2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup explained

2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	René Sommerfeldt
Competition2:	Distance
Competition2men:	René Sommerfeldt
Competition2ladies:	Valentyna Shevchenko
Competition3:	Sprint
Competition3men:	Thobias Fredriksson
Competition3ladies:	Marit Bjørgen
Competition4:	Nations Cup
Competition4men:	Norway
Competition4ladies:	Norway
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup Overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Norway
Menlocations:	19 venues
Ladieslocations:	19 venues
Menindividual:	25 events
Ladiesindividual:	25 events
Relaymen:	9 events
Relayladies:	9 events
Previous:	2002–03
Next:	2004–05

The 2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 23rd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany on 25 October 2003 and finished in Pragelato, Italy on 14 March 2004. René Sommerfeldt of Germany won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy won the women's.^[2]

Calendar

Men

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Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
1	25 October 2003		Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Martin Koukal	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6636
2	22 November 2003		15 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Axel Teichmann	Peter Larsson Pietro Piller Cottrer	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5621
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	15 km C	Anders Aukland	Jens Arne Svartedal	Anders Södergren	Jens Arne Svartedal	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5421
4	30 November 2003	Ruka	30 km Skiathlon	Axel Teichmann	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt	Axel Teichmann	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5424
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	30 km F Mass Start	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Vincent Vittoz	Mathias Fredriksson	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5480
6	13 December 2003	Davos	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Nikolay Pankratov	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5860
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Andrus Veerpalu	Axel Teichmann	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5946
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	30 km Skiathlon	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Anders Södergren	Mathias Fredriksson	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6173
9	21 December 2003	Ramsau	10 km F	Christian Hoffmann	Axel Teichmann	Tobias Angerer	René Sommerfeldt	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6171
10	6 January 2004	Falun	30 km Skiathlon	Tobias Angerer	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Jens Filbrich		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2905/2905RL.pdf
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	Ivan Alypov		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5836
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2311/2311RL.pdf
13	18 January 2004	Nové Město	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Håvard Bjerkeli		http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2315/2315RL.pdf
14	25 January 2004		70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Anders Aukland	Giorgio Di Centa	Jørgen Aukland		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2692/2692RL.pdf
15	6 February 2004		15 km F	Fulvio Valbusa	Vincent Vittoz	Christian Hoffmann		http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2054/2054RL.pdf
16	13 February 2004		30 km Skiathlon	René Sommerfeldt	Reto Burgermeister	Lukáš Bauer		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2927/2927RL.pdf
17	18 February 2004		Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2812/2812RL.pdf
18	21 February 2004		15 km C	Mathias Fredriksson	Yevgeny Dementyev	Jaak Mae		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2814/2814RL.pdf
19	24 February 2004		Sprint F	Janusz Krezelok	Thobias Fredriksson	Anders Högberg		http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2188/2188RL.pdf
20	26 February 2004		Sprint C	Håvard Bjerkeli	Tor Arne Hetland	Anders Högberg		http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2559/2559RL.pdf
21	28 February 2004		50 km F	René Sommerfeldt	Fulvio Valbusa	Lukáš Bauer		http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2561/2561RL.pdf
22	5 March 2004		Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Mikael Östberg	Jörgen Brink		http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2391/2391RL.pdf
23	7 March 2004		15 km C	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae	Andrus Veerpalu		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2393/2393RL.pdf
24	12 March 2004		Sprint F	Freddy Schwienbacher	Jens Arne Svartedal	Børre Næss		http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2710/2710RL.pdf
25	13 March 2004		30 km F	Christian Hoffmann	René Sommerfeldt	Thomas Moriggl		http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2712/2712RL.pdf

Women

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Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
1	25 October 2003		Sprint F	Gabriella Paruzzi	Alyona Sidko	Evgenia Hahina	Gabriella Paruzzi	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6633
2	22 November 2003		10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5622
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Vibeke Skofterud	Kristina Šmigun		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5420
4	29 November 2003	Ruka	15 km Skiathlon	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Zavyalova	Evi Sachenbacher	Kristina Smigun	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5425
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	15 km F Mass Start	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel	Kristina Smigun	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5481
6	13 December 2003	Davos	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5859
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Manuela Henkel	Valentyna Shevchenko	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5945
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Smigun	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6174
9	21 December 2003	Ramsau	10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6172
10	6 January 2004	Falun	15 km Skiathlon	Kateřina Neumannová	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6655
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	Claudia Künzel	Kristina Šmigun	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen		https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5835
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	10 km C	Gabriella Paruzzi	Claudia Künzel	Kateřina Neumannová		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2310/2310RL.pdf
13	18 January 2004	Nové Město	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Pirjo Manninen		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2313/2313RL.pdf
14	25 January 2004		70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko	Manuela Henkel		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2691/2691RL.pdf
15	6 February 2004		10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2053/2053RL.pdf
16	14 February 2004		15 km Skiathlon	Yuliya Chepalova	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Olga Zavyalova		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2926/2926RL.pdf
17	18 February 2004		Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Ella Gjømle		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2811/2811RL.pdf
18	21 February 2004		10 km C	Kateřina Neumannová	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2811/2811RL.pdf
19	24 February 2004		Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachenbacher	Claudia Künzel		http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2186/2186RL.pdf
20	26 February 2004		Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Elina Hietamäki		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2557/2557RL.pdf
21	28 February 2004		30 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa	Valentyna Shevchenko		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2560/2560RL.pdf
22	5 March 2004		Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anna Dahlberg		http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2389/2389RL.pdf
23	7 March 2004		10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2392/2392RL.pdf
24	12 March 2004		Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Elina Hietamäki		http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2708/2708RL.pdf
25	13 March 2004		15 km F	Sabina Valbusa	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová		http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2711/2711RL.pdf

Men's team

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Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	26 October 2003		Team Sprint F	Sweden I Peter Larsson Thobias Fredriksson	Germany I Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Norway II Tor Arne Hetland Håvard Bjerkeli	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6635
2	23 November 2003		4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway I Jens Arne Svartedal Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad	Norway II Frode Estil Tore Bjonviken Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5623
3	7 December 2003		Team Sprint F	Norway I Håvard Bjerkeli Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden I Thobias Fredriksson Peter Larsson	Norway II Håvard Solbakken John Kristian Dahl	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5482
4	14 December 2003		4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Sweden Martin Larsson Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Högberg	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5861
5	11 January 2004		4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Italy I Bruno Carrara Valerio Checchi Pietro Piller Cottrer Fulvio Valbusa	Russia I Maxim Bulgakov Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2473/2473RL.pdf
6	7 February 2004		4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	France I Alexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Russia Nikolay Pankratov Mikhail Ivanov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2056/2056RL.pdf
7	15 February 2004		Team Sprint F	Germany II Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Russia I Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev	Germany I René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2929/2929RL.pdf
8	22 February 2004		4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Franz Göring Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tore Ruud Hofstad	Sweden I Mats Larsson Jörgen Brink Anders Högberg Mathias Fredriksson	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2816/2816RL.pdf
9	6 March 2004		Team Sprint C	Russia I Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev	Sweden II Mats Larsson Björn Lind	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Jens Arne Svartedal	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2395/2395RL.pdf

Women's team

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Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	26 October 2003		Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Uschi Disl Claudia Künzel	Russia I Alyona Sidko Evgenia Hahina	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=6634
2	23 November 2003		4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Stefanie Böhler Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia Evgenia Hahina Alyona Sidko Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5624
3	7 December 2003		Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Italy II Karin Moroder Cristina Kelder	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5483
4	14 December 2003		4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Mürer Stemland Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Germany Stefanie Böhler Manuela Henkel Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia I Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=5862
5	11 January 2004		4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Finland I Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riikka Sarasoja Virpi Kuitunen	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2472/2472RL.pdf
6	7 February 2004		4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Anke Reschwam Schulze Claudia Künzel	Italy Marianna Longa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2055/2055RL.pdf
7	15 February 2004		Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Germany III Manuela Henkel Isabel Klaus	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2928/2928RL.pdf
8	22 February 2004		4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova Ekaterina Vorontsova Yuliya Chepalova	Finland I Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Satu Salonen Riikka Sarasoja Kati Venäläinen	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2815/2815RL.pdf
9	6 March 2004		Team Sprint C	Norway I Ella Gjømle Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Finland I Elina Hietamäki Pirjo Manninen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/CC/2394/2394RL.pdf

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	René Sommerfeldt	956
2		606
3		592
4		582
5		575
6		558
7		539
8		462
9		436
10		434

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Thobias Fredriksson	410
2		381
3		337
4		296
5		270
6		237
7		226
8		212
9		211
10		191

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Gabriella Paruzzi	1228
2		1139
3		983
4		856
5		853
6		848
7		762
8		664
9		629
10		554

Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Valentyna Shevchenko	983
2		870
3		839
4		656
5		625
6		587
7		543
8		542
9		527
10		460

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Marit Bjørgen	745
2		358
3		330
4		305
5		268
6		229
7		205
8		200
9		189
10		175

Nations Cup

Overall

Rank	Nation	Points
1		9915
2		7452
3		6552
4		5572
5		5347
6		3889
7		2228
8		1576
9		1284
10		1172

Men

Rank	Nation	Points
1		5130
2		4146
3		3840
4		3263
5		2245
6		1311
7		892
8		855
9		668
10		638

Women

Rank	Nation	Points
1		4785
2		3327
3		3306
4		3289
5		3221
6		1507
7		993
8		917
9		684
10		646

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2003–04 season in parentheses)

, 3 (8) first places
, 2 (6) first places
, 2 (5) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 2 (3) first places
, 2 (3) first places
, 2 (2) first places
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 7 (10) first places
, 4 (13) first places
, 4 (11) first places
, 3 (4) first places
, 2 (15) first places
, 2 (2) first places
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

References

Web site: WORLD CUP STANDING MEN OVERALL. International Ski Federation. 23 January 2018.
Web site: WORLD CUP STANDING WOMEN OVERALL. International Ski Federation. 23 January 2018.