# 2008–09 Tour de Ski

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 | Men | Men | Ladies | Ladies | Ladies |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Sprint standings | Winner | Overall standings | Sprint standings |
| 1 | Axel Teichmann | Axel Teichmann | Axel Teichmann | Claudia Nystad | Claudia Nystad | Claudia Nystad |
| 2 | Dario Cologna | Dario Cologna | Axel Teichmann | Virpi Kuitunen | Virpi Kuitunen | Claudia Nystad |
| 3 | Tor Arne Hetland | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Arianna Follis | Arianna Follis | Arianna Follis |
| 4 | Axel Teichmann | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Virpi Kuitunen | Virpi Kuitunen | Arianna Follis |
| 5 | Petter Northug | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Arianna Follis | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Arianna Follis |
| 6 | Axel Teichmann | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Virpi Kuitunen | Virpi Kuitunen | Petra Majdič |
| 7 | Ivan Babikov | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Therese Johaug | Virpi Kuitunen | Petra Majdič |
| Final | Final | Dario Cologna | Tor Arne Hetland | Final | Virpi Kuitunen | Petra Majdič |

## 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) 2:56:05.4 2  Petter Northug (NOR) +59.0 3  Axel Teichmann (GER) +1:02.8 4  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) +1:22.2 5  Vasily Rochev (RUS) +1:31.0 6  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) +1:39.1 7  Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) +1:52.7 8  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +2:06.3 9  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) +2:16.4 10  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) +2:20.8 Final overall standings (11–54) Rank Name Time 11  Jaak Mae (EST) +2:21.6 12  Jens Filbrich (GER) +2:41.5 13  Eldar Rønning (NOR) +2:47.7 14  Toni Livers (SUI) +2:49.3 15  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) +3:05.2 16  Aivar Rehemaa (EST) +3:07.2 17  Vincent Vittoz (FRA) +3:11.0 18  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) +3:40.8 19  Andrus Veerpalu (EST) +3:45.2 20  Devon Kershaw (CAN) +3:55.3 21  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) +4:14.4 22  Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) +4:20.7 23  Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) +4:26.7 24  David Hofer (ITA) +4:33.7 25  Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA) +4:37.9 26  Matti Heikkinen (FIN) +4:40.7 27  Roland Clara (ITA) +4:52.4 28  Tom Reichelt (GER) +4:59.5 29  Curdin Perl (SUI) +5:16.1 30  Alexandre Rousselet (FRA) +5:18.9 31  Nikolay Pankratov (RUS) +5:24.9 32  Valerio Checchi (ITA) +5:28.5 33  Alexander Legkov (RUS) +5:37.4 34  Fabio Pasini (ITA) +6:29.8 35  Ivan Babikov (CAN) +7:05.1 36  Jiří Magál (CZE) +7:30.5 37  Alexander Kuznetsov (RUS) +7:45.1 38  Yevgeniy Velichko (KAZ) +7:51.3 39  Ivan Bátory (SVK) +7:53.6 40  Aleš Razým (CZE) +8:20.9 41  Algo Kärp (EST) +8:42.4 42  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) +9:40.1 43  Aleksandr Ossipov (KAZ) +10:07.1 44  Roman Leybyuk (UKR) +10:18.4 45  Cyril Miranda (FRA) +11:45.8 46  Janusz Krężelok (POL) +11:57.8 47  Andrey Gridin (KAZ) +13:30.6 48  Cristian Zorzi (ITA) +14:15.9 49  Damien Ambrosetti (FRA) +22:08.8 50  Roddy Darragon (FRA) +22:37.8 51  Martin Stockinger (AUT) +23:05.0 52  François Soulié (AND) +23:23.5 53  Jonas Thor Olsen (DEN) +23:51.6 54  Harald Wurm (AUT) +28:34.1 | Women Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2:06:41.4 2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) +7.2 3  Petra Majdič (SLO) +34.5 4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1:21.1 5  Marianna Longa (ITA) +1:36.5 6  Therese Johaug (NOR) +2:20.0 7  Anna Haag (SWE) +2:26.5 8  Arianna Follis (ITA) +2:35.6 9  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) +2:51.8 10  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +3:12.4 Final overall standings (11–36) Rank Name Time 11  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) +3:24.6 12  Pirjo Muranen (FIN) +3:42.3 13  Stefanie Böhler (GER) +4:05.5 14  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) +4:06.6 15  Sara Renner (CAN) +4:51.7 16  Claudia Nystad (GER) +5:06.5 17  Katrin Zeller (GER) +5:23.3 18  Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS) +5:27.6 19  Olga Rocheva (RUS) +6:31.4 20  Larisa Kurkina (RUS) +6:37.2 21  Olga Zavyalova (RUS) +6:58.6 22  Kamila Rajdlová (CZE) +7:18.3 23  Kateřina Smutná (AUT) +7:45.9 24  Sara Lindborg (SWE) +8:17.7 25  Olga Tiagai (RUS) +8:30.5 26  Alena Procházková (SVK) +9:01.1 27  Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina (KAZ) +9:04.1 28  Antonella Confortola Wyatt (ITA) +9:35.8 29  Magda Genuin (ITA) +9:54.9 30  Natalya Ilyina (RUS) +10:17.0 31  Yuliya Ivanova (RUS) +10:50.0 32  Karin Moroder (ITA) +11:43.7 33  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) +12:27.6 34  Oxana Yatskaya (KAZ) +13:17.2 35  Lada Nesterenko (UKR) +13:25.0 36  Tatjana Mannima (EST) +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.
Final sprint standings (1–10) :
| Men Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Total 1  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 131 2  Dario Cologna (SUI) 122 3  Petter Northug (NOR) 105 4  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) 102 5  Vasily Rochev (RUS) 101 6  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 88 7  Cristian Zorzi (ITA) 86 8  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 74 9  Axel Teichmann (GER) 73 10  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) 70 | Women Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Total 1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 148 2  Arianna Follis (ITA) 130 3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 123 4  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 92 5  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 74 6  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 74 7  Marianna Longa (ITA) 72 8  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) 72 9  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 70 10  Claudia Nystad (GER) 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 |