2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.

The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Oberhof and concludes at Val di Fiemme.

Men

More information WC, Stage ...

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	22 November 2008	Gällivare	15 km F	Marcus Hellner	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Petter Northug	Marcus Hellner	[1]
2	2	29 November 2008	Ruka	Sprint C	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Tor Arne Hetland	John Kristian Dahl	Ola Vigen Hattestad Marcus Hellner	[2]
3	3	30 November 2008	Ruka	15 km C	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Lukáš Bauer	Sami Jauhojärvi	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[3]
4	4	6 December 2008	La Clusaz	30 km F Mass Start	Petter Northug	Dario Cologna	Alexander Legkov	Petter Northug	[4]
5	5	13 December 2008	Davos	15 km C	Johan Olsson	Axel Teichmann	Sami Jauhojärvi	Johan Olsson	[5]
6	6	14 December 2008	Davos	Sprint F	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Johan Kjølstad	Renato Pasini	Dario Cologna	[6]
7	7	20 December 2008	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Tor Arne Hetland	Fabio Pasini	Ola Vigen Hattestad	[7]
	8	27 December 2008	Oberhof	3.75 km F Prologue	Axel Teichmann	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Ola Vigen Hattestad	[8]
	9	28 December 2008	Oberhof	15 km C Pursuit	Dario Cologna	Axel Teichmann	Devon Kershaw	Dario Cologna	[9]
	10	29 December 2008	Prague	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Vasily Rochev	Jean-Marc Gaillard		[10]
	11	31 December 2008	Nové Město	15 km C	Axel Teichmann	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Nikolay Chebotko		[11]
	12	1 January 2009	Nové Město	Sprint F	Petter Northug	Tor Arne Hetland	Cristian Zorzi		[12]
	13	3 January 2009	Val di Fiemme	20 km C Mass Start	Axel Teichmann	Sami Jauhojärvi	Nikolay Chebotko		[13]
	14	4 January 2009	Val di Fiemme	10 km F Pursuit   Final Climb	Ivan Babikov	Tom Reichelt	Giorgio Di Centa		[14]
8	3rd Tour de Ski Overall (27 December 2008 – 4 January 2009)				Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Axel Teichmann		[15]
9	15	16 January 2009	Vancouver	Sprint C	Emil Jönsson	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Josef Wenzl	Dario Cologna	[16]
10	16	17 January 2009	Vancouver	15 km C + 15 km F   Double Pursuit	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Jean-Marc Gaillard	Valerio Checchi		[17]
11	17	24 January 2009	Otepää	15 km C	Lukáš Bauer	Johan Olsson	Vincent Vittoz		[18]
12	18	25 January 2009	Otepää	Sprint C	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Øystein Pettersen	Børre Næss		[19]
13	19	30 January 2009	Rybinsk	15 km F Mass Start	Tobias Angerer	Jean-Marc Gaillard	Sergei Dolidovich		[20]
14	20	31 January 2009	Rybinsk	Sprint F	Renato Pasini	Alexey Petukhov	Anton Gafarov		[21]
		1 February 2009	Rybinsk	15 km C + 15 km F   Double Pursuit	cancelled due to cold weather, not rescheduled				[22]
15	21	13 February 2009	Valdidentro	Sprint F	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Alexey Petukhov	Emil Jönsson	Dario Cologna	[23]
16	22	14 February 2009	Valdidentro	15 km C	Anders Södergren	Jens Arne Svartedal	Johan Olsson		[24]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February – 1 March)
17	23	7 March 2009	Lahti	Sprint F	Petter Northug	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Nikolay Morilov	Dario Cologna	[25]
18	24	8 March 2009	Lahti	15 km F	Alexander Legkov	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Christian Hoffmann		[26]
19	25	12 March 2009	Trondheim	Sprint C	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Petter Northug	John Kristian Dahl		[27]
20	26	14 March 2009	Trondheim	50 km C Mass Start	Sami Jauhojärvi	Tobias Angerer	Alex Harvey	Petter Northug	[28]
	27	18 March 2009	Stockholm	Sprint C	Johan Kjølstad	John Kristian Dahl	Eldar Rønning	Petter Northug	[29]
	28	20 March 2009	Falun	3.3 km F	Axel Teichmann	Dario Cologna	Martin Koukal		[30]
	29	21 March 2009	Falun	10 km C + 10 km F  Double Pursuit	Dario Cologna	Marcus Hellner	Tobias Angerer	Dario Cologna	[31]
	30	22 March 2009	Falun	15 km F Pursuit	Sergey Shiryayev	Vincent Vittoz	Juha Lallukka		[32]
21	2008–09 World Cup Final (18–22 March 2009)				Dario Cologna	Vincent Vittoz	Alexander Legkov		[33]

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Women

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Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	22 November 2008	Gällivare	10 km F	Charlotte Kalla	Marit Bjørgen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Charlotte Kalla	[34]
2	2	29 November 2008	Ruka	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Lina Andersson	Justyna Kowalczyk	Petra Majdič	[35]
3	3	30 November 2008	Ruka	10 km C	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[36]
4	4	6 December 2008	La Clusaz	15 km F Mass Start	Kristin Størmer Steira	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Therese Johaug		[37]
5	5	13 December 2008	Davos	10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marit Bjørgen		[38]
6	6	14 December 2008	Davos	Sprint F	Petra Majdič	Celine Brun-Lie	Marit Bjørgen		[39]
7	7	20 December 2008	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Petra Majdič	Natalya Matveyeva	Maiken Caspersen Falla		[40]
	8	27 December 2008	Oberhof	2.8 km F Prologue	Claudia Nystad	Arianna Follis	Petra Majdič Justyna Kowalczyk	Petra Majdič	[41]
	9	28 December 2008	Oberhof	10 km C Pursuit	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk		[42]
	10	29 December 2008	Prague	Sprint F	Arianna Follis	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[43]
	11	31 December 2008	Nové Město	9 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marit Bjørgen		[44]
	12	1 January 2009	Nové Město	Sprint F	Arianna Follis	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen		[45]
	13	3 January 2009	Val di Fiemme	10 km C Mass Start	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen		[46]
	14	4 January 2009	Val di Fiemme	9 km F Pursuit   Final Climb	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira	Valentyna Shevchenko		[47]
8	2nd Tour de Ski Overall (27 December 2008 – 4 January 2009)				Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Petra Majdič		[48]
9	15	16 January 2009	Vancouver	Sprint C	Alena Procházková	Justyna Kowalczyk	Anna Olsson	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[49]
10	16	17 January 2009	Vancouver	7.5 km C + 7.5 km F  Double Pursuit	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marianna Longa	Arianna Follis		[50]
11	17	24 January 2009	Otepää	10 km C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen		[51]
12	18	25 January 2009	Otepää	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen		[52]
13	19	30 January 2009	Rybinsk	10 km F Mass Start	Marianna Longa	Arianna Follis	Stefanie Böhler		[53]
14	20	31 January 2009	Rybinsk	Sprint F	Pirjo Muranen	Arianna Follis	Magda Genuin		[54]
		1 February 2009	Rybinsk	7.5 km C + 7.5 km F   Double Pursuit	cancelled due to cold weather, not rescheduled				[55]
15	21	13 February 2009	Valdidentro	Sprint F	Petra Majdič	Pirjo Muranen	Magda Genuin	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[56]
16	22	14 February 2009	Valdidentro	10 km C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marianna Longa	Petra Majdič		[57]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 (19 February – 1 March)
17	23	7 March 2009	Lahti	Sprint F	Petra Majdič	Arianna Follis	Pirjo Muranen	Petra Majdič	[58]
18	24	8 March 2009	Lahti	10 km F	Justyna Kowalczyk	Charlotte Kalla	Marthe Kristoffersen		[59]
19	25	12 March 2009	Trondheim	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Alena Procházková	Justyna Kowalczyk		[60]
20	26	14 March 2009	Trondheim	30 km C Mass Start	Petra Majdič	Justyna Kowalczyk	Masako Ishida		[61]
	27	18 March 2009	Stockholm	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Anna Olsson	Petra Majdič	[62]
	28	20 March 2009	Falun	2.5 km F	Claudia Nystad	Charlotte Kalla	Justyna Kowalczyk		[63]
	29	21 March 2009	Falun	5 km C + 5 km F  Double Pursuit	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Therese Johaug	Justyna Kowalczyk		[64]
	30	22 March 2009	Falun	10 km F Pursuit	Kristin Størmer Steira	Therese Johaug	Marthe Kristoffersen		[65]
21	2008–09 World Cup Final (18–22 March 2009)				Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug	Charlotte Kalla	Justyna Kowalczyk	[66]

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Men's team

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WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 2008	Gällivare	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Martin Johnsrud Sundby Eldar Rønning Tore Ruud Hofstad Petter Northug	Sweden I Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Rikard Andreasson Marcus Hellner	Germany Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer Tom Reichelt Axel Teichmann	[67]
2	7 December 2008	La Clusaz	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Tor Arne Hetland Martin Johnsrud Sundby Tord Asle Gjerdalen Petter Northug	Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner	France I Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Maurice Manificat Emmanuel Jonnier	[68]
3	21 December 2008	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Tor Arne Hetland Ola Vigen Hattestad	Sweden I Björn Lind Thobias Fredriksson	Russia I Alexey Petukhov Nikolay Morilov	[69]
4	18 January 2009	Vancouver	Team Sprint F	Sweden I Robin Bryntesson Emil Jönsson	Italy I Fabio Pasini Renato Pasini	Canada I George Grey Alex Harvey	[70]

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Women's team

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WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 2008	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marthe Kristoffersen	Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Sweden I Jenny Hansson Britta Norgren Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	[71]
2	7 December 2008	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Sweden Lina Andersson Sara Lindborg Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	Norway Kristin Mürer Stemland Therese Johaug Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Kristin Størmer Steira	[72]
3	21 December 2008	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Russia I Natalya Korostelyova Natalya Matveyeva	Norway I Celine Brun-Lie Maiken Caspersen Falla	Germany I Claudia Nystad Stefanie Böhler	[73]
4	18 January 2009	Vancouver	Team Sprint F	Italy I Magda Genuin Arianna Follis	Germany Nicole Fessel Stefanie Böhler	Sweden I Lina Andersson Anna Olsson	[74]

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The table shows the number of points won in the 2008–09 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

First World Cup Podium

•  Anton Gafarov (RUS), 21, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 20 (Sprint F) in Rybinsk

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2008/09 season in parentheses)