Tour de Ski is the biggest highlight of the 2012/2013 season along with the World Championships – 7 tough stages in 3 countries will show who is the best overall cross country skier in the World Cup circus. The secret behind a victory is not to have a single bad day – just ask Petter Northug who lost the overall tour due to one or two bad stages in the previous editions of Tour de Ski!

The XC-Predictions were a big hit in the previous Tour de Ski editions – this year we  expect more than 200 setting up their predictions for Tour de Ski stages. Remember that the overall Tour de Ski predictions are to be set up ahead of the first stage!

Set up your predictions

Set up your predictions here – or read the preview article below first:

• Overall: Tour de Ski Overall
• #1: Tour de Ski Prologue, 3/4 km Free, Oberhof
• #2: Tour de Ski Stage 2, 9/15 km Pursuit Classic, Oberhof
• #3: Tour de Ski Stage 3, Sprint Free, Val Mustair, Tschierv
• #4: Tour de Ski Stage 4, 35/15 km Pursuit Free, Toblach/Cortina
• #5: Tour de Ski Stage 5, 3/5 km Classic, Toblach/Cortina
• #6: Tour de Ski Stage 6, 10/15 km Classic, Val di Fiemme
• #7: Tour de Ski Stage 7, Final climb (Individual times)
• Overall XC-Prediction results – Tour de Ski 2011/2012 – updated after each stage

Race previews – Tour de Ski overall

Norway has dominated the World Cup this year – but is still chasing its first overall Tour de Ski victory – both in the women’s and men’s classes. Marit Bjørgen was more a favourite than ever – but had to skip Tour de Ski due to health problems. However, Norway still have very good chances for a first overall victory with Petter Northug in the men’s class and Therese Johaug in the women’s class.

Being in a World Championships year, the Tour de Ski is reduced from 9 to 7 stages. Only one sprint race is included in the race series now – this is a significant advantage for non-sprinters like Therese Johaug and Lukas Bauer. Also, the Skiathlon is removed compared to last year’s edition. Is this what it takes to get a Norwegian overall Tour de Ski victory – after many attempts? Or will Cologna, Bauer, Kowalczyk or some of the dark horses take home the biggest title of the year within Cross Country skiing?

The predictions for the overall Tour de Ski are to be set up ahead of the Prologue – so it is time to take a look at the overall favourites:

Women

• Justyna Kowalczyk: Always slow to get in shape at the start of the season – but won both the mass start and skiathlon races in Canmore – and showed impressive shape there even if some of the best skiers were not on the start line. Thus the shape is there for Tour de Ski this year again. and with Bjørgen not at the start line Kowalczyk is the big favourite.
• Therese Johaug: Sprint is her weak point – the last uphill her strong point. Johaug has improved on the sprint – and in addition there is only one sprint in this edition of Tour de Ski. Can it be enough for an overall Tour de Ski victory? Last year Johaug had a bad day in the pursuit in Toblach – with no bad days in this edition of Tour de Ski Johaug may very well be the winner at the top of Alpe Cermis!
• Kikkan Randall: Impressive season so far – improving a lot in distance races. The only woman to finish in the Top 10 in all World Cup races so far this year(!) – of those 7 times Top 6! Compare that to 4 times Top 6 for Kowalczyk or for Johaug. However, the last hill up Alpe Cermis will be tough for Randall – and removing a sprint race is not an advantage. It will be a surprise if Randall will take the overall victory – but a place in the Top 3 is within reach.
• Heidi Weng: The young Norwegian has been compared to Petter Northug – and Therese Johaug has named her one of the favourites to win the overall Tour this year. Weng finished 3rd in the Kuusamo mini tour this year – and has shown that she can deliver good results in all disciplines. She is also strong in the Alpe Cermis. But can she deliver in 9 races in a row?
• Anna Kyllönen: Kyllönen surprised with two 2nd places in the Canmore World Cup rounds (mass start and skiathlon), and has also showed that she can perform in sprint (4th place in Kuusamo classic sprint). Will be interesting to see if this Finnish skier can fight with Kowalczyk and Johaug in the overall Tour de Ski.
• Charlotte Kalla: The Swedish hope – the Tour de Ski winner from 2008 – started the season with a 4th spot in Gällivare but had problems after that. Still an outsider in Tour de Ski if everything goes well!
• Outsiders: Kristin Størmer Steira are outsiders – but a lot must happen in the top if one of these women will top the Tour de Ski results list this year…
• Marit Bjørgen would have been the big favourite in the women’s class, but is not on the start list due to health problems. Vibeke Skofterud is also not on the start list.

Men

• Petter Northug: Northug is again the biggest favourite in this edition of Tour de Ski after impressing performance earlier in the season. Northug has three 2nd places in a row and a 3rd place in the the last editions of Tour de Ski – and is very hungry for an overall victory. Northug won the Kuusamo mini tour earlier this year without any trouble at all – and will want to repeat this in Tour de Ski. In the  last editions of Tour de Ski Northug has not managed to deliver stable performances all stages –  the Cortina-Toblach stage, classic races and some of the sprint races have been troublesome for the Norwegian in the last editions.
• Dario Cologna: Cologna is the second big favourite in this Tour edition although his season opening has not been the best with a 4th place in the Kuusamo mini-tour as his best. However, Cologna has earlier shown that he is a complete skier who can win in all disciplines – and he has the ability to perform consistently well in many races in a row.  Three Tour de Ski victories says it all! Also, Cologna has an edge over Northug up the last stage in Alpe Cermis.
• Alexander Legkov: Legkov is very strong in the distance races, but varies in the sprints. But with only one sprint on the program this year, Legkov is a strong contender for Cologna and Northug.  As for Northug, Legkov has had trouble with stability on multi-day events. However, Legkov is one of the strongest skiers in the last uphill up Alpe Cermis, so if he is close before that race…
• Marcus Hellner: The Swedish hope finished 2nd last year after a very good last stage. Hellner has previously shown that he can perform well in all disciplines – from sprint to the long Cortina-Toblach stage – but the Swede has not impressed in the season opening which gave a 12th place in the Kuusamo mini-tour and a 3rd place in Gällivare. Still one of the big outsiders!
• Maxim Vylegzhanin: The dark horse who can actually take the overall victory if everything goes his way. Has not showed stabil results over many races previously – that might be his problem this year as well. However, the Russian impressed with a second spot in the Kuusamo mini tour.
• Lukas Bauer: Bauer has two Tour de Ski victories, but in addition to not showing optimal shape so far this year, he has two problems: His weakness in sprint and in man-to-man fights. Bauer’s way to victory goes through a good race on Stage 6 from Cortina to Toblach: Here Bauer can fight his way all the way up to the top and gain the time he has lost in the sprint if everything goes his way – and then even an overall Tour victory is possible…
• Outsiders: Roland Clara – strong in Alpe Cermis and showed that the shape is approaching with 2nd spot in the Canmore skiathlon. The Canadians Harvey and Kershav are also among the outsiders althoug they have not performed well so far this year – can do well in both sprint and distance races.

Prologue Preview

This prologue marks the start of the 7th edition of the Tour de Ski – 7 competitions in 9 days in two countries. The prologue is approximately the double length of a regular sprint – 3 km for the women and 4 km for the men (increased by 250 meters from last year).

• The women start from 13:15 CET – the men start from 14:30 CET
• In the 2011/2012 prologue, the big favourites showed their faces already from the start among the men. Petter Northug won ahead of Dario Cologna. The 2010/2011 winner Marcus Hellner finished 4th. Among the women, Justyna Kowalczyk won ahead of Marit Bjørgen with Hanna Brodin (Sweden) in third.
• In the 2010/2011 prologue, Marcus Hellner won the men’s class ahead of a surprisingly strong sprint-specialist Alexey Petukhov (Russia) with Northug in third. Among the women Kowalczyk was again strongest – this time with Charlotte Kalla in second spot.
• In the 2009/2010 prologue, Petter Northug won ahead of Marcus Hellner, Axel Teichmann, Dario Cologna and Sergey Shiriaev among the men. Petra Majdic won ahead of Natalia Korosteleva, Justyna Kowalczyk, Arianna Follis and Miriam Gössner among the women.
• In the 2008/2009 prologue, Axel Teichmann won ahead of Dario Cologna, Petter Northug, Aivar Rehemaa and Devon Kershaw among the men. In the womens class Claudia Nystad won ahead of Arianna Follis, Petra Majdic, Justyna Kowalczyk and Marit Bjørgen.
• Race profile Men:
  
• Race profile Women:
  

Men – previous editions

Name		2012 Tour de Ski 2012-01-08 110 km M	2011 Tour de Ski 2011-01-09 102 km M	2010 Tour de Ski 2010-01-10 102 km M	2009 Tour de Ski 2009-01-04 102 km M	2008 Tour de Ski 2008-01-06 102 km M	2007 Tour de Ski 2007-01-07 102 km M
COLOGNA Dario		1st	1st	3rd	1st	30th
NORTHUG Petter jr.		3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	8th	4th
HELLNER Marcus		2nd	14th	4th		36th	50th
BAUER Lukas		6th	3rd	1st	10th	1st
KERSHAW Devon		4th	7th	16th	20th
LEGKOV Alexander		5th			33rd	20th	2nd
CLARA Roland		19th	5th	21st	27th
PERL Curdin		35th	4th	15th	29th
GAILLARD Jean Marc			6th	5th	6th		36th
MANIFICAT Maurice		7th	17th	19th
JAKS Martin		9th	8th			11th
DI CENTA Giorgio		15th	13th	10th	4th	3rd	20th
HARVEY Alex		12th	10th	22nd
FILBRICH Jens		13th	15th	11th	12th	24th	9th
ANGERER Tobias		11th				14th	1st
VYLEGZHANIN Maxim		8th			15th	21st
CHERNOUSOV Ilia		10th		24th		42nd	18th
RICKARDSSON Daniel			9th	8th	23rd	47th
SOMMERFELDT Rene				6th		2nd	15th
TEICHMANN Axel		39th		7th	3rd	13th
BABIKOV Ivan		27th	21st	9th	35th
GJERDALEN Tord Asle			16th	13th	22nd	4th
JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin				20th	8th
OESTENSEN Simen				25th		28th	3rd
ROTCHEV Vassili					5th
PILLER COTTRER Pietro					7th	7th	27th
HETLAND Tor Arne					42nd	5th	5th
DEMENTIEV Eugeniy					9th	9th
JAUHOJAERVI Sami		33rd			9th	34th	7th
GOERING Franz						6th	6th
SVARTEDAL Jens Arne						10th	21st
DEMENTIEV Eugeni							8th
PANKRATOV Nikolai							10th

Women – previous editions

Name		2012 Tour de Ski 2012-01-08 63 km M	2011 Tour de Ski 2011-01-09 60 km M	2010 Tour de Ski 2010-01-10 60 km M	2009 Tour de Ski 2009-01-04 60 km M	2008 Tour de Ski 2008-01-06 60 km M	2007 Tour de Ski 2007-01-07 60 km M
KOWALCZYK Justyna		1st	1st	1st	4th	7th	11th
BJOERGEN Marit		2nd			10th		2nd
JOHAUG Therese		3rd	2nd		6th	14th
MAJDIC Petra			6th	2nd	3rd	18th	6th
LONGA Marianna			3rd	8th	5th		15th
FOLLIS Arianna			4th	3rd	8th	3rd	16th
LAHTEENMAKI Krista		4th	8th
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		5th	7th	10th
KALLA Charlotte		7th	5th			1st
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa		9th	13th	4th	2nd	17th	4th
KUITUNEN Virpi					1st	2nd	1st
ZELLER Katrin		6th	12th	9th	17th	9th
ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa		11th	11th	6th	11th	10th
JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt		8th	10th			16th
SHEVCHENKO Valentina		14th	16th	19th	14th	4th	3rd
RANDALL Kikkan		10th	21st
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer				5th	9th	11th	7th
ELDEN Marte			9th
SAVIALOVA Olga				7th	21st		14th
SIDKO Alena				9th			29th
ROTCHEVA Olga					19th	5th
HAAG Anna					7th	13th
NYSTAD Claudia					16th	6th
NEUMANNOVA Katerina							5th
SACHENBACHER -STEHLE Evi						8th
SACHENBACHER STEHLE Evi							8th
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W							9th
BAUER Viola							10th

The Quebec weekend of team sprint and sprint free replaces the traditional Düsseldorf weekend which had its 10th anniversary last season. The sprint is set to go on Saturday evening CET – with the qualification starting at 19:15 CET.

• Set up your predictions here for the Quebec sprint here ( by Saturday 19:15 CET)

The course has some similarities to the Düsseldorf course though – flat but with even more curves. In addition the organizers included a “ski jump” – so there should be enough excitement for both skiers and spectators.

Big names not appearing

There are some big names taking off both the Canadian weekends as they are preparing for Tour de Ski. This includes Marit Bjørgen, Justyna Kowalczyk, Charlotte Kalla, Petter Northug, Dario Cologna and many other of the top distance skiers. Startlists for the sprint were not out when this preview was written, but startlists for the team relay were ready and there was also a list of participants for the sprint.

Men: Morilov or Peterson?

This is the first sprint free of the season, and thus the skiers have not had the possibility to show their shape on the international level yet. Based on last years results, Devon Kershaw (finished 1st and 3rd in the two last free sprints in the World Cup – is now on home ground) will be a very interesting man to follow. In addition look out for Eirik Brandsdal (winner of Milano last year), Ola Vigen Hattestad (not the best season start, but finished the previous season well), Teodor Peterson (four finals – one victory in sprint free last year), Morilov (the Russian was very strong all of the season last year – in the final in nearly all sprint free races) and Petukuv (four sprint free finals – one victory). Peterson, Brandsdal Morilov is my guess!

Women: Time for Randall?

In the womens class the lack of Bjørgen and Kowalczyk makes it more open. Maiken Caspersen Falla had four times top 3 last year – and will be fighting hard against Ida Ingemarsdotter (claiming to not be in top shape on her blog, but we will see about that) and Kikkan Randall (wanting to perform well on North American soil). Chandra Crawford is the home favourite – if she can repeat the season opening of last year on home ground (4th in Düsseldorf free sprint, 2nd in Roggla free sprint), the spectator will go crazy! It will also be interesting to see the big surprise of last years pre-christmas season – the Swiss Laurien van der Graaff!

Note! The usual tables with previous results are below the course preview!

Course Preview

It is a long course – 1720 meters long according to the race program. Here you can see a race preview video and Christoph Eigenmann has posted some pictures of the course on his blog:

Animated course – FIS Cross-country World Cup from Sprint Québec on Vimeo.

There is no snow in the surrounding area, but the organizing committee could produce almost 10.000 m3 of snow in the past weeks thanks to cold temperatures. Here is a video posted by Emil Jönnson going through the course with a camera yesterday:

Men

Name		2012 Szklarska Poreba 2012-02-17 SP F Final	2012 Moscow 2012-02-02 SP 1.5 km F Final	2012 Milano 2012-01-14 SP F Final	2012 Toblach 2012-01-04 SP F Final	2011 Rogla 2011-12-18 SP F Final	2011 Davos 2011-12-11 SP F Final	2011 Duesseldorf 2011-12-03 SP F Final
BRANDSDAL Eirik		10th	10th	1st		6th		10th
KERSHAW Devon		1st	3rd		13rd	15th	4th	18th
HATTESTAD Ola Vigen		3rd	52nd	6th		5th	53rd	1st
MORILOV Nikolay		2nd	4th	4th	1st	2nd	6th	34th
PETUKHOV Alexey		12nd	14th	5th	5th	9th	1st	2nd
PETERSON Teodor		7th	1st	3rd	9th	8th	2nd	5th
COLOGNA Dario		8th			3rd	1st	7th
NORTHUG Petter jr.					2nd		5th
GLOEERSEN Anders		6th	2nd	13rd		3rd	17th	26th
WENZL Josef		30th	11st	2nd	7th	37th	27th	17th
JOENSSON Emil		62nd	16th		8th		3rd
GOLBERG Paal		20th		30th		4th	8th	3rd
STRANDVALL Matias		4th	8th	7th		45th	46th	7th
HOFER David		37th		20th	4th	12nd	13rd	59th
PENTSINEN Anssi		21st	40th	22nd		23rd	30th	4th
DARRAGON Roddy		5th	21st	27th		36th	32nd	27th
RETIVYKH Gleb			5th			14th	11st
HARVEY Alex		27th	9th		6th	19th	9th
PELLEGRINO Federico		9th	34th	9th	28th	7th	12nd	6th
DAHL John Kristian			6th				36th	20th
PETTERSEN Oeystein			7th	35th		16th	14th	29th
SCOLA Fulvio				8th	32nd	60th		57th
TAMBORNINO Eligius		26th	13rd	31st		11st	26th	8th
KINDSCHI Joeri		28th	17th	29th		33rd	18th	9th
PASINI Renato		61st	32nd	10th		35th	38th	33rd
HAMILTON Simeon		29th	31st	19th		10th	33rd
VOLOTKA Denis			33rd			54th	10th	44th
NOECKLER Dietmar		54th	29th	48th	10th		43rd

Women

Name		2012 Szklarska Poreba 2012-02-17 SP F Final	2012 Moscow 2012-02-02 SP 1.5 km F Final	2012 Milano 2012-01-14 SP F Final	2012 Toblach 2012-01-04 SP F Final	2011 Rogla 2011-12-18 SP F Final	2011 Davos 2011-12-11 SP F Final	2011 Duesseldorf 2011-12-03 SP F Final
FALLA Maiken Caspersen		2nd	16th	3rd		1st	3rd	8th
BJOERGEN Marit		22nd			1st		7th
INGEMARSDOTTER Ida		1st	8th	1st	27th	3rd		48th
KOWALCZYK Justyna		16th	1st		3rd	24th	8th
RANDALL Kikkan		3rd	7th	2nd	2nd	6th	1st	1st
KOROSTELEVA Natalia		31st	2nd	26th	14th	5th	18th	24th
CRAWFORD Chandra		38th	36th	7th		2nd	9th	4th
MATVEEVA Natalia		6th	13rd	4th	23rd	14th	2nd	2nd
VAN DER GRAAFF Laurien		14th	18th	10th		8th	5th	3rd
DOTSENKO Anastasia		44th	3rd		16th	37th	22nd	36th
BRODIN Hanna		7th	40th	13rd	41st		4th	5th
HERRMANN Denise		11st	31st	19th	4th	16th	13rd	37th
BARTHELEMY Laure		4th	23rd		36th	31st	16th	43rd
OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad		13rd	10th		7th	4th	24th	10th
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa			4th		32nd	12nd	27th
FABJAN Vesna		8th	27th	8th	5th	7th	11st	20th
LAHTEENMAKI Krista		20th	5th		13rd	19th	20th
KYLLOENEN Anne		21st	14th	5th	20th	42nd	28th	17th
JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt		5th	17th		17th	26th	10th
WENG Heidi		15th	20th	17th	12nd		6th	23rd
SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka			11st	14th	21st	13rd	26th	6th
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		34th			6th	11st
EIDE Mari			35th	6th			56th	12nd
DIGGINS Jessica		23rd	6th	18th
MALVALEHTO Mona-Lisa			50th	11st		21st	17th	7th
KOLB Hanna		17th	29th		8th	15th	14th	11st
GAIAZOVA Daria		30th	22nd	25th		9th	30th	46th
ZELLER Katrin		9th			19th	36th	40th
SOEMSKAR Linn			32nd	9th		35th	36th	26th
FESSEL Nicole		19th	9th		26th
ERIKSSON Mia			48th	16th			57th	9th
JEAN Aurore		25th	15th	20th	9th	23rd		40th
VISNAR Katja		28th	45th	21st		10th	21st	13rd
PROCHAZKOVA Alena		10th				39th	46th
NYVLTOVA Eva		26th			10th	48th	37th	53rd

The Kuusamo Mini Tour (Ruuka Triple) is the first of three tours in the World Cup this season – consisting of a classic sprint on Friday, an interval start skating race on Saturday (10 / 5 km) and a 15/10 km chasing start on Sunday.

• Set up your predictions here for the overall minitour ( by Friday 10:30 CET)
• Set up your predictions for the sprint here ( by Friday 10:30 CET)
• Set up your predictions for the Saturday 5/10 km free here (by Saturday 10:00 CET)
• Set up your predictions for the Sunday chasing start (individual times) here (by Sunday 10:45 CET)

Some skiers (for example Gällivare winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby) are considering not to start due to the cold weather. In addition several Swedish and Norwegian skiers are sick and will not come to the start either. Charlotte Kalla, Ida Ingemarsdotter, Maiken Falla and Johan Olsson are some of the skiers who are not starting.

Note that the following preview is written before start lists were available. Start lists will be published Thursday evening – typically around 18:00 CET.

Note! The race predictions for the overall MiniTour must be in ahead of the sprint start!

Race preview: Women

Marit Bjørgen is the big favourite in the womens class – as always. With victory in both the 2010 and 2011 editions and a victory in Gällivare last weekend, Kalla not starting and Kowalczyk not in top shape, it is difficult to see somebody else taking the victory. The main contender is Therese Johaug – if she manages to get some bonus seconds from the sprint, she could give Johaug a fight for the overall victory.

In addition to the two Norwegian and Kowalczyk (who finished down on 5th place last year), Kikkan Randall is the big name in the womens class after Gällivare. Also count in the rest of the Norwegians for the fight for the podium.

Race preview: Men

The mens class is a lot more open – as always. Petter Northug is a favourite after his victory last year – in the final chasing start he has the advantage of knowing that he can beat anybody in the last 100 meters. Dario Cologna disappointed last weekend – but the skis and snow has to take some of the blame for the result in Gällivare, so the Swiss will surely be in for the fight. Also count in the Russians – Legkov took the Kuusamo mini tour in 2010.

Eldar Rønning finished 3rd last year, and could be in for the fight for the medals this year as well. Marcus Hellner and the other Swedes should also be counted among the favourites.

Previous editions: Men

Name		2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-27 25 km M	2010 Kuusamo 2010-11-28 25 km M
LEGKOV Alexander		7th	1st
NORTHUG Petter jr.		1st
COLOGNA Dario		2nd	2nd
ROENNING Eldar		3rd	21st
RICKARDSSON Daniel		13rd	3rd
HELLNER Marcus		6th	4th
POLTORANIN Alexey		4th	15th
OLSSON Johan		5th	7th
VYLEGZHANIN Maxim		18th	5th
CHERNOUSOV Ilia		27th	6th
SEDOV Petr		10th	8th
MANIFICAT Maurice		8th	19th
BAUER Lukas		9th	9th
KERSHAW Devon		20th	10th

Previous editions: Women

Name		2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-27 15 km M	2010 Kuusamo 2010-11-28 15 km M
BJOERGEN Marit		1st	1st
KOWALCZYK Justyna		5th	2nd
JOHAUG Therese		2nd	10th
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W		3rd	6th
KALLA Charlotte		4th	3rd
FESSEL Nicole		13rd	4th
TCHEKALEVA Yulia			5th
RANDALL Kikkan		6th	19th
MAJDIC Petra			7th
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa		7th
LONGA Marianna			8th
HAAG Anna		8th	11st
FOLLIS Arianna			9th
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		9th
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer		10th

Sprint – Race preview

The Kuusamo Mini Tour (Ruuka Triple) opens with a classic sprint as has been the tradition for some years. The weather forecast for the weekend is winterly cold – with some runners (for example Gällivare winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby) considering not to start due to the cold weather.

Several Swedish and Norwegian skiers are sick and will not come to the start either. Charlotte Kalla, Ida Ingemarsdotter, Maiken Falla and Johan Olsson are some of the skiers who are not starting.

Women Sprint – Race preview

The races this weekend get started on Friday with a classic sprint (qualification from 10:30 CET – finals from 12:30 CET). With victories in the three last classic sprints in the World Cup last season – and the both the 2010 and 2011 edition of the Kuusamo classic sprint in November, Marit Bjørgen (Norway) is the overwhelming favourite. The action will as usually in Kuusamo be on the uphill coming back into the stadium. With the first sprint of the season, we’ll get to see some skiers which we have not seen yet this season.

Behind Bjørgen it is quite open in the classic sprint scene. Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland) is not yet in shape – and has not managed to deliver results in the Kuusamo sprint the last two seasons. Kalla and Falla are not on the start list due to illness. Julia Ivanova finished the last season very well with two 2nd places in the World Cup on classic sprints, but did not perform well in the national classic sprint race in Muono two weeks ago. Kikkan Randall has not been on the very top in the latest classic sprints, but with the shape she has shown lately she could very well finish top 3 – and even fight with Bjørgen for the win. Astrid Jacobsen has shown good shape but no good results yet – she is definitely one to expect in a final.

Men Sprint – Race preview

Most of the big names will be in the field in the mens class – with a tight fight for the win expected. As always in the Tours, this will be a fight between the all-rounders and the sprinters. The sprinters will surely be hungry for success as this is their first chance to show form this season! In the 8 classic sprints selected as relevant for this race, we have 7 different winners! This is a very open race indeed!

Eirik Brandsdal (Norway) finished the previous season in an excellent way – winning the two last classic sprints in Drammen and Stockholm. Emil Jönsson took the Lahti classic sprint a few days earlier, while Cologna and Kruikov were successful in Otepää and Oberstdorf earlier in 2012. The Kuusamo classic sprint of 2011 saw a Swedish winner – Teodor Peterson – while two Norwegians won the 2010 and 2009 editions – Dahl and Hattestad respectively.

In addition to the winners listed above, count in Northug, Hellner, Petukhov, Morilov and Pettersen among the favourites.

Classic sprints: Men

Name		2012 Stockholm 2012-03-14 SP C Final	2012 Drammen 2012-03-07 SP C Final	2012 Lahti 2012-03-04 SP C Final	2012 Otepaa 2012-01-21 SP C Final	2011 Oberstdorf 2011-12-31 SP C Final	2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-25 SP C Final	2010 Kuusamo 2010-11-26 SP 1.4 km C Final	2009 Kuusamo 2009-11-28 SP 1.4 km C Final
JOENSSON Emil		12nd	5th	1st		26th		8th	6th
KRIUKOV Nikita		26th	13rd	3rd	5th	1st	2nd	64th	3rd
PETERSON Teodor		2nd	9th	2nd	26th	10th	1st		29th
COLOGNA Dario		13rd	19th	46th	1st	5th	11st	24th
BRANDSDAL Eirik		1st	1st	16th	3rd		4th
DAHL John Kristian		8th	53rd	35th			48th	1st	4th
HATTESTAD Ola Vigen		4th	38th	4th	2nd	33rd	20th	4th	1st
PETTERSEN Oeystein			54th	34th	6th		3rd		2nd
VALJAS Len		3rd	2nd	19th	21st		5th	29th
POLTORANIN Alexey		5th			19th		45th	2nd
PETUKHOV Alexey		16th	22nd	48th	25th	2nd	9th	25th	32nd
JAUHOJAERVI Sami			20th	5th	24th	19th	26th	3rd	21st
MORILOV Nikolay		6th	8th	8th	28th	3rd	121st	7th	12nd
GOLBERG Paal		22nd	3rd	28th	8th
PANZHINSKIY Alexander			4th	21st	12nd			49th	10th
HARVEY Alex		14th	16th	44th	4th	17th	24th	9th	55th
JAPAROV Dmitriy		30th				4th
PASINI Renato			49th				29th	5th
LASSILA Kalle			39th	25th	10th			34th	5th
PENTSINEN Anssi			14th	22nd	27th		6th	18th	44th
RETIVYKH Gleb		9th	10th	6th	9th
NORTHUG Petter jr.						6th	16th
NEWELL Andrew		7th	6th	15th	7th	25th	19th	6th	7th
PASINI Fabio		15th	34th	7th		14th		59th	37th
VYLEGZHANIN Maxim		46th	41st			7th	69th	61st
MODIN Jesper			31st	24th	18th		7th	22nd	26th
HAMILTON Simeon			7th	11st	33rd	34th		67th
CHEBOTKO Nikolay						16th	8th	35th	38th
KJOELSTAD Johan					17th				8th
MANIFICAT Maurice		32nd			37th	8th	58th	78th
ROENNING Eldar		17th				23rd	17th	33rd	9th
PERSSON Simon			62nd	9th
HELLNER Marcus		10th		59th		9th	53rd	63rd
SELLIS Siim			60th	10th	43rd
PAAKKONEN Lasse			24th	17th	42nd		14th	10th	28th
CHERNOUSOV Ilia		33rd				30th	10th	46th

Classic sprints: Women

Name		2012 Stockholm 2012-03-14 SP C Final	2012 Drammen 2012-03-07 SP C Final	2012 Lahti 2012-03-04 SP C Final	2012 Otepaa 2012-01-21 SP C Final	2011 Oberstdorf 2011-12-31 SP C Final	2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-25 SP C Final	2010 Kuusamo 2010-11-26 SP 1.2 km C Final	2009 Kuusamo 2009-11-28 SP 1.2 km C Final
BJOERGEN Marit		1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
KOWALCZYK Justyna		9th	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	13rd	11st	1st
KALLA Charlotte		4th	12nd	9th	18th	8th	2nd	4th
MAJDIC Petra								2nd	2nd
IVANOVA Julia		2nd		2nd		32nd	24th	51st
JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt		42nd	2nd		21st	3rd	74th	3rd
FALLA Maiken Caspersen		3rd	4th	4th	12nd		11st	12nd	6th
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W		43rd			35th		3rd	10th
PROCHAZKOVA Alena			40th	36th	24th		16th	7th	3rd
MATVEEVA Natalia			28th	7th	3rd	4th	6th
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa		22nd		26th	4th	16th	18th		4th
RANDALL Kikkan		8th	11st	5th	9th	9th	4th	42nd	36th
VISNAR Katja		5th	13rd	11st	10th	15th	9th	21st	12nd
INGEMARSDOTTER Ida		10th	22nd	39th	8th	5th	15th	15th	15th
SMUTNA Katerina		6th	31st	24th	5th	27th	7th	16th	17th
SHAPOVALOVA Evgenia			20th	27th	26th				5th
CRAWFORD Chandra		12nd	5th	69th	22nd		22nd	45th	49th
NATSUMI Madoka								5th	22nd
KYLLOENEN Anne		11st	7th	8th	15th	21st	5th	13rd	34th
MALVALEHTO Mona-Lisa		13rd	9th	22nd	6th		21st		43rd
DOTSENKO Anastasia		16th	14th	6th		10th	17th	23rd
LONGA Marianna								6th
JEAN Aurore		26th	6th	21st		6th	42nd	39th
FABJAN Vesna		7th	32nd	17th	33rd	11st	25th	53rd	27th
OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad		20th	21st	15th	7th	7th	36th	36th	30th
FALK Hanna								17th	7th
GAIAZOVA Daria		23rd	8th	13rd	17th		14th	24th
JOHAUG Therese		32nd		42nd	20th	18th	8th	72nd
BOEHLER Stefanie		39th	56th	49th		26th	31st	9th	8th
FOLLIS Arianna								8th	26th
OLSSON Anna									9th
TURYSHEVA Elena									10th
GJEITNES Kari Vikhagen			45th	10th				20th	18th
FESSEL Nicole		14th	10th	12nd	19th	23rd	12nd	26th	41st
BRODIN Hanna		17th	17th	19th	14th	38th	10th

10/5 km Free Preview

10 km Free individual start for men and 5 km Free individual start for women have only been part of the World Cup circuit once in the last years – and that is in last years edition of the Kuusamo Tour.

The shorter distance makes the race a bit more similar to a prologue – especially for the women which race only 5 kilometers. However, expect the same runners to have capacity on the 10/5 km as on the 15/10 km Free in Gällivare last weekend.

In the womens class we have the usual favourites. The 5 km might be Johaugs first big chance to beat Marit Bjørgen this season, though. Also look out for Kikkan Randall who got take a popular World Cup victory if everything plays her way.

In the mens class Martin Johnsrud Sundby could repeat last weekend victory on 15 km free – if he takes the chance on starting in cold Finland. Number two and three from last weekend – Hellner and Poltoranin should also be counted in – as well as Northug and Cologna. One man to keep an extra eye on is Matti Heikkinen who showed excellent shape with a 4th place last weekend in Gällivare – now he is on home ground and wants to show results in front of the home crowd.

Name		2012 Gallivare 2012-11-24 15 km F	2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-26 10 km F	2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 15 km F	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 15 km F
HELLNER Marcus		3rd	6th	9th	1st
NORTHUG Petter jr.		7th	1st	2nd
OLSSON Johan		31st	7th	1st	32nd
SUNDBY Martin Johnsrud		1st
CLARA Roland		18th	2nd	3rd	20th
POLTORANIN Alexey		2nd	22nd	10th	22nd
COLOGNA Dario		19th	4th	7th	2nd
RICKARDSSON Daniel			34th	30th	3rd
MANIFICAT Maurice		39th	3rd	17th	17th
HEIKKINEN Matti		4th		40th	82nd
HALFVARSSON Calle		43rd	21st	4th	50th
JESPERSEN Chris Andre			5th	23rd	4th
SEDOV Petr			13rd	59th	5th
HARVEY Alex		36th	27th	5th	34th
ROETHE Sjur		5th	11st	36th	7th
LEGKOV Alexander		9th	11st	11st	6th
DOLIDOVICH Sergei		6th	50th		60th
FISCHER Remo		46th	9th	6th	18th
BAUER Lukas		13rd	10th		8th
HOFER David		12nd	8th	12nd	27th
BERGER Lars				8th
BELOV Evgeniy		8th	17th	52nd	30th
FREEMAN Kris		33rd	24th	55th	9th
JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin				13rd	10th
CHERNOUSOV Ilia		10th	65th	85th	24th

Name		2012 Gallivare 2012-11-24 10 km F	2011 Davos 2011-12-10 15 km F	2011 Kuusamo 2011-11-26 5 km F	2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 10 km F	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 10 km F
BJOERGEN Marit		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
JOHAUG Therese		2nd	3rd	4th	7th	9th
KALLA Charlotte		4th	14th	3rd	2nd	2nd
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W		6th	2nd	2nd	3rd	6th
FOLLIS Arianna						3rd
RANDALL Kikkan		3rd	27th	5th	8th	19th
BERGER Tora					4th
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		23rd	4th	16th	6th	5th
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer		25th	6th	21st	5th	4th
KOWALCZYK Justyna		27th	5th	6th	10th	7th
BROOKS Holly		5th	13rd	28th	36th
FALLA Maiken Caspersen				7th	24th
LARSEN Lisa		7th	44th	43rd
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa			7th	18th	27th
HAGEN Martine Ek		8th			35th
FESSEL Nicole		22nd		8th	47th	9th
FAIVRE PICON Anouk		45th	8th	42nd	31st	45th
HAAG Anna		56th	12nd	17th	15th	8th
WENG Heidi		17th	9th	24th	13rd
TCHEKALEVA Yulia		9th				20th
OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad		30th	45th	30th	9th	35th
LAHTEENMAKI Krista		24th	11st	9th	11st	21st
SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka		20th	10th	15th	20th
KOROSTELEVA Natalia		10th	20th	13rd		51st
KYLLOENEN Anne		19th		10th

Many surprises in today’s XC-Predictions for the 15/10 km free technique in Gällivare! On top today was Pre-Ole with 576 points ahead of Herminator.

The biggest negative surprises were in the men’s class. Dario Cologna was tipped on top – but finished 19th. Northug was also tipped up there – but finished 7th. Even worse: Johan Olsson who finished 31st. The winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby was tipped down in 16th place!

In the women’s class it was more like expected. The only surprise was Justyna Kowalczyk’s 27th place – on the other hand Kowalczyk has often had a slow start as discussed in the race preview.

• See all results from the XC-predictions here

1.	576	Pre-Ole	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Dario COLOGNA 12	Marcus HELLNER 80
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4
3.	531	Herminator	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Dario COLOGNA 12	Alexander LEGKOV 29
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Charlotte KALLA 50
4.	515	jjpht	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Dario COLOGNA 12	Marcus HELLNER 80
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Charlotte KALLA 50
5.	511	Team Northug	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Johan OLSSON 0	Marcus HELLNER 80
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4
6.	503	Roar	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Dario COLOGNA 12	Johan OLSSON 0
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Charlotte KALLA 50
8.	501	PÄR ANDERSSON	Dario COLOGNA 12	Alexander LEGKOV 29	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4
7.	501	Tobia	Dario COLOGNA 12	Marcus HELLNER 60	Alexander LEGKOV 29
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4
9.	496	Rasmus Søgaard	Dario COLOGNA 12	Marcus HELLNER 60	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36
			Therese JOHAUG 80	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4	Marit BJOERGEN 100
10.	492	JakeB	Dario COLOGNA 12	Petter jr. NORTHUG 36	Marcus HELLNER 80
			Marit BJOERGEN 150	Therese JOHAUG 110	Justyna KOWALCZYK 4

Martin Johnsrud Sundby – previously considered a classic specialist – did a fantastic race on today’s 15 km free in Gällivare. Sundby was fastest on 5 of the splits – especially in the second part of the race the Norwegian skier dominated as you can see from the graphical race analysis above.

The only one being more impressive in the last part of the men’s race than Sundby was Alexey Poltoranin who had a very strong finish from 12.3 km to 15 km.

Below graphical splits analysis is shown for some selected skiers – corresponding curves are also shown for the women.

Interactive graphical splits analysis can be found here:

• Men
• Women

The World Cup season 2012/2013 starts in Gällivare in Sweden on Saturday November 24th with 10 km Free for women and 15 km Free for the men. The World Cup opening is always special for the skiers – as they are unsure about how their shape is compared to their competitors.

• Set up your predictions for the 10/15 km Free in Gällivare here. Deadline 2012-11-24 10:30:00

The course in Gällivare is a technical course with a lot of curves and short up- and downhills (see course map at the bottom of this preview).

First for Johaug on 10 km free?

The big three on a 10 km Free the last seasons have been Marit Bjørgen (Norway), Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland) and Charlotte Kalla (Sweden). Bjørgen won the last two international season openings ahead of Kalla, while Kowalczyk on the other hand is usually not in top shape in the first races. The Polish superstar often uses the first races of the season to get in shape ahead of Tour de Ski, and finished only 10th and 7th in the World Cup openings in Sjusjøen and Gällivare the two last seasons.

However, for the first time in a long, long time, the main favourite in a World Cup race for women is not one of the big three. Instead Therese Johaug (Norway) is the big name. In the national season opener in Beitostølen last weekend Therese Johaug showed that she is capable of climbing all the way to the top after beating Marit Bjørgen twice. Even if 10 km Free has not been Johaug’s favourite discipline in the World Cup (7th and 9th from the last two international season openers), she is now counted as the big favourite.

In the 10 km free season opener in Bruksvallarna Kalla took the victory ahead of new Swedish surprise Emma Wiken and Ida Ingemarsdotter. The corresponding race in Muoni (Finland) saw Kowalczyk on top ahead of Elizabeth Stephen and Yulia Tchekaleva – Riita-Liisa Roponen was best Finn in fourth. In Beitostølen Johaug won with nearly a minute ahead of Bjørgen and Heidi Weng.

Open among the men

In the mens class it is more open, but Petter Northug, Marcus Hellner and Dario Cologna are surely three of the biggest favourites along with Johan Olsson and Maurice Manificat. Johan Olsson – the winner in the World Cup opening in Sjusjøen last year – showed great shape by winning the Swedish season opening in Bruksvallerna. Northug was second in Sjusjøen last year – and looked very confident in the Norwegian season opener in Beitostølen last weekend. The Russians will be strong again – and also look out for Daniel Richardsson and Dario Cologna.

In the 15 km free season opener in Bruksvallarna last weekend Johan Olsson took the victory ahead of Daniel Richardsson and Ivan Babikov. Matti Heikkinen took the Muoni 15 km free opener ahead of Lukas Bauer and Jens Filbrich. Beitostølen saw Petter Northug on top with Maurice Manificat in second and Finn Haagen Krogh in third. There was also an international FIS race in Gällivare with a small, strong startfield which Dario Cologna won ahead of Alexander Legkov and Curdin Perl.

Name		2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 15 km F	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 15 km F	2010 Whistler Olympic Park 2010-02-15 15 km F	2010 Canmore 2010-02-05 15 km F
COLOGNA Dario		7th	2nd	1st	3rd
HELLNER Marcus		9th	1st	4th	6th
OLSSON Johan		1st	32nd	11st	7th
DI CENTA Giorgio		27th		10th	1st
PILLER COTTRER Pietro		34th	39th	2nd	2nd
BAUER Lukas			8th	3rd
NORTHUG Petter jr.		2nd		41st
CLARA Roland		3rd	20th		27th
RICKARDSSON Daniel		30th	3rd	22nd	23rd
JESPERSEN Chris Andre		23rd	4th
LIVERS Toni		28th	12nd	12nd	4th
VITTOZ Vincent			28th	5th
HALFVARSSON Calle		4th	50th
LEGKOV Alexander		11st	6th	15th	15th
SEDOV Petr		59th	5th	26th	8th
FISCHER Remo		6th	18th	15th	16th
BERGER Lars		8th
MANIFICAT Maurice		17th	17th	6th
TEICHMANN Axel		47th	37th	44th	5th
ANGERER Tobias		14th	44th	7th	14th
ROETHE Sjur		36th	7th
HARVEY Alex		5th	34th	21st	62nd
POLTORANIN Alexey		10th	22nd
BABIKOV Ivan		42nd	54th	8th	10th
MORIGGL Thomas			43rd	24th	9th
JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin		13rd	10th	33rd
VYLEGZHANIN Maxim		16th	15th	9th	49th
FREEMAN Kris		55th	9th	59th	20th

Name		2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 10 km F	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 10 km F	2010 Whistler Olympic Park 2010-02-15 10 km F	2010 Canmore 2010-02-05 10 km F
BJOERGEN Marit		1st	1st	3rd
SMIGUN-VAEHI Kristina				2nd
KALLA Charlotte		2nd	2nd	1st	1st
KOWALCZYK Justyna		10th	7th	5th	2nd
FOLLIS Arianna			3rd	11st	10th
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W		3rd	6th	22nd
BERGER Tora		4th
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer		5th	4th	8th
HAAG Anna		15th	8th	4th	5th
KHAZOVA Irina		44th		20th	3rd
SHEVCHENKO Valentina		17th	32nd	9th	4th
MEDVEDEVA Evgenia				7th	17th
GOESSNER Miriam				21st	7th
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		6th	5th	48th
NYSTAD Claudia				16th	8th
RUPIL Silvia		19th	24th	14th	6th
ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa		21st	23rd	6th
JOHAUG Therese		7th	9th
VALBUSA Sabina				17th	9th
MALAHOVA-SHISHKINA Svetlana				10th	12nd
RANDALL Kikkan		8th	19th		44th
OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad		9th	35th
FESSEL Nicole		47th	9th		28th

With many of the top names missing – especially in the men’s class – we have very open races in Rybinsk this weekend. With the current temperatures, it might even be open if there are any races at all…

Add to that that there are very few 15 km/10km Free Mass start races in the World Cup.

• Set up your XC-Predictions for the 10/15 km Free race in Rybinsk here by Saturday 11:15 CET
• Set up your XC-Predictions for Sunday’s Skiathlon here by Sunday 09:30 CET

In the tables below relevant results from earlier races are shown. It is evident that of the men who have placed Top 10 in 15 km Free Mass start the last seasons, only a small percentage of them are on the start list in the 15 km here in Rybinsk.

As always in Rybinsk (see a table for Rybinsk results further down), expect some Russians to be in the top – both the high profile ones like Legkov, Vylegzhanin and Sedov – but also less well-known skiers on the local quota. In addition to the Russians, Maurice Manificat (FRA) and Roland Clara (ITA) should be counted among the top favourites.

In the women’s class, the situation is quite different. Most of the top names are on the startlist, and we expect again a fight between Marit Bjørgen (NOR) and Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) where Bjørgen will try to take back the overall World Cup lead. It will not be an easy job though, as the Polish skier has shown impressive shape lately while Bjørgen was ill during the Norwegian Championships last weekend.

Other favourites in the women’s class are Charlotte Kalla (SWE) and the other Norwegian skiers Skofterud, Johaug and Kristoffersen. Also count in Russian Khazova with the home ground advantage.

Relevant results

Since there are very few 15 km / 10 km Free Mass start races in the World Cup, the number of races included in the tables this time are increased. This time all 10/15 km Free races and all Mass start free races except for the 30 km/50 km ones are included.

Name		2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 15 km F	2010 La Clusaz 2010-12-18 30 km F Mst	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 15 km F	2010 Whistler Olympic Park 2010-02-15 15 km F	2010 Canmore 2010-02-05 15 km F	2009 Davos 2009-12-12 15 km F	2009 Beitostoelen 2009-11-21 15 km F	2009 Lahti 2009-03-08 15 km F	2009 Rybinsk 2009-01-30 15 km F Mst
DI CENTA Giorgio		27th	15th		10th	1st	14th	17th	5th	7th
HEIKKINEN Matti		40th	35th	82nd	39th	54th	1st	3rd	33rd	13rd
OLSSON Johan		1st		32nd	11st	7th	22nd	8th	17th
LEGKOV Alexander		11st	3rd	6th	15th	15th	25th	7th	1st	4th
ANGERER Tobias		14th		44th	7th	14th	29th	24th	21st	1st
COLOGNA Dario		7th	4th	2nd	1st	3rd	31st	20th	12nd	10th
HELLNER Marcus		9th	29th	1st	4th	6th	2nd	9th	40th
VYLEGZHANIN Maxim		16th	1st	15th	9th	49th		50th	6th	28th
HAFSAAS Ronny Andre		38th			42nd			1st
GAILLARD Jean Marc		48th	23rd	57th	32nd		8th		50th	2nd
NORTHUG Petter jr.		2nd	2nd		41st		21st	4th	7th
PILLER COTTRER Pietro		34th	33rd	39th	2nd	2nd	10th	11st	2nd	5th
VITTOZ Vincent				28th	5th		5th	2nd	44th	9th
BAUER Lukas			5th	8th	3rd				9th
RICKARDSSON Daniel		30th	9th	3rd	22nd	23rd	38th
CLARA Roland		3rd	39th	20th		27th	49th	48th	8th	12nd
DOLIDOVICH Sergei			12nd	60th	35th	45th	33rd	25th	4th	3rd
MANIFICAT Maurice		17th	28th	17th	6th		3rd	35th	11st
HOFFMANN Christian							55th	36th	3rd	24th
HALFVARSSON Calle		4th	54th	50th
JONNIER Emmanuel			52nd		20th		4th	68th	16th	37th
JESPERSEN Chris Andre		23rd		4th
LIVERS Toni		28th	27th	12nd	12nd	4th	12nd	12nd	13rd	20th
SEDOV Petr		59th	10th	5th	26th	8th			10th
HARVEY Alex		5th	24th	34th	21st	62nd	34th	43rd	49th
TEICHMANN Axel		47th		37th	44th	5th	74th	33rd	55th	14th
GAUSTAD John Anders							46th	5th
DUVILLARD Robin		33rd		21st			6th
AASEN OUREN Geir Ludvig				45th		31st	35th	6th	18th
GJERDALEN Tord Asle		56th	8th	38th	28th				54th	6th
SOEDERGREN Anders		25th	6th	36th	25th	22nd			19th
FISCHER Remo		6th	21st	18th	15th	16th	11st	10th	26th	42nd
PERL Curdin		45th	7th	14th	17th	21st	39th	40th		35th
FREEMAN Kris		55th	25th	9th	59th	20th	7th	22nd
ROETHE Sjur		36th	20th	7th				18th
BERGER Lars		8th						13rd
BABIKOV Ivan		42nd	16th	54th	8th	10th	26th	28th	37th
MASHKOV Ilya										8th
KERSHAW Devon		37th	13rd	58th		37th	9th	37th	41st	17th
MORIGGL Thomas			26th	43rd	24th	9th
POLTORANIN Alexey		10th		22nd
JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin		13rd		10th	33rd		63rd	23rd	22nd

Name		2011 Rybinsk 2011-02-04 20 km M Pursuit	2010 Rybinsk 2010-01-23 30 km M Pursuit	2009 Rybinsk 2009-02-01 30 km M Pursuit	2009 Rybinsk 2009-01-30 15 km F Mst
ZHMURKO Artem		27th	1st
CHERNOUSOV Ilia		1st	2nd		40th
ANGERER Tobias		4th		12nd	1st
COLOGNA Dario				1st	10th
GAILLARD Jean Marc		2nd		4th	2nd
PILLER COTTRER Pietro		9th		2nd	5th
DOLIDOVICH Sergei		28th	7th	24th	3rd
SHIRIAEV Sergey			3rd
TEICHMANN Axel				3rd	14th
MANIFICAT Maurice		3rd
LEGKOV Alexander		7th		7th	4th
SOMMERFELDT Rene			4th	19th	15th
GLAVATSKIKH Konstantin		12nd	5th
DI CENTA Giorgio		5th		8th	7th
JAUHOJAERVI Sami				5th	19th
VITTOZ Vincent		13rd		6th	9th
GJERDALEN Tord Asle				13rd	6th
MORIGGL Thomas		14th	6th
GOERING Franz		6th		28th
MASHKOV Ilya				51st	8th
KUZNETSOV Alexander			8th	35th	31st
CHECCHI Valerio		8th		18th	21st
KERSHAW Devon				9th	17th
TURYCHEV Sergey		17th	9th
HOFER David			10th	17th
HEIKKINEN Matti				10th	13rd
CLARA Roland		10th	16th	15th	12nd

Name		2011 Sjusjoen 2011-11-19 10 km F	2010 La Clusaz 2010-12-18 15 km F Mst	2010 Gällivare 2010-11-20 10 km F	2010 Whistler Olympic Park 2010-02-15 10 km F	2010 Canmore 2010-02-05 10 km F	2009 Davos 2009-12-12 10 km F	2009 Beitostoelen 2009-11-21 10 km F	2009 Lahti 2009-03-08 10 km F	2009 Rybinsk 2009-01-30 10 km F Mst
KHAZOVA Irina		44th			20th	3rd	1st	10th
KALLA Charlotte		2nd	14th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd
BJOERGEN Marit		1st	1st	1st	3rd		4th	1st
LONGA Marianna			5th	14th	18th	11st	18th	13rd	11st	1st
KOWALCZYK Justyna		10th	2nd	7th	5th	2nd	9th	12nd	1st	12nd
SMIGUN-VAEHI Kristina					2nd		3rd
FOLLIS Arianna			4th	3rd	11st	10th	19th	8th	5th	2nd
KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe		6th	10th	5th	48th		27th		3rd
BOEHLER Stefanie		57th		49th	23rd		39th	33rd		3rd
SKOFTERUD Vibeke W		3rd	11st	6th	22nd		24th	5th
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer		5th	3rd	4th	8th		6th	4th	8th	6th
HAAG Anna		15th	6th	8th	4th	5th	10th	3rd
MURANEN Pirjo							29th	60th	6th	4th
BERGER Tora		4th
SHEVCHENKO Valentina		17th	12nd	32nd	9th	4th	7th	15th	7th	22nd
MEDVEDEVA Evgenia					7th	17th	8th	11st	4th	10th
ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa		21st	7th	23rd	6th		5th	6th	9th	5th
RUPIL Silvia		19th	9th	24th	14th	6th	17th	34th	32nd
JOHAUG Therese		7th	13rd	9th			28th	17th	10th
KOROSTELEVA Natalia				51st	19th	32nd	21st	7th	20th	24th
GOESSNER Miriam					21st	7th	70th		27th
LAURENT PHILIPPOT Karine					26th	15th	54th	59th	12nd	7th
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa		27th	34th		15th		11st	9th		8th
NYSTAD Claudia					16th	8th	20th	29th	18th	23rd
RANDALL Kikkan		8th		19th		44th	65th	21st
JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt		12nd	8th	11st			38th	52nd
VALBUSA Sabina					17th	9th	42nd	18th	13rd	9th
FESSEL Nicole		47th		9th		28th			40th	45th
OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad		9th	30th	35th				20th	22nd
MALAHOVA-SHISHKINA Svetlana					10th	12nd	12nd	32nd

Name		2011 Rybinsk 2011-02-04 10 km M Pursuit	2010 Rybinsk 2010-01-23 15 km M Pursuit	2009 Rybinsk 2009-02-01 15 km M Pursuit	2009 Rybinsk 2009-01-30 10 km F Mst
SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa		3rd		1st	8th
KOWALCZYK Justyna		1st	1st	2nd	12nd
LONGA Marianna		2nd		4th	1st
SACHENBACHER -STEHLE Evi		9th	2nd	18th	11st
FOLLIS Arianna		4th		5th	2nd
BOEHLER Stefanie			7th	9th	3rd
KUITUNEN Virpi				3rd	13rd
SCHUCHKINA Olga			3rd	40th	21st
MURANEN Pirjo				10th	4th
TCHEKALEVA Yulia		19th	4th		27th
ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa		5th		11st	5th
KHAZOVA Irina			5th
MEDVEDEVA Evgenia			6th	12nd	10th
NOVIKOVA Valentina		6th	15th		34th
STEIRA Kristin Stoermer				6th	6th
LAURENT PHILIPPOT Karine				14th	7th
MAJDIC Petra				7th	19th
ZELLER Katrin		7th		15th	41st
ROTCHEVA Olga			8th	19th	30th
RUPIL Silvia		8th
SHEVCHENKO Valentina				8th	22nd
VALBUSA Sabina				16th	9th
FESSEL Nicole			9th		45th
SAVIALOVA Olga		10th		23rd	16th
NYSTAD Claudia			10th	13rd	23rd