2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Competition

The 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup is a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. The season began on 22 November 2008 with 15 km freestyle races for women in Gällivare, won by Charlotte Kalla of Sweden. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.

Calendar

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.

The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Oberhof and concludes at Val di Fiemme.

Men

Individual events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third
1	Gällivare	15 km F	22 November 2008	Marcus Hellner	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Petter Northug
2	Kuusamo	Sprint C	29 November 2008	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Tor Arne Hetland	John Kristian Dahl
3	Kuusamo	15 km C	30 November 2008	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Lukáš Bauer	Sami Jauhojärvi
4	La Clusaz	30 km F Mass Start	6 December 2008	Petter Northug	Dario Cologna	Alexander Legkov
5	Davos	15 km C	13 December 2008	Johan Olsson	Axel Teichmann	Sami Jauhojärvi
6	Davos	Sprint F	14 December 2008	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Johan Kjølstad	Renato Pasini
7	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	20 December 2008	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Tor Arne Hetland	Fabio Pasini

8	Oberhof	3,75 km F Prologue	27 December 2008	Axel Teichmann	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug
9	Oberhof	15 km C Handicap Start	28 December 2008	Dario Cologna	Axel Teichmann	Devon Kershaw
10	Praha	Sprint F	29 December 2008	Tor Arne Hetland	Vasily Rochev	Jean Marc Gaillard
11	Nove Mesto	15 km C	31 December 2008	Axel Teichmann	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Nikolai Chebotko
12	Nove Mesto	Sprint F	1 January 2009	Petter Northug	Tor Arne Hetland	Cristian Zorzi
13	Val di Fiemme	20 km C Mass Start	3 January 2009	Axel Teichmann	Sami Jauhojärvi	Nikolay Chebotko
14	Val di Fiemme	11 km F Final Climb	4 January 2009	Ivan Babikov	Tom Reichelt	Giorgio Di Centa
TdS	Tour de Ski - 2nd Tour de Ski Overall (27 December 2008 - 4 January 2009)			Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Axel Teichmann

15	Vancouver	Sprint C	16 January 2009	Emil Jönsson	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Josef Wenzl
16	Vancouver	Pursuit	17 January 2009	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Jean-Marc Gaillard	Valerio Checchi
17	Otepää	15 km C	24 January 2009	Lukáš Bauer	Johan Olsson	Vincent Vittoz
18	Otepää	Sprint C	25 January 2009	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Øystein Pettersen	Børre Næss
19	Rybinsk, Demino	15 km F Mass Start	30 January 2009	Tobias Angerer	Jean-Marc Gaillard	Sergei Dolidovich
20		Sprint F	31 January 2009	Renato Pasini	Alexey Petukhov	Anton Gafarov
		30 km Skiathlon	1 February 2009	cancelled due to cold wetaher, not rescheduled
21	Valdidentro	Sprint F	13 February 2009	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Alexey Petukhov	Emil Jönsson
22	Valdidentro	15 km C	14 February 2009	Anders Södergren	Jens Arne Svartedal	Johan Olsson
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February 2009 until 1 March 2009)
23	Lahti	Sprint F	7 March 2009	Petter Northug	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Nikolay Morilov
24	Lahti	15 km F	8 March 2009	Alexander Legkov	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Christian Hoffmann
25	Trondheim	Sprint C	12 March 2009	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Petter Northug	John Kristian Dahl
26	Trondheim	50 km C Mass Start	14 March 2009	Sami Jauhojärvi	Tobias Angerer	Alex Harvey
World Cup Final (18 March 2009 until 22 March 2009)
27	Stockholm	Sprint C	18 March 2009	Johan Kjølstad	John Kristian Dahl	Eldar Rønning
28	Falun	3.3 km F	20 March 2009	Axel Teichmann	Dario Cologna	Martin Koukal
29		20 km Pursuit	21 March 2009	Dario Cologna	Marcus Hellner	Tobias Angerer
30		15 km F Handicap Start	22 March 2009	Sergey Shiryayev	Vincent Vittoz	Juha Lallukka
WCF	2008/09 World Cup Final (18–22 March 2009)			Dario Cologna	Vincent Vittoz	Alexander Legkov

Team events

Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third
1	Gällivare	4 x 10 km Relay	23 November 2008	Norway I Martin Johnsrud Sundby Eldar Rønning Tore Ruud Hofstad Petter Northug	Sweden I Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Rikard Andreasson Marcus Hellner	Germany Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer Tom Reichelt Axel Teichmann
2	La Clusaz	4 x 10 km Relay	7 December 2008	Norway I Tor Arne Hetland Martin Johnsrud Sundby Tord Asle Gjerdalen Petter Northug	Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner	France I Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Maurice Manificat Emmanuel Jonnier
3	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	21 December 2008	Norway I Tor Arne Hetland Ola Vigen Hattestad	Sweden I Björn Lind Thobias Fredriksson	Russia I Alexey Petukhov Nikolay Morilov
4	Vancouver	Team Sprint F	18 January 2009	Sweden I Robin Bryntesson Emil Jönsson	Italy I Fabio Pasini Renato Pasini	Canada I George Grey Alex Harvey

Women

Individual events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third
1	Gällivare	10 km F	22 November 2008	Charlotte Kalla	Marit Bjørgen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2	Kuusamo	Sprint C	29 November 2008	Petra Majdič	Lina Andersson	Justyna Kowalczyk
3	Kuusamo	10 km C	30 November 2008	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen
4	La Clusaz	15 km F Mass Start	6 December 2008	Kristin Størmer Steira	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Therese Johaug
5	Davos	10 km C	13 December 2008	Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marit Bjørgen
6	Davos	Sprint F	14 December 2008	Petra Majdič	Celine Brun-Lie	Marit Bjørgen
7	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	20 December 2008	Petra Majdič	Natalya Matveyeva	Maiken Caspersen Falla

8	Oberhof	2,5 km F Prologue	27 December 2008	Claudia Nystad	Arianna Follis	Petra Majdič Justyna Kowalczyk
9	Oberhof	10 km C Handicap Start	28 December 2008	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk
10	Praha	Sprint F	29 December 2008	Arianna Follis	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Petra Majdič
11	Nove Mesto	10 km C	31 December 2008	Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marit Bjørgen
12	Nove Mesto	Sprint F	1 January 2009	Arianna Follis	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
13	Val di Fiemme	10 km C Mass Start	3 January 2009	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
14	Val di Fiemme	9 km F Final Climb	4 January 2009	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira	Valentina Shevchenko
TdS	2nd Tour de Ski Overall (27 December 2008 - 4 January 2009)			Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Petra Majdič

15	Vancouver	Sprint C	16 January 2009	Alena Procházková	Justyna Kowalczyk	Anna Olsson
16	Vancouver	Pursuit	17 January 2009	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marianna Longa	Arianna Follis
17	Otepää	10 km C	24 January 2009	Justyna Kowalczyk	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen
18	Otepää	Sprint C	25 January 2009	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen
19	Rybinsk, Demino	10 km F Mass Start	30 January 2009	Marianna Longa	Arianna Follis	Stefanie Böhler
20		Sprint F	31 January 2009	Pirjo Muranen	Arianna Follis	Magda Genuin
		15 km Skiathlon	1 February 2009	cancelled due to cold wetaher, not rescheduled
21	Valdidentro	Sprint F	13 February 2009	Petra Majdič	Pirjo Muranen	Magda Genuin
22	Valdidentro	15 km C	14 February 2009	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marianna Longa	Petra Majdič
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February 2009 until 1 March 2009)
23	Lahti	Sprint F	7 March 2009	Petra Majdič	Arianna Follis	Pirjo Muranen
24	Lahti	10 km F	8 March 2009	Justyna Kowalczyk	Charlotte Kalla	Marthe Kristoffersen
25	Trondheim	Sprint C	12 March 2009	Petra Majdič	Alena Procházková	Justyna Kowalczyk
26	Trondheim	30 km C Mass Start	14 March 2009	Petra Majdič	Justyna Kowalczyk	Masako Ishida

27	Stockholm	Sprint C	18 March 2009	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Anna Olsson
28	Falun	2.5 km F	20 March 2009	Claudia Nystad	Charlotte Kalla	Justyna Kowalczyk
29		10 km Pursuit	21 March 2009	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Therese Johaug	Justyna Kowalczyk
30		10 km F Handicap Start	22 March 2009	Kristin Størmer Steira	Therese Johaug	Marthe Kristoffersen
WCF	2008/09 World Cup Final (18–22 March 2009)			Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug	Charlotte Kalla

Team events

Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third
1	Gällivare	4 x 5 km relay	23 November 2008	Norway I Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marthe Kristoffersen	Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Sweden I Jenny Hansson Britta Norgren Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla
2	La Clusaz	4 x 5 km relay	7 December 2008	Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Sweden Lina Andersson Sara Lindborg Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	Norway Kristin Mürer Stemland Therese Johaug Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Kristin Størmer Steira
3	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	21 December 2008	Russia I Natalya Korostelyova Natalya Matveyeva	Norway I Celine Brun-Lie Maiken Caspersen Falla	Germany I Claudia Nystad Stefanie Böhler
4	Vancouver	Team Sprint F	18 January 2009	Italy I Magda Genuin Arianna Follis	Germany Nicole Fessel Stefanie Böhler	Sweden I Lina Andersson Anna Olsson

World Cup points

The table shows the number of points won in the 2008–09 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

Place	1	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
Individual/Team Sprint	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
WC Final/Relay	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Tour de Ski	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	16	12	8	4
Stage TdS/Stage WC Final	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

A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

Men

Overall

Pos	Athlete	Points
1.	Dario Cologna	1344
2.	Petter Northug	1207
3.	Ola Vigen Hattestad	792
4.	Sami Jauhojärvi	789
5.	Pietro Piller Cottrer	774
6.	Axel Teichmann	724
7.	Giorgio Di Centa	660
8.	Jean-Marc Gaillard	627
9.	Lukáš Bauer	612
10.	Vincent Vittoz	583

Pos	Athlete	Points
11.	Alexander Legkov	562
12.	Eldar Rønning	518
13.	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	508
14.	Tobias Angerer	477
15.	Johan Olsson	462
16.	John Kristian Dahl	444
17.	Vasily Rochev	437
18.	Devon Kershaw	398
19.	Tor Arne Hetland	373
20.	Marcus Hellner	367

Pos	Athlete	Points
21.	Renato Pasini	359
22.	Yevgeny Dementyev	354
23.	Jens Filbrich	305
24.	Alexey Petukhov	291
25.	Maxim Vylegzhanin	288
26.	Jaak Mae	275
27.	Andrus Veerpalu	275
28.	Emil Jönsson	272
29.	David Hofer	265
30.	Nikolay Morilov	260

Distance

Sprint

Pos	Athlete	Points
1	Pietro Piller Cottrer	559
2	Dario Cologna	539
3	Petter Northug	489
4	Sami Jauhojärvi	466
5	Lukáš Bauer	460
6	Axel Teichmann	445
7	Johan Olsson	432
8	Alexander Legkov	407
9	Tobias Angerer	377
10	Jean-Marc Gaillard	374

Pos	Athlete	Points
1	Ola Vigen Hattestad	792
2	Renato Pasini	359
3	Tor Arne Hetland	335
4	John Kristian Dahl	326
5	Petter Northug	308
6	Alexey Petukhov	278
7	Emil Joensson	272
8	Nikolay Morilov	260
9	Dario Cologna	205
10	Nikita Kriukov	203

Women

Overall

Pos	Athlete	Points
1.	Justyna Kowalczyk	1810
2.	Petra Majdič	1730
3.	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	1485
4.	Arianna Follis	1127
5.	Virpi Kuitunen	1124
6.	Pirjo Muranen	999
7 .	Marianna Longa	991
8.	Kristin Størmer Steira	771
9.	Therese Johaug	725
10.	Marit Bjørgen	714

Pos	Athlete	Points
11.	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	710
12.	Charlotte Kalla	623
13.	Claudia Nystad	599
14.	Anna Olsson	509
15.	Stefanie Böhler	505
16.	Valentina Shevchenko	492
17.	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	484
18.	Alena Procházková	423
19.	Anna Haag	413
20.	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	379

Pos	Athlete	Points
21.	Sara Renner	333
22.	Katerina Smutna	331
23.	Magda Genuin	329
24.	Marthe Kristoffersen	316
25.	Katrin Zeller	306
26.	Natalya Matveyeva	283
27.	Celine Brun-Lie	247
28.	Alena Sidko	240
29.	Lina Andersson	226
30.	Karine Laurent Philippot	219

Distance

Sprint

Pos	Athlete	Points
1.	Justyna Kowalczyk	1004
2.	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	706
3.	Marianna Longa	662
4.	Kristin Størmer Steira	590
5.	Petra Majdič	551
6.	Virpi Kuitunen	525
7.	Therese Johaug	507
8.	Arianna Follis	490
9.	Marit Bjørgen	435
10.	Valentina Shevchenko	418

Pos	Athlete	Points
1.	Petra Majdič	875
2.	Arianna Follis	469
3.	Pirjo Muranen	461
4.	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	407
5.	Justyna Kowalczyk	406
6.	Alena Procházková	353
7.	Magda Genuin	319
8.	Natalya Matveyeva	283
9.	Anna Olsson	256
10.	Celine Brun-Lie	209

Nation Cup

Pos	Nation	Points
1.	Norway	9334
2.	Finland	6675
3.	Italy	6413
4.	Russia	6197
5.	Sweden	4920
6.	Germany	4353
7.	France	2738
8.	Slovenia	2032
9.	Switzerland	2028
10.	Poland	1954

Achievements

First World Cup Podium

Anton Gafarov (RUS), 21, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 20 (Sprint F) in Rybinsk

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2008/09 season in parentheses)

Men

Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR), 6 (8) first places
Axel Teichmann (GER), 4 (12) first places
Dario Cologna (SUI), 4 (4) first places
Petter Northug (NOR), 3 (6) first places
Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 1 (13) first place
Lukáš Bauer (CZE), 1 (11) first place
Tobias Angerer (GER), 1 (11) first place
Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), 1 (6) first places
Anders Södergren (SWE), 1 (3) first place
Emil Jönsson (SWE), 1 (2) first place
Renato Pasini (ITA), 1 (2) first place
Alexander Legkov (RUS), 1 (2) first place
Sergey Shiryayev (RUS), 1 (2) first place
Johan Kjølstad (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Marcus Hellner (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Johan Olsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Ivan Babikov (CAN), 1 (1) first place
Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Women

Petra Majdič (SLO), 9 (16) first places
Virpi Kuitunen (FIN), 5 (27) first places
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), 5 (7) first places
Arianna Follis (ITA), 2 (5) first places
Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR), 2 (4) first places
Claudia Künzel-Nystad (GER), 2 (4) first places
Charlotte Kalla (SWE), 1 (5) first place
Pirjo Muranen (FIN), 1 (5) first place
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), 1 (3) first place
Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN), 1 (2) first place
Therese Johaug (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Alena Procházková (SVK), 1 (1) first place
Marianna Longa (ITA), 1 (1) first place

External links

World Cup, Tour de Ski and Final Rules 2008-2009

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FIS Cross-Country World Cup seasons
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2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Ladies
Overall	Dario Cologna	Justyna Kowalczyk
Distance	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Justyna Kowalczyk
Sprint	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Petra Majdič
Tour de Ski	Dario Cologna	Virpi Kuitunen
Nations Cup	Norway	Finland
Competition
Locations	17 venues	17 venues
Individual	30 events	30 events
Relay/Team	4 events	4 events
Cancelled	1 event	1 event