2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 24th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany on 23 October 2004 and was concluded in Falun, Sweden on 20 March 2005. The overall winners were Marit Bjørgen and Axel Teichmann.

Calendar Men Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third 1 Düsseldorf Sprint F 23 October 2004 Peter Larsson Tor-Arne Hetland Cristian Zorzi 2 Gällivare 15 km C 20 November 2004 Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Vasily Rochev 3 Ruka 15 km F 27 November 2004 Vincent Vittoz Axel Teichmann Giorgio Di Centa 4 Ruka 15 km C 28 November 2004 Axel Teichmann Vasily Rochev René Sommerfeldt 5 Bern Sprint F 4 December 2004 Tor-Arne Hetland Thobias Fredriksson Johan Kjølstad 6 Val di Fiemme 30 km Skiathlon 11 December 2004 Axel Teichmann Jens Filbrich Vincent Vittoz 7 Asiago Sprint C 14 December 2004 Jens Arne Svartedal Tor-Arne Hetland Björn Lind 8 Ramsau 30 km F, mass start 18 December 2004 Vincent Vittoz Anders Södergren Axel Teichmann 9 Otepää 15 km C 8 January 2005 Andrus Veerpalu Frode Estil Jaak Mae Otepää Sprint C 9 January 2005 Cancelled (rescheduled to Lahti 5 March) 10 Nové Město 15 km F 15 January 2005 Vincent Vittoz Christian Hoffmann Tobias Angerer 11 Nové Město Sprint F 16 January 2005 Johan Kjølstad Freddy Schwienbacher Björn Lind 12 Pragelato 30 km Skiathlon 22 January 2005 Lukáš Bauer Mathias Fredriksson Kristen Skjeldal 13 Reit im Winkl 15 km F 12 February 2005 Martin Bajčičák Giorgio Di Centa Christian Hoffmann 14 Reit im Winkl Sprint C 13 February 2005 Eldar Rønning Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Janusz Krężelok FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 (16–27 February) 15 Lahti Sprint C 5 March 2005 Børre Næss Tor-Arne Hetland Eldar Rønning 16 Lahti 15 km F 6 March 2005 Lukáš Bauer Christian Hoffmann Thomas Moriggl 17 Drammen Sprint C 9 March 2005 Tor-Arne Hetland Eldar Rønning Børre Næss 18 Oslo 50 km C 12 March 2005 Andrus Veerpalu Jens Filbrich Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 19 Gothenburg Sprint F 16. March 2005 Trond Iversen Keijo Kurttila Ola Vigen Hattestad 20 Falun 30 km Skiathlon 19 March 2005 Yevgeny Dementyev Tobias Angerer Martin Bajčičák

Women Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third 1 Düsseldorf Sprint F 23 oktober 2004 Marit Bjørgen Anna Dahlberg Gabriella Paruzzi 2 Gällivare 10 km C 20 November 2004 Marit Bjørgen Kristina Šmigun Virpi Kuitunen 3 Ruka 10 km F 26 November 2004 Kateřina Neumannová Kristina Šmigun Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 4 Ruka 10 km C 28 November 2004 Kristina Šmigun Kateřina Neumannová Marit Bjørgen 5 Bern Sprint F 4 December 2004 Marit Bjørgen Claudia Künzel Ella Gjømle 6 Val di Fiemme 15 km Skiathlon 11 December 2004 Marit Bjørgen Kristina Šmigun Gabriella Paruzzi 7 Asiago Sprint C 14 December 2004 Marit Bjørgen Virpi Kuitunen Ella Gjømle 8 Ramsau 15 km F, mass start 18 December 2004 Kristina Šmigun Kristin Størmer Steira Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova 9 Otepää 10 km C 8 January 2005 Marit Bjørgen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kateřina Neumannová Otepää Sprint C 9 January 2005 Cancelled (Rescheduled to Lahti 5 March) 10 Nové Město 10 km F 15 January 2005 Kateřina Neumannová Marit Bjørgen Yuliya Chepalova 11 Nové Město Sprint F 16 January 2005 Marit Bjørgen Pirjo Manninen Claudia Künzel 12 Pragelato 15 km Skiathlon 22 January 2005 Kristin Størmer Steira Kateřina Neumannová Claudia Künzel 13 Reit im Winkl 10 km F 12 February 2005 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova Olga Zavyalova Yuliya Chepalova 14 Reit im Winkl Sprint C 13 February 2005 Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen Anna Dahlberg FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 (16–27 February) 15 Lahti Sprint C 5 March 2005 Lina Andersson Kirsi Välimaa Virpi Kuitunen 16 Lahti 10 km F 6 March 2005 Yuliya Chepalova Kateřina Neumannová Karine Philippot 17 Drammen Sprint C 9 March 2005 Virpi Kuitunen Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg 18 Oslo 30 km C 12 March 2005 Marit Bjørgen Kateřina Neumannová Virpi Kuitunen 19 Gothenburg Sprint F 16 March 2005 Marit Bjørgen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen 20 Falun 15 km Skiathlon 19 March 2005 Marit Bjørgen Kateřina Neumannová Yuliya Chepalova

Men's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 124 October 2004   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F   221 November 2004   Gällivare4 × 10 km relay C/F   35 December 2004   BernTeam Sprint F   412 December 2004   Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay C/F   515 December 2004   AsiagoTeam Sprint C   623 January 2005   PragelatoTeam Sprint C   720 March 2005   Falun4 × 10 km relay C/F  

Women's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 124 October 2004   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F   221 November 2004   Gällivare4 × 5 km relay C/F   35 December 2004   BernTeam Sprint F   412 December 2004   Val di Fiemme4 × 5 km relay C/F   515 December 2004   AsiagoTeam Sprint C   623 January 2005   PragelatoTeam Sprint C   720 March 2005   Falun4 × 5 km relay C/F  

Men's standings

Overall Rankafter all 20 eventsPoints1 Axel Teichmann 5842 Vincent Vittoz 5163 Tor Arne Hetland 5124 Tobias Angerer 4395 René Sommerfeldt 3746 Mathias Fredriksson 3747 Jens Arne Svartedal 3618 Giorgio Di Centa 3549 Yevgeny Dementyev 35110 Eldar Rønning 320

Distance RankPoints1 Axel Teichmann 5522 Vincent Vittoz 5063 Tobias Angerer 4024 René Sommerfeldt 3745 Giorgio Di Centa 3546 Yevgeny Dementyev 3517 Mathias Fredriksson 3508 Jens Filbrich 3209 Lukáš Bauer 31910 Andrus Veerpalu 302

Sprint RankPoints1 Tor Arne Hetland 5642 Eldar Rønning 3273 Trond Iversen 2814 Thobias Fredriksson 2675 Børre Næss 2656 Björn Lind 2567 Johan Kjølstad 2518 Jens Arne Svartedal 2349 Keijo Kurttila 17110 Anti Saarepuu 158

Women's standings

Overall Rankafter all 20 eventsPoints1 Marit Bjørgen 13202 Kateřina Neumannová 7513 Virpi Kuitunen 7264 Kristina Šmigun 6435 Claudia Nystad 6136 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 5527 Yuliya Chepalova 5308 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 4849 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 43110 Gabriella Paruzzi 397

Distance RankPoints1 Marit Bjørgen 7402 Kateřina Neumannová 7273 Kristina Šmigun 6414 Yuliya Chepalova 5215 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 3976 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 3877 Claudia Nystad 3438 Virpi Kuitunen 3139 Kristin Størmer Steira 31110 Gabriella Paruzzi 305

Sprint RankPoints1 Marit Bjørgen 6252 Virpi Kuitunen 4153 Anna Dahlberg 3854 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2905 Claudia Nystad 2706 Lina Andersson 2367 Pirjo Muranen 2328 Ella Gjømle 2189 Emelie Öhrstig 21810 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 165

Nations Cup

Overall RankNationPoints1 84482 48813 45414 39025 38756 38117 18498 17939 152410 901

Men RankNationPoints1 44882 27123 24294 23695 17796 12407 11288 8059 70410 467

Women RankNationPoints1 39602 30973 27624 21695 14466 14427 8208 7219 55310 530

Achievements Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2004–05 season in parentheses)

Men , 3 (5) first places , 3 (4) first places , 2 (8) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (7) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 10 (20) first places , 2 (15) first places , 2 (13) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (16) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

References

External links fis-ski.com