The 2019–20 Tour de Ski was the 14th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on 28 December 2019 and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 5 January 2020. The tour was the third tour starting in Lenzerheide. The last stage known as the Final Climb was held as a mass start for the first time. A points standing replaced the sprint standing from previous editions.
Alexander Bolshunov became the overall winner, surpassing Sergey Ustiugov and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. He became the third Russian to win the Tour de Ski. In the women's event the overall winner became Therese Johaug, who won the third Tour de Ski cup in her career. Natalya Nepryayeva was second and defending champion Ingvild Flugstad Østberg finished third.
Schedule
Stage Venue Date Event Technique Distance Start time (CET)Women Men Women Men 1 Lenzerheide 28 December 2019 Distance, mass start Freestyle 10 km 15 km 12:45 14:15 2 29 December 2019 Sprint Freestyle 1.5 km 1.5 km 11:20 11:20 3 Toblach 31 December 2019 Distance, interval start Freestyle 10 km 15 km 15:00 12:30 4 1 January 2020 Distance, pursuit Classic 10 km 15 km 11:40 13:00 5 Val di Fiemme 3 January 2020 Distance, mass start Classic 10 km 15 km 13:15 15:15 6 4 January 2020 Sprint Classic 1.3 km 1.5 km 11:25 11:25 7 5 January 2020 Final Climb, mass startFreestyle 10 km 10 km 13:15 15:15
Overall leadership Two main individual classifications were contested in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important was the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at both sprint stages and at intermediate points during mass start stages. In the sprint stages, the winners were awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stages the first ten skiers past the intermediate point received from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the first time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings would wear a yellow bib.
+ Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 In finish Interval start none Mass start Pursuit Sprint 60 54 48 46 44 42 32 30 28 26 24 22 10 8 6 4 Intermediate sprint Stage 5 (Mass Start) 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 none
The second competition was the points standings, which replaced the sprint competition from past editions. The skiers who received the highest number of points during the Tour would win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a red bib. + Points standings points for the top 10 positions by type Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In finish Pursuit 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 Intermediate sprint Interval start () 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Mass start
The final competition was a team competition. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time.
A total of CHF 560,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the Tour de Ski received CHF 55,000, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 40,000 and CHF 27,500 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. The holders of the overall and points standings would benefit on each stage they led; the final winners of the points standings would be given CHF 6,000. CHF 3,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.
+Overall leadership by stage Stage Men Women Winner Overall standings Points standings Winner Overall standings Points standings 1 Sergey Ustiugov Sergey Ustiugov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Therese Johaug Therese Johaug Therese Johaug 2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Anamarija Lampič Natalya Nepryayeva Anamarija Lampič 3 Sergey Ustiugov Sergey Ustiugov Therese Johaug Therese Johaug 4 Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Bolshunov Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 5 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Natalya Nepryayeva 6 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Anamarija Lampič Anamarija Lampič 7 Simen Hegstad Krüger Alexander Bolshunov Therese Johaug Final Alexander Bolshunov Final Therese Johaug
Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the Overall standings Denotes the winner of the Points standings
Overall standings Men +Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 2:58:18.1 2 +27.3 3 +1:09.0 4 +1:51.6 5 +2:53.7 6 +2:55.7 7 +3:08.7 8 +3:17.5 9 +3:32.8 10 +3:39.2 Final overall standings (11–56) Rank Name Time 11 +3:56.9 12 +4:04.1 13 +4:24.4 14 +4:27.1 15 +4:40.1 16 +5:13.8 17 +5:15.3 18 +5:22.4 19 +6:15.4 20 +6:22.3 21 +6:33.9 22 +6:45.2 23 +6:52.5 24 +7:18.0 25 +7:48.3 26 +7:55.7 27 +8:06.7 28 +8:10.4 29 +8:27.8 30 +8:36.0 31 +9:03.7 32 +9:19.6 33 +10:08.5 34 +10:15.5 35 +10:18.1 36 +10:26.0 37 +10:48.2 38 +10:50.6 39 +11:01.6 40 +11:08.3 41 +11:23.4 42 +11:41.8 43 +13:17.3 44 +13:33.7 45 +13:57.8 46 +14:15.8 47 +14:23.1 48 +14:53.7 49 +16:13.7 50 +16:30.6 51 +16:30.7 52 +17:20.1 53 +17:38.6 54 +18:06.3 55 +18:13.5 56 +20:05.5Women + Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 2:28:18.6 2 +1:11.1 3 +1:17.5 4 +1:37.3 5 +2:13.4 6 +4:34.1 7 +4:40.6 8 +4:40.9 9 +4:44.1 10 +5:07.1 Final overall standings (11–41) Rank Name Time 11 +5:42.0 12 +6:00.7 13 +6:50.1 14 +6:56.4 15 +7:11.0 16 +7:31.0 17 +7:59.5 18 +9:17.0 19 +9:38.8 20 +9:59.8 21 +10:02.2 22 +10:47.0 23 +10:58.5 24 +11:11.2 25 +11:52.5 26 +12:12.2 27 +12:19.6 28 +12:26.5 29 +13:06.7 30 +13:50.1 31 +15:00.9 32 +15:23.7 33 +15:39.5 34 +15:54.0 35 +16:11.1 36 +16:18.1 37 +16:24.6 38 +16:45.7 39 +17:52.4 40 +19:18.3 41 +21:03.2
Points standings Men +Final points standings (1–10) Rank Name Points 1 117 2 89 3 87 4 67 5 37 6 35 7 23 8 18 9 17 10 17Women + Final points standings (1–10) Rank Name Points 1 90 2 76 3 72 4 66 5 61 6 59 7 50 8 34 9 15 10 12
Team standings + Final team standings (1–5) Rank Nation Time 1 Norway 10:50:25.0 2 Russia +12:10.1 3 Sweden +17:49.3 4 Finland +23:21.8 5 Germany +30:08.5
Stages Stage 1 28 December 2019, Lenzerheide, Switzerland No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 33.19.1 2 +4.0 3 +4.0 4 +7.2 5 +8.6 6 +8.7 7 +8.8 8 +8.9 9 +9.0 10 +10.0+Women – 10 km Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 28:12:1 2 +12.3 3 +12.9 4 +13.1 5 +24.1 6 +40.1 7 +40.6 8 +41.3 9 +41.9 10 +42.0
Stage 2 29 December 2019, Lenzerheide, Switzerland Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following: Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42 Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22 Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
+Men – 1.5 km Sprint Freestyle Rank Name 1 2:44.64 (1) 2:55.33 60 2 2:45.84 (2) +0.35 54 3 2:49.91 (13) +0.57 48 4 2:49.28 (11) +0.86 46 5 2:48.32 (8) +0.94 44 6 2:46.65 (5) +2.16 42 7 2:46.70 (6) 32 8 2:46.61 (4) 30 9 2:46.34 (3) 28 10 2:50.66 (17) 26+Women – 1.5 km Sprint Freestyle Rank Name 1 3:17.69 (20) 3:06.02 60 2 3:12.64 (6) +0.03 54 3 3:14.44 (12) +0.47 48 4 3:11.23 (3) +1.03 46 5 3:11.43 (4) +4.78 44 6 3:16.70 (17) +5.29 42 7 3:14.95 (13) 32 8 3:17.80 (22) 30 9 3:10.76 (1) 28 10 3:14.02 (8) 26
Stage 3 31 December 2019, Toblach, Italy No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Freestyle (individual) Rank Name Time 1 31:02.5 2 +22.6 3 +29.0 4 +29.6 5 +34.6 6 +35.2 7 +37.0 8 +39.4 9 +42.6 10 +43.1+Women – 10 km Freestyle (individual) Rank Name Time 1 23:51.9 2 +0.7 3 +10.2 4 +10.5 5 +20.8 6 +26.0 7 +35.6 8 +42.9 9 +45.0 10 +53.1
Stage 4 1 January 2020, Toblach, Italy Pursuit start lists were based only on Stage 3 results (not as in the past on the current Tour de Ski overall standing). In fact, stage 4 finish differences are combined results of stages 3 and 4 No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
+Men – 15 km Classic (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 38:14.9 2 +13.7 3 +24.8 4 +29.2 5 +29.6 6 +29.8 7 +30.7 8 +47.9 9 +55.9 10 +57.2+Women – 10 km Classic (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 26:51.5 2 +0.4 3 +27.2 4 +27.3 5 +27.7 6 +28.1 7 +1.29.4 8 +1.29.8 9 +1.30.1 10 +1.30.6
Stage 5 3 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy
+Men – 15 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 39:51.0 15 2 +0.7 2 3 +1.0 8 4 +4.4 5 5 +10.2 12 6 +11.0 4 7 +13.7 8 +15.8 6 9 +18.1 1 10 +18.4 3+Women – 10 km Classic (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 29:07.9 15 2 +0.4 12 3 +1.0 10 4 +6.2 5 5 +6.8 8 6 +15.5 4 7 +17.2 3 8 +19.0 6 9 +25.0 1 10 +26.6 2
Stage 5 bonus seconds Men: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point. Women: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point. No bonus seconds were awarded at the finish
+Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Men) Name Point 1 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1+Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Women) Name Point 1 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Stage 6 4 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following: Final: 60–54–48–46–44–42 Semi-final: 32–30–28–26–24–22 Quarter-final: 10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4
+Men – 1.5 km Sprint Classic Rank Name 1 3:02.17 (1) 3:03.78 60 2 3:08.87 (4) +0.70 54 3 3:09.28 (5) +1.33 48 4 3:08.27 (3) +2.01 46 5 3:13.68 (12) +6.30 44 6 3:15.84 (22) +8.69 42 7 3:14.09 (15) 32 8 3:15.93 (23) 30 9 3:15.16 (17) 28 10 3:15.65 (21) 26+Women – 1.3 km Sprint Classic Rank Name 1 3:07.99 (12) 3:03.03 60 2 3:07.13 (7) +0.22 54 3 3:04.26 (1) +0.28 48 4 3:05.69 (4) +0.80 46 5 3:04.74 (2) +1.12 44 6 3:07.09 (6) +15.30 42 7 3:06.01 (5) 32 8 3:11.96 (18) 30 9 3:05.66 (3) 28 10 3:07.70 (11) 26
Stage 7 5 January 2020, Val di Fiemme, Italy
The race for "Fastest of the Day" counts for 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
+Men – 10 km Final Climb Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 30:55.8 2 +13.9 3 +22.3 4 +26.2 5 +35.6 6 +41.0 7 +44.8 8 +47.8 9 +53.7 10 +59.3+Women – 10 km Freestyle (mass start) Rank Name Time 1 34:21.6 2 +50.3 3 +54.5 4 +57.1 5 +1:15.1 6 +1:51.1 7 +1:58.0 8 +2:06.5 9 +2:10.4 10 +2:12.9
World Cup points distribution The table shows the number of 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points won in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski for men and women. 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 31 - 40 >40 Overall Standings 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 20 20 20 20 10 5 Each Stage 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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