1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

World Cup 1998/99
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition

The 1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 18th official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It started in Muonio, Finland on 28 November 1998 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway on 20 March 1999. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup.^[1] Bente Martinsen of Norway won the women's cup^[2] on more vicotries than Stefania Belmondo of Italy after both finished the season achieving 768 points.

The 1998-99 season was the last season the results from World Championships counted in the overall World Cup standings.

Race Calendar

Men

C - Classic / F - Freestyle
WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Mathias Fredriksson	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mikhail Botvinov	Alois Stadlober
4	13 December 1998	Toblach	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Espen Bjervig	Jari Isometsä
5	19 December 1998	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokourorov	Mikhail Botvinov
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Thobias Fredriksson	Ari Palolahti
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Christian Hoffmann	Patrik Mächler
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson	Christian Hoffmann
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	15 km C	Espen Bjervig	Mika Myllylä	Anders Bergström
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Erling Jevne	Espen Bjervig
11	12 January 1999	Nové Město	30 km F	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Per Elofsson
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	10 km F	Mika Myllylä	Mikhail Botvinov	Jari Isometsä
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19-28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	30 km F	Mika Myllylä	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie
14	22 February 1999		10 km C	Mika Myllylä	Alois Stadlober	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
15	23 February 1999		10 km C + 15 km F combined pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa
16	28 February 1999		50 km C	Mika Myllylä	Andrus Veerpalu	Mikhail Botvinov
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Vilissov	Frode Estil
18	13 March 1999	Falun	30 km C	Anders Bergström	Mikhail Botvinov	Mika Myllylä
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	50 km C	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Christian Hoffmann

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Women

C - Classic / F - Freestyle
WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	5 km F	Katerina Neumannova	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrilyuk
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Anita Moen	Andreja Mali	Bente Martinsen
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	5 km F	Katerina Neumannova	Antonina Ordina	Nina Gavrilyuk
4	13 December 1998	Toblach	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Nina Gavrilyuk	Antonina Ordina
5	19 December 1998	Davos	15 km C	Olga Danilova	Bente Martinsen	Larisa Lazutina
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Kristina Smigun	Andreja Mali
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Karin Moroder
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Andreja Mali	Anne Kristi Marken
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Antonina Ordina	Kristina Smigun
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Katerina Neumannova	Svetlana Nageykina
11	12 January 1999	Nové Město	15 km F	Kristina Smigun	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrilyuk
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	5 km F	Nina Gavrilyuk	Anfisa Reztsova	Stefania Belmondo
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19-28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Smigun	Maria Theurl
14	22 February 1999		5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Olga Danilova	Katerina Neumannova
15	23 February 1999		5 km C + 10 km F combined pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrilyuk	Iryna Terelia
16	27 February 1999		30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Danilova	Kristina Smigun
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen	Katerina Neumannova
18	13 March 1999	Falun	15 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Svetlana Nageykina	Natalia Baranova-Masolkina
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	30 km C	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Smigun

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's Team

Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
29 November 1998	Muonio	Relay 4 x 10 km F/F/F/F	Sweden Anders Bergström Magnus Ingesson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Italy Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Maurizio Pozzi	^[3]
20 December 1999	Davos	Relay 4 x 10 km C/C/F/F	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Austria Alexander Marent Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher	^[4]
10 January 1999	Nové Město	Relay 4 x 10 km C/C/F/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alexander Marent Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Silvio Fauner	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Frode Jermstad Tor Arne Hetland	^[5]
26 February 1999	Ramsau	Relay 4 x 10 km C/C/F/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	^[6]
14 March 1999	Falun	Relay 4 x 10 km C/C/F/F	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Per Elofsson Jörgen Brink	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokourorov Vladimir Vilissov	^[7]
21 March 1999	Oslo	Relay 4 x 10 km C/C/C/C	Norway Frode Estil Espen Bjervig Anders Aukland Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokourorov Vladimir Vilissov	Italy Silvio Fauner Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa	^[8]

Women's Team

Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
29 November 1998	Muonio	Relay 4 x 5 km F/F/F/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Anfisa Reztsova Larissa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk	Italy Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Norway Bente Martinsen Elin Nilsen Anita Moen Maj Helen Sorkmo	^[9]
20 December 1999	Davos	Relay 4 x 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Svetlana Nageykina Larissa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa	Russia II Marina Lazskaja Natalia Baranova Yuliya Chepalova Anfisa Reztsova	^[10]
10 January 1999	Nové Město	Relay 4 x 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrilyuk Anfisa Reztsova Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Bente Martinsen	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa	^[11]
26 February 1999	Ramsau	Relay 4 x 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia Olga Danilova Larissa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrilyuk	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	Germany Viola Bauer Ramona Roth Evi Sachenbacher Sigrid Wille	^[12]
14 March 1999	Falun	Relay 4 x 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Natalia Baranova Yuliya Chepalova Larissa Lazutina	Russia II Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	^[13]
21 March 1999	Oslo	Relay 4 x 5 km C/C/C/C	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrilyuk Yuliya Chepalova Larissa Lazutina	Russia II Natalia Baranova Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Norway Bente Martinsen Hilde Glomsås Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	^[14]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Bjørn Dæhlie	885
2	Mikhail Botvinov	685
3	Mika Myllylä	573
4	Mathias Fredriksson	484
5	Per Elofsson	465
6	Anders Bergström	454
7	Espen Bjervig	406
8	Jari Isometsä	370
9	Alexey Prokourorov	366
10	Erling Jevne	318

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Alois Stadlober	279
12	Fulvio Valbusa	273
13	Thomas Alsgaard	266
14	Niklas Jonsson	259
15	Ivan Batory	248
	Christian Hoffmann	248
17	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	246
18	Fabio Maj	227
19	Frode Estil	219
	Kristen Skjeldal	219

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Vladimir Villisov	211
22	Andrus Veerpalu	189
23	Tor Arne Hetland	170
24	Silvio Fauner	169
25	Giorgio Di Centa	132
26	Maurizio Pozzi	115
27	Jaak Mae	113
28	Andreas Schlütter	103
29	Mikhail Ivanov	100
30	Sami Repo	90

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Mikhail Botvinov	413
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	360
3	Mika Myllylä	312
4	Anders Bergström	261
5	Alexey Prokourorov	220
6	Mathias Fredriksson	176
7	Fulvio Valbusa	157
8	Per Elofsson	141
9	Niklas Jonsson	129
10	Kristen Skjeldal	122
	Alois Stadlober	122

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	480
2	Tor Arne Hetland	354
3	Mathias Fredriksson	308
4	Espen Bjervig	298
5	Per Elofsson	295
6	Christian Hoffmann	287
7	Mikhail Botvinov	272
8	Mika Myllylä	261
9	Thobias Fredriksson	252
10	Peter Schlickenrieder	247

Ladies' standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Bente Martinsen	768
2	Stefania Belmondo	768
3	Nina Gavrilyuk	705
4	Kristina Smigun	666
5	Larisa Lazutina	648
6	Katerina Neumannova	618

8	Olga Danilova	507
9	Anfisa Reztsova	490
10	Antonina Ordina	430

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Yuliya Chepalova	363
12	Iryna Terelia	300
13	Natalia Baranova	279
14	Elin Nilsen	264
15	Brigitte Albrecht	252
16	Gabriella Paruzzi	246
17	Maria Theurl	218
18	Valentina Shevchenko	187
	Sophie Villeneuve	187
20	Anita Moen	170

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Kristina Smigun	372
2	Stefania Belmondo	345
3	Larisa Lazutina	343
4
5	Olga Danilova	240
6	Nina Gavrilyuk	215
7	Yuliya Chepalova	200
8	Anfisa Reztsova	190
9	Iryna Terelia	156
10	Gabriella Paruzzi	147
	Maria Theurl	147

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	806
2	Katerina Neumannova	490
3	Kristina Smigun	473
4	Nina Gavrilyuk	401
5	Stefania Belmondo	356
6	Larisa Lazutina	305
7	Antonina Ordina	282
8	Anfisa Reztsova	250
9	Andreja Mali	240
10	Anita Moen	235

Note: : When the season ended, Bente Martinsen and Stefania Belmondo were equal on points. Bente Martinsen won the Overall World Cup on most victories (Martinsen 7-2 Belmondo).

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1998/99 season in parentheses)

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 5 (46) first places
Mika Myllylä (FIN), 4 (8) first places
Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (3) first places
Mikhail Botvinov (AUT), 2 (2) first places
Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 1 (5) first places
Per Elofsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Peter Schlickenrieder (GER), 1 (1) first place
Espen Bjervig (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Anders Bergström (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

Bente Martinsen (NOR), 7 (10) first places
Larissa Lazutina (RUS), 3 (15) first places
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 2 (19) first places
Katerina Neumannova (CZE), 2 (3) first places
Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS), 1 (4) first place
Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 1 (2) first place
Anita Moen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Olga Danilova (RUS), 1 (1) first place
Kristina Smigun (EST), 1 (1) first place

References

↑ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1999 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
↑ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1999 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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↑ "20.12.98 Davos, Switzerland Men 4 x 10 km, 2 x classic + 2 x free". lipas.uwasa.fi. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
↑ "Nové Město Result". skisport365.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
↑ "World Ski Championships - Men's Rel 4x10 km". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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↑ "29.11.98 Muonio, Finland Ladies 4 x 5 km, 4 x free". lipas.uwasa.fi. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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[2] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1999 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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World Cup 1998/99
Discipline	Men	Ladies
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (6th title)	Bente Martinsen
Long Distance	Mikhail Botvinov	Kristina Smigun
Sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie	Bente Martinsen
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	14 venues	14 venues
Individual	19 events	19 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events