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10th Anniversary Tour de Ski Statistics – A Decade of Nordic Skiing History

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Women's podium in Val di Fiemme 2015 [P] Nordic Focus

December 30, 2015 – With the 10th edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear set to kick off on January 1, 2016, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Infostrada Sports has put together nine years of interesting Tour de Ski statistics. Find the most recent TdS schedule here.

Longest winning time in Tour

Men:
1. 2012, Dario Cologna (SUI) 4.33.17,2
2. 2011, Dario Cologna (SUI) 4.28.02,0
3. 2010, Lukas Bauer (CZE) 4.13.10,6

Ladies:
1. 2012, Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2.52.45,0
2. 2011, Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2.47.31,0
3. 2008, Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 2.43.01,0

Shortest Winning time in the Tour

Men:
1. 2009, Dario Cologna (SUI) 2.56.05,4
2. 2014, Martin J. Sundby (NOR) 3.05.52,2
3. 2015, Martin J. Sundby (NOR) 3.26.42,9

Ladies:
1. 2014, Therese Johaug (NOR) 2.04.16,4
2. 2009, Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2.06.41,4
3. 2007, Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2.20.15,3

Biggest winning margin Tour de Ski

Men:
2008 Lukas Bauer (CZE) 2.47,3 ahead of Rene Sommerfeldt (GER)

Ladies:
2015: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 1.39,2 ahead of Therese Johaug (NOR)

Smallest winning margin Tour de Ski

Men:
2013: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 0.18,7 ahead of Dario Cologna (SUI)

Ladies:
2009: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 0.07,2 ahead of Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN).


Youngest overall Tour winner

Men:
2009: Dario Cologna (SUI) 22y 299 days

Ladies:
2008: Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 20y 168 days

Oldest overall Tour winner

Men:
2010: Lukas Bauer (CZE) 32y 145 days

Ladies:
2015: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 34y 296 days

Youngest athletes to finish Tour de Ski

Men:
1. 2008: Andrey Parfenov (RUS) 20y 020 days
2. 2007: Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 20y 153 days
3. 2009: Andrey Gridin (KAZ) 20y 195 days

Ladies:
1. 2010: Lisa Larsen (SWE) 19y 016 days
2. 2010: Marina Matrossova (KAZ) 19 y 192 days
3. 2008: Therese Johaug (NOR) 19y 195 days

Youngest athletes to participate in a stage

Men:
1. 2015: Yordan Chuchuganov (BUL) 18y 312 days
2. 2009: Tim Tscharnke (GER) 19y 014 days
3. 2008: Andrey Parfenov (RUS) 20y 011 days

Ladies:
1. 2014: Chi Chunxue (CHN) 15y 358 days
2. 2013: Victoria Carl (GER) 17y 151 days
3. 2011: Helene Jacob (GER) 18y 289 days
Oldest athletes to participate in a stage

Men:
1. 2015: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 42y 096 days
2. 2014: Sergei Dolidovich (BLR) 40y 232 days
3. 2011: Jaak Mae (EST) 38y 318 days
Note: all three finished the whole Tour, so they are also the three oldest to finish a TDS.

Ladies:
1. 2014: Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) 38y 095 days
2. 2010: Sabina Valbusa (ITA) 37y 354 days
3. 2009: Elena Antonova (KAZ) 37y 250 days
Note: The first two also finished the Tour. The third oldest to finish a Tour de Ski is: 2010: Olga Savialova (RUS) 37y 139days

Most stage wins Tour de ski

Men:
1. Petter Northug (NOR) 13
2. Dario Cologna (SUI) 5
2. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 5

Ladies:
1. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 14
2. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 11
3. Therese Johaug (NOR) 8
3. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 8

Most stage podiums Tour de Ski

Men:
1. Petter Northug (NOR) 29
2. Dario Cologna (SUI) 20
3. Axel Teichmann (GER) 9
3. Marcus Hellner (SWE) 9
3. Alexander Legkov (RUS) 9
3. Martin J. Sundby (NOR) 9

Ladies:
1. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 28
2. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 25
3. Therese Johaug (NOR) 20
Number of athletes who have participated in the Tour de Ski: 479

Number of athletes with at least one Tour de ski stage podium: 97

Fastest time of Final Climb, last stage (only time on last stage, does not take into account possibly different courses):

Men:
2015: Roland Clara (ITA) 29:13,0

Ladies:
2015: Therese Johaug (NOR) 32:16,4

Athletes who have finished all nine editions of the TDS

2: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) and Petter Northug (NOR)


Athletes who have started all nine editions of the TDS

Men:
4: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA), Petter Northug (NOR), Devon Kershaw (CAN), Jean Marc Gaillard (FRA).

Ladies:
2: Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), Stefanie Böhler (GER)

Most stage wins in one edition

Men:
3: Petter Northug (2010), Axel Teichmann (2009).

Ladies:
5: Marit Bjørgen (2015)
Also most consecutive stage wins.

Most consecutive stage wins men
2: Petter Northug (2010), Lukas Bauer (2010), Alexey Poltoranin (2013)

Overall winners of the Tour without winning a single stage
2015: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)
2013: Alexander Legkov (RUS)

Most stage wins per country:

Men:
1. Norway 22
2. Germany 8
3. Sweden 6
3. Switzerland 6
3. Russia 6
Note: Number of countries to win a stage: 12

Ladies:
1. Norway 23
2. Poland 14
3. Finland 10
Note: Number of countries to win a stage: 10

Overall:
1. Norway 45
2. Poland 14
3. Finland 11
3. Sweden 11
Note: Number of countries to win a stage: 15

Most stage podiums per country:

Men:
1. Norway 59
2. Russia 23
3. Switzerland 22
Note: Number of countries to finish on the podium in a stage: 15

Ladies:
1. Norway 82
2. Poland 29
2. Finland 29
Note: Number of countries to finish on the podium in a stage: 13

Overall:
1. Norway 141
2. Finland 33
3. Poland 29
3. Sweden 29
Note: Number of countries to finish on the podium in a stage: 17





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