Tour de Ski stage four: Northug takes third win, Kowalczyk dethroned by Bjoergen
The 2012 Tour de Ski charged ahead today (Day Four) in Oberstdorf, Germany as Norwegian Petter Northug took his third stage win of the nine-stage Tour in the men’s 20 km skiathlon to earn 15 bonus seconds and maintain a 1.1-second lead in the overall standings.
Northug finished 0.3 seconds ahead of second-place finisher, Swiss skier Dario Cologna, who is also second in the overall standings. Russian Maxim Vylegzhanin was 0.6 seconds off the lead in third today. With 90 bonus seconds up for grabs today, Cologna lead the way, taking 49.
“I think it’s possible to catch us, everything can happen in Toblach,” said Northug of the next two Tour stops. “If there’s a big group working together, it can easily be 4-5 athletes fighting for the victory”.
On the women’s side, Norway’s Marit Bjoergen took the stage win in a 10 km skiathlon with a 1.6-second advantage on women’s overall leader and the winner of the first three stages, Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk, who finished second today.
Norwegian Therese Johaug finished third today, 1.8 seconds behind Bjoergen.
“I’m very satisfied to win the race today,” said Bjoergen. “I didn’t have a good feeling in the classic part, which meant I couldn’t fight for the bonus seconds, but in the skating part my skis were great and I knew that it was possible for me to win. It means a lot to me to win. I think it is important to show that we are still fighting for the podium, and that it’s not a one person race.”
Kowalczyk is now 26.6 seconds ahead of Bjoergen in the overall Tour race. Johaug stands third.
American Kikkan Randall took seventh today but stands fourth overall, three minutes behind the leader.
Tomorrow is the first of two rest days during the tour. Racing will pick back up in Toblach, Italy on Tuesday.
Men’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 1 | 3420239 | NORTHUG Petter jr. | 1986 | NOR | 50:27.3 | 0.00 |
2 | 2 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 50:27.6 | 0.14 |
3 | 6 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 50:27.9 | 0.28 |
4 | 11 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | 1985 | SWE | 50:28.8 | 0.69 |
5 | 49 | 3420317 | RENNEMO Kristian Tettli | 1984 | NOR | 50:29.0 | 0.79 |
6 | 4 | 3100006 | KERSHAW Devon | 1982 | CAN | 50:29.9 | 1.20 |
7 | 19 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | 1988 | CAN | 50:32.2 | 2.27 |
8 | 28 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | 1986 | CZE | 50:32.3 | 2.31 |
9 | 36 | 1362947 | PERL Curdin | 1984 | SUI | 50:33.4 | 2.82 |
10 | 39 | 1286608 | PERRILLAT Christophe | 1979 | FRA | 50:33.8 | 3.01 |
11 | 5 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | 50:34.2 | 3.19 |
12 | 22 | 3180053 | HEIKKINEN Matti | 1983 | FIN | 50:34.3 | 3.24 |
13 | 7 | 3480016 | LEGKOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 50:35.6 | 3.84 |
14 | 15 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 50:36.9 | 4.44 |
15 | 17 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | 1977 | CZE | 50:37.4 | 4.67 |
16 | 14 | 3480317 | TURYSHEV Sergey | 1985 | RUS | 50:38.8 | 5.32 |
17 | 52 | 3200241 | BING Thomas | 1990 | GER | 50:41.3 | 6.47 |
18 | 16 | 1221036 | FILBRICH Jens | 1979 | GER | 50:41.9 | 6.75 |
19 | 32 | 3420577 | DYRHAUG Niklas | 1987 | NOR | 50:46.6 | 8.93 |
20 | 20 | 3200229 | TSCHARNKE Tim | 1989 | GER | 50:54.5 | 12.58 |
21 | 10 | 1344711 | JAUHOJAERVI Sami | 1981 | FIN | 50:55.6 | 13.09 |
22 | 46 | 1297957 | MORIGGL Thomas | 1981 | ITA | 50:56.9 | 13.69 |
23 | 58 | 1323468 | REHEMAA Aivar | 1982 | EST | 50:57.8 | 14.10 |
24 | 35 | 1223849 | CHECCHI Valerio | 1980 | ITA | 50:58.1 | 14.24 |
25 | 43 | 3500141 | NELSON Lars | 1985 | SWE | 50:58.2 | 14.29 |
26 | 9 | 3420036 | ROENNING Eldar | 1982 | NOR | 50:58.3 | 14.34 |
27 | 38 | 1125588 | DOLIDOVICH Sergei | 1973 | BLR | 50:58.9 | 14.61 |
28 | 69 | 1106867 | BAJCICAK Martin | 1976 | SVK | 51:00.4 | 15.31 |
29 | 13 | 1067291 | DI CENTA Giorgio | 1972 | ITA | 51:01.7 | 15.91 |
30 | 48 | 3500755 | JONSSON Fredrik | 1990 | SWE | 51:02.0 | 16.05 |
31 | 55 | 3100190 | BABIKOV Ivan | 1980 | CAN | 51:08.0 | 18.82 |
32 | 12 | 3480314 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | 1986 | RUS | 51:08.5 | 19.05 |
33 | 3 | 3480828 | JAPAROV Dmitriy | 1986 | RUS | 51:15.1 | 22.11 |
34 | 60 | 3190029 | DUVILLARD Robin | 1983 | FRA | 51:34.2 | 30.94 |
35 | 27 | 3420605 | ROETHE Sjur | 1988 | NOR | 51:37.2 | 32.33 |
36 | 18 | 1298054 | PASINI Fabio | 1980 | ITA | 51:40.3 | 33.76 |
37 | 31 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | 51:43.7 | 35.33 |
38 | 37 | 3500259 | JOENSSON Emil | 1985 | SWE | 51:59.7 | 42.73 |
39 | 57 | 3300190 | YOSHIDA Keishin | 1987 | JPN | 52:00.0 | 42.87 |
40 | 40 | 3500330 | PETERSON Teodor | 1988 | SWE | 52:12.4 | 48.60 |
41 | 62 | 3200356 | DOBLER Jonas | 1991 | GER | 52:13.5 | 49.11 |
42 | 51 | 3670022 | VELICHKO Yevgeniy | 1987 | KAZ | 52:15.6 | 50.08 |
43 | 23 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | 1983 | FIN | 52:16.4 | 50.45 |
44 | 26 | 3480695 | BESSMERTNYKH Alexander | 1986 | RUS | 52:23.5 | 53.74 |
45 | 53 | 3180301 | LEHTONEN Lari | 1987 | FIN | 52:24.7 | 54.29 |
46 | 68 | 3670017 | MATVIYENKO Gennadiy | 1988 | KAZ | 52:29.3 | 56.42 |
47 | 30 | 1285347 | FREEMAN Kris | 1980 | USA | 52:34.6 | 58.87 |
48 | 63 | 1175155 | MAGAL Jiri | 1977 | CZE | 52:41.0 | 61.83 |
49 | 56 | 3200072 | KATZ Andreas | 1988 | GER | 52:42.4 | 62.48 |
50 | 61 | 3200015 | REICHELT Tom | 1982 | GER | 52:43.0 | 62.76 |
51 | 85 | 3200127 | MARSCHALL Philipp | 1988 | GER | 52:49.1 | 65.58 |
52 | 44 | 3660065 | SEMENOV Michail | 1986 | BLR | 52:55.6 | 68.58 |
53 | 34 | 3670000 | CHEBOTKO Nikolay | 1982 | KAZ | 52:59.4 | 70.34 |
54 | 47 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | 53:00.4 | 70.80 |
55 | 67 | 3290245 | NOECKLER Dietmar | 1988 | ITA | 53:01.0 | 71.08 |
56 | 29 | 3480280 | MORILOV Nikolay | 1986 | RUS | 53:07.9 | 74.27 |
57 | 78 | 3050098 | DUERR Johannes | 1987 | AUT | 53:08.8 | 74.69 |
58 | 73 | 3390034 | KARP Algo | 1985 | EST | 53:08.8 | 74.69 |
59 | 72 | 1363141 | FISCHER Remo | 1981 | SUI | 53:11.3 | 75.84 |
60 | 74 | 3290004 | SCOLA Fulvio | 1982 | ITA | 53:12.9 | 76.58 |
61 | 87 | 3670032 | AKHMADIYEV Yerdos | 1985 | KAZ | 53:15.6 | 77.83 |
62 | 54 | 3290166 | CLEMENTI Fabrizio | 1988 | ITA | 53:16.2 | 78.11 |
63 | 71 | 3390103 | TAMMJARV Karel | 1989 | EST | 53:21.9 | 80.75 |
64 | 79 | 3050159 | TRITSCHER Bernhard | 1988 | AUT | 53:23.1 | 81.30 |
65 | 45 | 3420280 | ELIASSEN Petter | 1985 | NOR | 53:25.3 | 82.32 |
66 | 50 | 3180408 | LUUSUA Ari | 1988 | FIN | 53:47.5 | 92.58 |
67 | 21 | 3200121 | KUEHNE Andy | 1987 | GER | 53:51.2 | 94.30 |
68 | 81 | 3220002 | MUSGRAVE Andrew | 1990 | GBR | 53:55.5 | 96.28 |
69 | 77 | 3190109 | WIBAULT Mathias | 1985 | FRA | 53:56.9 | 96.93 |
70 | 89 | 3390074 | VAHTRA Eeri | 1988 | EST | 53:57.8 | 97.35 |
71 | 76 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | 1983 | BLR | 54:09.5 | 102.76 |
72 | 33 | 3200001 | GOERING Franz | 1984 | GER | 54:13.4 | 104.56 |
73 | 25 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA | 54:14.2 | 104.93 |
74 | 8 | 1221327 | TEICHMANN Axel | 1979 | GER | 54:21.3 | 108.22 |
75 | 64 | 3530120 | HAMILTON Simeon | 1987 | USA | 54:40.2 | 116.96 |
76 | 42 | 3480021 | PETUKHOV Alexey | 1983 | RUS | 54:40.3 | 117.00 |
77 | 82 | 3700049 | MLYNAR Peter | 1988 | SVK | 55:06.2 | 128.98 |
78 | 59 | 3190070 | MIRANDA Cyril | 1985 | FRA | 55:16.6 | 133.79 |
79 | 90 | 3690023 | SHVIDKIY Oleksiy | 1986 | UKR | 55:17.8 | 134.34 |
80 | 80 | 3390003 | KUMMEL Peeter | 1982 | EST | 55:24.7 | 137.54 |
81 | 84 | 3390050 | SIMONLATSER Timo | 1986 | EST | 55:24.7 | 137.54 |
82 | 91 | 3430056 | MICHALEK Mariusz | 1987 | POL | 55:52.5 | 150.39 |
83 | 86 | 3290326 | PELLEGRINO Federico | 1990 | ITA | 56:09.1 | 158.07 |
84 | 41 | 3480436 | KRIUKOV Nikita | 1985 | RUS | 56:23.8 | 164.87 |
85 | 83 | 3200014 | WENZL Josef | 1984 | GER | 56:37.5 | 171.20 |
86 | 92 | 3390033 | EINASTE Kein | 1985 | EST | 57:05.2 | 184.01 |
87 | 65 | 3510351 | FURGER Roman | 1990 | SUI | 57:41.2 | 200.66 |
88 | 24 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | 57:42.2 | 201.12 |
Lapped | |||||||
89 | 88 | 3430103 | STAREGA Maciej | 1990 | POL | ||
90 | 93 | 3050043 | WURM Harald | 1984 | AUT | ||
Did not start | |||||||
75 | 1310470 | KRECZMER Maciej | 1981 | POL | |||
70 | 3530005 | NEWELL Andrew | 1983 | USA | |||
66 | 3420077 | HATTESTAD Ola Vigen | 1982 | NOR |
Women’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 2 | 1303777 | BJOERGEN Marit | 1980 | NOR | 27:16.0 | 0.00 |
2 | 1 | 3435001 | KOWALCZYK Justyna | 1983 | POL | 27:17.6 | 1.37 |
3 | 3 | 3425301 | JOHAUG Therese | 1988 | NOR | 27:17.8 | 1.54 |
4 | 20 | 3425003 | STEIRA Kristin Stoermer | 1981 | NOR | 27:51.3 | 30.21 |
5 | 13 | 3185004 | SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka | 1982 | FIN | 28:01.3 | 38.77 |
6 | 8 | 3505217 | KALLA Charlotte | 1987 | SWE | 28:01.6 | 39.02 |
7 | 5 | 1365857 | RANDALL Kikkan | 1982 | USA | 28:01.9 | 39.28 |
8 | 22 | 1255374 | ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa | 1978 | FIN | 28:02.4 | 39.71 |
9 | 6 | 3185256 | LAHTEENMAKI Krista | 1990 | FIN | 28:11.5 | 47.49 |
10 | 17 | 3425349 | KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe | 1989 | NOR | 28:14.1 | 49.72 |
11 | 16 | 3185137 | KYLLOENEN Anne | 1987 | FIN | 28:16.9 | 52.11 |
12 | 14 | 1274580 | ISHIDA Masako | 1980 | JPN | 28:17.4 | 52.54 |
13 | 32 | 1373617 | FESSEL Nicole | 1983 | GER | 28:17.7 | 52.80 |
14 | 10 | 1247226 | ZELLER Katrin | 1979 | GER | 28:18.2 | 53.23 |
15 | 11 | 1293107 | BOEHLER Stefanie | 1981 | GER | 28:20.7 | 55.37 |
16 | 38 | 3505183 | HAAG Anna | 1986 | SWE | 28:24.3 | 58.45 |
17 | 7 | 3425410 | OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad | 1990 | NOR | 28:26.8 | 60.59 |
18 | 4 | 1255665 | SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa | 1979 | FIN | 28:29.5 | 62.90 |
19 | 18 | 3485198 | IVANOVA Julia | 1985 | RUS | 28:30.1 | 63.41 |
20 | 35 | 3425499 | WENG Heidi | 1991 | NOR | 28:40.3 | 72.14 |
21 | 34 | 3485510 | MEDVEDEVA Polina | 1989 | RUS | 28:40.5 | 72.31 |
22 | 46 | 1319976 | KOLOMINA Yelena | 1981 | KAZ | 28:41.1 | 72.82 |
23 | 33 | 3195040 | FAIVRE PICON Anouk | 1986 | FRA | 28:41.5 | 73.17 |
24 | 29 | 3295088 | DE MARTIN TOPRANIN Virginia | 1987 | ITA | 28:42.2 | 73.77 |
25 | 15 | 3485032 | KOROSTELEVA Natalia | 1981 | RUS | 28:42.5 | 74.02 |
26 | 12 | 3425183 | JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt | 1987 | NOR | 28:43.5 | 74.88 |
27 | 30 | 1142563 | SHEVCHENKO Valentina | 1975 | UKR | 28:44.8 | 75.99 |
28 | 9 | 3185168 | NISKANEN Kerttu | 1988 | FIN | 28:56.7 | 86.17 |
29 | 45 | 3195059 | BARTHELEMY Laure | 1988 | FRA | 28:59.6 | 88.66 |
30 | 24 | 3485342 | DOTSENKO Anastasia | 1986 | RUS | 28:59.8 | 88.83 |
31 | 40 | 3195056 | JEAN Aurore | 1985 | FRA | 29:06.6 | 94.65 |
32 | 21 | 3055066 | SMUTNA Katerina | 1983 | AUT | 29:09.4 | 97.04 |
33 | 42 | 3505497 | LARSEN Lisa | 1990 | SWE | 29:11.7 | 99.01 |
34 | 23 | 3155041 | NYVLTOVA Eva | 1986 | CZE | 29:17.0 | 103.55 |
35 | 25 | 3185114 | AHERVO Laura | 1984 | FIN | 29:17.0 | 103.55 |
36 | 37 | 3535261 | STEPHEN Elizabeth | 1987 | USA | 29:21.6 | 107.48 |
37 | 27 | 3485197 | TIKHONOVA Julia | 1986 | RUS | 29:23.1 | 108.77 |
38 | 57 | 3195010 | HUGUE Coraline | 1984 | FRA | 29:29.2 | 113.99 |
39 | 31 | 3505090 | INGEMARSDOTTER Ida | 1985 | SWE | 29:32.8 | 117.07 |
40 | 53 | 3505003 | RYDQVIST Maria | 1983 | SWE | 29:38.8 | 122.20 |
41 | 55 | 3695016 | ANTSYBOR Maryna | 1987 | UKR | 29:40.2 | 123.40 |
42 | 49 | 3295141 | AGREITER Debora | 1991 | ITA | 29:43.2 | 125.97 |
43 | 19 | 3485202 | MATVEEVA Natalia | 1986 | RUS | 29:47.3 | 129.47 |
44 | 26 | 3295000 | BROCARD Elisa | 1984 | ITA | 29:47.9 | 129.99 |
45 | 61 | 3675007 | OSSIPOVA Tatyana | 1987 | KAZ | 29:48.1 | 130.16 |
46 | 58 | 1181848 | YATSKAYA Oxana | 1978 | KAZ | 29:48.5 | 130.50 |
47 | 39 | 3485203 | SHAIDUROVA Larisa | 1987 | RUS | 29:53.2 | 134.52 |
48 | 43 | 3565014 | JEZERSEK Barbara | 1986 | SLO | 29:53.3 | 134.61 |
49 | 28 | 3205075 | HERRMANN Denise | 1988 | GER | 30:04.1 | 143.85 |
50 | 47 | 1323565 | MANNIMA Tatjana | 1980 | EST | 30:04.4 | 144.11 |
51 | 59 | 3485498 | GUSCHINA Mariya | 1989 | RUS | 30:07.5 | 146.76 |
52 | 36 | 3205176 | RINGWALD Sandra | 1990 | GER | 30:07.5 | 146.76 |
53 | 51 | 3505481 | BRODIN Hanna | 1990 | SWE | 30:20.2 | 157.63 |
54 | 54 | 3155008 | JANECKOVA Ivana | 1984 | CZE | 30:38.5 | 173.29 |
55 | 41 | 3565002 | FABJAN Vesna | 1985 | SLO | 30:46.4 | 180.05 |
56 | 44 | 3485042 | IKSANOVA Alija | 1984 | RUS | 30:54.7 | 187.15 |
57 | 63 | 3295005 | CAVALLAR Veronica | 1983 | ITA | 31:02.0 | 193.40 |
58 | 52 | 3535142 | BROOKS Holly | 1982 | USA | 31:06.3 | 197.08 |
59 | 48 | 3295144 | DEBERTOLIS Ilaria | 1989 | ITA | 31:08.0 | 198.53 |
60 | 56 | 3675018 | MATROSSOVA Marina | 1990 | KAZ | 31:09.7 | 199.99 |
61 | 60 | 3195061 | DABUDYK Aurelie | 1988 | FRA | 31:25.0 | 213.08 |
62 | 64 | 3565034 | CEBASEK Alenka | 1989 | SLO | 31:28.0 | 215.65 |
63 | 67 | 3395048 | OJASTE Triin | 1990 | EST | 31:50.1 | 234.56 |
64 | 65 | 3435031 | MACIUSZEK Paulina | 1985 | POL | 32:23.4 | 263.06 |
65 | 50 | 3205224 | KOLB Hanna | 1991 | GER | 32:56.7 | 291.55 |
Did not start | |||||||
69 | 3565005 | VISNAR Katja | 1984 | SLO | |||
68 | 3205124 | SIEGEL Monique | 1989 | GER | |||
62 | 3205225 | ANGER Lucia | 1991 | GER | |||
Did not finish | |||||||
66 | 3435098 | MARCISZ Ewelina | 1991 | POL |
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