2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Per Elofsson
Distance	(not arranged)
Sprint	Jan Jacob Verdenius
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	15 venues
Individual	20 events
Relay/Team	4 events

The 2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 20th official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It started in Beitostølen, Norway on 25 November 2000 and finished in Kuopio, Finland on 25 March 2001. Per Elofsson of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Yuliya Chepalova of Russia won the women's.

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 November 2000	Beitostølen	15 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Thomas Alsgaard	Tore Bjonviken	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	[1]
2	29 November 2000	Beitostølen	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Sami Repo	Thomas Alsgaard	Thomas Alsgaard	[2]
3	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	15 km F	Per Elofsson	Vincent Vittoz	Tor Arne Hetland	Per Elofsson	[3]
4	16 December 2000	Brusson	20 km Skiathlon	Per Elofsson	Johann Mühlegg	Vincent Vittoz	Per Elofsson	[4]
5	17 December 2000	Brusson	Sprint F	Thomas Alsgaard	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Cristian Zorzi		[5]
6	20 December 2000	Davos	30 km C	Mika Myllylä	Mikhail Ivanov	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset		[6]
7	28 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint C	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Tor Arne Hetland	Giorgio Di Centa		[7]
8	29 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Cristian Zorzi	Håvard Solbakken		[8]
9	10 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	30 km F Mass Start	Johann Mühlegg	Christian Hoffmann	René Sommerfeldt		[9]
10	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	15 km C	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Botvinov	Fulvio Valbusa		[10]
11	14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Thobias Fredriksson	Silvio Fauner		[11]
12	1 February 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Trond Iversen	Jens Arne Svartedal		[12]
13	4 February 2001	Nové Město	Sprint F	Morten Brørs	Trond Einar Elden	Ari Palolahti		[13]
14	10 February 2001	Otepää	10 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	Per Elofsson	Janne Immonen		[14]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 (15–25 February)
15	4 March 2001	Kavgolovo	15 km F	Per Elofsson	Mikhail Botvinov	Alexey Prokourorov		[15]
16	7 March 2001	Oslo	Sprint C	Thomas Alsgaard	Thoralf Heimdal	Jan Jacob Verdenius		[16]
17	10 March 2001	Oslo	50 km C	Per Elofsson	Anders Aukland	Frode Estil		[17]
18	14 March 2001	Borlänge	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Johann Mühlegg		[18]
19	17 March 2001	Falun	15 km C	Mikhail Ivanov	Frode Estil	Tore Bjonviken Kristen Skjeldal	Per Elofsson	[19]
20	25 March 2001	Kuopio	60 km F	Sergey Dolidovich	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Mikhail Botvinov	Per Elofsson	[20]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 November 2000	Beitostølen	10 km C	Bente Skari	Kaisa Varis	Stefania Belmondo	Bente Skari	[21]
2	29 November 2000	Beitostølen	5 km F	Kaisa Varis	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Kaisa Varis	[22]
3	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	[23]
4	16 December 2000	Brusson	10 km C	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	[24]
5	17 December 2000	Brusson	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Katerina Neumannova	Virpi Kuitunen	Yuliya Chepalova	[25]
6	20 December 2000	Davos	15 km C	Yuliya Chepalova	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Yuliya Chepalova	[26]
7	28 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Pirjo Manninen	Nina Gavrylyuk	Bente Skari	[27]
8	29 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Yuliya Chepalova	[28]
9	10 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	10 km Skiathlon	Kateřina Neumannová	Gabriella Paruzzi	Stefania Belmondo	Yuliya Chepalova	[29]
10	14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	Sprint F	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Beckie Scott	Bente Skari	[30]
11	1 February 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Anita Moen	Petra Majdič		[31]
12	4 February 2001	Nové Město	Sprint F	Yuliya Chepalova	Anita Moen	Claudia Künzel		[32]
13	10 February 2001	Otepää	5 km C	Bente Skari	Virpi Kuitunen	Olga Danilova		[33]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 (15–25 February)
14	4 March 2001	Kavgolovo	15 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	Bente Skari	[34]
15	7 March 2001	Oslo	Sprint C	Pirjo Manninen	Bente Skari	Lina Andersson		[35]
16	10 March 2001	Oslo	30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Skari	Olga Zavyalova		[36]
17	14 March 2001	Borlänge	5 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Yelena Burukhina	Larisa Lazutina		[37]
18	17 March 2001	Falun	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Zavyalova	Yuliya Chepalova	[38]
19	18 March 2001	Falun	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Skari	Yuliya Chepalova		[39]
20	24 March 2001	Kuopio	40 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Olga Zavyalova	Larisa Lazutina		[40]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 2000	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Tore Bjonviken Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Norway II Krister Sørgård Anders Aukland Hans Leithe Espen Bjervig	[41]
2	9 December 2000	Santa Caterina	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Austria Gerhard Urain Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Vilisov	[42]
3	13 December 2000	Clusone	Team Sprint F	Italy I Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj	Italy II Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Peter Schlickenrieder	[43]
4	18 March 2001	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Vilisov	Sweden Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Morgan Göransson Per Elofsson	Italy Silvio Fauner Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	[44]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 2000	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Pirjo Manninen Milla Jauho Virpi Kuitunen Kaisa Varis	Russia Olga Danilova Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Sweden Lina Andersson Karin Öhman Carin Holmberg Mariana Handler	[45]
2	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Nina Gavrylyuk Olga Zavyalova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Tina Bay Bente Skari Elin Nilsen Hilde G. Pedersen	Finland Pirjo Manninen Satu Salonen Virpi Kuitunen Milla Jauho	[46]
3	13 December 2000	Clusone	Team Sprint F	Russia I Olga Zavyalova Yuliya Chepalova	Italy Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia III Irina Skladneva Olga Moskalenko	[47]
4	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo	Canada Sara Renner Milaine Theriault Beckie Scott Amanda Fortier	Finland Mari Rauhala Kirsi Välimaa Riikka Sirviö Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[48]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Per Elofsson	763
2	Johann Mühlegg	603
3	Thomas Alsgaard	474
4	Pietro Piller Cottrer	456
5	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	439
6	René Sommerfeldt	384
7	Fulvio Valbusa	378
8	Frode Estil	370
9	Kristen Skjeldal	363
10	Mikhail Botvinov	346

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Cristian Zorzi	331
12	Tor Arne Hetland	330
13	Mathias Fredriksson	298
14	Fabio Maj	288
15	Mikhail Ivanov	272
16	Vincent Vittoz	264
	Giorgio Di Centa	264
18	Jan Jacob Verdenius	263
19	Christian Hoffmann	253
20	Tore Bjonviken	246

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Morten Brørs	238
22	Anders Aukland	228
23	Sami Repo	218
24	Axel Teichmann	208
25	Silvio Fauner	186
26	Ivan Bátory	184
27	Trond Einar Elden	180
28	Vladimir Vilisov	171
29	Alexey Prokourorov	169
30	Gerhard Urain	167

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
	Jan Jacob Verdenius	321
2	Cristian Zorzi	288
3	Tor Arne Hetland	239
4	Morten Brørs	214
5	Trond Einar Elden	212
6	Thomas Alsgaard	200
7	Håvard Bjerkeli	177
8	Thobias Fredriksson	161
9	Fulvio Valbusa	154
10	Håvard Solbakken	152

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Yuliya Chepalova	1106
2	Bente Skari	990
3	Larisa Lazutina	893
4	Stefania Belmondo	785
5	Olga Zavyalova	529
6	Gabriella Paruzzi	528
7	Olga Danilova	502
8	Nina Gavrylyuk	481
9	Kateřina Neumannová	435
10	Kristina Šmigun	352

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Pirjo Manninen	350
12	Kaisa Varis	337
13	Sabina Valbusa	306
14	Hilde G. Pedersen	280
15	Beckie Scott	248
16	—	—
17	Anita Moen	230
18	Virpi Kuitunen	227
19	Manuela Henkel	224
20	Kati Venäläinen	235

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Yelena Burukhina	195
22	Lyubov Yegorova	188
23	Claudia Künzel	166
24	Iryna Taranenko-Terelya	145
25	Riikka Sirviö	138
26	Ekaterina Stchastlivaia	137
27	Milla Jauho	131
28	Karin Moroder	117
	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	117
30	Cristina Paluselli	116

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
	Bente Skari	430
2	Pirjo Manninen	380
3	Manuela Henkel	259
4	Yuliya Chepalova	256
	Anita Moen	256
6	Gabriella Paruzzi	185
7	Stefania Belmondo	164
8	Karin Moroder	161
9	Claudia Künzel	139
10	Elina Hietamäki	136

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2000–01 season in parentheses)

Men

Per Elofsson (SWE), 6 (7) first places
Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 3 (10) first places
Johann Mühlegg (ESP), 2 (6) first places
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), 2 (5) first places
Mika Myllylä (FIN), 1 (10) first place
Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 1 (4) first place
Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 1 (2) first place
Jan Jacob Verdenius (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Morten Brørs (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Mikhail Ivanov (RUS), 1 (2) first place
Sergey Dolidovich (BLR), 1 (1) first place

Women

Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 7 (11) first places
Bente Skari (NOR), 6 (21) first places
Pirjo Manninen (FIN), 3 (3) first places
Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 2 (21) first places
Kaisa Varis (FIN), 1 (2) first place
Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 1 (4) first place

2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's team

Women's team

Men's standings

Overall

Sprint

Women's standings

Overall

Sprint

Achievements

References

External links