# 2017–18 Tour de Ski

The 2017–18 Tour de Ski was the 12th edition of the Tour de Ski, part of the 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on December 30, 2017, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on January 7, 2018. The cups were defended by Heidi Weng (Norway) and Sergey Ustiugov (Russia).

## Schedule

| Stage | Venue | Date | Event | Technique | Distance | Distance | Start time (CET) | Start time (CET) |
| Stage | Venue | Date | Event | Technique | Women | Men | Women | Men |
| 1 | Lenzerheide (SUI) | 30 December 2017 | Sprint | Freestyle | 1.5 km | 1.5 km | 13:00 | 13:27 |
| 2 | Lenzerheide (SUI) | 31 December 2017 | Distance, individual start | Classic | 10 km | 15 km | 15:00 | 10:30 |
| 3 | Lenzerheide (SUI) | 1 January 2018 | Distance, pursuit | Freestyle | 10 km | 15 km | 11:00 | 13:00 |
| 4 | Oberstdorf (GER) | 3 January 2018 | Sprint | Classic | 1.2 km | 1.5 km | 14:50 | 14:50 |
| 5 | Oberstdorf (GER) | 4 January 2018 | Distance, mass start | Freestyle | 10 km | 15 km | 10:15 | 11:15 |
| 6 | Val di Fiemme (ITA) | 6 January 2018 | Distance, mass start | Classic | 10 km | 15 km | 14:15 | 15:45 |
| 7 | Val di Fiemme (ITA) | 7 January 2018 | Final climb, pursuit | Freestyle | 9 km | 9 km | 11:30 | 14:30 |
    a. $^1$ Stage 4 was cancelled due to the bad weather.
    b. $^1$ Stage 5 men's distance was shortened due to previous day's storm damage.

## Overall leadership

Overall leadership by stage :
| Stage | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Sprint standings | Winner | Overall standings | Sprint standings |
| 1 | Sergey Ustiugov | Sergey Ustiugov | Sergey Ustiugov | Laurien van der Graaff | Laurien van der Graaff | Laurien van der Graaff |
| 2 | Dario Cologna | Sergey Ustiugov | Sergey Ustiugov | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Laurien van der Graaff |
| 3 | Dario Cologna | Dario Cologna | Sergey Ustiugov | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Laurien van der Graaff |
| 4 | Cancelled | Dario Cologna | Sergey Ustiugov | Cancelled | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Laurien van der Graaff |
| 5 | Emil Iversen | Dario Cologna | Sergey Ustiugov | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg |
| 6 | Alexey Poltoranin | Dario Cologna | Sergey Ustiugov | Heidi Weng | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg |
| 7 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Dario Cologna | Dario Cologna | Heidi Weng | Heidi Weng | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg |
| Final | Final | Dario Cologna | Dario Cologna | Final | Heidi Weng | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg |

## Final standings

Legend :
| Denotes the winner of the Overall standings | Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings |

### Overall standings

Final overall standings (1–10) :
| Men Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 2:49:29.8 2  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +1:26.5 3  Alex Harvey (CAN) +1:30.6 4  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) +1:41.7 5  Hans Christer Holund (NOR) +2:17.8 6  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +3:09.7 7  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) +3:16.7 8  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) +3:20.8 9  Aleksey Chervotkin (RUS) +3:33.5 10  Andrey Larkov (RUS) +3:37.8 Final overall standings (11–43) Rank Name Time 11  Maurice Manificat (FRA) +3:45.7 12  Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) +4:46.3 13  Denis Spitsov (RUS) +5:13.1 14  Emil Iversen (NOR) +5:15.7 15  Andrew Musgrave (GBR) +5:18.1 16  Martin Jakš (CZE) +5:26.3 17  Didrik Tønseth (NOR) +5:35.0 18  Alexey Vitsenko (RUS) +5:51.2 19  Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) +5:58.3 20  Thomas Bing (GER) +6:27.3 21  Ivan Yakimushkin (RUS) +7:01.0 22  Toni Livers (SUI) +7:32.5 23  Jonas Dobler (GER) +7:46.7 24  Karel Tammjärv (EST) +7:55.7 25  Lucas Bögl (GER) +7:59.5 26  Stanislav Volzhentsev (RUS) +8:10.8 27  Andreas Katz (GER) +8:22.6 28  Oskar Svensson (SWE) +8:27.9 29  Jonas Baumann (SUI) +9:01.6 30  Florian Notz (GER) +9:42.9 31  Petr Knop (CZE) +9:49.0 32  Candide Pralong (SUI) +10:23.5 33  Mirco Bertolina (ITA) +10:41.8 34  Damien Tarantola (FRA) +11:16.1 35  Antti Ojansivu (FIN) +11:29.3 36  Aleš Razým (CZE) +11:32.7 37  Kusti Kittilä (FIN) +11:51.1 38  Patrick Caldwell (USA) +11:54.8 39  Michal Novák (CZE) +12:32.1 40  Ari Luusua (FIN) +12:34.7 41  Gleb Retivykh (RUS) +12:50.1 42  Andy Kühne (GER) +12:52.1 43  Valentin Mättig (GER) +13:00.0 | Women Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1  Heidi Weng (NOR) 2:20:56.5 2  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +48.5 3  Jessie Diggins (USA) +2:23.2 4  Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) +2:57.7 5  Teresa Stadlober (AUT) +3:09.4 6  Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) +4:17.0 7  Anastasia Sedova (RUS) +4:49.6 8  Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) +4:56.1 9  Sadie Bjornsen (USA) +6:15.0 10  Stefanie Böhler (GER) +6:41.1 Final overall standings (11–32) Rank Name Time 11  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +7:13.5 12  Anna Haag (SWE) +7:14.5 13  Petra Nováková (CZE) +7:44.2 14  Emma Wikén (SWE) +8:03.1 15  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +8:08.2 16  Elizabeth Stephen (USA) +8:25.8 17  Elisa Brocard (ITA) +8:38.9 18  Anna Nechaevskaya (RUS) +8:44.5 19  Nadine Fähndrich (SUI) +9:41.1 20  Alisa Zhambalova (RUS) +9:53.1 21  Katharina Hennig (GER) +10:06.4 22  Anne Kjersti Kalvå (NOR) +10:32.4 23  Maria Nordström (SWE) +10:42.4 24  Rosie Brennan (USA) +10:59.6 25  Jennie Öberg (SWE) +11:30.2 26  Pia Fink (GER) +11:59.5 27  Anna Shevchenko (KAZ) +12:28.1 28  Evelina Settlin (SWE) +12:31.7 29  Linn Sömskar (SWE) +12:50.6 30  Yana Kirpichenko (RUS) +12:57.0 31  Mariya Guschina (RUS) +13:16.4 32  Kateřina Beroušková (CZE) +14:22.5 |

### Sprint standings

Final sprint standings (1–10) :
| Men Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Bonus 1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 1:25 2  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 0:59 3  Alex Harvey (CAN) 0:55 4  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 0:47 5  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 0:38 6  Emil Iversen (NOR) 0:37 7  Andrew Musgrave (GBR) 0:28 8  Andrey Larkov (RUS) 0:24 9  Didrik Tønseth (NOR) 0:10 10  Maurice Manificat (FRA) 0:09 | Women Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Bonus 1  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 1:33 2  Heidi Weng (NOR) 1:30 3  Jessie Diggins (USA) 1:13 4  Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) 1:08 5  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) 0:47 6  Sadie Bjornsen (USA) 0:15 7  Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) 0:12 8  Teresa Stadlober (AUT) 0:11 9  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 0:10 10  Nadine Fähndrich (SUI) 0:10 |

### Team standings

Final team standings (1–7) :
| Rank | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Norway | 10:23:09.5 |
| 2 | Russia | +9:29.4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | +16:33.9 |
| 4 | Finland | +18:01.5 |
| 5 | Sweden | +19:59.5 |
| 6 | Germany | +20:19.1 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | +34:30.8 |

## Stages
### Stage 1

30 December 2017, 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 | Time | BS |
| 1 | Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | 2:57.28 | 60 |
| 2 | Federico Pellegrino (ITA) | +1.00 | 54 |
| 3 | Lucas Chanavat (FRA) | +2.76 | 48 |
| 4 | Ristomatti Hakola (FIN) | +5.91 | 46 |
| 5 | Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR) | +14.39 | 44 |
| 6 | Richard Jouve (FRA) | +21.01 | 42 |
Women – 1.5 km Sprint Freestyle :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Laurien van der Graaff (SUI) | 3:25.80 | 60 |
| 2 | Sophie Caldwell (USA) | +1.42 | 54 |
| 3 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | +1.86 | 48 |
| 4 | Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) | +3.17 | 46 |
| 5 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | +4.33 | 44 |
| 6 | Sandra Ringwald (GER) | +31.68 | 42 |

### Stage 2

31 December 2017, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
* Bonus seconds in finish: 15–10–5 to the 3 fastest skiers.
Men – 15 km Classic (individual) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | 35:29.5 | 15 |
| 2 | Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) | +0.6 | 10 |
| 3 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | +13.1 | 5 |
| 4 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | +14.0 | |
| 5 | Aleksey Chervotkin (RUS) | +16.2 | |
| 6 | Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | +21.2 | |
| 7 | Iivo Niskanen (FIN) | +22.9 | |
| 8 | Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) | +27.2 | |
| 9 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +32.0 | |
| 10 | Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | +37.1 | |
Women – 10 km Classic (individual) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 26:59.4 | 15 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +25.7 | 10 |
| 3 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +42.2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | +48.9 | |
| 5 | Anna Haag (SWE) | +52.6 | |
| 6 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +58.2 | |
| 7 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | +1:04.4 | |
| 8 | Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | +1:08.3 | |
| 9 | Stefanie Böhler (GER) | +1:08.8 | |
| 10 | Anamarija Lampič (SLO) | +1:10.9 | |

### Stage 3

1 January 2018, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
* Bonus seconds in finish: 15–10–5 to the 3 first skiers crossing the finish line.
Men – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | 34:56.6 | 15 |
| 2 | Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | +17.6 | 10 |
| 3 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | +45.5 | 5 |
| 4 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +46.8 | |
| 5 | Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) | +47.1 | |
| 6 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | +48.1 | |
| 7 | Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | +48.2 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Chervotkin (RUS) | +49.9 | |
| 9 | Iivo Niskanen (FIN) | +51.5 | |
| 10 | Marcus Hellner (SWE) | +1:21.7 | |
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 26:48.1 | 15 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +27.8 | 10 |
| 3 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | +1:16.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +1:45.9 | |
| 5 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +1:46.2 | |
| 6 | Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | +1:46.6 | |
| 7 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) | +1:59.9 | |
| 8 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +2:00.3 | |
| 9 | Petra Nováková (CZE) | +2:01.0 | |
| 10 | Sandra Ringwald (GER) | +2:11.3 | |

### Stage 4

3 January 2018, Oberstdorf, Germany
* Stage was cancelled due to the bad weather.

### Stage 5

4 January 2018, Oberstdorf, Germany
Men – 15 km Freestyle (mass start) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Emil Iversen (NOR) | 29:49.8 | 15 |
| 2 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) | +0.4 | 10 |
| 3 | Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) | +0.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +3.7 | 27 |
| 5 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +4.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Andrew Musgrave (GBR) | +4.0 | 22 |
| 7 | Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR) | +4.0 | |
| 8 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | +4.2 | 23 |
| 9 | Thomas Bing (GER) | +4.9 | 6 |
| 10 | Maurice Manificat (FRA) | +5.2 | 7 |
Women – 10 km Freestyle (mass start) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 23:16.5 | 25 |
| 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | +1.9 | 10 |
| 3 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +3.2 | 20 |
| 4 | Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | +4.1 | |
| 5 | Maria Nordström (SWE) | +4.4 | 3 |
| 6 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +5.5 | 6 |
| 7 | Teresa Stadlober (AUT) | +5.8 | |
| 8 | Anne Kjersti Kalvå (NOR) | +6.5 | 4 |
| 9 | Anastasia Sedova (RUS) | +6.7 | |
| 10 | Emma Wikén (SWE) | +7.1 | |

#### Stage 5 bonus seconds

* Men: 2 intermediate sprints, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate points.
* 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.
* Bonus seconds in finish: 15–10–5 to the 3 first skiers crossing the finish line.
Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Men) :
| Name | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish | Total |
| Dario Cologna (SUI) | 12 | 15 | – | 27 |
| Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 15 | 8 | – | 23 |
| Andrew Musgrave (GBR) | 10 | 12 | – | 22 |
| Emil Iversen (NOR) | – | – | 15 | 15 |
| Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | – | 10 | – | 10 |
| Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | 3 | 5 | – | 8 |
| Maurice Manificat (FRA) | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Alex Harvey (CAN) | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| Thomas Bing (GER) | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Marcus Hellner (SWE) | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| Andrey Larkov (RUS) | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Adrien Backscheider (FRA) | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Alexey Chervotkin (RUS) | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dominik Baldauf (AUT) | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Bonus seconds (Stage 5 – Women) :
| Name | Point 1 | Finish | Total |
| Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Jessie Diggins (USA) | 12 | – | 12 |
| Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | – | 10 | 10 |
| Heidi Weng (NOR) | 8 | – | 8 |
| Nicole Fessel (GER) | 6 | – | 6 |
| Anna Haag (SWE) | 5 | – | 5 |
| Anne Kjersti Kalvå (NOR) | 4 | – | 4 |
| Maria Nordström (SWE) | 3 | – | 3 |
| Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) | 2 | – | 2 |
| Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | 1 | – | 1 |

### Stage 6

6 January 2018, Val di Fiemme, Italy
Men – 15 km Classic (mass start) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) | 38:40.3 | 37 |
| 2 | Andrey Larkov (RUS) | +0.4 | 13 |
| 3 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +0.9 | 17 |
| 4 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +2.3 | 18 |
| 5 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | +15.0 | 18 |
| 6 | Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) | +20.2 | 6 |
| 7 | Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) | +23.1 | 1 |
| 8 | Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | +26.4 | 7 |
| 9 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +27.0 | |
| 10 | Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) | +28.6 | |
Women – 10 km Classic (mass start) :
| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| 1 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | 29:07.9 | 30 |
| 2 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +7.6 | 18 |
| 3 | Teresa Stadlober (AUT) | +8.6 | 11 |
| 4 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | +23.6 | 12 |
| 5 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | +35.2 | 10 |
| 6 | Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | +45.4 | 5 |
| 7 | Anastasia Sedova (RUS) | +46.1 | 4 |
| 8 | Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) | +59.9 | 1 |
| 9 | Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | +1:01.0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +1:11.3 | |

#### Stage 6 bonus seconds

* Men: 2 intermediate sprints, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate points.
* 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.
* Bonus seconds in finish: 15–10–5 to the 3 first skiers crossing the finish line.
Bonus seconds (Stage 6 – Men) :
| Name | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish | Total |
| Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 37 |
| Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | 15 | 15 | – | 30 |
| Dario Cologna (SUI) | 8 | 10 | – | 18 |
| Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | 12 | 6 | – | 18 |
| Alex Harvey (CAN) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| Andrey Larkov (RUS) | – | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 6 | 4 | – | 10 |
| Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) | 1 | 5 | – | 6 |
| Marcus Hellner (SWE) | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Maurice Manificat (FRA) | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Bonus seconds (Stage 6 – Women) :
| Name | Point 1 | Finish | Total |
| Heidi Weng (NOR) | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Jessie Diggins (USA) | 12 | – | 12 |
| Teresa Stadlober (AUT) | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 10 | – | 10 |
| Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | 5 | – | 5 |
| Anastasia Sedova (RUS) | 4 | – | 4 |
| Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | 3 | – | 3 |
| Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | 2 | – | 2 |
| Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) | 1 | – | 1 |

### Stage 7

7 January 2018, Val di Fiemme, Italy
The race for "Fastest of the Day" counts for 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 9 km Final Climb Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 28:36.4 |
| 2 | Maurice Manificat (FRA) | +12.8 |
| 3 | Denis Spitsov (RUS) | +14.3 |
| 4 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +15.7 |
| 5 | Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | +20.6 |
| 6 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +23.6 |
| 7 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +26.9 |
| 8 | Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) | +35.4 |
| 9 | Lucas Bögl (GER) | +43.8 |
| 10 | Alexey Vitsenko (RUS) | +44.5 |
Women – 9 km Final Climb Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | 32:11.5 |
| 2 | Teresa Stadlober (AUT) | +41.3 |
| 3 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | +41.9 |
| 4 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | +49.3 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Stephen (USA) | +1:22.6 |
| 6 | Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | +1:23.5 |
| 7 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +1:26.0 |
| 8 | Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | +1:29.6 |
| 9 | Stefanie Böhler (GER) | +1:34.5 |
| 10 | Anastasia Sedova (RUS) | +1:36.3 |