List of Tour de Ski women's overall winners
Women's Overall standings at the Val di Fiemme, Italy | |
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Dates | Late December–early January annually |
This is a list of the Tour de Ski women's overall winners. The Tour de Ski is an annual cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2006–07 season in Central Europe, modeled on the Tour de France of cycling. The Tour de Ski is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Each Tour de Ski has consisted of six to nine stages, held during late December and early January in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
The skier with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the gold bib, representing the leader of the overall standings. There are one other bib as well: the silver bib, worn by the leader of the point standings.
Norwegian skiers have won the most Tours with seven; Four Norwegian female skiers have won. The most recent winner is Jessie Diggins, who won her second title of the Tour de Ski in 2023–24 edition.
History
The Tour de Ski was established in 2006 by
Skiers from France,
After the first Tour de Ski, reactions among athletes were largely positive. Norwegian athletes said "it was a good concept",[7] German winner Tobias Angerer claimed that the Tour de Ski "has a great future",[8] Oberstdorf in Bavaria was originally scheduled to host two stages, but cancelled as the German Ski Association could only arrange a race on 2 January.[9] though many of the athletes expressed concern over the final climb up an alpine skiing hill both before and after the race.[10] The director of FIS' cross-country committee, Vegard Ulvang, said the finish would be in the same place next year, but the way up could be changed.[10] Ulvang also claimed that the Tour had been a success, and a "breakthrough for FIS"[11] Ulvang did, however, admit that there would have to be some changes, as up to a third of participants in the Tour de Ski have struggled with illness or injury after the competition.[12]
Newspaper comments were divided: in Expressen's opinion, the finish was the "most enjoyable competition seen in years,"[13] while Roland Wiedemann in Der Spiegel said this "should be the future of cross-country skiing".[14] Critical commentaries appeared in Göteborgs-Posten, criticising the fact that sprinters didn't have a chance in the overall standings,[15] and Wiesbaden Kurier, describing it as a reality show and a skiing circus.[16]
In her first Tour in 2007–08,
In the early 2010s, the women's Tour was dominated by
Winners
† | Winner won the Sprint standings in the same year |
- The "Year" column refers to the years the competition was held, and wikilinksto the article about that season.
- The "Distance" column refers to the distance over which the race was held, excluding sprint heats.
- The "Margin" column refers to the margin of time or points by which the winner defeated the runner-up.
- The "Stage wins" column refers to the number of stage wins the winner had during the race.
Year | Country | Skier | Distance | Time | Margin | Stage wins | Stages in lead | Stages |
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2006–07 | Finland | Virpi Kuitunen †
|
47 km (29 mi) | 2:20:15.3 | + 1:17.5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2007–08 | Sweden | Charlotte Kalla | 56 km (35 mi) | 2:43:01.0 | + 36.4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2008–09 | Finland | Virpi Kuitunen
|
43 km (27 mi) | 2:06:41.4 | + 7.2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2009–10 | Poland | Justyna Kowalczyk
|
55 km (34 mi) | 2:37:49.5 | + 24.2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2010–11 | Poland | Justyna Kowalczyk †
|
59 km (37 mi) | 2:47:31.0 | + 1:21.5 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
2011–12 | Poland | Justyna Kowalczyk †
|
63 km (39 mi) | 2:52:45.0 | + 28.2 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
2012–13 | Poland | Justyna Kowalczyk †
|
51 km (32 mi) | 2:25:21.6 | + 27.9 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
2013–14 | Norway | Therese Johaug | 45 km (28 mi) | 2:04:16.4 | + 20.4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2015 | Norway | Marit Bjørgen† | 53 km (33 mi) | 2:34:44.6 | + 1:39.2 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
2016 | Norway | Therese Johaug | 57 km (35 mi) | 2:40:34.8 | + 2:20.9 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
2016–17 | Norway | Heidi Weng | 50 km (31 mi) | 2:27:39.4 | + 1:37.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2017–18 | Norway | Heidi Weng | 51 km (32 mi) | 2:20:56.5 | + 48.5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2018–19 | Norway | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg† | 52 km (32 mi) | 2:30:31.2 | + 2:42.0 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
2019–20 | Norway | Therese Johaug | 53 km (33 mi) | 2:28:18.6 | + 1:11.1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
2021 | United States | Jessie Diggins | 63 km (39 mi) | 3:04:45.8 | + 1:24.8 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2021–22 | Russia | Natalya Nepryayeva
|
43 km (27 mi) | 1:59:38.5 | + 46.7 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2022–23 | Sweden | Frida Karlsson | 68 km (42 mi) | 3:09:31.4 | + 33.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2023–24 | United States | Jessie Diggins | 78 km (48 mi) | 4:13:19.0 | + 31.6 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Multiple winners
The following skiers have won the Tour de Ski on 2 or more occasions.
Skier | Total | Editions |
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Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)
|
4 | 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 |
Therese Johaug (NOR) | 3 | 2013–14, 2016, 2019–20 |
Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
|
2 | 2006–07, 2008–09, |
Heidi Weng (NOR) | 2 | 2016–17, 2017–18 |
Jessie Diggins (USA) | 2 | 2021, 2023–24 |
By nationality
Country | No. of wins | No. of winning skiers |
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Norway | 7 | 4 |
Poland | 4 | 1 |
Finland | 2 | 1 |
Sweden | 2 | 2 |
United States | 2 | 1 |
Russia | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ a b "Den ble født i en badstue" [It was born in a sauna]. www.dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Ny æra for langrenn" [A new era in cross-country skiing]. www.dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 25 November 2006.[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Norwegian) Jürg Capol snakker om Tour de Ski, langrenn.com quoting Le Matin, 20 November 2006.
- ^ (in German) Interview mit Vincent Vittoz (FRA) zur Tour de Ski, from xc-ski.de, retrieved 19 December 2006.
- ^ (in German)langläufer angerer gewinnt in la clusaz[permanent dead link], from dpa, retrieved 19 December 2006.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Tour-favoritter i kø, Tor Kise Karlsen, ANB, published 10 November 2006.
- ^ (in Norwegian) –Utrolig godt fornøyd, Karin Harstensen, Østlandets Blad, 9 January 2007.
- ^ (in German) "Tour de Ski hat große Zukunft" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, ZDF, retrieved 9 January 2006.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Dropper Tour i Tyskland, Kim Nystøl, NRK, published 30 November 2007, retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ a b (in Norwegian) Ulvang varsler Tour-endringer[permanent dead link], Nettavisen, retrieved 9 January 2007.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Ulvang: - Touren en suksess, NTB, retrieved from vg.no, 9 January 2007.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Ulvang varsler Tour-endringer, ANB-NTB, retrieved 29 January 2006.
- ^ (in Swedish) Tomas Pettersson: Dags att flytta Tour de ski till Sverige - nu, Expressen, retrieved 9 January 2007.
- ^ (in German) Jubel über die Tour der Leiden, by Roland Wiedemann, Der Spiegel, retrieved 9 January 2007.
- ^ (in Swedish) Upplägget måste förändras i Tour de Ski Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Göteborgs-Posten, retrieved 9 January 2007.
- ^ Ski-Zirkus Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rolf Lehmann, Wiesbaden Kurier, retrieved 9 January 2007.