2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 25th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf on 22 October 2005 and was concluded in Sapporo on 19 March 2006.

Calendar Men + Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 122 October 2005   Düsseldorf Sprint F   Peter Larsson Tor Arne Hetland Thobias Fredriksson Peter Larsson 219 November 2005   Beitostølen15 km C   Tor Arne Hetland Jens Arne Svartedal Ivan Bátory Tor Arne Hetland 326 November 2005   Ruka15 km C   Tobias Angerer Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Filbrich 427 November 2005   Ruka15 km F   Tore Ruud Hofstad Vincent Vittoz Tobias Angerer 510 December 2005   Vernon15 km C + 15 km F  Double Pursuit   Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer 611 December 2005   VernonSprint F   Tor Arne Hetland Björn Lind Ola Vigen Hattestad Tor Arne Hetland 715 December 2005   Canmore15 km F   Pietro Piller Cottrer Vincent Vittoz Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer 817 December 2005   Canmore30 km C Mass Start   Tobias Angerer Frode Estil Jens Filbrich 930 December 2005   Nové MěstoSprint F   Björn Lind Peter Larsson Johan Kjølstad 1031 December 2005   Nové Město15 km F   Vincent Vittoz Lukáš Bauer Christian Hoffmann 117 January 2006   Otepää15 km C   Vasily Rochev Lukáš Bauer Sergey Novikov 128 January 2006   OtepääSprint C   Björn Lind Tor Arne Hetland Vasily Rochev 1314 January 2006   Val di Fiemme30 km F Mass Start   Tobias Angerer Yevgeny Dementyev Pietro Piller Cottrer 1421 January 2006   Oberstdorf15 km C + 15 km F  Double Pursuit   Tobias Angerer Anders Södergren René Sommerfeldt 1522 January 2006   OberstdorfSprint C   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Johan Kjølstad Vasily Rochev 164 February 2006   DavosSprint F   Björn Lind Cristian Zorzi John Kristian Dahl 175 February 2006   Davos15 km C   Jens Arne Svartedal Martin Tauber Vincent Vittoz 2006 Winter Olympics (12–26 February) 185 March 2006   Sälen–Mora90 km C Mass start  (Vasaloppet)   Daniel Tynell Jerry Ahrlin Anders Aukland Tobias Angerer 197 March 2006   BorlängeSprint F   Thobias Fredriksson Peter Larsson Devon Kershaw 208 March 2006   Falun10 km C + 10 km F  Double Pursuit   Petter Northug Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann 219 March 2006   DrammenSprint C   Jens Arne Svartedal Børre Næss Eldar Rønning 2211 March 2006   Oslo50 km F   Anders Södergren Giorgio Di Centa Tom Reichelt 2315 March 2006   ChangchunSprint F   Thobias Fredriksson Christoph Eigenmann Andrew Newell 2419 March 2006   Sapporo15 km C + 15 km F  Double Pursuit   Mathias Fredriksson Petter Northug Anders Södergren

Women + Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 122 October 2005   Düsseldorf Sprint F   Marit Bjørgen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Natalya Matveyeva Marit Bjørgen 219 November 2005   Beitostølen10 km C   Marit Bjørgen Virpi Kuitunen Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 326 November 2005   Ruka10 km C   Marit Bjørgen Virpi Kuitunen Claudia Künzel-Nystad 427 November 2005   Ruka10 km F   Kateřina Neumannová Yuliya Chepalova Kristina Šmigun 510 December 2005   Vernon7.5 km C+7.5 km F  Double Pursuit   Marit Bjørgen Beckie Scott 611 December 2005   VernonSprint F   Beckie Scott Claudia Künzel-Nystad Sara Renner 715 December 2005   Canmore10 km F   Yuliya Chepalova Beckie Scott Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 817 December 2005   Canmore15 km C Mass start   Beckie Scott Yuliya Chepalova Claudia Künzel-Nystad 930 December 2005   Nové MěstoSprint F   Alyona Sidko Anna Dahlberg Claudia Künzel-Nystad 1031 December 2005   Nové Město10 km F   Kateřina Neumannová Yuliya Chepalova Valentyna Shevchenko 117 January 2006   Otepää10 km C   Kristina Šmigun Justyna Kowalczyk 128 January 2006   OtepääSprint C   Lina Andersson Manuela Henkel Ella Gjømle 1314 January 2006   Val di Fiemme15 km F Mass start   Kateřina Neumannová Yuliya Chepalova Marit Bjørgen 1421 January 2006   Oberstdorf7.5 km C+7.5 km F  Double Pursuit   Beckie Scott Claudia Künzel-Nystad Kateřina Neumannová 1522 January 2006   OberstdorfSprint C   Ella Gjømle Lina Andersson Guro Strøm Solli 164 February 2006   DavosSprint F   Anna Dahlberg Virpi Kuitunen Chandra Crawford 175 February 2006   Davos10 km C   Virpi Kuitunen Sara Renner Petra Majdič 2006 Winter Olympics (12–26 February) 184 March 2006   Mora45 km C Mass start   Marit Bjørgen Petra Majdič Marit Bjørgen 197 March 2006   BorlängeSprint F   Arianna Follis Marit Bjørgen Sara Renner 208 March 2006   Falun5 km C+5 km F  Double Pursuit   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Kateřina Neumannová Beckie Scott 219 March 2006   DrammenSprint C   Petra Majdič Beckie Scott Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 2211 March 2006   Oslo30 km F   Yuliya Chepalova Kateřina Neumannová Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 2315 March 2006   ChangchunSprint F   Marit Bjørgen Beckie Scott Ella Gjømle 2419 March 2006   Sapporo7.5 km C+7.5 km F  Double Pursuit   Beckie Scott Kristin Størmer Steira Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Men's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 October 2005   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F   220 November 2005   Beitostølen4 × 10 km relay C/F   318 December 2005   CanmoreTeam Sprint C   415 January 2006   Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay C/F   518 March 2006   SapporoTeam Sprint F  

Women's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 October 2005   DüsseldorfTeam Sprint F   220 November 2005   Beitostølen4 × 5 km relay C/F   318 December 2005   CanmoreTeam Sprint C   415 January 2006   Val di Fiemme4 × 5 km relay C/F   518 March 2006   SapporoTeam Sprint F  

Men's standings

Overall RankPoints 1 Tobias Angerer 829 2 Jens Arne Svartedal 577 3 Tor Arne Hetland 570 4 Björn Lind 531 5 Vincent Vittoz 502 6 Vasily Rochev 443 7 Thobias Fredriksson 414 8 Anders Södergren 392 9 Frode Estil 373 10 Mathias Fredriksson 368

Distance RankPoints 1 Tobias Angerer 793 2 Vincent Vittoz 502 3 Anders Södergren 392 4 Frode Estil 373 5 Jens Arne Svartedal 372 6 Mathias Fredriksson 365 7 Pietro Piller Cottrer 330 8 Giorgio Di Centa 279 9 René Sommerfeldt 267 10 Jens Filbrich 259

Sprint RankPoints 1 Björn Lind 586 2 Thobias Fredriksson 443 3 Tor Arne Hetland 423 4 Peter Larsson 358 5 Johan Kjølstad 320 6 Vasily Rochev 262 7 Eldar Rønning 237 8 Andrew Newell 222 9 Jens Arne Svartedal 205 10 Christoph Eigenmann 199

Women's standings

Overall RankPoints 1 Marit Bjørgen 1036 2 Beckie Scott 1020 3 Yuliya Chepalova 780 4 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 716 5 Kateřina Neumannová 655 6 Virpi Kuitunen 636 7 Claudia Nystad 571 8 557 9 Petra Majdič 538 10 Sara Renner 446

Distance RankPoints 1 Yuliya Chepalova 750 2 Kateřina Neumannová 655 3 Beckie Scott 644 4 Marit Bjørgen 642 5 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 575 6 421 7 Virpi Kuitunen 411 8 Valentyna Shevchenko 575 9 Claudia Nystad 337 10 Petra Majdič 333

Sprint RankPoints 1 Marit Bjørgen 394 2 Ella Gjømle 388 3 Beckie Scott 376 4 Lina Andersson 309 5 Manuela Henkel 289 6 Anna Dahlberg 282 7 Arianna Follis 235 8 Claudia Nystad 234 9 Emilie Öhrstig 228 10 Virpi Kuitunen 225

Nations Cup

Overall RankPoints 1 8728 2 5435 3 5287 4 4354 5 3226 6 2680 7 2117 8 2076 9 1584 10 1210

Men RankPoints 1 5166 2 3526 3 2474 4 2074 5 1533 6 1520 7 812 8 795 9 620 10 520

Women RankPoints 1 3562 2 3001 3 2813 4 2160 5 1909 6 1841 7 1147 8 789 9 610 10 556

Points distribution The World Cup points in the 2005–06 season were awarded according to the following table: Place1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Individual100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Team Sprint Relay 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Achievements Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2005–06 season in parentheses)

Men , 5 (6) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (10) first places , 2 (9) first places , 2 (5) first places , 1 (9) first places , 1 (6) first place , 1 (5) first place , 1 (4) 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

Women , 6 (26) first places , 4 (4) first places , 3 (16) first places , 2 (18) first places , 1 (4) 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 , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Men

Women

References

External links Overview of the season and results at the official website of the International Ski Federation. Overall World Cup, men, at the official website of the International Ski Federation. Overall World Cup, women, at the official website of the International Ski Federation.