2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 40th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.

Discipline Men

Overall

Alexander Bolshunov (2)

Distance

Alexander Bolshunov (3)

Sprint

Federico Pellegrino (2)

Quick facts Discipline, Overall ...

2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Alexander Bolshunov (2)	Jessie Diggins (1)
Distance	Alexander Bolshunov (3)	Jessie Diggins (1)
Sprint	Federico Pellegrino (2)	Anamarija Lampič (1)
U-23	Hugo Lapalus (2)	Linn Svahn (1)
Bonus Ranking	Alexander Bolshunov (1)	Linn Svahn (1)
Nations Cup	Russia (3)	Sweden (1)
Nations Cup Overall	Russia (3)
Stage events
Nordic Opening	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (3)	Therese Johaug (4)
Tour de Ski	Alexander Bolshunov (2)	Jessie Diggins (1)
Competition
Locations	10 venues	10 venues
Individual	21 events	21 events
Relay/Team	3 events	3 events
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The season began with the Nordic Opening stage event on 27–29 November 2020 in Ruka, Finland and was planned to conclude with the World Cup Finals on 19–21 March 2021 in Beijing, China.^[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FIS announced on 4 December 2020 that all events in China, including the Cross-Country World Cup final were cancelled.^[2] World Cup Finals were moved to Lillehammer, where December competitions couldn't be arranged. However, on 12 February 2021, all the events scheduled in Oslo and Lillehammer were cancelled due to ongoing pandemic. The World Cup Final stage event was called off this year and the season ended on 13–14 March in Engadin, Switzerland, where the final pursuit races made a replacement for cancelled 30/50 kilometers annual competition in Oslo. The pandemic also reduced participation, after the opening in Ruka the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish teams announced that they would not compete in Davos and Dresden as they felt that they could not guarantee a safe environment.^[3] Later, Norway announced they would also not participate in Tour de Ski.^[4]

Calendar

Men

More information WC, Stage ...

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.

	1	27 November 2020	Ruka	Sprint C	Erik Valnes	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Emil Iversen	Erik Valnes	^[5]
	2	28 November 2020		15 km C	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Aleksey Chervotkin	Alexander Bolshunov	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	^[6]
	3	29 November 2020		15 km F Pursuit	Hans Christer Holund	Andrey Melnichenko	Sjur Røthe	Emil Iversen	^[7]
1	11th Nordic Opening Overall (27–29 November 2020)				Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alexander Bolshunov	Emil Iversen	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	^[8]

		4 December 2020	Lillehammer	Sprint C	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

		5 December 2020		30 km Skiathlon
6 December 2020	4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F
2	4	12 December 2020	Davos	Sprint F	Federico Pellegrino	Alexander Bolshunov	Andrew Young	Alexander Bolshunov	^[10]
3	5	13 December 2020	Davos	15 km F	Alexander Bolshunov	Andrey Melnichenko	Artem Maltsev		^[11]
4	6	19 December 2020	Dresden	Sprint F	Federico Pellegrino	Andrew Young	Gleb Retivykh		^[12]
		20 December 2020	Dresden	Team Sprint F	Russia I Alexander Bolshunov Gleb Retivykh	France I Richard Jouve Lucas Chanavat	Italy I Francesco de Fabiani Federico Pellegrino		^[13]

	7	1 January 2021	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Federico Pellegrino	Alexander Bolshunov	Richard Jouve	Alexander Bolshunov	^[14]
	8	2 January 2021		15 km C Mass Start	Alexander Bolshunov	Dario Cologna	Ivan Yakimushkin		^[15]
	9	3 January 2021		15 km F Pursuit	Alexander Bolshunov	Artem Maltsev	Maurice Manificat		^[16]
	10	5 January 2021	Toblach	15 km F	Alexander Bolshunov	Denis Spitsov	Ivan Yakimushkin		^[17]
	11	6 January 2021	Toblach	15 km C Pursuit	Alexander Bolshunov	Ivan Yakimushkin	Evgeniy Belov		^[18]
	12	8 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	15 km C Mass Start	Alexander Bolshunov	Francesco De Fabiani	Aleksey Chervotkin		^[19]
	13	9 January 2021		Sprint C	Oskar Svensson	Gleb Retivykh	Alexander Bolshunov		^[20]
	14	10 January 2021		10 km F Mass Start Climb	Denis Spitsov	Alexander Bolshunov	Maurice Manificat		^[21]
5	15th Tour de Ski Overall (1–10 January 2021)				Alexander Bolshunov	Maurice Manificat	Denis Spitsov		^[22]

6	15	23 January 2021	Lahti	30 km Skiathlon	Emil Iversen	Sjur Røthe	Pål Golberg	Alexander Bolshunov	^[23]
		24 January 2021	Lahti	4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F	Norway Pål Golberg Emil Iversen Sjur Røthe Simen Hegstad Krüger	Finland I Perttu Hyvärinen Ristomatti Hakola Iivo Niskanen Joni Mäki	Russia II Ilia Semikov Ivan Yakimushkin Andrey Melnichenko Sergey Ustiugov		^[24]
7	16	29 January 2021	Falun	15 km F	Alexander Bolshunov	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Sjur Røthe		^[25]
8	17	30 January 2021		15 km C Mass Start	Alexander Bolshunov	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Pål Golberg		^[26]
9	18	31 January 2021		Sprint C	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Oskar Svensson	Håvard Solås Taugbøl		^[27]
10	19	6 February 2021	Ulricehamn^[28]	Sprint F	Oskar Svensson	Gleb Retivykh	Federico Pellegrino		^[29]
		7 February 2021	Ulricehamn^[28]	Team Sprint F	Italy I Francesco de Fabiani Federico Pellegrino	Switzerland I Jovian Hediger Roman Furger	Sweden II Karl-Johan Westberg Johan Häggström		^[30]
		20 February 2021	Nové Město	Sprint C	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
			Nové Město		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
21 February 2021	15 km F
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 (23 February–7 March)
11	20	13 March 2021	Engadin	15 km C Mass Start	Alexander Bolshunov	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Pål Golberg	Alexander Bolshunov	^[32]
12	21	14 March 2021	Engadin	50 km F Pursuit	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Hans Christer Holund	Jens Burman	Alexander Bolshunov	^[33]

		19 March 2021	Beijing	Sprint F	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]
		20 March 2021		15 km Skiathlon
		21 March 2021		15 km C Pursuit
	2020–21 World Cup Finals Overall (19–21 March 2021)

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Women

More information WC, Stage ...

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.

	1	27 November 2020	Ruka	Sprint C	Linn Svahn	Maja Dahlqvist	Jonna Sundling	Linn Svahn	^[35]
	2	28 November 2020		10 km C	Therese Johaug	Frida Karlsson	Ebba Andersson	Linn Svahn	^[36]
	3	29 November 2020		10 km F Pursuit	Therese Johaug	Helene Marie Fossesholm	Rosie Brennan	Therese Johaug	^[37]
1	11th Nordic Opening Overall (27–29 November 2020)				Therese Johaug	Tatiana Sorina	Ebba Andersson	Therese Johaug	^[38]

		4 December 2020	Lillehammer	Sprint C	Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not rescheduled.^[9]

		5 December 2020		15 km Skiathlon
6 December 2020	4 × 5 km Relay C/F
2	4	12 December 2020	Davos	Sprint F	Rosie Brennan	Anamarija Lampič	Natalya Nepryayeva	Therese Johaug	^[39]
3	5	13 December 2020	Davos	10 km F	Rosie Brennan	Yuliya Stupak	Hailey Swirbul	Rosie Brennan	^[40]
4	6	19 December 2020	Dresden	Sprint F	Nadine Fähndrich	Sophie Caldwell Hamilton	Anamarija Lampič		^[41]
		20 December 2020	Dresden	Team Sprint F	Switzerland I Laurien van der Graaff Nadine Fähndrich	Russia I Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva	Slovenia Eva Urevc Anamarija Lampič		^[42]
	7	1 January 2021	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Linn Svahn	Anamarija Lampič	Jessie Diggins	Rosie Brennan	^[43]
	8	2 January 2021		10 km C Mass Start	Linn Svahn	Yuliya Stupak	Jessie Diggins		^[44]
	9	3 January 2021		10 km F Pursuit	Jessie Diggins	Rosie Brennan	Frida Karlsson		^[45]
	10	5 January 2021	Toblach	10 km F	Jessie Diggins	Rosie Brennan	Ebba Andersson		^[46]
	11	6 January 2021	Toblach	10 km C Pursuit	Yuliya Stupak	Ebba Andersson	Jessie Diggins		^[47]
	12	8 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	10 km C Mass Start	Natalya Nepryayeva	Katharina Hennig	Ebba Andersson		^[48]
	13	9 January 2021		Sprint C	Linn Svahn	Maja Dahlqvist	Emma Ribom		^[49]
	14	10 January 2021		10 km F Mass Start Climb	Ebba Andersson	Jessie Diggins	Delphine Claudel		^[50]
5	15th Tour de Ski Overall (1–10 January 2021)				Jessie Diggins	Yuliya Stupak	Ebba Andersson	Jessie Diggins	^[51]
6	15	23 January 2021	Lahti	15 km Skiathlon	Therese Johaug	Helene Marie Fossesholm	Heidi Weng	Jessie Diggins	^[52]
		24 January 2021	Lahti	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	Norway Tiril Udnes Weng Therese Johaug Helene Marie Fossesholm Heidi Weng	Sweden Charlotte Kalla Emma Ribom Lovisa Modig Ebba Andersson	Finland I Johanna Matintalo Kerttu Niskanen Laura Mononen Krista Pärmäkoski		^[53]
7	16	29 January 2021	Falun	10 km F	Jessie Diggins	Therese Johaug	Ebba Andersson		^[54]
8	17	30 January 2021		10 km C Mass Start	Linn Svahn	Yuliya Stupak	Therese Johaug		^[55]
9	18	31 January 2021		Sprint C	Linn Svahn	Anamarija Lampič	Jonna Sundling		^[56]
10	19	6 February 2021	Ulricehamn^[28]	Sprint F	Maja Dahlqvist	Johanna Hagström	Jessie Diggins		^[57]
		7 February 2021	Ulricehamn^[28]	Team Sprint F	Slovenia Eva Urevc Anamarija Lampič	Sweden I Maja Dahlqvist Linn Svahn	Switzerland I Laurien van der Graaff Nadine Fähndrich		^[58]
		20 February 2021	Nové Město	Sprint C	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
			Nové Město		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
21 February 2021	10 km F
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 (23 February–7 March)
11	20	13 March 2021	Engadin	10 km C Mass Start	Yuliya Stupak	Heidi Weng	Ebba Andersson	Jessie Diggins	^[59]
12	21	14 March 2021	Engadin	30 km F Pursuit	Heidi Weng	Ebba Andersson	Yuliya Stupak	Jessie Diggins	^[60]

		19 March 2021	Beijing	Sprint F	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]
		20 March 2021		15 km Skiathlon
		21 March 2021		10 km C Pursuit
	2020–21 World Cup Finals Overall (19–21 March 2021)

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Men's standings

More information Rank, after all 26 events ...

Overall

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
	Alexander Bolshunov	1765
2	Ivan Yakimushkin	800
3	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	663
4	Federico Pellegrino	614
5	Artem Maltsev	604
6	Maurice Manificat	597
7	Evgeniy Belov	590
8	Andrey Melnichenko	586
9	Denis Spitsov	567
10	Oskar Svensson	484

Distance

Rank	after all 15 events	Points
	Alexander Bolshunov	921
2	Ivan Yakimushkin	509
3	Simen Hegstad Krüger	357
4	Denis Spitsov	327
5	Evgeniy Belov	321
6	Andrey Melnichenko	319
7	Hans Christer Holund	318
8	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	317
9	Dario Cologna	303
10	Artem Maltsev	298

Sprint

Rank	after all 9 events	Points
	Federico Pellegrino	439
2	Gleb Retivykh	369
3	Alexander Bolshunov	284
4	Oskar Svensson	283
5	Lucas Chanavat	219
6	Richard Jouve	214
7	Andrew Young	157
8	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	146
9	Alexander Terentyev	140
10	Valentin Chauvin	132

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More information Rank, after all 36 payouts ...

Prize money

Rank	after all 36 payouts	CHF
1	Alexander Bolshunov	219.500
2	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	76.000
3	Ivan Yakimushkin	57.725
4	Maurice Manificat	56.100
5	Federico Pellegrino	54.100
6	Denis Spitsov	43.400
7	Artem Maltsev	36.550
8	Emil Iversen	33.850
9	Gleb Retivykh	31.000
10	Simen Hegstad Krüger	30.200

U23

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
	Hugo Lapalus	292
2	Gus Schumacher	213
3	Alexander Terentyev	206
4	William Poromaa	184
5	Janik Riebli	77
6	Valerio Grond	71
7	Harald Østberg Amundsen	68
8	Friedrich Moch	54
9	JC Schoonmaker	44
10	Mika Vermeulen	31

Bonus Ranking

Rank	after all 10 events	Points
1	Alexander Bolshunov	207
2	Gleb Retivykh	106
3	Federico Pellegrino	76
4	Ivan Yakimushkin	56
5	Evgeniy Belov	49
6	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	48
7	Pål Golberg	46
8	Emil Iversen	45
9	Artem Maltsev	44
10	Richard Jouve	42

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Women's standings

More information Rank, after all 26 events ...

Overall

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
	Jessie Diggins	1347
2	Yuliya Stupak	1079
3	Ebba Andersson	1011
4	Rosie Brennan	919
5	Tatiana Sorina	851
6	Natalya Nepryayeva	733
7	Linn Svahn	688
8	Anamarija Lampič	643
9	Therese Johaug	611
10	Nadine Fähndrich	597

Distance

Rank	after all 15 events	Points
	Jessie Diggins	653
2	Ebba Andersson	640
3	Yuliya Stupak	619
4	Rosie Brennan	484
5	Therese Johaug	410
6	Katharina Hennig	406
7	Heidi Weng	376
8	Tatiana Sorina	364
9	Helene Marie Fossesholm	359
10	Natalya Nepryayeva	323

Sprint

Rank	after all 9 events	Points
	Anamarija Lampič	402
2	Nadine Fähndrich	296
3	Linn Svahn	275
4	Jessie Diggins	262
5	Maja Dahlqvist	244
6	Natalya Nepryayeva	214
7	Jonna Sundling	212
8	Eva Urevc	189
9	Rosie Brennan	185
10	Sophie Caldwell Hamilton	171

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More information Rank, after all 36 payouts ...

Prize money

Rank	after all 36 payouts	CHF
1	Jessie Diggins	157.450
2	Yuliya Stupak	111.550
3	Ebba Andersson	91.025
4	Therese Johaug	62.750
5	Rosie Brennan	61.750
6	Linn Svahn	61.250
7	Tatiana Sorina	53.900
8	Anamarija Lampič	39.400
9	Natalya Nepryayeva	35.500
10	Heidi Weng	31.850

U23

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
	Linn Svahn	688
2	Helene Marie Fossesholm	439
3	Frida Karlsson	435
4	Hailey Swirbul	268
5	Johanna Hagström	145
6	Patrīcija Eiduka	144
7	Moa Lundgren	124
8	Hristina Matsokina	106
9	Tereza Beranová	87
10	Hedda Østberg Amundsen	51

Bonus Ranking

Rank	after all 10 events	Points
1	Linn Svahn	119
2	Jessie Diggins	101
3	Ebba Andersson	94
4	Maja Dahlqvist	70
5	Natalya Nepryayeva	69
6	Anamarija Lampič	67
7	Frida Karlsson	63
8	Emma Ribom	52
9	Therese Johaug	47
10	Yuliya Stupak	45

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Nations Cup

More information Rank, after all 52 events ...

Overall

Rank	after all 52 events	Points
1	Russia	7485
2	Norway	4525
3	Sweden	4432
4	United States	3757
5	Switzerland	2386
6	Finland	2317
7	Germany	2262
8	France	2233
9	Italy	1956
10	Slovenia	1160

Men

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
1	Russia	4450
2	Norway	2482
3	France	1976
4	Italy	1359
5	Switzerland	1343
6	Sweden	1260
7	Finland	1082
8	Germany	992
9	United States	736
10	Great Britain	715

Women

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
1	Sweden	3172
2	Russia	3035
3	United States	3021
4	Norway	2043
5	Germany	1270
6	Finland	1235
7	Slovenia	1077
8	Switzerland	1043
9	Czech Republic	749
10	Italy	597

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Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. Team Sprint and Relay used to count only for Nations Cup but from this season they were also included in individual standings.^[61]

Place	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	31 - 40	>40

Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Nordic Opening	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
World Cup Final
Relay (Nations Cup)
Team Sprint (Nations Cup)

Tour de Ski	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

Stage Nordic Opening	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
Stage Tour de Ski
Stage World Cup Final

Relay (Individual points)	25	20	15	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Team Sprint (Individual points)

Bonus points (Mass Start checkpoints)	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Achievements

Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory

Men

Erik Valnes, 24, in his 4th season – the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka; first podium was 2018–19 WC 8 (Sprint F) in Dresden
Oskar Svensson, 25, in his 8th season – the WC 5 (Sprint C) in Val di Fiemme; also first podium
Denis Spitsov, 24, in his 4th season – the WC 5 (10 km Mass Start F) in Val di Fiemme; first podium was 2017–18 WC 8 (9 km Pursuit F) in Val di Fiemme

Women

Rosie Brennan, 31, in her 10th season – the WC 2 (Sprint F) in Davos; first podium was 2020–21 WC 1 (10 km Pursuit F) in Ruka
Nadine Fähndrich, 25, in her 6th season – the WC 4 (Sprint F) in Dresden; first podium was 2018–19 WC 14 (10 km C) in Cogne
Ebba Andersson, 23, in her 5th season – the WC 5 (10 km Mass Start F) in Val di Fiemme; first podium was 2018–19 WC 2 (10 km C) in Ruka
Maja Dahlqvist, 26, in her 7th season – the WC 10 (Sprint F) in Ulricehamn; first podium was 2017–18 WC 9 (Sprint F) in Dresden

First World Cup podium

Men

Aleksey Chervotkin, 25, in his 7th season – no. 2 in the WC 1 (15 km C) in Ruka
Artem Maltsev, 27, in his 5th season – no. 3 in the WC 3 (15 km F) in Davos
Oskar Svensson, 25, in his 8th season – no. 1 in the WC 5 (Sprint C) in Val di Fiemme
Jens Burman, 26, in his 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 12 (50 km Pursuit F) in Engadin

Women

Helene Marie Fossesholm, 19, in her 2nd season – no. 2 in the WC 1 (10 km Pursuit F) in Ruka
Rosie Brennan, 31, in her 10th season – no. 3 in the WC 1 (10 km Pursuit F) in Ruka
Tatiana Sorina, 26, in her 4th season – no. 2 in the WC 1 (11th Nordic Opening overall) in Ruka
Hailey Swirbul, 22, in her 3rd season – no. 3 in the WC 3 (10 km F) in Davos
Emma Ribom, 23, in her 3rd season – no. 3 in the WC 5 (Sprint C) in Val di Fiemme
Delphine Claudel, 24, in her 5th season – no. 3 in the WC 5 (10 km Mass Start F) in Val di Fiemme

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men

Alexander Bolshunov, 10 (27) first places
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, 3 (40) first places
Federico Pellegrino, 3 (16) first places
Oskar Svensson, 2 (2) first places
Emil Iversen, 1 (8) first place
Simen Hegstad Krüger, 1 (4) first place
Hans Christer Holund, 1 (2) first place
Erik Valnes, 1 (1) first place
Denis Spitsov, 1 (1) first place

Women

Linn Svahn, 6 (9) first places
Therese Johaug, 4 (77) first places
Jessie Diggins, 4 (10) first places
Yuliya Stupak, 2 (3) first places
Rosie Brennan, 2 (2) first places
Heidi Weng, 1 (12) first place
Natalya Nepryayeva, 1 (3) first place
Nadine Fähndrich, 1 (1) first place
Ebba Andersson, 1 (1) first place
Maja Dahlqvist, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Men

Women

2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Prize money

U23

Bonus Ranking

Women's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Prize money

U23

Bonus Ranking

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Women

Points distribution

Achievements

Retirements

References

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