2007 in cross-country skiing explained

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January

• 2 - Kristin Størmer Steira wins the second race of the Tour de Ski and claims the yellow jersey with previous leader Marit Bjørgen only finishing in 25th position 55.5 seconds behind Steira who now leads the rankings by 6.1 seconds.^[1] In the men's competition leader Christoph Eigenmann does not finish and thus loses his yellow jersey to Simen Østensen who finished in 12th position, 11.6 seconds behind winner Vincent Vittoz.^[2]
• 3 - During the second race in Oberstdorf, the third in total for the Tour de Ski, leader Kristin Størmer Steira successfully defends her yellow jersey by finishing second behind Petra Majdič who follows in second position in the overall rankings, 20.4 seconds behind Steira. Franz Göring wins the men's race being the first of three Germans entering the podium, the others being René Sommerfeldt and Tobias Angerer. With leader Simen Østensen finishing in 18th position Angerer overtook him to take the yellow jersey and now leads by 17.0 seconds.

Cross-country skiing World Cup

See main article: 2006-2007 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup.

Men's results

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Leader
28 October 2006		1.5 km F Sprint	Eldar Rønning^[3]
18 November 2006		15 km F Individual
25 November 2006		1.2 km C Sprint
26 November 2006		15 km C Individual
13 December 2006		15 km C + 15 km F Pursuit
16 December 2006		30 km F Mass Start

Women's results

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Leader
28 October 2006		800m F Sprint
18 November 2006		10 km F Individual		Marit Bjørgen
25 November 2006		1.2 km C Sprint
26 November 2006		10 km C Individual
13 December 2006		10 km C Individual
16 December 2006		15 km F Mass Start

Tour de Ski

See main article: Tour de Ski.

Men's results

Date	Place	Discipline	Top 3	Leader
31 December 2006		1.2 km F Sprint
2 January 2007		10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit		Simen Østensen
3 January 2007		15 km C Individual		Tobias Angerer

Women's results

Date	Place	Discipline	Top 3	Leader
31 December 2006		822m F Sprint
2 January 2007		5 km C + 5 km F Pursuit		Kristin Størmer Steira
3 January 2007		10 km C Individual		Kristin Størmer Steira

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2007-01-02 . Steira lift . 2022-06-15 . Eurosport . en.
2. Web site: 2007-01-02 . Vittoz victory . 2022-06-15 . Eurosport . en.
3. Web site: 2012-02-14 . FIS-Ski - FIS Calendar . 2022-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214083840/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/fiscalendar.html?place_search=&seasoncode_search=2007&sector_search=CC&date_search=&gender_search=l&category_search=TDS&codex_search=&nation_search=&disciplinecode_search=&search=Search&pos=0&tri=ASC&cal_tri=/ . 14 February 2012 . dead.