Ola Vigen Hattestad was the fastest man of the day when adding all heat times – but could do nothing with Brandsdal in the final sprint. Brandsdal had a slower semifinal, and that might have helped get some extra power in the final?

Among the women, the winner Petra Majdic proved that she really is the best in a classic sprint at present. Also when summing up the heat times she was fastest – a good 5 seconds ahead of Brodin and Falla.

• See all news about the race in WorldofXC.com
• Results from the WhoWins race predictions

Men (unofficial results from live timing!)

Eirik BRANDSDAL.	NOR		03:25	03:27	03:22	03:21	(13:37)
Ola Vigen HATTESTAD.	NOR		03:25	03:23	03:21	03:19	(13:30)
Nikita KRIUKOV.	RUS		03:25	03:27	03:24	03:20	(13:38)
Emil JOENSSON.	SWE		03:26	03:24	03:22	03:22	(13:36)
Daniel RICKARDSSON.	SWE		03:26	03:25	03:18	03:26	(13:37)
Jesper MODIN.	SWE		03:26	03:24	03:17	03:22	(13:31)
Petter NORTHUG.	NOR			03:27	03:22	03:24	(10:16)
Jens ERIKSSON.	SWE			03:28	03:18	03:27	(10:14)
Teodor PETERSON.	SWE			03:28	03:22	03:27	(10:18)
Mikhail NOVICHIKHIN.	RUS			03:28	03:19	03:21	(10:09)
Yuichi ONDA.	JPN			03:29	03:23	03:24	(10:18)
Kein EINASTE.	EST			03:39	03:21	03:24	(10:25)
Karel TAMMJARV.	EST				03:21	03:25	(06:47)
Siim SELLIS.	EST				03:21	03:25	(06:47)
Peeter KUMMEL.	EST				03:21	03:26	(06:48)
Eldar ROENNING.	NOR				03:22	03:24	(06:47)
Matias STRANDVALL.	FIN				03:22	03:22	(06:45)
Ville NOUSIAINEN.	FIN				03:22	03:26	(06:49)
Simen OESTENSEN.	NOR				03:22	03:25	(06:48)
Anti SAAREPUU.	EST				03:23	03:26	(06:50)
Valerio LECCARDI.	SUI				03:23	03:27	(06:51)
Robin BRYNTESSON.	SWE				03:23	03:27	(06:51)
Timo Andre BAKKEN.	NOR				03:23	03:25	(06:49)
Andrey PARFENOV.	RUS				03:23	03:26	(06:50)
Nikolay CHEBOTKO.	KAZ				03:24	03:27	(06:52)
Christoph EIGENMANN.	SUI				03:24	03:23	(06:49)
Michail DEVJATIAROV.	RUS				03:24	03:26	(06:52)
Alexander PANZHINSKIY.	RUS				03:25	03:22	(06:48)
Josef WENZL.	GER				03:25	03:26	(06:52)
Vahur TEPPAN.	EST				03:27	03:26	(06:54)
Len VALJAS.	CAN					03:27	(03:28)
Niklas COLLIANDER.	FIN					03:27	(03:28)
Patrick JOHANSSON.	SWE					03:27	(03:28)
Alexey POLTORANIN.	KAZ					03:27	(03:28)
Sebastian EISENLAUER.	GER					03:27	(03:28)
Axel TEICHMANN.	GER					03:28	(03:28)
Yevgeniy KOSCHEVOY.	KAZ					03:28	(03:28)
Timo SIMONLATSER.	EST					03:28	(03:29)
Daniel HEUN.	GER					03:28	(03:29)
Anssi PENTSINEN.	FIN					03:28	(03:29)
Paal GOLBERG.	NOR					03:29	(03:29)
Lasse PAAKKONEN.	FIN					03:29	(03:29)
Dmitriy JAPAROV.	RUS					03:29	(03:29)
Aivar REHEMAA.	EST					03:29	(03:30)
Joeri KINDSCHI.	SUI					03:30	(03:30)
Maciej KRECZMER.	POL					03:30	(03:31)
Sergey CHEREPANOV.	KAZ					03:31	(03:31)
Tim TSCHARNKE.	GER					03:31	(03:31)
Raido RANKEL.	EST					03:31	(03:31)
Keishin YOSHIDA.	JPN					03:31	(03:31)
Algo KAERP.	EST					03:31	(03:32)
Tord Asle GJERDALEN.	NOR					03:31	(03:32)
Janek VALLIMAE.	EST					03:32	(03:32)
Andrus VEERPALU.	EST					03:32	(03:33)
Curdin PERL.	SUI					03:32	(03:33)
Lari LEHTONEN.	FIN					03:32	(03:33)
Jovian HEDIGER.	SUI					03:33	(03:33)
Modestas VAICIULIS.	LTU					03:33	(03:34)
Aleksei NOVOSELKI.	LTU					03:34	(03:34)
Peter MLYNAR.	SVK					03:34	(03:34)
Jesse COCKNEY.	CAN					03:34	(03:35)
Manuel HIRNER.	AUT					03:34	(03:35)
Alexander LASUTKIN.	BLR					03:35	(03:35)
Andres KOLLO.	EST					03:35	(03:36)
Markus BADER.	AUT					03:36	(03:36)
Michael SOMPPI.	CAN					03:37	(03:37)
Erkki JALLAI.	EST					03:38	(03:39)
Alexandr IONENKOW.	BLR					03:38	(03:39)
Graeme KILLICK.	CAN					03:38	(03:39)
Sebastian GAZUREK.	POL					03:40	(03:40)
Rinalds KOSTJUKOVS.	LAT					03:41	(03:41)
Arvis LIEPINS.	LAT					03:41	(03:42)
Veselin TZINZOV.	BUL					03:42	(03:42)
Andrew YOUNG.	GBR					03:42	(03:42)
Yevgeniy VELICHKO.	KAZ					03:43	(03:43)
Callum WATSON.	AUS					03:44	(03:45)
Ewan WATSON.	AUS					03:50	(03:50)

Women (unofficial results from live timing!)

Petra MAJDIC.	SLO		03:07	03:10	03:05	03:09	(12:32)
Hanna BRODIN.	SWE		03:07	03:09	03:04	03:14	(12:37)
Maiken Caspersen FALLA.	NOR		03:09	03:10	03:05	03:12	(12:37)
Justyna KOWALCZYK.	POL		03:11	03:10	03:05	03:14	(12:41)
Lina ANDERSSON.	SWE		03:12	03:10	03:04	03:14	(12:42)
Katja VISNAR.	SLO		03:13	03:09	03:05	03:09	(12:38)
Marit BJOERGEN.	NOR			03:10	03:04	03:08	(09:24)
Pirjo MURANEN.	FIN			03:11	03:06	03:11	(09:29)
Daria GAIAZOVA.	CAN			03:11	03:07	03:15	(09:34)
Hanna FALK.	SWE			03:11	03:06	03:08	(09:27)
Aino Kaisa SAARINEN.	FIN			03:14	03:05	03:10	(09:30)
Ingvild Flugstad OESTBERG.	NOR				03:05	03:16	(06:23)
Hanna KOLB.	GER				03:05	03:15	(06:21)
Madoka NATSUMI.	JPN				03:06	03:12	(06:19)
Kari Vikhagen GJEITNES.	NOR				03:06	03:16	(06:23)
Stefanie BOEHLER.	GER				03:07	03:15	(06:23)
Katerina SMUTNA.	AUT				03:07	03:12	(06:21)
Astrid Uhrenholdt JACOBSEN.	NOR				03:08	03:14	(06:23)
Yulia TCHEKALEVA.	RUS				03:08	03:18	(06:26)
Doris TRACHSEL.	SUI				03:08	03:18	(06:26)
Anne KYLLOENEN.	FIN				03:08	03:17	(06:26)
Denise HERRMANN.	GER				03:08	03:15	(06:24)
Kirsi PERAELAE.	FIN				03:09	03:13	(06:24)
Kerttu NISKANEN.	FIN				03:10	03:14	(06:25)
Lucia ANGER.	GER				03:11	03:16	(06:28)
Jennie OEBERG.	SWE				03:11	03:17	(06:30)
Elena SOBOLEVA.	RUS				03:12	03:15	(06:28)
Chandra CRAWFORD.	CAN				03:13	03:14	(06:28)
Piret PORMEISTER.	EST				03:14	03:16	(06:31)
Britta JOHANSSON NORGREN.	SWE					03:11	(03:11)
Seraina BONER.	SUI					03:18	(03:18)
Daria GODOVANICHENKO.	RUS					03:18	(03:19)
Alysson MARSHALL.	CAN					03:18	(03:19)
Masako ISHIDA.	JPN					03:19	(03:20)
Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN.	NOR					03:20	(03:20)
Julia IVANOVA.	RUS					03:20	(03:20)
Elena KOLOMINA.	KAZ					03:20	(03:20)
Tatjana ROSHINA.	KAZ					03:21	(03:21)
Katrin ZELLER.	GER					03:21	(03:22)
Oxana JATSKAJA.	KAZ					03:21	(03:22)
Svetlana NIKOLAEVA.	RUS					03:21	(03:22)
Triin OJASTE.	EST					03:22	(03:22)
Valentina NOVIKOVA.	RUS					03:22	(03:23)
Laura ROHTLA.	EST					03:23	(03:23)
Esther BOTTOMLEY.	AUS					03:24	(03:24)
Mia ERIKSSON.	SWE					03:24	(03:25)
Valentina SHEVCHENKO.	UKR					03:26	(03:26)
Kaija UDRAS.	EST					03:27	(03:27)
Ewelina MARCISZ.	POL					03:28	(03:28)
Heidi WIDMER.	CAN					03:29	(03:29)
Monika GYORGY.	ROU					03:30	(03:30)
Lina KREIVENAITE.	LTU					03:36	(03:37)

Marit Bjørgen disappointed the WhoWins predictors once again – only three people had another skier than Majdic on top of their predictions list – and only two the winner Majdic. Not any easier for the men: Only one predictor had the winner Brandsdal on top.

On top of the predictions today was Roar with 745 points:

• Full results for the predictions available here

Very easy women – very difficult men. That’s the short summary of the race predictions for today’s classic races with interval start in Otepää. Very few doubted that Marit Bjørgen would win – on the other hand nobody suspected that Eldar Rønning would win. Northug and Poltoranin were the disappointments today.

On top of the predictions today was Luca D with 938 points – 32 points ahead of pally. Both had a very good score among the women – but had more problems among the men.

• Full results for the predictions available here

Later on alternative results with a proposed set of new rules will be presented.

Eldar Rønning took the victory in the mens 15 km classic in Otepää today after a very strong finish (close to flat line in the illustration above – splits are after 1.1, 2.5, 5, 6.1, 7.5, 10, 11.1 and 12.5 km). At 11.1 km there was still a tight fight between Rønning and Vylegzhanin – with Rickardsson and Johnsrud Sundby right behind.

Vylegzhanin was very strong from 10 km and up to 11.1 km – but it looks like he used too much power in the first part of the last loop – loosing a lot of time the both Rønning and the others in to top the last few kilometer. Rønning was stronger than all of the others in the last part – the only ones close were Hellner, Teichmann and Jaks. Just as earlier this season, Teichmann however came too late to mix in in the top of the field.

In the womens class, Marit Bjørgen crushed everybody again (splits at 1.1 km, 2.5 km, 5 km, 6.1 km and 7.5 km  in the figure below). Kowalczyk was faster at the two first splits, but had no chance to keep the pace of Bjørgen as the race went one.

Some interesting observations from the splits today:

• Eldar Rønning, Martin Jaks and Alex Teichmann were the men with strong finishes (see illustration below).
• Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Petter Northug, Vladislav Skobelev and Eugeniev Belov were the men who lost a lot in the end (see illustration below).
• In the womens class, there is a large group of skiers with approximately the same race development who are around 2 minutes behind. This is were the fight for the positions is – far behind Bjørgen.

Explore the race yourself in these interactive splits diagrams:

• Interactive splits diagram 15 km classic men, Otepää
• Interactive splits diagram 10 km classic women, Otepää

See also results from the XC predictions here.

Men

Split 1

1.	03:05		Stanislav VOLZHENTSEV	RUS
2.	03:05	+00:01	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
3.	03:06	+00:01	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
4.	03:06	+00:01	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
5.	03:07	+00:02	Manuel HIRNER	AUT
6.	03:07	+00:02	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
7.	03:07	+00:02	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
8.	03:07	+00:03	Odd-Bjoern HJELMESET	NOR
9.	03:08	+00:03	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
10.	03:08	+00:03	Jesse COCKNEY	CAN
11.	03:08	+00:03	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
12.	03:09	+00:04	Martin JAKS	CZE
20.	03:10	+00:05	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
23.	03:11	+00:06	Eldar ROENNING	NOR

Split 2

1.	03:08		Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
2.	03:11	+00:03	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
3.	03:12	+00:04	Evgeniy BELOV	RUS
4.	03:12	+00:04	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
5.	03:13	+00:05	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
6.	03:13	+00:05	Jens ERIKSSON	SWE
7.	03:13	+00:05	Artem ZHMURKO	RUS
8.	03:13	+00:05	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
9.	03:14	+00:07	Jens FILBRICH	GER
10.	03:15	+00:08	Alexey VITSENKO	RUS
11.	03:15	+00:08	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
21.	03:17	+00:09	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
23.	03:17	+00:10	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
32.	03:19	+00:12	Martin JAKS	CZE

Split 3

1.	05:44		Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
2.	05:45	+00:01	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
3.	05:46	+00:03	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
4.	05:47	+00:03	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
5.	05:48	+00:04	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
6.	05:50	+00:06	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
7.	05:51	+00:07	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
8.	05:51	+00:07	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
9.	05:51	+00:08	Algo KAERP	EST
10.	05:52	+00:08	Jens FILBRICH	GER
11.	05:52	+00:08	Martin JAKS	CZE

Split 4

1.	03:31		Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
2.	03:33	+00:02	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
3.	03:35	+00:03	Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
4.	03:35	+00:04	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
5.	03:36	+00:04	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
6.	03:37	+00:05	Stanislav VOLZHENTSEV	RUS
7.	03:37	+00:05	Evgeniy BELOV	RUS
8.	03:37	+00:05	Martin JAKS	CZE
9.	03:38	+00:06	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
10.	03:39	+00:07	Jens FILBRICH	GER
11.	03:39	+00:08	Curdin PERL	SUI
13.	03:40	+00:08	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
16.	03:40	+00:09	Andrus VEERPALU	EST

Split 5

1.	03:15		Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
2.	03:15	+00:00	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
3.	03:16	+00:01	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
4.	03:16	+00:01	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
5.	03:19	+00:04	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
6.	03:20	+00:05	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
7.	03:21	+00:06	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
8.	03:21	+00:06	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
9.	03:21	+00:06	Stanislav VOLZHENTSEV	RUS
10.	03:21	+00:06	Jens FILBRICH	GER
11.	03:21	+00:07	Martin BAJCICAK	SVK
14.	03:22	+00:08	Martin JAKS	CZE

Split 6

1.	05:49		Eldar ROENNING	NOR
2.	05:50	+00:01	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
3.	05:52	+00:03	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
4.	05:53	+00:04	Martin JAKS	CZE
5.	05:57	+00:08	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
6.	05:57	+00:08	Jens FILBRICH	GER
7.	05:57	+00:09	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
8.	05:57	+00:09	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
9.	05:58	+00:09	Curdin PERL	SUI
10.	05:58	+00:09	Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
11.	05:59	+00:10	Marcus HELLNER	SWE

Split 7

1.	03:35		Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
2.	03:37	+00:02	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
3.	03:37	+00:02	Hannes DOTZLER	GER
4.	03:37	+00:02	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
5.	03:38	+00:03	Martin JAKS	CZE
6.	03:38	+00:03	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
7.	03:38	+00:03	Andy KUEHNE	GER
8.	03:38	+00:04	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
9.	03:39	+00:04	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
10.	03:39	+00:05	Axel TEICHMANN	GER
11.	03:40	+00:06	Odd-Bjoern HJELMESET	NOR

Split 8

1.	03:16		Eldar ROENNING	NOR
2.	03:19	+00:03	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
3.	03:19	+00:03	Axel TEICHMANN	GER
4.	03:20	+00:04	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
5.	03:20	+00:04	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
6.	03:20	+00:05	Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
7.	03:23	+00:07	Martin JAKS	CZE
8.	03:23	+00:08	Evgeniy BELOV	RUS
9.	03:24	+00:08	Curdin PERL	SUI
10.	03:24	+00:08	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
11.	03:24	+00:08	Hannes DOTZLER	GER

Split 9

1.	05:41		Martin JAKS	CZE
2.	05:43	+00:02	Eldar ROENNING	NOR
3.	05:45	+00:04	Axel TEICHMANN	GER
4.	05:45	+00:04	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
5.	05:46	+00:05	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
6.	05:48	+00:07	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
7.	05:48	+00:07	Alexey POLTORANIN	KAZ
8.	05:49	+00:08	Ville NOUSIAINEN	FIN
9.	05:49	+00:08	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
10.	05:51	+00:10	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
11.	05:51	+00:10	Jens ERIKSSON	SWE
21.	05:56	+00:15	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	37:27		Eldar ROENNING	NOR
2.	37:42	+00:15	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
3.	37:45	+00:18	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
4.	37:46	+00:18	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
5.	37:52	+00:25	Andrus VEERPALU	EST
6.	37:54	+00:26	Martin JAKS	CZE
7.	38:02	+00:34	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR
8.	38:04	+00:37	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
9.	38:15	+00:48	Jens FILBRICH	GER
10.	38:19	+00:51	Stanislav VOLZHENTSEV	RUS
11.	38:19	+00:52	Curdin PERL	SUI
12.	38:22	+00:54	Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
13.	38:23	+00:56	Vladislav SKOBELEV	RUS
14.	38:26	+00:59	Axel TEICHMANN	GER
15.	38:26	+00:59	Evgeniy BELOV	RUS
16.	38:32	+01:05	Tobias ANGERER	GER
17.	38:34	+01:07	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
18.	38:38	+01:11	Jens ERIKSSON	SWE
19.	38:39	+01:12	Odd-Bjoern HJELMESET	NOR
20.	38:43	+01:15	Hannes DOTZLER	GER
21.	38:46	+01:19	Anders SOEDERGREN	SWE
22.	38:49	+01:22	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
23.	38:54	+01:27	Mathias FREDRIKSSON	SWE
24.	38:56	+01:29	Ville NOUSIAINEN	FIN
25.	38:57	+01:30	Sjur ROETHE	NOR
26.	39:02	+01:35	Sergey CHEREPANOV	KAZ
27.	39:03	+01:36	Algo KAERP	EST
28.	39:03	+01:36	Keishin YOSHIDA	JPN
29.	39:08	+01:41	Jaak MAE	EST
30.	39:09	+01:42	Tim TSCHARNKE	GER
31.	39:10	+01:43	Lari LEHTONEN	FIN
32.	39:10	+01:43	Yevgeniy VELICHKO	KAZ
33.	39:13	+01:45	Simen OESTENSEN	NOR
34.	39:14	+01:47	Peeter KUMMEL	EST
35.	39:14	+01:47	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA

Women

Split 1

1.	03:24		Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
2.	03:24	+00:00	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	03:24	+00:00	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
4.	03:26	+00:01	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
5.	03:32	+00:07	Pirjo MURANEN	FIN
6.	03:33	+00:09	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
7.	03:34	+00:10	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
8.	03:34	+00:10	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
9.	03:35	+00:10	Kerttu NISKANEN	FIN
10.	03:35	+00:11	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR
11.	03:35	+00:11	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
13.	03:36	+00:11	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR

Split 2

1.	03:30		Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
2.	03:33	+00:03	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	03:38	+00:08	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
4.	03:39	+00:09	Anna HAAG	SWE
5.	03:40	+00:10	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
6.	03:41	+00:10	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
7.	03:43	+00:13	Valentina NOVIKOVA	RUS
8.	03:43	+00:13	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
9.	03:44	+00:14	Stefanie BOEHLER	GER
10.	03:45	+00:15	Britta JOHANSSON NORGREN	SWE
11.	03:46	+00:16	Alija IKSANOVA	RUS

Split 3

1.	06:15		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	06:24	+00:09	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
3.	06:25	+00:10	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
4.	06:28	+00:13	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
5.	06:32	+00:17	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
6.	06:32	+00:17	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
7.	06:33	+00:18	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
8.	06:35	+00:20	Anna HAAG	SWE
9.	06:35	+00:20	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
10.	06:37	+00:22	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR
11.	06:38	+00:23	Pirjo MURANEN	FIN

Split 4

1.	03:54		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	03:59	+00:06	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
3.	04:00	+00:07	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
4.	04:02	+00:08	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
5.	04:05	+00:11	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
6.	04:06	+00:12	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
7.	04:06	+00:12	Kristin Stoermer STEIRA	NOR
8.	04:07	+00:13	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
9.	04:08	+00:14	Anna HAAG	SWE
10.	04:09	+00:16	Pirjo MURANEN	FIN
11.	04:10	+00:16	Alija IKSANOVA	RUS

Split 5

1.	03:36		Therese JOHAUG	NOR
2.	03:38	+00:02	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
3.	03:45	+00:09	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
4.	03:46	+00:09	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
5.	03:48	+00:12	Anna HAAG	SWE
6.	03:48	+00:12	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
7.	03:50	+00:13	Kristin Stoermer STEIRA	NOR
8.	03:50	+00:13	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
9.	03:50	+00:14	Valentina NOVIKOVA	RUS
10.	03:51	+00:15	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
11.	03:52	+00:16	Alija IKSANOVA	RUS

Split 6

1.	06:18		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	06:27	+00:09	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
3.	06:29	+00:12	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
4.	06:31	+00:13	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
5.	06:32	+00:14	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
6.	06:35	+00:17	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN
7.	06:35	+00:17	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
8.	06:36	+00:18	Kerttu NISKANEN	FIN
9.	06:36	+00:18	Anna HAAG	SWE
10.	06:37	+00:19	Pirjo MURANEN	FIN
11.	06:38	+00:20	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
21.	06:46	+00:28	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	27:02		Marit BJOERGEN	NOR
2.	27:34	+00:32	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL
3.	27:44	+00:42	Therese JOHAUG	NOR
4.	27:47	+00:45	Aino Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN
5.	28:20	+01:17	Vibeke W. SKOFTERUD	NOR
6.	28:20	+01:18	Yulia TCHEKALEVA	RUS
7.	28:21	+01:19	Anna HAAG	SWE
8.	28:41	+01:39	Petra MAJDIC	SLO
9.	28:42	+01:40	Kerttu NISKANEN	FIN
10.	28:47	+01:45	Masako ISHIDA	JPN
11.	28:53	+01:51	Kristin Stoermer STEIRA	NOR
12.	28:53	+01:51	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR
13.	28:55	+01:53	Pirjo MURANEN	FIN
14.	28:57	+01:55	Marte ELDEN	NOR
15.	28:59	+01:57	Stefanie BOEHLER	GER
16.	28:59	+01:57	Alija IKSANOVA	RUS
17.	29:02	+01:59	Valentina NOVIKOVA	RUS
18.	29:06	+02:04	Katrin ZELLER	GER
19.	29:18	+02:16	Britta JOHANSSON NORGREN	SWE
20.	29:24	+02:22	Riikka SARASOJA	FIN
21.	29:26	+02:24	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR
22.	29:26	+02:24	Paulina MACIUSZEK	POL
23.	29:29	+02:27	Svetlana NIKOLAEVA	RUS
24.	29:36	+02:34	Sofia BLECKUR	SWE
25.	29:39	+02:37	Svetlana MALAKHOVA-SHISHKINA	KAZ
26.	29:41	+02:38	Doris TRACHSEL	SUI
27.	29:42	+02:40	Mariya GUSCHINA	RUS
28.	29:50	+02:48	Seraina BONER	SUI
29.	29:50	+02:48	Elena KOLOMINA	KAZ
30.	29:52	+02:50	Katerina SMUTNA	AUT
31.	29:58	+02:56	Sara LINDBORG	SWE
32.	30:01	+02:59	Alena SANNIKOVA	BLR
33.	30:06	+03:03	Monique SIEGEL	GER
34.	30:06	+03:04	Lina ANDERSSON	SWE
35.	30:11	+03:09	Oxana JATSKAJA	KAZ

Very tricky race predictions today due to disappointing results from Petukhov, Bjørgen and Follis. We got a shared victory between pally and Ivan Banov in today’s predictions – with a historic low number of points – 535 points.

• Full results for the predictions available here

Sprint heat statistics

Only splits for the women today. Kikkan Randall had an excellent day – both winning the race and having the fastest overall time when summing all of the heat times. Of the six finalists, Celine Brun-Lie saved most power due to her slower qualification-time.

• All splits here

Kikkan Randall had an excellent day – both winning the race and having the fastest overall time when summing all of the heat times. Of the six finalists, Celine Brun-Lie saved most power due to her slower qualification-time.

Below you find Sprint heat statistics from the women’s sprint in Liberec. For the men’s sprint there was something strange with some of the heat-times from FIS-ski, and results are therefore not included.

• See all news about the race in WorldofXC.com
• Results from the WhoWins race predictions

Results women (unofficial results from live timing!)

Kikkan RANDALL.	USA		02:37	02:36	02:39	02:44	(10:39)
Hanna FALK.	SWE		02:38	02:37	02:40	02:43	(10:40)
Celine BRUN-LIE.	NOR		02:38	02:39	02:39	02:50	(10:47)
Petra MAJDIC.	SLO		02:38	02:37	02:39	02:47	(10:42)
Maiken Caspersen FALLA.	NOR		02:38	02:37	02:38	02:45	(10:41)
Laure BARTHELEMY.	FRA		02:38	02:39	02:39	02:47	(10:46)
Jennie OEBERG.	SWE			02:38	02:39	02:45	(08:05)
Marianna LONGA.	ITA			02:39	02:40	02:46	(08:06)
Marit BJOERGEN.	NOR			02:40	02:41	02:39	(08:01)
Hanna BRODIN.	SWE			02:40	02:44	02:47	(08:12)
Mari EIDE.	NOR			02:41	02:43	02:47	(08:13)
Katja VISNAR.	SLO			02:43	02:42	02:46	(08:13)
Vesna FABJAN.	SLO				02:39	02:47	(05:28)
Arianna FOLLIS.	ITA				02:40	02:48	(05:28)
Daria GAIAZOVA.	CAN				02:42	02:47	(05:30)
Magda GENUIN.	ITA				02:42	02:48	(05:31)
Kari Vikhagen GJEITNES.	NOR				02:43	02:46	(05:30)
Valentina NOVIKOVA.	RUS				02:43	02:49	(05:33)
Silvana BUCHER.	SUI				02:43	02:50	(05:35)
Hanna KOLB.	GER				02:43	02:46	(05:30)
Pirjo MURANEN.	FIN				02:44	02:45	(05:31)
Eva NYVLTOVA.	CZE				02:45	02:49	(05:35)
Karolina GROHOVA.	CZE				02:46	02:50	(05:37)
Mari LAUKKANEN.	FIN				02:47	02:50	(05:38)
Maria GROENVOLL.	NOR				02:48	02:49	(05:38)
Kerttu NISKANEN.	FIN				02:49	02:51	(05:40)
Anne KYLLOENEN.	FIN				02:49	02:48	(05:38)
Mia ERIKSSON.	SWE				02:49	02:50	(05:40)
Chandra CRAWFORD.	CAN				02:57	02:48	(05:46)
Laurien VAN DER GRAF.	SUI					02:45	(02:46)
Manon LOCATELLI.	FRA					02:51	(02:52)
Kirsi PERAELAE.	FIN					02:52	(02:52)
Esther BOTTOMLEY.	AUS					02:52	(02:52)
Emilie VINA.	FRA					02:52	(02:53)
Elisa BROCARD.	ITA					02:53	(02:53)
Lina ANDERSSON.	SWE					02:53	(02:53)
Natalja NARYSHKINA.	RUS					02:53	(02:53)
Magdalena PAJALA.	SWE					02:53	(02:54)
Gaia VUERICH.	ITA					02:54	(02:55)
Denise HERRMANN.	GER					02:55	(02:56)
Alenka CEBASEK.	SLO					02:57	(02:57)
Caroline WEIBEL.	FRA					02:57	(02:57)
Alina KASHINA.	RUS					02:57	(02:57)
Piret PORMEISTER.	EST					02:58	(02:58)
Teodora MALCHEVA.	BUL					02:59	(02:59)
Jitka PESINOVA.	CZE					03:01	(03:01)
Lina KREIVENAITE.	LTU					03:02	(03:02)
Martyna GALEWICZ.	POL					03:05	(03:06)

Congratulations to Qstoffe who took the overall victory in the Tour de Ski predictions! Fighting with more than 100 others, Qstoffe came up from behind and took the victory with 6007 points – more than 100 points ahead of Mats L in second and with a big gap down to Gigi in third.

Looking at the overall results, also big compliments to Ole-Johan in 10th spot who is the best of the ones with only 7 predictions. He has an average points of 775 – 15 points better than Qstoffe’s 750 points on average.

The winner of today’s predictions was smeagol with 1280 points – this is also a new record number of points for the WhoWins predictions!  Smeagol hit the big jackpot, getting all the women right, and also all men except for number 4 (where Smeagol tipped Gaillard instead of Perl. Compliments to Smeagol for that achievement!

• Full results for the predictions for the last stage of Tour de Ski
• Overall accumulated Tour de Ski prediction results (final results after 8 stages)

Going forward after the Tour de Ski, there will probably be some changes in the rules for the WhoWins predictions based on comments from the readers. Here is one suggestion for a new set of rules:

• Instead of doubling the number of points for a correct predicted position, there will be a bonus of 50 points if you have number 1 correct, 30 points for number 2 and 20 points for number 3.
• Skiers which are not among the favourites will give extra points. It looks like the best way to do it is that all skiers are grouped in two groups – the favourites and the non-favourites. For all non-favourites, you get double points for your predictions. When setting up your predictions, you can see graphically which skiers are in the favourite-group and which are outside. This will probably be based on FIS-points / previous results, and only change a few times within each season. Also, there will not be different groups for sprint/distance (difficult to set up technically).  I can imagine having around 25-30 skiers in the favourite group?
• If you do not set up predictions for a race, your predictions go on to the next race unaltered.
• If the rules are changed this way, it turn the WhoWins predictions a bit more into a type of “Fantasy World Cup”, but it looks like this is what people want based on the comments I have gotten.

Thanks to all for participating in the WhoWins predictions. It has been great fun so far with a few hundred different people participating – and I am sure it will be in the future as well. Please post comments on the format of the WhoWins predictions below. I don’t want to make these changes if you aren’t happy with them!

Splits analysis

The splits analysis up Alpe Cermis is very interesting – take a look by following the links below.

• Splits analysis Alpe Cermis, men
• Splits analysis Alpe Cermis, women

Lukas Bauer beat them all up Alpe Cermis! It was enough to bring Bauer up from the 10th spot to the podium – but nobody could beat Cologna and Northug in the overall. The above illustration shows a splits analysis of the development in the final Tour de Ski stage up Alpe Cermis for the men – highlighting how Lukas Bauer did a fantastic race – crushing all of the other skiers.

The illustration shows how Northug gained a lot of time in the flat part of the race, taking nearly half of the gap up to Cologna – and also increasing the gap down to Bauer and the other chasing behind. From the start of the climb, Bauer accelerated past the group, and gained a lot of time on Cologna and Northug.

Lukas Bauer had the best split time in all splits in the climb – except for the last climb where Ivan Babikov was fastest.

Gaillard obviously tried too hard to keep the speed of Bauer at the start of the climb, and lost a lot of time on the second last split after trying to stick to Bauer. This might have cost him the 4th spot – as Curdin Perl and Roland Clara passed him afterwards.

Stage results

Do your own analysis

You may also open the splitsbrowser yourself to make your own analysis of the race. 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 all lines start at 0:00 instead of at the actual start time, thus the illustration is not useful for the first split.

• Splitsbrowser applet – do your own analysis
• Tables of splits
• See also splits analysis women
• Results for the Alpe Cermis stage from FIS-ski

WhoWins XC Predictions

• Results from the predictions will be available here

Split 2

1.	03:51		Petter NORTHUG	NOR
2.	03:57	+00:06	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
3.	03:58	+00:07	Roland CLARA	ITA
4.	03:58	+00:07	Alex HARVEY	CAN
5.	03:58	+00:08	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
6.	03:58	+00:08	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
7.	03:59	+00:08	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
8.	03:59	+00:08	Tom REICHELT	GER
9.	03:59	+00:08	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
10.	03:59	+00:08	Curdin PERL	SUI
11.	04:00	+00:09	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
13.	04:02	+00:11	Lukas BAUER	CZE
32.	04:09	+00:18	Dario COLOGNA	SUI

Split 3

1.	05:28		Petter NORTHUG	NOR
2.	05:39	+00:10	Lukas BAUER	CZE
3.	05:39	+00:10	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
4.	05:41	+00:12	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
5.	05:41	+00:13	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
6.	05:42	+00:13	Roland CLARA	ITA
7.	05:42	+00:14	Curdin PERL	SUI
8.	05:43	+00:14	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
9.	05:43	+00:15	Alex HARVEY	CAN
10.	05:43	+00:15	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
11.	05:43	+00:15	Martin JAKS	CZE
13.	05:44	+00:16	Dario COLOGNA	SUI

Split 4

1.	02:47		Lukas BAUER	CZE
2.	02:50	+00:03	Dmitriy JAPAROV	RUS
3.	02:51	+00:04	Curdin PERL	SUI
4.	02:51	+00:04	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
5.	02:51	+00:04	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
6.	02:51	+00:04	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
7.	02:52	+00:04	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
8.	02:52	+00:05	Tom REICHELT	GER
9.	02:52	+00:05	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
10.	02:52	+00:05	Remo FISCHER	SUI
11.	02:52	+00:05	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
26.	02:58	+00:11	Roland CLARA	ITA
28.	02:59	+00:12	Petter NORTHUG	NOR

Split 5

1.	05:38		Lukas BAUER	CZE
2.	05:48	+00:10	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
3.	05:48	+00:11	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
4.	05:50	+00:13	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
5.	05:51	+00:14	Curdin PERL	SUI
6.	05:52	+00:14	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
7.	05:52	+00:14	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
8.	05:53	+00:15	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
9.	05:53	+00:16	Tom REICHELT	GER
10.	05:54	+00:16	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
11.	05:54	+00:17	Roland CLARA	ITA
13.	05:57	+00:20	Petter NORTHUG	NOR

Split 6

1.	04:44		Lukas BAUER	CZE
2.	04:57	+00:13	Roland CLARA	ITA
3.	04:58	+00:14	Curdin PERL	SUI
4.	05:00	+00:16	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
5.	05:01	+00:17	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
6.	05:01	+00:17	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
7.	05:01	+00:17	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
8.	05:06	+00:22	Tom REICHELT	GER
9.	05:06	+00:22	Remo FISCHER	SUI
10.	05:06	+00:22	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
11.	05:06	+00:22	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
14.	05:12	+00:28	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
15.	05:14	+00:30	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
21.	05:21	+00:37	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA

Split 7

1.	03:39		Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
2.	03:46	+00:07	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
3.	03:47	+00:08	Curdin PERL	SUI
4.	03:48	+00:09	Roland CLARA	ITA
5.	03:49	+00:10	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
6.	03:52	+00:13	Lukas BAUER	CZE
7.	03:52	+00:14	Roger Aa DJUPVIK	NOR
8.	03:54	+00:15	Roman LEYBYUK	UKR
9.	03:55	+00:16	Remo FISCHER	SUI
10.	03:55	+00:16	Christophe PERRILLAT	FRA
11.	03:55	+00:17	Tom REICHELT	GER
13.	03:56	+00:17	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
16.	03:57	+00:18	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
28.	04:17	+00:38	Dario COLOGNA	SUI

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	31:58		Dario COLOGNA	SUI
2.	32:25	+00:27	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
3.	33:42	+01:44	Lukas BAUER	CZE
4.	33:56	+01:58	Curdin PERL	SUI
5.	34:05	+02:07	Roland CLARA	ITA
6.	34:26	+02:28	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
7.	34:30	+02:32	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
8.	34:38	+02:40	Martin JAKS	CZE
9.	34:58	+03:00	Daniel RICKARDSSON	SWE
10.	35:07	+03:09	Alex HARVEY	CAN
11.	35:31	+03:33	Vincent VITTOZ	FRA
12.	35:49	+03:51	Tom REICHELT	GER
13.	36:17	+04:19	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
14.	36:29	+04:31	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
15.	36:58	+05:00	Jens FILBRICH	GER
16.	37:53	+05:55	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
17.	38:04	+06:06	Maurice MANIFICAT	FRA
18.	39:15	+07:17	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
19.	39:40	+07:42	Roger Aa DJUPVIK	NOR
20.	39:42	+07:44	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
21.	39:47	+07:49	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
22.	40:32	+08:33	Remo FISCHER	SUI
23.	40:46	+08:48	Dmitriy JAPAROV	RUS
24.	41:42	+09:44	Sergey TURYCHEV	RUS
25.	42:23	+10:25	Alexander BESSMERTNYKH	RUS
26.	42:27	+10:29	Kristian Tettli RENNEMO	NOR
27.	45:30	+13:32	Jaak MAE	EST
28.	46:22	+14:24	Christophe PERRILLAT	FRA
29.	47:31	+15:33	Snorri EINARSSON	NOR
30.	50:17	+18:19	Maciej KRECZMER	POL
31.	51:04	+19:06	Roman LEYBYUK	UKR
32.	52:39	+20:41	Mariusz MICHALEK	POL
33.	52:53	+20:55	Benoit-Gilles DUFOURD	FRA
34.	10:43	+38:45	Francesc SOULIE	AND
35.	06:27	+34:29	Callum WATSON	AUS

Overall WhoWins results Tour de Ski

Congratulations to Qstoffe who took the overall victory in the Tour de Ski predictions! Fighting with more than 100 others, Qstoffe came up from behind and took the victory with 6007 points – more than 100 points ahead of Mats L in second and with a big gap down to Gigi in third.

Looking at the overall results, also big compliments to Ole-Johan in 10th spot who is the best of the ones with only 7 predictions. He has an average points of 775 – 15 points better than Qstoffe’s 750 points on average.

The winner of today’s predictions was smeagol with 1280 points – this is also a new record number of points for the WhoWins predictions!  Smeagol hit the big jackpot, getting all the women right, and also all men except for number 4 (where Smeagol tipped Gaillard instead of Perl. Compliments to Smeagol for that achievement!

• Full results for the predictions for the last stage of Tour de Ski
• Overall accumulated Tour de Ski prediction results (final results after 8 stages)

Going forward after the Tour de Ski, there will probably be some changes in the rules for the WhoWins predictions based on comments from the readers. Here is one suggestion for a new set of rules:

• Instead of doubling the number of points for a correct predicted position, there will be a bonus of 50 points if you have number 1 correct, 30 points for number 2 and 20 points for number 3.
• Skiers which are not among the favourites will give extra points. It looks like the best way to do it is that all skiers are grouped in two groups – the favourites and the non-favourites. For all non-favourites, you get double points for your predictions. When setting up your predictions, you can see graphically which skiers are in the favourite-group and which are outside. This will probably be based on FIS-points / previous results, and only change a few times within each season. Also, there will not be different groups for sprint/distance (difficult to set up technically).  I can imagine having around 25-30 skiers in the favourite group?
• If you do not set up predictions for a race, your predictions go on to the next race unaltered.
• If the rules are changed this way, it turn the WhoWins predictions a bit more into a type of “Fantasy World Cup”, but it looks like this is what people want based on the comments I have gotten.

Thanks to all for participating in the WhoWins predictions. It has been great fun so far with a few hundred different people participating – and I am sure it will be in the future as well. Please post comments on the format of the WhoWins predictions below. I don’t want to make these changes if you aren’t happy with them!

The above illustration shows a splits analysis of the development in the final Tour de Ski stage up Alpe Cermis – highlighting how Therese Johaug (Norway) did a fantastic race – crushing all of the other skiers. She was actually fastest on all splits on the Alpe Cermis climb!

Marianna Longa and Arianna Follis kept ut the speed in the flat part, but had no chance when the final climb started. Petra Majdic got problems in the climb, being passed by Kalla just ahead of the last split. Another Norwegian – Marthe Kristoffersen – was the other one besides Johaug gaining time on Kowalczyk up the hill. Kristoffersen was also fastest on the second split – the only one beating Johaug.
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At the bottom of this page, you can see the splits analysis for the complete field. Not much grouping today – most skiers took the fight up the climb on their own.

Stage results:

Do your own analysis

You may also open the splitsbrowser yourself to make your own analysis of the race. 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 all lines start at 0:00 instead of at the actual start time, thus the illustration is not useful for the first split.

• Splitsbrowser applet – do your own analysis
• Tables of splits
• Stage results (from FIS-ski)
• See also splits analysis men

WhoWins XC Predictions

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• Results from the predictions will be available here

The above illustration shows a splits analysis of the development in the final Tour de Ski stage up Alpe Cermis 2012 – highlighting how Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) did a fantastic race – crushing Marit Bjørgen (NOR) and everybody else in the toughest part of the hill.

Looking at the GPS-data, we can see how Kowalczyk speeds up around 7.4 km –  Bjørgen has no chance to follow:

Therese Johaug stage victory

Therese Johaug (NOR) had the fastest time on the stage, but didn’t repeat last year’s legendary race where she crushed everybody up the alpine hill – winning with 1 minute down to Elden (NOR) in second and with nearly two minutes down to Kowalczyk in third.

Actually Kowalczyk would have been faster up the hill in this year’s edition of the Tour if she wouldn’t have started celebrating just ahead of the finish – this year Johaug took the time from Kowalczyk on the flat part of the stage as you can see in this GPS comparison:

One reason for Kowalczyk’s strong race up the last hill compared to Johaug is the fact that Kowalczyk and Bjørgen had the possibility to rest in the first part of the course, as they had a big +4 minute gap down to Johaug in third.

Marthe Kristoffersen versus Therese Johaug

Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) had the fourth fastest time up Alpe Cermis after Johaug, Kowalczyk and Bjørgen. As you see from the comparison between Johaug and Kristoffersen, Kristoffersen looses only a few seconds in the flat part, but then looses more than a minute up the hill:

Marthe Kristoffersen did, however, not manage to fight Lähteenmäki in the fight for 4th place. As you can see on the GPS-splits illustration below, Kristoffersen skied at the same speed as Lähteenmäki on the flat part until around 6.2 km, and then was faster in the first part of the hill until 7 km – even passing Lähteenmäki. In the end Lähteenmäki was stronger, and beat Kristoffersen with some seconds in the final sprint.

“Loosers”: Kalla and Randall

Of the 10 skiers carrying a GPS-unit today, Kalla (SWE) and Randall (USA) lost most time. Both of them were in the fight for the 4th place overall.  Nearly 3 minutes for Kalla and around 3 minutes for Randall. Both lost most of the time after the big hill started:

Climb times

Times for the final climb up the alpine hill only (from FIS results to be found here):

1. Johaug 19.23.9
2. Kowalczyk 19.34.3
3. Valentina Shevchenko 19.47.7
4. Marit Bjørgen 20.01.05
5. Katrin Zeller 20.19.9
6. Marthe Kristoffersen 20.20.0
7. Elizaberth Stephen 20.22.2
8. Krista Lähteenmäki 20.31.0
9. Ishida Masako 20.53.7
10. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 20.57.4

Stage results

See full stage results list from FIS here.

Split times

Below you find timing for each split. Note that Marthe Kristoffersen is missing as one of her splits is missing in the official timing data. Johaug is fast from the start, while Bjørgen and Kowalczyk start very slowly. In the steepest part up Alpe Cermis (split 5), Kowalczyk is 11 seconds faster than Johaug.

You find the 2011 analysis here.

Split 2 only

1.	04:24		Therese JOHAUG	NOR		(13:39)
2.	04:24	+00:01	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN		(17:27)
3.	04:24	+00:01	Astrid Uhrenholdt JACOBSEN	NOR		(16:29)
4.	04:25	+00:01	Ingvild Flugstad OESTBERG	NOR		(17:28)
5.	04:25	+00:02	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN		(15:11)
6.	04:26	+00:02	Maryna ANTSYBOR	UKR		(27:08)
7.	04:26	+00:03	Marina MATROSSOVA	KAZ		(27:03)
8.	04:26	+00:03	Oxana YATSKAYA	KAZ		(28:11)
9.	04:27	+00:03	Tatjana OSSIPOVA	KAZ		(26:02)
10.	04:27	+00:04	Larisa SHAIDUROVA	RUS		(22:31)
11.	04:27	+00:04	Elizabeth STEPHEN	USA		(21:33)
14.	04:28	+00:05	Charlotte KALLA	SWE		(15:06)
21.	04:29	+00:06	Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN		(16:06)
40.	04:36	+00:13	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR		(09:15)
42.	04:37	+00:14	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL		(09:15)

Split 3 only

1.	06:04		Therese JOHAUG	NOR		(19:43)
2.	06:13	+00:08	Debora AGREITER	ITA		(28:50)
3.	06:13	+00:09	Elizabeth STEPHEN	USA		(27:46)
4.	06:14	+00:09	Maria RYDQVIST	SWE		(27:51)
5.	06:14	+00:10	Barbara JEZERSEK	SLO		(29:05)
6.	06:14	+00:10	Virginia DE MARTIN TOPRANIN	ITA		(25:32)
7.	06:14	+00:10	Masako ISHIDA	JPN		(23:55)
8.	06:14	+00:10	Anouk FAIVRE PICON	FRA		(26:21)
9.	06:15	+00:11	Coraline HUGUE	FRA		(32:56)
10.	06:15	+00:11	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN		(23:43)
11.	06:15	+00:11	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN		(21:27)
18.	06:17	+00:13	Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN		(22:23)
24.	06:19	+00:15	Charlotte KALLA	SWE		(21:26)
25.	06:19	+00:15	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL		(15:35)
29.	06:21	+00:17	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR		(15:36)

Split 4 only

1.	03:08		Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR		(30:24)
2.	03:10	+00:02	Julia IVANOVA	RUS		(28:11)
3.	03:11	+00:03	Therese JOHAUG	NOR		(22:54)
4.	03:17	+00:09	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR		(18:53)
5.	03:17	+00:09	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL		(18:52)
6.	03:18	+00:09	Anouk FAIVRE PICON	FRA		(29:39)
7.	03:18	+00:09	Elizabeth STEPHEN	USA		(31:03)
8.	03:18	+00:10	Debora AGREITER	ITA		(32:08)
9.	03:21	+00:12	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR		(25:05)
10.	03:21	+00:12	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN		(27:03)
11.	03:21	+00:13	Holly BROOKS	USA		(36:01)
27.	03:29	+00:21	Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN		(25:52)
37.	03:33	+00:25	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN		(25:00)
38.	03:33	+00:25	Charlotte KALLA	SWE		(24:59)

Split 5 only

1.	11:39		Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL		(30:30)
2.	11:50	+00:11	Therese JOHAUG	NOR		(34:44)
3.	12:02	+00:23	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR		(42:26)
4.	12:09	+00:30	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR		(31:02)
5.	12:23	+00:44	Katrin ZELLER	GER		(37:45)
6.	12:23	+00:45	Elizabeth STEPHEN	USA		(43:27)
7.	12:28	+00:49	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR		(37:32)
8.	12:32	+00:53	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN		(37:31)
9.	12:40	+01:01	Masako ISHIDA	JPN		(40:00)
10.	12:51	+01:13	Debora AGREITER	ITA		(44:59)
11.	12:53	+01:14	Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN		(38:44)
15.	13:09	+01:31	Charlotte KALLA	SWE		(38:08)

Split 6 only

1.	04:23		Therese JOHAUG	NOR		(39:07)
2.	04:26	+00:03	Krista LAHTEENMAKI	FIN		(41:58)
3.	04:28	+00:05	Astrid Uhrenholdt JACOBSEN	NOR		(43:42)
4.	04:32	+00:09	Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN	NOR		(42:04)
5.	04:33	+00:10	Katrin ZELLER	GER		(42:19)
6.	04:36	+00:13	Marit BJOERGEN	NOR		(35:37)
7.	04:37	+00:14	Barbara JEZERSEK	SLO		(50:54)
8.	04:37	+00:14	Julia IVANOVA	RUS		(46:50)
9.	04:38	+00:15	Valentina SHEVCHENKO	UKR		(47:04)
10.	04:38	+00:15	Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN	FIN		(44:43)
11.	04:39	+00:16	Justyna KOWALCZYK	POL		(35:09)
17.	04:45	+00:22	Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN	FIN		(43:29)
35.	05:02	+00:39	Charlotte KALLA	SWE		(43:10)