2019–20 Tour de Ski

The 2019–20 Tour de Ski was the 14th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on 28 December 2019 and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 5 January 2020. The tour was the third tour starting in Lenzerheide. The last stage known as the Final Climb was held as a mass start for the first time. A points standing replaced the sprint standing from previous editions.

Tour de Ski
2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Toblach, Italy
Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dates28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) – 5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)
Stages7
Results
Men
Winner  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS)
  Second  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS)
  Third  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
Points  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
Women
Winner  Therese Johaug (NOR)
  Second  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS)
  Third  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)
Points  Anamarija Lampič (SLO)

Alexander Bolshunov became the overall winner, surpassing Sergey Ustiugov and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. He became the third Russian to win the Tour de Ski. In women's event the overall winner became Therese Johaug, who won the third Tour de Ski cup in her career. Natalya Nepryayeva was second and defending champion Ingvild Flugstad Østberg finished third.

Schedule
StageVenueDateEventTechniqueDistanceStart time (CET)
WomenMenWomenMen
1Lenzerheide (SUI)28 December 2019Distance, mass startFree10 km15 km12:4514:15
229 December 2019SprintFree1.5 km1.5 km11:2011:20
3Toblach (ITA)31 December 2019Distance, interval startFree10 km15 km15:0012:30
41 January 2020Distance, pursuitClassic10 km15 km11:4013:00
5Val di Fiemme (ITA)3 January 2020Distance, mass startClassic10 km15 km13:1515:15
64 January 2020SprintClassic1.3 km1.5 km11:2511:25
75 January 2020Final Climb, mass startFree10 km10 km13:1515:15

Overall leadership

Two main individual classifications were contested in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important was the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at both sprint stages and at intermediate points during mass start stages. In the sprint stages, the winners were awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stages the first ten skiers past the intermediate point received from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the first time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings would wear a yellow bib.

Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type[1]
Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13–15 16–20 21–25 26–30
In finish Interval start none
Mass start
Pursuit
Sprint 60544846444232302826242210864
Intermediate sprint Stage 5 (Mass Start) 1512108654321none

The second competition was the points standings, which replaced the sprint competition from past editions. The skiers who received the highest number of points during the Tour would win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a red bib.

Points standings points for the top 10 positions by type[2]
Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
In finish
Pursuit 1512108654321
Sprint 3024201612108642
Intermediate sprint Interval start (1st IT) 1512108654321
Mass start

The final competition was a team competition. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time.

A total of CHF 560,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race.[3] The overall winners of the Tour de Ski received CHF 55,000, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 40,000 and CHF 27,500 respectively.[4] All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.[5] The holders of the overall and points standings would benefit on each stage they led; the final winners of the points standings would be given CHF 6,000.[3] CHF 3,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.

Overall leadership by stage
Stage Men Women
Winner Overall standings
 Points standings
 Winner Overall standings
 Points standings
1 Sergey Ustiugov Sergey Ustiugov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Therese Johaug Therese Johaug Therese Johaug
2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Anamarija Lampič Natalya Nepryayeva Anamarija Lampič
3 Sergey Ustiugov Sergey Ustiugov Therese Johaug Therese Johaug
4 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
5 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Natalya Nepryayeva
6 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Anamarija Lampič Anamarija Lampič
7 Simen Hegstad Krüger Alexander Bolshunov Therese Johaug
Final Alexander Bolshunov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Final Therese Johaug Anamarija Lampič

Final standings
Legend
Denotes the winner of the Overall standings Denotes the winner of the Points standings

Overall standings

Men

Final overall standings (1–10)[6]
Rank Name Time
1  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 2:58:18.1
2  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) +27.3
3  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) +1:09.0
4  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +1:51.6
5  Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) +2:53.7
6  Pål Golberg (NOR) +2:55.7
7  Dario Cologna (SUI) +3:08.7
8  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) +3:17.5
9  Artem Maltsev (RUS) +3:32.8
10  Iivo Niskanen (FIN) +3:39.2

Women

Final overall standings (1–10)[7]
Rank Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 2:28:18.6
2  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +1:11.1
3  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +1:17.5
4  Heidi Weng (NOR) +1:37.3
5  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +2:13.4
6  Teresa Stadlober (AUT) +4:34.1
7  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) +4:40.6
8  Katharina Hennig (GER) +4:40.9
9  Jessica Diggins (USA) +4:44.1
10  Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) +5:07.1

Points standings

Men

Final points standings (1–10)[8]
Rank Name Points
1  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 117
2  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 89
3  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) 87
4  Gleb Retivykh (RUS) 67
5  Pål Golberg (NOR) 37
6  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) 35
7  Artem Maltsev (RUS) 23
8  Iivo Niskanen (FIN) 18
9  Sjur Røthe (NOR) 17
10  Johan Häggström (SWE) 17

Women

Final points standings (1–10)[9]
Rank Name Points
1  Anamarija Lampič (SLO) 90
2  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) 76
3  Jessica Diggins (USA) 72
4  Therese Johaug (NOR) 66
5  Heidi Weng (NOR) 61
6  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 59
7  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 50
8  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) 34
9  Katharina Hennig (GER) 15
10  Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) 12

Team standings
Final team standings (1–5)[10]
Rank Nation Time
1 Norway 10:50:25.0
2 Russia +12:10.1
3 Sweden +17:49.3
4 Finland +23:21.8
5 Germany +30:08.5

Stages

Stage 1

28 December 2019, Lenzerheide, Switzerland

  • No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Mass Start Free[11]
Rank Name Time
1  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) 33.19.1
2  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) +4.0
3  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +4.0
4  Emil Iversen (NOR) +7.2
5  Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget (NOR) +8.6
6  Dario Cologna (SUI) +8.7
7  Hans Christer Holund (NOR) +8.8
8  Jan Thomas Jenssen (NOR) +8.9
9  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +9.0
10  Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) +10.0
Women – 10 km Mass Start Free[12]
Rank Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 28:12:1
2  Heidi Weng (NOR) +12.3
3  Ebba Andersson (SWE) +12.9
4  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +13.1
5  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +24.1
6  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +40.1
7  Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) +40.6
8  Moa Lundgren (SWE) +41.3
9  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +41.9
10  Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) +42.0

Stage 2

29 December 2019, Lenzerheide, Switzerland

  • Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[13]
    • Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42
    • Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22
    • Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
Men – 1.5 km Sprint Free[14]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 2:44.64 (1) 2:55.33 60
2  Federico Pellegrino (ITA) 2:45.84 (2) +0.35 54
3  Richard Jouve (FRA) 2:49.91 (13) +0.57 48
4  Gleb Retivykh (RUS) 2:49.28 (11) +0.86 46
5  Johan Häggström (SWE) 2:48.32 (8) +0.94 44
6  Pål Golberg (NOR) 2:46.65 (5) +2.16 42
7  Erik Valnes (NOR) 2:46.70 (6) SF 32
8  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 2:46.61 (4) SF 30
9  Jovian Hediger (SUI) 2:46.34 (3) SF 28
10  Renaud Jay (FRA) 2:50.66 (17) SF 26
Women – 1.5 km Sprint Free[15]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1  Anamarija Lampič (SLO) 3:17.69 (20) 3:06.02 60
2  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 3:12.64 (6) +0.03 54
3  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) 3:14.44 (12) +0.47 48
4  Jessica Diggins (USA) 3:11.23 (3) +1.03 46
5  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) 3:11.43 (4) +4.78 44
6  Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) 3:16.70 (17) +5.29 42
7  Anne Kjersti Kalvå (NOR) 3:14.95 (13) SF 32
8  Emma Ribom (SWE) 3:17.80 (22) SF 30
9  Sophie Caldwell (USA) 3:10.76 (1) SF 28
10  Moa Lundgren (SWE) 3:14.02 (8) SF 26

Stage 3

31 December 2019, Toblach, Italy

  • No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Individual Free[16]
Rank Name Time
1  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) 31:02.5
2  Ivan Yakimushkin (RUS) +22.6
3  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +29.0
4  Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) +29.6
5  Hans Christer Holund (NOR) +34.6
6  Artem Maltsev (RUS) +35.2
7  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) +37.0
8  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +39.4
9  Lucas Bögl (GER) +42.6
10  Denis Spitsov (RUS) +43.1
Women – 10 km Individual Free[17]
Rank Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 23:51.9
2  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +0.7
3  Ebba Andersson (SWE) +10.2
4  Heidi Weng (NOR) +10.5
5  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +20.8
6  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +26.0
7  Jessica Diggins (USA) +35.6
8  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) +42.9
9  Rosie Brennan (USA) +45.0
10  Katharina Hennig (GER) +53.1

Stage 4

1 January 2020, Toblach, Italy

  • Pursuit start lists were based only on Stage 3 results (not as in the past on the current Tour de Ski overall standing). In fact, stage 4 finish differences are combined results of stages 3 and 4
  • No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Pursuit Classic[18]
Rank Name Time
1  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 38:14.9
2  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) +13.7
3  Iivo Niskanen (FIN) +24.8
4  Artem Maltsev (RUS) +29.2
5  Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) +29.6
6  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +29.8
7  Hans Christer Holund (NOR) +30.7
8  Lucas Bögl (GER) +47.9
9  Ivan Yakimushkin (RUS) +55.9
10  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) +57.2
Women – 10 km Pursuit Classic[19]
Rank Name Time
1  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 26:51.5
2  Therese Johaug (NOR) +0.4
3  Heidi Weng (NOR) +27.2
4  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +27.3
5  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +27.7
6  Ebba Andersson (SWE) +28.1
7  Anamarija Lampič (SLO) +1.29.4
8  Teresa Stadlober (AUT) +1.29.8
9  Katharina Hennig (GER) +1.30.1
10  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +1.30.6

Stage 5

3 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy

Men – 15 km Mass Start Classic[20]
Rank Name Time BS
1  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 39:51.0 15
2  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) +0.7 2
3  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +1.0 8
4  Andrey Larkov (RUS) +4.4 5
5  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +10.2 12
6  Dario Cologna (SUI) +11.0 4
7  Denis Spitsov (RUS) +13.7
8  Hans Christer Holund (NOR) +15.8 6
9  Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) +18.1 1
10  Iivo Niskanen (FIN) +18.4 3
Women – 10 km Mass Start Classic[21]
Rank Name Time BS
1  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 29:07.9 15
2  Ebba Andersson (SWE) +0.4 12
3  Katharina Hennig (GER) +1.0 10
4  Therese Johaug (NOR) +6.2 5
5  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +6.8 8
6  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +15.5 4
7  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) +17.2 3
8  Heidi Weng (NOR) +19.0 6
9  Jonna Sundling (SWE) +25.0 1
10  Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) +26.6 2

Stage 5 bonus seconds
  • Men: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point.
  • Women: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point.
  • No bonus seconds were awarded at the finish
Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Men)
Name Point 1
 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 15
 Sjur Røthe (NOR) 12
 Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) 10
 Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 8
 Hans Christer Holund (NOR) 6
 Andrey Larkov (RUS) 5
 Dario Cologna (SUI) 4
 Iivo Niskanen (FIN) 3
 Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) 2
 Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) 1
Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Women)
Name Point 1
 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 15
 Ebba Andersson (SWE) 12
 Katharina Hennig (GER) 10
 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 8
 Heidi Weng (NOR) 6
 Therese Johaug (NOR) 5
 Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) 4
 Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) 3
 Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) 2
 Jonna Sundling (SWE) 1

Stage 6

4 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy

  • Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[13]
    • Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42
    • Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22
    • Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
Men – 1.5 km Sprint Classic[22]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 3:02.17 (1) 3:03.78 60
2  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) 3:08.87 (4) +0.70 54
3  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 3:09.28 (5) +1.33 48
4  Pål Golberg (NOR) 3:08.27 (3) +2.01 46
5  Gleb Retivykh (RUS) 3:13.68 (12) +6.30 44
6  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) 3:15.84 (22) +8.69 42
7  Jan Thomas Jenssen (NOR) 3:14.09 (15) SF 32
8  Miha Simenc (SLO) 3:15.93 (23) SF 30
9  Iivo Niskanen (FIN) 3:15.16 (17) SF 28
10  Denis Spitsov (RUS) 3:15.65 (21) SF 26
Women – 1.3 km Sprint Classic[23]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1  Anamarija Lampič (SLO) 3:07.99 (12) 3:03.03 60
2  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 3:07.13 (7) +0.22 54
3  Jessica Diggins (USA) 3:04.26 (1) +0.28 48
4  Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (USA) 3:05.69 (4) +0.80 46
5  Lucia Scardoni (ITA) 3:04.74 (2) +1.12 44
6  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) 3:07.09 (6) +15.30 42
7  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 3:06.01 (5) SF 32
8  Heidi Weng (NOR) 3:11.96 (18) SF 30
9  Jonna Sundling (SWE) 3:05.66 (3) SF 28
10  Maja Dahlqvist (SWE) 3:07.70 (11) SF 26

Stage 7

5 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy

The race for "Fastest of the Day" counts for 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.

Men – 10 km Final Climb Mass Start Free[24]
Rank Name Time
1  Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) 30:55.8
2  Sjur Røthe (NOR) +13.9
3  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +22.3
4  Denis Spitsov (RUS) +26.2
5  Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) +35.6
6  Dario Cologna (SUI) +41.0
7  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) +44.8
8  Irineu Esteve Altimiras (AND) +47.8
9  Andrey Larkov (RUS) +53.7
10  Hugo Lapalus (FRA) +59.3
Women – 10 km Final Climb Mass Start Free[25]
Rank Name Time
1  Therese Johaug (NOR) 34:21.6
2  Heidi Weng (NOR) +50.3
3  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +54.5
4  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +57.1
5  Teresa Stadlober (AUT) +1:15.1
6  Jessica Diggins (USA) +1:51.1
7  Rosie Brennan (USA) +1:58.0
8  Ragnhild Haga (NOR) +2:06.5
9  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +2:10.4
10  Katharina Hennig (GER) +2:12.9

World Cup points distribution

The table shows the number of 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points won in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski for men and women.

Place 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 - 40>40
Overall Standings 4003202402001801601441281161049688807264605652484440363228242020202020105
Each Stage 504643403734323028262422201816151413121110987654321

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