2025–26 Tour de Ski
20th edition of the Tour de Ski
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The 2025–26 Tour de Ski was the 20th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event started in Toblach, Italy on 28 December 2025 and concluded with the traditional Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 4 January 2026. The tour started in Toblach for the fourth time.
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| Venue(s) | Toblach, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegians Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and retired Therese Johaug were the winners of previous edition.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo defended the title and reached his fifth overall victory in the Tour de Ski, more than any other skier. American Jessie Diggins won the Tour on the women's field, which was her third title.
Schedule
| Stage | Venue | Date | Event | Technique | Distance | Start time (CET) | |
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| 1 | 28 December 2025 | Sprint | Free | 1.4 km | 14:15 | 14:15 | |
| 2 | 29 December 2025 | Distance, individual | Classic | 10 km | 14:45 | 11:45 | |
| 3 | 31 December 2025 | Distance, heat mass start | Free | 5 km | 14:30 | 11:30 | |
| 4 | 1 January 2026 | Distance, pursuit | Classic | 20 km | 12:30 | 10:30 | |
| 5 | 3 January 2026 | Sprint | Classic | 1.5 km | 14:45 | 14:45 | |
| 6 | 4 January 2026 | Final Climb, mass start | Free | 10 km | 15:30 | 11:30 | |
Overall leadership
Three main individual classifications were contested in the 2025–26 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important was the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at both sprint stages, where the winners were awarded 60 bonus seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the third time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings wore a gold bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13–15 | 16–20 | 21–25 | 26–30 | |
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| Sprint | 60 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| Interval start | none | ||||||||||||||||
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The second competition was the sprints standings. The skiers who received the highest number of points during the Tour won the sprint classification. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a silver bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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| In finish | Sprint | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Intermediate sprint | Mass start | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Heat mass start | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
The third competition was the new competition called climbing standings. The skiers who received the highest number of points on the top of the hills during the Tour won the climbing classification. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a violet bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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| In finish | Stage 6 (Alpe Cermis) | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Intermediate sprint | Interval start | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Heat mass start | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
The final competition was a team competition. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time.
Standings
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Overall standings
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Sprint standings
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Climbing standings
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Women
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Team standings
Stages
Stage 1
28 December 2025, Toblach, Italy
- Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[8]
- 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
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Stage 2
29 December 2025, Toblach, Italy
- No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
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Stage 3
31 December 2025, Toblach, Italy
- No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage. New format.
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Stage 4
1 January 2026, Toblach, Italy
- Start times based on general classification
- No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
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Stage 5
3 January 2026, Val di Fiemme, Italy
- Bonus seconds to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[8]
- 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
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Stage 6
4 January 2026, Val di Fiemme, Italy
- No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
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World Cup points distribution
The table shows the number of 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points to win in the 2025–26 Tour de Ski for men and women.
| 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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Overall Standings | 300 | 285 | 270 | 255 | 240 | 225 | 216 | 207 | 198 | 189 | 180 | 174 | 168 | 162 | 156 | 150 | 144 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Each Stage | 50 | 47 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||