News
January 2 - Kristin Størmer Steira wins the second race of the Tour de Ski and claims the yellow jersey with previous leader Marit Bjørgen only finishing in 25th position 55.5 seconds behind Steira who now leads the rankings by 6.1 seconds. In the men's competition leader Christoph Eigenmann does not finish and thus loses his yellow jersey to Simen Østensen who finished in 12th position, 11.6 seconds behind winner Vincent Vittoz. 3 - During the second race in Oberstdorf, the third in total for the Tour de Ski, leader Kristin Størmer Steira successfully defends her yellow jersey by finishing second behind Petra Majdič who follows in second position in the overall rankings, 20.4 seconds behind Steira. Franz Göring wins the men's race being the first of three Germans entering the podium, the others being René Sommerfeldt and Tobias Angerer. With leader Simen Østensen finishing in 18th position Angerer overtook him to take the yellow jersey and now leads by 17.0 seconds.
Cross-country skiing World Cup
Men's results Date Place Discipline Winner Leader28 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany 1.5 km F Sprint Eldar Rønning Eldar Rønning 18 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 15 km F Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Eldar Rønning Ole Einar Bjørndalen 25 November 2006 Kuusamo, Finland 1.2 km C Sprint Jens Arne Svartedal Eldar Rønning 26 November 2006 Kuusamo, Finland 15 km C Individual Eldar Rønning Eldar Rønning 13 December 2006 Cogne/Val d'Aosta, Italy 15 km C + 15 km F Pursuit Eldar Rønning Eldar Rønning 16 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 30 km F Mass Start Tobias Angerer Eldar Rønning
Women's results Date Place Discipline Winner Leader28 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany 800m F Sprint Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen 18 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 10 km F Individual Kateřina Neumannová Marit Bjørgen25 November 2006 Kuusamo, Finland 1.2 km C Sprint Petra Majdič Marit Bjørgen 26 November 2006 Kuusamo, Finland 10 km C Individual Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen 13 December 2006 Cogne/Val d'Aosta, Italy 10 km C Individual Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen 16 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 15 km F Mass Start Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen
Tour de Ski
Men's results Date Place Discipline Top 3 Leader31 December 2006 Munich, Germany 1.2 km F Sprint Christoph Eigenmann Devon Kershaw Roddy Darragon Christoph Eigenmann 2 January 2007 Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit Vincent Vittoz Alexander Legkov Tobias Angerer Simen Østensen3 January 2007 Oberstdorf, Germany 15 km C Individual Franz Göring René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer
Women's results Date Place Discipline Top 3 Leader31 December 2006 Munich, Germany 822m F Sprint Marit Bjørgen Arianna Follis Chandra Crawford Marit Bjørgen 2 January 2007 Oberstdorf, Germany 5 km C + 5 km F Pursuit Kristin Størmer Steira Valentina Shevchenko Olga Savialova Kristin Størmer Steira3 January 2007 Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km C Individual Petra Majdič Kristin Størmer Steira Virpi Kuitunen Kristin Størmer Steira
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