The 2008-09 Cross Country Skiing 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.


2008-09 Cross-country Skiing World Cup
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Calendar

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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.

Individual events

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Round Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third
1   Gällivare 15 km F Individual 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 15 km C Individual 30 November 2008   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Lukáš Bauer   Sami Jauhojärvi
4   La Clusaz 30 km F MAss Start 6 Dezember 2008   Petter Northug   Dario Cologna   Alexander Legkov
5   Davos 15 km C Individual 13 December 2008   Johan Olsson   Axel Teichmann   Sami Jauhojärvi
6 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
Tour de Ski (27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009)
  Oberhof 3,75 km F Prologue 27 December 2008   Axel Teichmann   Dario Cologna   Petter Northug
15 km C Handicap Start 28 December 2008   Dario Cologna   Axel Teichmann   Devon Kershaw
  Praha Sprint F 29 December 2008   Tor Arne Hetland   Vasily Rochev   Jean Marc Gaillard
  Nove Mesto 15 km C 31 December 2008   Axel Teichmann   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Nikolai Chebotko
Sprint F 1 January 2009   Petter Northug   Tor Arne Hetland   Cristian Zorzi
  Val di Fiemme 20 km C Mass Start 3 January 2009   Axel Teichmann   Sami Jauhojärvi   Nikolay Chebotko
  Val di Fiemme 11 km F Final Climb 4 January 2009   Ivan Babikov   Tom Reichelt   Giorgio di Centa
8 Tour de Ski - Final Standings   Dario Cologna   Petter Northug   Axel Teichmann
End of Tour de Ski
9   Canada Sprint C 16 January 2009   Emil Jönsson   Ola Vigen Hattestad   Josef Wenzl
10 Pursuit 17 January 2009   Pietro Piller Cottrer   Jean-Marc Gaillard   Valerio Checchi
11   Otepää 15 km C Individual 24 January 2009   Lukáš Bauer   Johan Olsson   Vincent Vittoz
12 Sprint C 25 January 2009   Ola Vigen Hattestad   Øystein Pettersen   Børre Næss
13   Rybinsk 15 km F Mass Start 30 January 2009   Tobias Angerer   Jean-Marc Gaillard   Sergei Dolidovich
14 Sprint Freistil 31 January 2009   Renato Pasini   Alexey Petuchov   Anton Gafarov
15 Pursuit 1 February 2009 cancelled
16  Val di Dentro Sprint Freistil 13 February 2009   Ola Vigen Hattestad   Alexey Petuchov   Emil Jönsson
17 15 km C Individual 14 February 2009   Anders Södergren   Jens Arne Svartedal   Johan Olsson
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February 2009 until 1 March 2009)
18   Lahti Sprint Freistil 3 March 2009 - - -
19 15 km F Individual 4 March 2009 - - -
20   Trondheim Sprint C 12 March 2009 - - -
21 50 km C Mass Start 13 March 2009 - - -
World Cup Final (18 March 2009 until 22 March 2009)
  Stockholm Sprint C 18 March 2009
  Falun 3.3 km F Indivudual 20 March 2009
20 km Pursuit 21 March 2009
15 km F Handicap Start 22 March 2009
22 World Cup Final - Final Standings - - -

Team events

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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
Rickard 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 Petuchov
Nikolay Morilov
4   Canada 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

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Individual events

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Round Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third
1   Gällivare 10 km F Individual 22 November 2008   Charlotte Kalla   Marit Bjørgen   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2   Kuusamo Sprint C 29 November 2008   Petra Majdič   Lina Andersson   Justyna Kowalczyk
3 10 km C Individual 30 November 2008   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Virpi Kuitunen   Marit Bjørgen
4   La Clusaz 15 km F Mass Start 6 Dezember 2008   Kristin Størmer Steira   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Therese Johaug
5   Davos 10 km C Individual 13 December 2008   Virpi Kuitunen   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Marit Bjørgen
6 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
Tour de Ski (27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009)
  Oberhof 2,5 km F Prologue 27 December 2008   Claudia Nystad   Arianna Follis   Petra Majdič
  Justyna Kowalczyk
10 km C Handicap Start 28 December 2008   Virpi Kuitunen   Marit Bjørgen   Justyna Kowalczyk
  Praha Sprint F 29 December 2008   Arianna Follis   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Petra Majdič
  Nove Mesto 10 km C 31 December 2008   Virpi Kuitunen   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Marit Bjørgen
Sprint F 1 January 2009   Arianna Follis   Petra Majdič   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
  Val di Fiemme 10 km C Mass Start 3 January 2009   Virpi Kuitunen   Petra Majdič   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
  Val di Fiemme 9 km F Final Climb 4 January 2009   Therese Johaug   Kristin Størmer Steira   Valentina Shevchenko
8 Tour de Ski - Final Standings   Virpi Kuitunen   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Petra Majdič
End of Tour de Ski
9   Canada Sprint C 16 January 2009   Alena Procházková   Justyna Kowalczyk   Anna Olsson
10 Pursuit 17 January 2009   Justyna Kowalczyk   Marianna Longa   Arianna Follis
11   Otepää 10 km C Individual 24 January 2009   Justyna Kowalczyk   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Virpi Kuitunen
12 Sprint C 25 January 2009   Petra Majdič   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Virpi Kuitunen
13   Rybinsk 10 km F Mass Start 30 January 2009   Marianna Longa   Arianna Follis   Stefanie Böhler
14 Sprint Freistil 31 January 2009   Pirjo Muranen   Arianna Follis   Magda Genuin
15 Pursuit 1 February 2009 cancelled
16  Val di Dentro Sprint Freistil 13 February 2009   Petra Majdič   Pirjo Muranen   Magda Genuin
17 15 km C Individual 14 February 2009   Justyna Kowalczyk   Marianna Longa   Petra Majdič
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February 2009 until 1 March 2009)
18   Lahti Sprint Freistil 3 March 2009 - - -
19 10 km F Individual 4 March 2009 - - -
20   Trondheim Sprint C 12 March 2009 - - -
21 30 km C Mass Start 13 March 2009 - - -
World Cup Final (18 March 2009 until 22 March 2009)
  Stockholm Sprint C 18 March 2009
  Falun 2.5 km F Indivudual 20 March 2009
10 km Pursuit 21 March 2009
10 km F Handicap Start 22 March 2009
22 World Cup Final - Final Standings - - -

Team events

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Round Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third
1   Gällivare 4 x 10 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 10 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   Canada 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

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

Platz 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.

Overall
Standings as of February 15, 2009
Pos Athlete Points
1.   Dario Cologna 939
2.   Petter Northug 736
3.   Axel Teichmann 663
4.   Ola Vigen Hattestad 580
5.   Pietro Piller Cottrer 568
6.   Giorgio Di Centa 521
7.   Jean-Marc Gaillard 501
8.   Sami Jauhojärvi 501
9.   Martin Johnsrud Sundby 463
10.   Lukáš Bauer 436
Pos Athlete Points
11.   Eldar Rønning 430
12.   Vasily Rochev 422
13.   Tor Arne Hetland 373
14.   Johan Olsson 326
15.   Vincent Vittoz 314
16.   Devon Kershaw 312
17.   John Kristian Dahl 298
18.   Renato Pasini 276
19.   Jaak Mae 262
20.   Yevgeny Dementyev 252
Pos Athlete Points
21.   Alexander Legkov 251
22.   Jens Filbrich 245
23.   Aivar Rehemaa 240
24.   Nikolay Chebotko 239
25.   Alexey Petukhov 236
26.   Andrus Veerpalu 235
27.   Emil Joensson 232
28.   Matti Heikkinen 201
29.   David Hofer 203
30.   Nikolay Morilov 200
Distance Sprint
Standings as of February 15, 2009 Standings as of February 15, 2009
Pos Athlete Points
1   Axel Teichmann 395
2   Dario Cologna 394
3   Pietro Piller Cottrer 389
4   Lukáš Bauer 340
5   Martin Johnsrud Sundby 335
6   Johan Olsson 326
7   Petter Northug 300
8   Jean-Marc Gaillard 296
8   Sami Jauhojärvi 290
10   Vincent Vittoz 262
Pos Athlete Points
1   Ola Vigen Hattestad 580
2   Tor Arne Hetland 335
3   Renato Pasini 276
4   Alexey Petukhow 236
5   Emil Joensson 232
6   Nikolay Morilov 200
7   John Kristian Dahl 184
8   Fabio Pasini 163
9   Roddy Darragon 146
10   Dario Cologna 145

Woman

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Overall
Standings as of February 15, 2009
Pos Athlete Points
1 .   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1276
2 .   Petra Majdič 1250
3 .   Justyna Kowalczyk 1167
4.   Virpi Kuitunen 1095
5.   Arianna Follis 835
6 .   Marianna Longa 813
7.   Pirjo Muranen 703
8.   Marit Bjørgen 647
9.   Kristin Størmer Steira 514
10.   Therese Johaug 483
Pos Athlete Points
11.   Valentina Shevchenko 430
12.   Stefanie Böhler 430
13.   Riitta-Liisa Roponen 424
14.   Anna Haag 413
15.   Sara Renner 317
16.   Claudia Nystad 316
17.   Alena Procházková 315
28.   Magda Genuin 285
19.   Katerina Smutna 275
20.   Charlotte Kalla 264
Pos Athlete Points
21.   Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova 250
22.   Natalya Matveyeva 231
23.   Lina Andersson 226
24.   Britta Norgren 203
25.   Katrin Zeller 188
26.   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 159
27.   Olga Rotcheva 155
28.   Alyona Sidko 147
29.   Anna Olsson 143
30.   Vesna Fabjan 141
Distance Sprint
Standings as of February 15, 2009 Standings as of February 15, 2009
Pos Athlete Points
1.   Justyna Kowalczyk 671
2.   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 640
3.   Marianna Longa 544
4.   Virpi Kuitunen 525
5.   Marit Bjørgen 405
6.   Kristin Størmer Steira} 398
7.   Petra Majdič 385
8.   Arianna Follis 373
9.   Valentina Shevchenko 356
10.   Therese Johaug 322
Pos Athlete Points
1.   Petra Majdič 625
2.   Pirjo Muranen 361
3.   Arianna Follis 334
4.   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 316
5.   Justyna Kowalczyk 296
6.   Magda Genuin 276
7.   Alena Procházková 245
8.   Natalya Matveyeva 231
9.   Lina Andersson 206
10.   Virpi Kuitunen 170

Nation Cup

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Standings as of February 15, 2009
Pos Nation Points
1.   Norway 6838
2.   Finland 5268
3.   Italy 5120
4.   Russia 4694
5.   Sweden 3778
6.   Germany 3220
7.   France 2099
8.   Switzerland 1651
9.   Slovenia 1479
10.   Poland 1358