2015 Tour de Ski explained

Tour de Ski
Series:	2014–15 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Venue:	Oberstdorf, Germany Val Müstair, Switzerland Toblach, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy
Date:	–
Stages:	7
Menfirst:	Petter Northug
Menfirst Nat:	NOR
Menfirst Color:	red
Mensecond:	Evgeniy Belov
Mensecond Nat:	RUS
Menthird:	Calle Halfvarsson
Menthird Nat:	SWE
Mensprint:	Petter Northug
Mensprint Nat:	NOR
Mensprint Color:	black
Womenfirst:	Marit Bjørgen
Womenfirst Nat:	NOR
Womenfirst Color:	red
Womensecond:	Therese Johaug
Womensecond Nat:	NOR
Womenthird:	Heidi Weng
Womenthird Nat:	NOR
Womensprint:	Marit Bjørgen
Womensprint Nat:	NOR
Womensprint Color:	black
Previous:	2013–14
Next:	2016

The 2015 Tour de Ski was the 9th edition of the Tour de Ski. The Stage World Cup event began in Oberstdorf, Germany on January 3, 2015, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy on January 10, 2015. The titles were being defended by Therese Johaug (Norway) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (Norway), the former of which came second to Marit Bjørgen, while Sundby initially retained his title until it was passed on to Petter Northug when Sundby was stripped of the title.

On July 20, 2016, Sundby was stripped of the win due to illegal use of asthma medication during the race.^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Technique	Distance		Start time (CET)
					Women	Men	Women	Men
		3 January 2015	Prologue, individual start	Freestyle	3 km	4 km	10:45	12:45
	4 January 2015	Distance, pursuit	Classic	10 km	15 km		11:00	12:15
		6 January 2015	Sprint, qualification and finals	Freestyle	1.4 km	1.4 km	13:15
		7 January 2015	Distance, individual start	Classic	5 km	10 km	15:30	13:00
	8 January 2015	Distance, pursuit	Freestyle	15 km	25 km	15:30	12:15
		10 January 2015	Distance, mass start	Classic	10 km	15 km	15:45	13:00
	11 January 2015	Final Climb, pursuit	Freestyle	9 km	9 km	13:30	12:00

Final standings

Overall standings

Final overall standings after all seven stages, with bonus seconds deducted.

Men Final overall standings (1–10)^[2] Rank Name Time 1 3:27:14.4 2 +12.6 3 +30.7 4 +1:33.1 5 +2:00.7 6 +2:04.0 7 +2:28.2 8 +2:37.8 9 +2:51.2 10 +3:04.5 Final overall standings (11–45) Rank Name Time 11 +3:18.3 12 +4:03.3 13 +4:14.3 14 +4:24.8 15 +4:28.1 16 +4:54.6 17 +4:57.4 18 +5:03.5 19 +5:17.1 20 +5:26.4 21 +5:33.2 22 +5:34.2 23 +6:15.2 24 +6:19.9 25 +6:23.4 26 +7:46.8 27 +7:51.4 28 +7:54.4 29 +7:54.5 30 +8:09.4 31 +8:30.2 32 +9:13.6 33 +9:24.4 34 +9:55.5 35 +10:42.4 36 +10:53.7 37 +11:21.4 38 +12:31.3 39 +13:00.5 40 +13:06.3 41 +13:40.9 42 +13:57.5 43 +14:35.0 44 +15:29.6 45 +19:02.5

Women Final overall standings (1–10)^[3] Rank Name Time 1 2:34:44.6 2 +1:39.2 3 +1:59.5 4 +7:32.2 5 +7:41.8 6 +8:29.4 7 +8:55.8 8 +9:35.1 9 +9:47.9 10 +9:53.8 Final overall standings (11–35) Rank Name Time 11 +10:09.5 12 +10:22.5 13 +10:33.0 14 +11:09.8 15 +11:29.8 16 +11:41.7 17 +11:57.8 18 +13:02.2 19 +14:40.6 20 +14:46.2 21 +14:50.8 22 +15:05.3 23 +15:14.1 24 +15:14.3 25 +15:23.4 26 +15:37.9 27 +15:43.7 28 +16:11.7 29 +16:13.6 30 +16:19.7 31 +17:14.6 32 +17:36.8 33 +18:45.3 34 +18:55.0 35 +26:19.5

Sprint standings

Final sprint standings after all seven stages, all bonus seconds counts.

Men Final sprint standings (1–10)^[4] Rank Name Time 1 2:01 2 1:29 3 1:11 4 0:59 5 0:39 6 0:36 7 0:30 8 0:25 9 0:24 10 0:18

Women Final sprint standings (1–10)^[5] Rank Name Time 1 2:20 2 1:48 3 1:07 4 0:36 5 0:36 6 0:21 7 0:14 8 0:13 9 0:12 10 0:08

Stages

Stage 1

3 January 2015, Oberstdorf, Germany – Prologue

Men – 4.4 km Freestyle (individual)^[6] Rank Name Time 1 9:54.2 2 +5.0 3 +5.5 4 +7.0 5 +8.2 6 +8.5 7 +9.0 8 +11.6 9 +11.8 10 +11.9

Women – 3.2 km Freestyle (individual)^[7] Rank Name Time 1 7:53.0 2 +10.7 3 +12.2 4 +13.2 5 +13.5 6 +15.1 7 +19.0 8 +19.9 9 +20.0 10 +20.3

Stage 2

4 January 2015, Oberstdorf, Germany

Men – 15 km Classic (pursuit)^[8] Rank Name Time 1 42:01.2 2 +0.6 3 +0.8 4 +2.0 5 +2.1 6 +2.3 7 +3.4 8 +3.8 9 +5.2 10 +6.5

Women – 10 km Classic (pursuit)^[9] Rank Name Time 1 29:27.6 2 +56.2 3 +56.8 4 +1:33.5 5 +1:37.7 6 +1:39.6 7 +1:41.8 8 +1:45.3 9 +1:46.3 10 +1:47.3

Stage 3

6 January 2015, Val Müstair, Switzerland

Men – 1.4 km Sprint Freestyle^[10] Rank Name Time 1 3:13.65 2 +0.18 3 +0.19 4 +2.33 5 +6.07 6 +15.05

Women – 1.4 km Sprint Freestyle^[11] Rank Name Time 1 3:37.73 2 +1.97 3 +2.41 4 +6.40 5 +7.74 6 +27.71

Stage 4

7 January 2015, Toblach, Italy

Men – 10 km Classic (individual)^[12] Rank Name Time 1 22:58.1 2 +0.5 3 +4.2 4 +9.4 5 +14.3 6 +20.4 7 +22.8 8 +23.4 9 +26.3 10 +26.5

Women – 5 km Classic (individual)^[13] Rank Name Time 1 12:48.5 2 +10.8 3 +13.1 4 +13.8 5 +17.6 6 +19.8 7 +21.1 8 +22.7 9 +26.1 10 +31.6

Stage 5

8 January 2015, Toblach, Italy

Men – 25 km Freestyle (pursuit)^[14] Rank Name Time 1 53:56.9 2 +2.0 3 +2.4 4 +1:45.9 5 +1:46.0 6 +1:46.4 7 +1:49.1 8 +1:51.0 9 +2:08.3 10 +2:08.8

Women – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit)^[15] Rank Name Time 1 36:37.9 2 +1:58.8 3 +2:51.4 4 +4:20.4 5 +4:23.7 6 +4:46.7 7 +4:48.7 8 +4:48.7 9 +5:16.0 10 +4:23.7

Stage 6

10 January 2015, Val di Fiemme, Italy

Men – 15 km Classic (mass start)^[16] Rank Name Time 1 46:48.8 2 +0.0 3 +0.3 4 +0.7 5 +0.7 6 +2.0 7 +3.2 8 +4.5 9 +4.8 10 +9.7

Women – 10 km Classic (mass start)^[17] Rank Name Time 1 33:10.4 2 +1.1 3 +5.5 4 +1:13.1 5 +1:39.6 6 +1:40.9 7 +1:47.2 8 +1:47.7 9 +1:50.5 10 +2:01.3

Stage 7

11 January 2015, Val di Fiemme, Italy

Men – 9 km Final Climb (pursuit)^[18] Rank Name Time 1 29:13.0 2 +2.1 – 3 +16.9 4 +24.8 5 +30.2 6 +33.3 7 +33.4 8 +34.4 9 +39.6 10 +40.8

Women – 9 km Final Climb (pursuit)^[19] Rank Name Time 1 32:16.4 2 +59.4 3 +1:11.1 4 +1:13.5 5 +1:54.6 6 +1:56.2 7 +1:56.3 8 +2:16.9 9 +2:20.3 10 +2:30.5

Notes and References

1. http://www.vg.no/sport/langrenn/langrenn/nrk-ekspert-svaert-uheldig-for-sundbys-omdoemme/a/23744815/ VG.no (Norwegian)
2. Web site: TOUR DE SKI OVERALL STANDING MEN . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
3. Web site: TOUR DE SKI OVERALL STANDING LADIES . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
4. Web site: TOUR DE SKI SPRINT STANDING MEN . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 17 December 2018.
5. Web site: TOUR DE SKI SPRINT STANDING LADIES . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 17 December 2018.
6. Web site: Prologue Men 4.4 km Individual Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
7. Web site: Prologue Ladies 3.2 km Individual Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
8. Web site: Men 15 km Pursuit Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
9. Web site: Ladies 10 km Pursuit Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
10. Web site: Men 1.4 km Sprint Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
11. Web site: Ladies 1.4 km Sprint Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
12. Web site: Men 10 km Individual Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
13. Web site: Ladies 5 km Individual Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
14. Web site: Men 25 km Pursuit Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
15. Web site: Ladies 15 km Pursuit Free Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
16. Web site: Men 15 km Mass Start Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
17. Web site: Ladies 10 km Mass Start Classic Results . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
18. Web site: Men 9 km Pursuit Free - Final Climb Winner of the Day . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.
19. Web site: Men 9 km Pursuit Free - Final Climb Winner of the Day . www.fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 18 December 2018.