The 2008–09 Tour de Ski was the third edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009. The race kicked off in Oberhof, Germany, and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The tour was the first tour starting in Oberhof and the second starting in Germany. The men's event was 102 km, won by Dario Cologna of Switzerland; and the women's event was 60 km, won by Virpi Kuitunen of Finland.
Overall leadership +Overall leadership by stage Stage Men Ladies Winner Overall standings Sprint standings Winner Overall standings Sprint standings 1 Axel Teichmann Axel Teichmann Claudia Nystad Claudia Nystad 2 Dario Cologna Dario Cologna Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen 3 Tor Arne Hetland Arianna Follis Arianna Follis 4 Axel Teichmann Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen 5 Petter Northug Arianna Follis Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 6 Axel Teichmann Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen 7 Ivan Babikov Therese Johaug Final Final
Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the Overall standings Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings
Overall standings Men +Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 2:56:05.4 2 +59.0 3 +1:02.8 4 +1:22.2 5 +1:31.0 6 +1:39.1 7 +1:52.7 8 +2:06.3 9 +2:16.4 10 +2:20.8 Final overall standings (11–54) Rank Name Time 11 +2:21.6 12 +2:41.5 13 +2:47.7 14 +2:49.3 15 +3:05.2 16 +3:07.2 17 +3:11.0 18 +3:40.8 19 +3:45.2 20 +3:55.3 21 +4:14.4 22 +4:20.7 23 +4:26.7 24 +4:33.7 25 +4:37.9 26 +4:40.7 27 +4:52.4 28 +4:59.5 29 +5:16.1 30 +5:18.9 31 +5:24.9 32 +5:28.5 33 +5:37.4 34 +6:29.8 35 +7:05.1 36 +7:30.5 37 +7:45.1 38 +7:51.3 39 +7:53.6 40 +8:20.9 41 +8:42.4 42 +9:40.1 43 +10:07.1 44 +10:18.4 45 +11:45.8 46 +11:57.8 47 +13:30.6 48 +14:15.9 49 +22:08.8 50 +22:37.8 51 +23:05.0 52 +23:23.5 53 +23:51.6 54 +28:34.1Women + Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 2:06:41.4 2 +7.2 3 +34.5 4 +1:21.1 5 +1:36.5 6 +2:20.0 7 +2:26.5 8 +2:35.6 9 +2:51.8 10 +3:12.4 Final overall standings (11–36) Rank Name Time 11 +3:24.6 12 +3:42.3 13 +4:05.5 14 +4:06.6 15 +4:51.7 16 +5:06.5 17 +5:23.3 18 +5:27.6 19 +6:31.4 20 +6:37.2 21 +6:58.6 22 +7:18.3 23 +7:45.9 24 +8:17.7 25 +8:30.5 26 +9:01.1 27 +9:04.1 28 +9:35.8 29 +9:54.9 30 +10:17.0 31 +10:50.0 32 +11:43.7 33 +12:27.6 34 +13:17.2 35 +13:25.0 36 +13:28.3
Yevgeny Dementyev finished 9th but was later disqualified after he tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO).
Sprint standings The sprint competition was contested during the sprint races and partly during the other races. According to the position in the race, the skiers achieved bonus seconds for sprints, and bonus points for intermediate points in mass start races.
Men +Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Total 1 131 2 122 3 105 4 102 5 101 6 88 7 86 8 74 9 73 10 70Women + Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Total 1 148 2 130 3 123 4 92 5 74 6 74 7 72 8 72 9 70 10 67
Stages
Stage 1 27 December 2008, Oberhof - Prologue, Individual start +Men - 3.75 km Free Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 7:11,8 min 2 Dario Cologna + 8,2 s 3 Petter Northug + 13,0 s 4 Aivar Rehemaa + 13,3 s 5 Devon Kershaw + 13,8 s 6 Tom Reichelt + 14,9 s+Women - 2.8 km Free Place Name Time 1 Claudia Nystad 6:17,2 min 2 Arianna Follis + 1,1 s 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 2,3 s 3 Petra Majdič + 2,3 s 5 Marit Bjørgen + 7,6 s 6 Pirjo Muranen + 8,1 s
Stage 2 27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap Start +Women - 10 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 30:22,7 min 2 Marit Bjørgen + 1,9 s 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 6,2 s 4 Arianna Follis + 8,9 s 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 10,4 s 6 Petra Majdič + 29,4 s+Men - 15 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Dario Cologna 43:05,1 min 2 Axel Teichmann + 4,8 s 3 Devon Kershaw + 26,4 s 4 Sami Jauhojärvi + 26,4 s 5 Tobias Angerer + 28,3 s 6 Jaak Mae + 28,4 s
+Women - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day") Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 23:56,7 min 2 Marit Bjørgen + 3,9 s 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 10,4 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 18,2 s 5 Arianna Follis + 26,9 s+Men - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day") Place Name Time 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 35:47,9 min 2 Andrus Veerpalu + 2,9 s 3 Toni Livers + 3,5 s 4 Daniel Rickardsson + 4,4 s 5 Sami Jauhojärvi + 6,6 s
Stage 3 29 December 2008, Prague - Sprint +Men - 1.3 km Free Place Name Time 1 Tor Arne Hetland 2:34,3 min + 60 bonus seconds 2 Vasily Rochev 2:33,8 min + 56 bonus seconds 3 Jean-Marc Gaillard 2:38,0 min + 52 bonus seconds 4 Sami Jauhojärvi 2:39,0 min + 48 bonus seconds 5 John Kristian Dahl 2:36,2 min + 44 bonus seconds 6 Eldar Rønning 2:36,2 min + 42 bonus seconds+Women - 1.3 km Free Place Name Time 1 Arianna Follis 2:52,3 min + 60 bonus seconds 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2:54,8 min + 56 bonus seconds 3 Petra Majdič 2:58,3 min + 52 bonus seconds 4 Pirjo Muranen 2:56,8 min + 48 bonus seconds 5 Marthe Kristoffersen 2:54,9 min + 44 bonus seconds 6 Claudia Nystad 2:54,9 min + 42 bonus seconds
Stage 4 31 December 2008, Nové Město na Moravě - Individual start +Men - 15 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 39:03,7 min 2 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 5,0 s 3 Nikolay Chebotko + 10,5 s 4 Jaak Mae +11,3 s 5 Lukáš Bauer + 13,4 s 6 Eldar Rønning + 14,7 s+Women - 9 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 24:45,4 min 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 37,6 s 3 Marit Bjørgen + 49,9 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 55,1 s 5 Petra Majdič + 59,5 s 6 Marianna Longa + 1:15,0 s
Stage 5 1 January 2009, Nové Město na Moravě - Sprint +Men - 1.2 km Free Place Name Time 1 Petter Northug 60 bonus seconds 2 Tor Arne Hetland 56 bonus seconds 3 Cristian Zorzi 52 bonus seconds 4 John Kristian Dahl 48 bonus seconds 5 Dario Cologna 44 bonus seconds 6 Nikolay Chebotko 42 bonus seconds+Women - 1.2 km Free Place Name Time 1 Arianna Follis 60 bonus seconds 2 Petra Majdič 56 bonus seconds 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 52 bonus seconds 4 Magda Genuin 48 bonus seconds 5 Alena Procházková 44 bonus seconds 6 Marianna Longa 42 bonus seconds
Stage 6 3 January 2009, Val di Fiemme, Italy - Mass start +Men - 20 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Axel Teichmann 55:19,2 min 2 Sami Jauhojärvi + 0,3 s 3 Nikolay Chebotko + 1,3 s 4 Dario Cologna + 1,8 s 5 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 2,5 s 6 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 3,9 s+Women - 10 km Classic Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 30:10,3 min 2 Petra Majdič + 13,8 s 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 20,5 s 4 Marianna Longa + 24,6 s 5 Marit Bjørgen + 33,0 s 6 Pirjo Muranen + 34,7 s
Stage 7 4 January 2009, Val di Fiemme - Pursuit +Men - 10 km Free Final Climb Place Name Time 1 Ivan Babikov 33:51,2 min 2 Tom Reichelt + 1,5 s 3 Giorgio Di Centa + 3,2 s 4 Matti Heikkinen + 12,0 s 5 Lukáš Bauer + 15,2 s 6 Jean-Marc Gaillard + 21,7 s+Women - 9 km Free Final Climb Place Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 35:07,7 min 2 Kristin Størmer Steira + 8,7 s 3 Valentyna Shevchenko + 44,3 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 47,1 s 5 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova + 54,6 s 6 Anna Haag + 58,4 s
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