As expected Marit Bjørgen won the first Tour of the year easily – the excitement in this race was more about the positions 2 and onwards. From the splits illustration above you can clearly see the spot where Justyna Kowalczyk decided the second place for herself – at split 6 she was faster than everybody else.

In the above Splitsbrowser-screenshot a flat line on a split means that an athlete is the fastest on a split. The steeper the line goes, the more an athlete looses on that split. Note that the first split starts at starttime 0:00 for all athletes – i.e. from split 1 and on the illustration shows the actual race development.

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Split 1

1.	04:36		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	05:11	+00:34	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
3.	05:11	+00:35	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
4.	05:19	+00:42	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
5.	05:41	+01:05	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
6.	05:48	+01:12	Marianna LONGA	ITA
7.	05:54	+01:17	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
8.	05:54	+01:18	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
9.	06:00	+01:24	Nicole FESSEL	GER
10.	06:01	+01:25	Alena PROCHAZKOVA	SVK
11.	06:12	+01:36	Stefanie BOEHLER	GER

Split 2

1.	02:20		Nicole FESSEL	GER
2.	02:22	+00:02	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	02:24	+00:04	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
4.	02:24	+00:04	Katrin ZELLER	GER
5.	02:24	+00:04	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
6.	02:24	+00:04	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
7.	02:24	+00:04	Mia ERIKSSON	SWE
8.	02:24	+00:04	Maria RYDQVIST	SWE
9.	02:25	+00:05	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
10.	02:25	+00:05	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
11.	02:26	+00:06	Ida INGEMARSDOTTER	SWE
16.	02:27	+00:07	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
37.	02:31	+00:11	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL

Split 3

1.	05:03		Therese JOHAUG	NOR
2.	05:03	+00:00	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
3.	05:06	+00:04	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
4.	05:07	+00:04	Katrin ZELLER	GER
5.	05:08	+00:05	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
6.	05:08	+00:05	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
7.	05:08	+00:05	Nicole FESSEL	GER
8.	05:08	+00:06	Marianna LONGA	ITA
9.	05:09	+00:06	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
10.	05:09	+00:06	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
11.	05:09	+00:06	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
22.	05:14	+00:11	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR

Split 4

1.	02:23		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	02:24	+00:00	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN
3.	02:24	+00:01	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
4.	02:24	+00:01	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
5.	02:25	+00:02	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
6.	02:26	+00:02	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
7.	02:26	+00:02	Marianna LONGA	ITA
8.	02:26	+00:03	Nicole FESSEL	GER
9.	02:26	+00:03	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
10.	02:26	+00:03	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
11.	02:28	+00:04	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
17.	02:29	+00:06	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR

Split 5

1.	05:06		Therese JOHAUG	NOR
2.	05:08	+00:03	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	05:09	+00:03	Anna HAAG	SWE
4.	05:10	+00:04	Nicole FESSEL	GER
5.	05:10	+00:05	Katrin ZELLER	GER
6.	05:11	+00:05	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
7.	05:11	+00:06	Marianna LONGA	ITA
8.	05:11	+00:06	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
9.	05:11	+00:06	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
10.	05:12	+00:06	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
11.	05:13	+00:07	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
13.	05:14	+00:09	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS

Split 6

1.	02:17		Yuki KOBAYASHI	JPN
2.	02:25	+00:07	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	02:25	+00:08	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
4.	02:25	+00:08	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
5.	02:26	+00:09	Anna HAAG	SWE
6.	02:26	+00:09	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
7.	02:26	+00:09	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
8.	02:26	+00:09	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
9.	02:26	+00:09	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
10.	02:27	+00:10	Anastasia DOTSENKO	RUS
11.	02:27	+00:10	Nicole FESSEL	GER
13.	02:28	+00:11	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR

Split 7

1.	04:51		Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
2.	05:04	+00:13	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
3.	05:05	+00:13	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
4.	05:05	+00:14	Nicole FESSEL	GER
5.	05:07	+00:16	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
6.	05:07	+00:16	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
7.	05:08	+00:17	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
8.	05:12	+00:21	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
9.	05:14	+00:23	Anna HAAG	SWE
10.	05:14	+00:23	Alena PROCHAZKOVA	SVK
11.	05:14	+00:23	Kikkan RANDALL	USA

Split 8

1.	02:15		Anastasia DOTSENKO	RUS
2.	02:15	+00:01	Magda GENUIN	ITA
3.	02:17	+00:02	Riikka SARASOJA	FIN
4.	02:18	+00:03	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
5.	02:18	+00:03	Natalja ILJINA	RUS
6.	02:19	+00:04	Alena PROCHAZKOVA	SVK
7.	02:19	+00:04	Elena KOLOMINA	KAZ
8.	02:19	+00:04	Ingvild Flugstad OESTBERG	NOR
9.	02:19	+00:04	Britta JOHANSSON NORGREN	SWE
10.	02:19	+00:04	Maria RYDQVIST	SWE
11.	02:19	+00:05	Svetlana NIKOLAEVA	RUS
12.	02:20	+00:05	Nicole FESSEL	GER
13.	02:20	+00:06	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
17.	02:22	+00:07	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
18.	02:22	+00:08	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
24.	02:24	+00:09	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
28.	02:24	+00:10	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	29:36		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	30:10	+00:34	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
3.	30:22	+00:46	Charlotte KALLA	SWE
4.	30:55	+01:19	Nicole FESSEL	GER
5.	30:57	+01:21	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
6.	31:01	+01:26	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
7.	31:07	+01:31	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
8.	31:14	+01:38	Marianna LONGA	ITA
9.	31:31	+01:55	Arianna FOLLIS	ITA
10.	31:35	+01:59	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
11.	31:49	+02:13	Anna HAAG	SWE
12.	32:07	+02:31	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN
13.	32:08	+02:32	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
14.	32:09	+02:34	Anastasia DOTSENKO	RUS
15.	32:11	+02:35	Alena PROCHAZKOVA	SVK
16.	32:16	+02:40	Katrin ZELLER	GER
17.	32:20	+02:44	Ida INGEMARSDOTTER	SWE
18.	32:20	+02:44	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
19.	32:30	+02:54	Kikkan RANDALL	USA
20.	32:40	+03:05	Magda GENUIN	ITA
21.	32:43	+03:07	Riikka SARASOJA	FIN
22.	32:44	+03:08	Ingvild Flugstad OESTBERG	NOR
23.	32:44	+03:08	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
24.	32:45	+03:09	Maria RYDQVIST	SWE
25.	32:45	+03:09	Natalja ILJINA	RUS
26.	32:45	+03:09	Svetlana NIKOLAEVA	RUS
27.	32:46	+03:10	Elena KOLOMINA	KAZ
28.	32:47	+03:11	Britta JOHANSSON NORGREN	SWE
29.	32:47	+03:11	Julia IVANOVA	RUS
30.	32:55	+03:19	Denise HERRMANN	GER
31.	32:57	+03:21	Stefanie BOEHLER	GER
32.	33:26	+03:50	Eva NYVLTOVA	CZE
33.	33:26	+03:50	Svetlana MALAKHOVA-SHISHKINA	KAZ
34.	33:26	+03:50	Mia ERIKSSON	SWE
35.	33:27	+03:51	Sara LINDBORG	SWE