2006–07 Tour de Ski
# 2006–07 Tour de Ski

The 2006–07 Tour de Ski was the first Tour to take place, from 31 December 2006 until 7 January 2007. It was won by German Tobias Angerer for men, while Finn Virpi Kuitunen won the women's Tour.

The first edition of the tour was held in Germany and Italy, with six races spread out over eight days, including two separate days of rest. The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs, shared out on both men and women. Men's and women's events were held together on the same days.

## Origin

Cross-country skiing had been through a period of renewal from the early 1980s, when the free technique was first introduced to the World Championships which led to a rush of new events, including pursuit skiing, sprint skiing and eventually long mass start races, to complement the traditional time trial or individual start style of skiing. The Tour de Ski was modelled on the Tour de France of cycling and the idea has been reported to come from a meeting between former Olympic gold medallist Vegard Ulvang and Jürg Capol, the International Ski Federation's (FIS) chief executive officer for cross-country competitions, in Ulvang's sauna in Maridalen, Norway. Their idea was to create a stage competition consisting of different events which they expected would lead to several days of continuous excitement before the most complete skiers would become Tour de Ski champions.

## Ranking

The overall results were based on the aggregate time for all events, as well as bonus seconds awarded on sprint and mass start stages.

The two sprint races carried bonus seconds for the finish, which were subtracted from the overall time, as follows:

| Finishing position | 1 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seconds deducted | 50 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

In mass start competitions, intermediate points carried bonus seconds; 15 to the winner, 10 to number two, and 5 to number three. The same number of seconds were awarded at the finish. In the 30 km race there were two intermediate points, in the 15 km race one intermediate point.

## Stages

| Date | Place | Country | Women's distance | Men's distance | Event | Technique | Women's winner | Men's winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 December | Nové Město na Moravě | Czech Republic | 3 km | 4.5 km | Prologue, interval start - cancelled | Classic | Not available | Not available |
| 30 December | Nové Město na Moravě | Czech Republic | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit, starting intervals according to results in prologue - cancelled | Freestyle | Not available | Not available |
| 31 December | Munich | Germany | 1100 m | 1100 m | Sprint | Freestyle | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Christoph Eigenmann (SUI) |
| 2 January | Oberstdorf | Germany | 5+5 km | 10+10 km | Double pursuit | Classic/Freestyle | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
| 3 January | Oberstdorf | Germany | 10 km | 15 km | Interval start | Classic | Petra Majdič (SLO) | Franz Göring (GER) |
| 5 January | Asiago | Italy | 1200 m | 1200 m | Sprint | Freestyle | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) |
| 6 January | Cavalese | Italy | 15 km | 30 km | Mass start | Classic | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
| 7 January | Cavalese | Italy | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit. Hill climb finish. Starting intervals according to time differences in overall ranking. | Freestyle | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |

## Favourites

Dagbladet's Brynjar Skjærli listed Finland's Virpi Kuitunen as the main favourite in the women's event, with Marit Bjørgen the main challenger. Justyna Kowalczyk, Petra Majdič, Kateřina Neumannová, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Claudia Künzel-Nystad, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Vibeke Skofterud and Kristina Šmigun were listed as "outsiders" or dark horses. In the men's event, Tobias Angerer was the favourite, with Yevgeny Dementyev, Tor Arne Hetland, Petter Northug, Eldar Rønning, Anders Södergren, Jens Arne Svartedal and Axel Teichmann all listed as challengers. Frode Estil was named as an outsider.

## Stage 1: Sprint Munich, 31 December

This was held at Munich Olympic Stadium in front of 6,500 spectators.

### Women's event, 822 m

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 1:31.9 | 50 |
| 2 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 1:31.8 | 40 |
| 3 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 1:32.1 | 30 |
| 4 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 1:34.2 | 28 |
| 5 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 1:33.8 | 26 |
| 6 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 1:32.6 | 25 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| 7 | Pirjo Manninen | FIN | 1:36.2 | 24 |
| 8 | Claudia Künzel-Nystad | GER | 1:34.0 | 23 |
| 9 | Britta Norgren | SWE | 1:32.6 | 22 |
| 10 | Karin Moroder | ITA | 1:35.9 | 21 |
| 11 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | 1:35.5 | 20 |
| 12 | Caroline Weibel | FRA | 1:34.8 | 19 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 41.9'' |
| 2 | Arianna Follis | ITA | +9.9 |
| 3 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | +20.2 |
| 4 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +24.3 |
| 5 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | +25.7 |
| 6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +25.9 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 50 |
| 2 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 40 |
| 3 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 30 |
| 4 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 28 |
| 5 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 26 |
| 6 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 25 |

### Men's event, 1200 m

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

Northug fell in the first curve of the final, taking Pettersen and Fredriksson with him.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christoph Eigenmann | SUI | 1:20.3 | 50 |
| 2 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | 1:24.0 | 40 |
| 3 | Roddy Darragon | FRA | 1:23.7 | 30 |
| 4 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 1:23.9 | 28 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | NOR | 1:25.1 | 26 |
| 6 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | 1:22.1 | 25 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| 7 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 1:22.8 | 24 |
| 8 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 1:23.4 | 23 |
| 9 | Björn Lind | SWE | 1:24.4 | 22 |
| 10 | Fredrik Östberg | SWE | 1:24.4 | 21 |
| 11 | Anti Saarepuu | EST | 1:23.9 | 20 |
| 12 | Peter Larsson | SWE | 1:23.4 | 19 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Christoph Eigenmann | SUI | 30.3'' |
| 2 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | +13.7 |
| 3 | Roddy Darragon | FRA | +23.4 |
| 4 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | +25.6 |
| 5 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | +26.8 |
| 6 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +28.5 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Christoph Eigenmann | SUI | 50 |
| 2 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | 40 |
| 3 | Roddy Darragon | FRA | 30 |
| 4 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 28 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | NOR | 26 |
| 6 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | 25 |

## Stage 2: Pursuit Oberstdorf, 2 January

### Women's event, 5 km classical + 5 km free

Bonus seconds earned during the race:

| Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
| - | - | - |
| 15 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) |
| 10 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) |
| 5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 29:27.6 |
| 2 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | +13.3 |
| 3 | Olga Zavyalova | RUS | +17.2 |
| 4 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | +17.9 |
| 5 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | FIN | +18.8 |
| 6 | Yuliya Chekalyova | RUS | +21.5 |
| 7 | Karine Philippot | FRA | +22.8 |
| 8 | Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | NOR | +22.9 |
| 9 | Kine Beate Bjørnås | NOR | +23.4 |
| 10 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +27.3 |
| 11 | Irina Artemova | RUS | +27.5 |
| 12 | Marianna Longa | ITA | +28.0 |
| 21 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +47.6 |
| 22 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | +48.5 |
| 25 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +55.5 |
| 29 | Arianna Follis | ITA | +1:00.1 |
| 33 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +1:06.1 |
| 52 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | +3:22.4 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 30:53.9 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +6.1 |
| 3 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +12.5 |
| 4 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | +16.6 |
| 5 | Claudia Künzel-Nystad | GER | +16.9 |
| 6 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | +18.0 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 55 |
| 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 43 |
| 3 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 40 |
| 4 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 35 |
| 5 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 30 |
| 6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 26 |

### Men's event, 10 km classical + 10 km free

Neither Christoph Eigenmann nor Roddy Darragon, number one and three in the overall standings before the race, finished, and were thus eliminated from the overall competition.

Bonus seconds earned during the race:

| Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
| - | - | - |
| 15 | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
| 10 | Björn Lind (SWE) | Alexander Legkov (RUS) |
| 5 | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | 50:55.9 |
| 2 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | +0.9 |
| 3 | Tobias Angerer | GER | +2.5 |
| 4 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | +3.1 |
| 5 | Anders Södergren | SWE | +3.3 |
| 6 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +3.4 |
| 7 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | ITA | +3.7 |
| 8 | Sergey Shiryayev | RUS | +5.4 |
| 9 | Axel Teichmann | GER | +6.0 |
| 10 | Mathias Fredriksson | SWE | +8.0 |
| 11 | Jens Filbrich | GER | +9.6 |
| 12 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +11.6 |
| 25 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | +52.7 |
| 49 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | +2:09.1 |
| 69 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | +4:26.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 51:51.3 |
| 2 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | +14.4 |
| 3 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | +23.6 |
| 4 | Tobias Angerer | GER | +28.3 |
| 5 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +33.6 |
| 6 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | +33.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | 40 |
| 2 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 39 |
| 3 | Björn Lind | SWE | 32 |
| 4 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 28 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | NOR | 26 |
| 6 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | 25 |

## Stage 3: Individual Start Oberstdorf, 3 January

### Women's event, 10 km classical

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 28:44.8 |
| 2 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | +27.2 |
| 3 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | +33.8 |
| 4 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | +37.1 |
| 5 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +37.9 |
| 6 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +38.3 |
| 7 | Marianna Longa | ITA | +54.8 |
| 8 | Viola Bauer | GER | +56.0 |
| 9 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | +59.5 |
| 10 | Kamila Rajdlová | CZE | +1:04.2 |
| 11 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +1:05.0 |
| 12 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | +1:11.7 |
| 17 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | +1:37.4 |
| 26 | Claudia Künzel-Nystad | GER | +2:09.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 1:00:05.9 |
| 2 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +20.4 |
| 3 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +23.2 |
| 4 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | +26.4 |
| 5 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | +27.9 |
| 6 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +41.5 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 55 |
| 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 43 |
| 3 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 40 |
| 4 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 35 |
| 5 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 30 |
| 6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 26 |

### Men's event, 15 km classical

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Franz Göring | GER | 39:40.7 |
| 2 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | +13.3 |
| 3 | Tobias Angerer | GER | +30.0 |
| 4 | Eldar Rønning | NOR | +30.4 |
| 5 | Martin Bajčičák | SVK | +41.2 |
| 6 | Reto Burgermeister | SUI | +50.0 |
| 7 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | +50.6 |
| 8 | Petter Northug | NOR | +51.2 |
| 9 | Mats Larsson | SWE | +52.5 |
| 10 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | +52.9 |
| 11 | Jens Arne Svartedal | NOR | +54.8 |
| 12 | Roman Leybyuk | UKR | +59.4 |
| 13 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +1:00.1 |
| 18 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +1:15.3 |
| 27 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | +1:31.6 |
| 44 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | +2:15.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 1:32.30.3 |
| 2 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +17.0 |
| 3 | Franz Göring | GER | +30.7 |
| 4 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +35.4 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | NOR | +42.8 |
| 6 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | +44.9 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | 40 |
| 2 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 39 |
| 3 | Björn Lind | SWE | 32 |
| 4 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 28 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | NOR | 26 |
| 6 | Øystein Pettersen | NOR | 25 |

## Stage 4: Sprint Asiago, 5 January

### Women's event, 1.2 km

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 2:39.1 | 50 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 2:39.9 | 40 |
| 3 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 2:42.9 | 30 |
| 4 | Britta Norgren | SWE | 2:44.1 | 28 |
| 5 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | 2:44.5 | 26 |
| 6 | Natalya Korostelyova | RUS | 2:45.2 | 25 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| 7 | Pirjo Manninen | FIN | 2:44.4 | 24 |
| 8 | Nicole Fessel | GER | 2:47.1 | 23 |
| 9 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | 2:46.0 | 22 |
| 10 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | FIN | 2:43.4 | 21 |
| 11 | Claudia Künzel-Nystad | GER | 2:40.9 | 20 |
| 12 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 2:41.4 | 19 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 27 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 2:43.7 |
| 32 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | 2:49.3 |
| 48 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 2:54.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 1:02.21.4 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +28.3 |
| 3 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +34.3 |
| 4 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | +38.7 |
| 5 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +47.4 |
| 6 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +55.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 95 |
| 2 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 85 |
| 3 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 70 |
| 4 | Britta Norgren | SWE | 50 |
| 5 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 49 |
| 6 | Pirjo Manninen | FIN | 48 |

### Men's event, 1.2 km

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 2:21.5 | 50 |
| 2 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 2:22.0 | 40 |
| 3 | Petter Northug | NOR | 2:24.4 | 30 |
| 4 | Janusz Krężelok | POL | 2:25.6 | 28 |
| 5 | Marcus Hellner | SWE | 2:24.3 | 26 |
| 6 | Dušan Kožíšek | CZE | 2:25.8 | 25 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Bonus seconds |
| 7 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | 2:23.3 | 24 |
| 8 | Jörgen Brink | SWE | 2:23.5 | 23 |
| 9 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | 2:23.4 | 22 |
| 10 | Björn Lind | SWE | 2:21.4 | 21 |
| 11 | Peter Larsson | SWE | 2:23.6 | 20 |
| 12 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 2:24.7 | 19 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 26 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 2:21.0 |
| 30 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | 2:26.3 |
| 44 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | 2:28.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 1:34:36.0 |
| 2 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +27.3 |
| 3 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +31.1 |
| 4 | Petter Northug | NOR | +31.5 |
| 5 | Franz Göring | GER | +46.9 |
| 6 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | +1:00.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 73 |
| 2 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 68 |
| 3 | Petter Northug | NOR | 56 |
| 4 | Björn Lind | SWE | 53 |
| 5 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 44 |
| 6 | Marcus Hellner | SWE | 44 |

## Stage 5: Mass Start Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 6 January

The sprint jersey was awarded after this stage; Virpi Kuitunen of Finland earned 45 bonus points and won the women's black jersey, while Tor Arne Hetland from Norway successfully defended the men's jersey.

### Women's event, 15 km

Bonus seconds earned during the race:

| Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) |
| 10 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) |
| 5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 42:02.2 |
| 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +37.1 |
| 3 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +1:06.3 |
| 4 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +1:20.1 |
| 5 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | +1:21.3 |
| 6 | Viola Bauer | GER | +1:21.6 |
| 7 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | +1:21.7 |
| 8 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | +1:23.7 |
| 9 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +1:26.0 |
| 10 | Stefanie Böhler | GER | +1:40.3 |
| 11 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | +1:40.6 |
| 12 | Marianna Longa | ITA | +1:45.3 |
| 20 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | +2:40.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 1:43:38.6 |
| 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | +1:39.5 |
| 3 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | +2:09.8 |
| 4 | Petra Majdič | SLO | +2:40.3 |
| 5 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | +3:00.7 |
| 6 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | +3:09.5 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 130 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 105 |
| 3 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 77 |
| 4 | Arianna Follis | ITA | 70 |
| 5 | Britta Norgren | SWE | 50 |
| 6 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 49 |

### Men's event, 30 km

Bonus seconds earned during the race:

| Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Sergey Shiryayev (RUS) | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
| 10 | Frode Estil (NOR) | Frode Estil (NOR) | Ivan Alypov (RUS) |
| 5 | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Eldar Rønning | NOR | 1:21:30.0 |
| 2 | Ivan Alypov | RUS | +0.6 |
| 3 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | +1.6 |
| 4 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | +3.8 |
| 5 | Tobias Angerer | GER | +4.2 |
| 6 | Frode Estil | NOR | +5.1 |
| 7 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +7.1 |
| 8 | Petter Northug | NOR | +11.1 |
| 9 | Jiří Magál | CZE | +11.7 |
| 10 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | +13.9 |
| 11 | Jens Filbrich | GER | +15.4 |
| 12 | Franz Göring | GER | +34.1 |
| 19 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | +1:21.7 |
| 22 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | +1:49.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total time |
| 1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 1:34:36.0 |
| 2 | Simen Østensen | NOR | +15.2 |
| 3 | Petter Northug | NOR | +38.4 |
| 4 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | +1:05.8 |
| 5 | Franz Göring | GER | +1:15.8 |
| 6 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | +1:16.9 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 73 |
| 2 | Thobias Fredriksson | SWE | 68 |
| 3 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 59 |
| 4 | Petter Northug | NOR | 56 |
| 5 | Björn Lind | SWE | 53 |
| 6 | Marcus Hellner | SWE | 44 |

## Stage 6: Final Climb Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 7 January

Athletes started in order of the aggregate standings, and the first athlete to reach the finish won. After the first 15 athletes, the remainder were released in a "wave start" five minutes behind Kuitunen, the leader, but their total time behind Kuitunen was added to the final time.

### Women's event, 10 km

| Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 36:36.7 | 31 | 2:20.15.3 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 35:44.4 | 16 | +1:17.5 |
| 3 | Valentyna Shevchenko | UKR | 34:30.2 | 3 | +1:20.8 |
| 4 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 36:19.0 | 24 | +1:21.8 |
| 5 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | 34:24.0 | 1 | +1:23.8 |
| 6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 35:48.4 | 17 | +1:52.0 |
| 7 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 34:25.3 | 2 | +1:53.8 |
| 8 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | 35:25.4 | 10 | +1:58.2 |
| 9 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | 35:59.7 | 20 | +2:23.7 |
| 10 | Viola Bauer | GER | 35:18.8 | 9 | +2:41.5 |
| 11 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 35:33.1 | 13 | +3:08.5 |
| 12 | Karine Philippot | FRA | 34:56.2 | 6 | +3:20.4 |
| 13 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | FIN | 35:39.2 | 14 | +3:22.0 |
| 14 | Olga Zavyalova | RUS | 35:27.0 | 11 | +3:36.0 |
| 15 | Marianna Longa | ITA | 36:32.7 | 29 | +3:41.1 |
| Top stage times ||||||
| 34 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | RUS | 34:44.7 | 4 | |
| 18 | Sabina Valbusa | ITA | 34:50.7 | 5 | |
| 30 | Oxana Yatskaya | KAZ | 34:56.2 | 7 | |
| 35 | Svetlana Malahova | KAZ | 35:28.8 | 12 | |

### Men's event, 11 km

A wave start was also employed in the men's event, but the first 30 started according to the time differences in the overall Tour standings. The remainder started six minutes behind Angerer.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 33:39.5 | 18 | 3:29:49.7 |
| 2 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | 32:12.8 | 2 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 34:14.5 | 33 | +50.2 |
| 4 | Petter Northug | NOR | 34:08.1 | 30 | +1:07.0 |
| 5 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 33:43.1 | 20 | +1:09.4 |
| 6 | Franz Göring | GER | 33:41.4 | 19 | +1:18.7 |
| 7 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | 33:46.9 | 22 | +1:24.3 |
| 8 | Yevgeny Dementyev | RUS | 32:55.6 | 7 | +1:32.2 |
| 9 | Jens Filbrich | GER | 33:36.6 | 16 | +1:34.8 |
| 10 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | 33:07.5 | 9 | +1:46.1 |
| 11 | Frode Estil | NOR | 34:12.8 | 32 | +1:56.9 |
| 12 | Sergey Shiryayev | RUS | 32:08.4 | 1 | +2:18.5 |
| 13 | Jiří Magál | CZE | 33:46.0 | 21 | +2:38.1 |
| 14 | Mathias Fredriksson | SWE | 33:30.8 | 14 | +2:53.9 |
| 15 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 32:54.0 | 5 | +3:05.2 |
| Top stage times ||||||
| 20 | Giorgio Di Centa | ITA | 32:49.7 | 3 | |
| 26 | Emmanuel Jonnier | FRA | 32:51.8 | 4 | |
| 34 | Martin Bajčičák | SVK | 32:55.3 | 6 | |
| 32 | Christian Hoffmann | AUT | 32:56.8 | 8 | |
| 36 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 33:12.7 | 10 | |
| 19 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | 33:23.9 | 11 | |
| 16 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 33:28.3 | 12 | |
