3 +0.8 4 +1.4 5 +2.0 6 +3.4 7 +4.5 8 +13.6 9 +13.6 10 +17.9
Stage 3 3 January 2021, Val Müstair, Switzerland Pursuit start lists are based on Tour de Ski overall standings after two stages. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 32:11.1 2 +53.7 3 +1:07.0 4 +1:10.7 5 +1:34.2 6 +1:34.7 7 +1:48.8 8 +2:08.3 9 +2:13.9 10 +2:14.1+Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 26:54.1 2 +5.6 3 +10.7 4 +57.9 5 +59.4 6 +1:12.9 7 +1:15.5 8 +1:28.3 9 +1:28.7 10 +1:31.4
Stage 4 5 January 2021, Toblach, Italy No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Freestyle (individual) Free Rank Name Time 1 32:49.6 2 +8.3 3 +13.9 4 +19.2 5 +21.8 6 +22.9 7 +27.6 8 +29.2 9 +29.9 10 +43.9+Women – 10 km Freestyle (individual) Rank Name Time 1 25:14.5 2 +14.8 3 +22.2 4 +25.7 5 +31.3 6 +35.6 7 +48.3 8 +51.8 9 +52.4 10 +56.9
Stage 5 6 January 2021, Toblach, Italy Pursuit start lists are based only on Stage 4 results (not as in the past on the current Tour de Ski overall standings). In fact, stage 5 finish differences are cumulative results of stages 4 and 5 No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Classic (individual) Rank Name Time 1 34:32.9 2 +55.5 3 +55.6 4 +56.8 5 +58.7 6 +1:01.4 7 +1:04.2 8 +1:12.1 9 +2:02.5 10 +2:02.5+Women – 10 km Classic (individual) Rank Name Time 1 29:24.7 2 +0.7 3 +0.8 4 +17.3 5 +37.3 6 +38.3 7 +58.5 8 +58.5 9 +59.3 10 +1:01.7
Stage 6 8 January 2021, Val di Fiemme, Italy
+Men – 15 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 41:33.7 15 2 +1.8 10 3 +3.7 4 +6.7 5 +7.6 6 6 +7.6 7 +9.6 4 8 +11.4 9 +14.3 10 +14.9 2+Women – 10 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 30:35.5 4 2 +2.4 10 3 +4.1 15 4 +6.6 1 5 +7.2 6 +9.9 7 +13.7 3 8 +15.1 6 9 +24.0 12 10 +27.3
Stage 6 bonus seconds Men: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point. Women: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point. No bonus seconds are awarded at the finish
+Bonus seconds (Stage 6 – Men) Name Point 1 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1+Bonus seconds (Stage 6 – Women) Name Point 1 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Stage 7 9 January 2021, Val di Fiemme, Italy Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following: Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42 Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22 Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
+Men – 1.5 km Sprint Classic Rank Name 1 3:19.40 (8) 3:19.83 60 2 3:18.08 (6) +0.24 54 3 3:17.79 (4) +0.32 48 4 3:14.48 (1) +0.70 46 5 3:16.88 (3) +0.76 44 6 3:21.96 (15) +3.15 42 7 3:19.42 (9) 32 8 3:23.98 (19) 30 9 3:16.27 (2) 28 10 3:20.83 (12) 26+Women – 1.3 km Sprint Classic Rank Name 1 3:11.98 (1) 3:14.69 60 2 3:14.38 (6) +0.54 54 3 3:16.32 (11) +0.84 48 4 3:14.27 (5) +1.60 46 5 3:13.22 (2) +1.97 44 6 3:16.38 (12) +2.42 42 7 3:14.53 (7) 32 8 3:18.57 (16) 30 9 3:13.29 (3) 28 10 3:15.40 (8) 26
Stage 8 10 January 2021, Val di Fiemme, Italy
The race for "Fastest of the Day" counts for 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
+Men – 10 km Final Climb Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 32:41.0 2 +13.3 3 +15.2 4 +21.8 5 +24.0 6 +26.9 7 +30.2 8 +37.9 9 +39.9 10 +42.7+Women – 10 km Final Climb Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 36:45.6 2 +9.2 3 +32.6 4 +40.0 5 +1:04.3 6 +1:17.4 7 +1:17.8 8 +1:23.6 9 +1:27.6 10 +1:29.2
World Cup points distribution The table shows the number of 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points to win in the 2021 Tour de Ski for men and women. Place1 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 31 - 40 >40 Overall Standings 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 20 20 20 20 10 5 Each Stage 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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