2006–07 Tour de Ski

Tour de Ski
2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Munich, Germany
Oberstdorf, Germany
Asiago, Italy
Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dates31 December 2006 (2006-12-31) – 7 January 2007 (2007-01-07)
Stages8 (6 completed, 2 cancelled)
Results
Men
Winner  Tobias Angerer (GER)
  Second  Alexander Legkov (RUS)
  Third  Simen Østensen (NOR)

Sprint  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)
Women
Winner  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
  Second  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
  Third  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR)

Sprint  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)

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.[1] The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs,[2] 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[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[4]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Women's event, 822 m[8]

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

Final A

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

Final B

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[9]

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

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

Final A

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

Final B

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[10]

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[11]

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[12]
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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[13]
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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[14]

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

Final A

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

Final B

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

Eliminated before finals

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[15]

The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.

Final A

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

Final B

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

Eliminated before finals

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[16]

Bonus seconds earned during the race:[17]

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[18]

Bonus seconds earned during the race:[19]

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

Tour de Ski standings

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

Sprint standings

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[20][21]
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[22][23]

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

See also

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