2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 25th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf on 22 October 2005 and was concluded in Sapporo on 19 March 2006.

2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Tobias Angerer	Marit Bjørgen (2nd title)
Distance	Tobias Angerer	Yuliya Chepalova
Sprint	Björn Lind	Marit Bjørgen
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	17 venues	17 venues
Individual	24 events	24 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events
←2004–05 2006–07→

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	22 October 2005	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Tor Arne Hetland	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	^[1]
2	19 November 2005	Beitostølen	15 km C	Tor Arne Hetland	Jens Arne Svartedal	Ivan Bátory	Tor Arne Hetland	^[2]
3	26 November 2005	Ruka	15 km C	Tobias Angerer	Jens Arne Svartedal	Jens Filbrich		^[3]
4	27 November 2005	Ruka	15 km F	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Vincent Vittoz	Tobias Angerer		^[4]
5	10 December 2005	Vernon	15 km C + 15 km F   Double Pursuit	Tobias Angerer	Axel Teichmann	Andreas Schlütter	Tobias Angerer	^[5]
6	11 December 2005	Vernon	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Björn Lind	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Tor Arne Hetland	^[6]
7	15 December 2005	Canmore	15 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Vincent Vittoz	Tobias Angerer	Tobias Angerer	^[7]
8	17 December 2005	Canmore	30 km C Mass Start	Tobias Angerer	Frode Estil	Jens Filbrich		^[8]
9	30 December 2005	Nové Město	Sprint F	Björn Lind	Peter Larsson	Johan Kjølstad		^[9]
10	31 December 2005	Nové Město	15 km F	Vincent Vittoz	Lukáš Bauer	Christian Hoffmann		^[10]
11	7 January 2006	Otepää	15 km C	Vasily Rochev	Lukáš Bauer	Sergey Novikov		^[11]
12	8 January 2006	Otepää	Sprint C	Björn Lind	Tor Arne Hetland	Vasily Rochev		^[12]
13	14 January 2006	Val di Fiemme	30 km F Mass Start	Tobias Angerer	Yevgeny Dementyev	Pietro Piller Cottrer		^[13]
14	21 January 2006	Oberstdorf	15 km C + 15 km F   Double Pursuit	Tobias Angerer	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt		^[14]
15	22 January 2006	Oberstdorf	Sprint C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Johan Kjølstad	Vasily Rochev		^[15]
16	4 February 2006	Davos	Sprint F	Björn Lind	Cristian Zorzi	John Kristian Dahl		^[16]
17	5 February 2006	Davos	15 km C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Martin Tauber	Vincent Vittoz		^[17]
2006 Winter Olympics (12–26 February)
18	5 March 2006	Sälen–Mora	90 km C Mass start   (Vasaloppet)	Daniel Tynell	Jerry Ahrlin	Anders Aukland	Tobias Angerer	^[18]
19	7 March 2006	Borlänge	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Devon Kershaw		^[19]
20	8 March 2006	Falun	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Petter Northug	Tobias Angerer	Axel Teichmann		^[20]
21	9 March 2006	Drammen	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Børre Næss	Eldar Rønning		^[21]
22	11 March 2006	Oslo	50 km F	Anders Södergren	Giorgio Di Centa	Tom Reichelt		^[22]
23	15 March 2006	Changchun	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Christoph Eigenmann	Andrew Newell		^[23]
24	19 March 2006	Sapporo	15 km C + 15 km F   Double Pursuit	Mathias Fredriksson	Petter Northug	Anders Södergren		^[24]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	22 October 2005	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Natalya Matveyeva	Marit Bjørgen	^[25]
2	19 November 2005	Beitostølen	10 km C	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Natalya Baranova-Masalkina		^[26]
3	26 November 2005	Ruka	10 km C	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Claudia Künzel-Nystad		^[27]
4	27 November 2005	Ruka	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Kristina Šmigun		^[28]
5	10 December 2005	Vernon	7.5 km C+7.5 km F   Double Pursuit	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen		^[29]
6	11 December 2005	Vernon	Sprint F	Beckie Scott	Claudia Künzel-Nystad	Sara Renner		^[30]
7	15 December 2005	Canmore	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Beckie Scott	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle		^[31]
8	17 December 2005	Canmore	15 km C Mass start	Beckie Scott	Yuliya Chepalova	Claudia Künzel-Nystad		^[32]
9	30 December 2005	Nové Město	Sprint F	Alyona Sidko	Anna Dahlberg	Claudia Künzel-Nystad		^[33]
10	31 December 2005	Nové Město	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Valentyna Shevchenko		^[34]
11	7 January 2006	Otepää	10 km C	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Kristina Šmigun	Justyna Kowalczyk		^[35]
12	8 January 2006	Otepää	Sprint C	Lina Andersson	Manuela Henkel	Ella Gjømle		^[36]
13	14 January 2006	Val di Fiemme	15 km F Mass start	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Marit Bjørgen		^[37]
14	21 January 2006	Oberstdorf	7.5 km C+7.5 km F   Double Pursuit	Beckie Scott	Claudia Künzel-Nystad	Kateřina Neumannová		^[38]
15	22 January 2006	Oberstdorf	Sprint C	Ella Gjømle	Lina Andersson	Guro Strøm Solli		^[39]
16	4 February 2006	Davos	Sprint F	Anna Dahlberg	Virpi Kuitunen	Chandra Crawford		^[40]
17	5 February 2006	Davos	10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Sara Renner	Petra Majdič		^[41]
2006 Winter Olympics (12–26 February)
18	4 March 2006	Mora	45 km C Mass start	Marit Bjørgen	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Petra Majdič	Marit Bjørgen	^[42]
19	7 March 2006	Borlänge	Sprint F	Arianna Follis	Marit Bjørgen	Sara Renner		^[43]
20	8 March 2006	Falun	5 km C+5 km F   Double Pursuit	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Kateřina Neumannová	Beckie Scott		^[44]
21	9 March 2006	Drammen	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Beckie Scott	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen		^[45]
22	11 March 2006	Oslo	30 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle		^[46]
23	15 March 2006	Changchun	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Ella Gjømle		^[47]
24	19 March 2006	Sapporo	7.5 km C+7.5 km F   Double Pursuit	Beckie Scott	Kristin Størmer Steira	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle		^[48]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 October 2005	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway II Trond Iversen Johan Kjølstad	Sweden Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Norway I Eldar Rønning Tor Arne Hetland
2	20 November 2005	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Germany Andreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer	France Alexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat Emmanuel Jonnier Vincent Vittoz	Norway Eldar Rønning Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland Tore Ruud Hofstad
3	18 December 2005	Canmore	Team Sprint C	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Eldar Rønning	Sweden I Björn Lind Thobias Fredriksson	Sweden II Mats Larsson Mikael Östberg
4	15 January 2006	Val di Fiemme	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Giorgio di Centa Valerio Checchi Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Jens Arne Svartedal Tord Asle Gjerdalen Tore Ruud Hofstad
5	18 March 2006	Sapporo	Team Sprint F	Italy Loris Frasnelli Cristian Zorzi	Norway Johan Kjølstad Eldar Rønning	Germany Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 October 2005	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Norway II Ella Gjømle Guro Strøm Solli	Russia Natalya Matveyeva Alyona Sidko
2	20 November 2005	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Ella Gjømle Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Stefanie Böhler Claudia Künzel-Nystad Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kirsi Välimaa Riitta-Liisa Roponen Virpi Kuitunen
3	18 December 2005	Canmore	Team Sprint C	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer	Canada Beckie Scott Sara Renner	Sweden Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg
4	15 January 2006	Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Kaisa Varis	Russia Olga Rocheva Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Mürer Stemland Kristin Størmer Steira
5	18 March 2006	Sapporo	Team Sprint F	Germany Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel-Nystad	Finland Riitta-Liisa Roponen Pirjo Manninen	Sweden Britta Norgren Anna-Karin Strömstedt

Men's standings

Overall Rank Points 1   Tobias Angerer 829 2   Jens Arne Svartedal 577 3   Tor Arne Hetland 570 4   Björn Lind 531 5   Vincent Vittoz 502 6   Vasily Rochev 443 7   Thobias Fredriksson 414 8   Anders Södergren 392 9   Frode Estil 373 10   Mathias Fredriksson 368

Distance Rank Points 1   Tobias Angerer 793 2   Vincent Vittoz 502 3   Anders Södergren 392 4   Frode Estil 373 5   Jens Arne Svartedal 372 6   Mathias Fredriksson 365 7   Pietro Piller Cottrer 330 8   Giorgio Di Centa 279 9   René Sommerfeldt 267 10   Jens Filbrich 259

Sprint Rank Points 1   Björn Lind 586 2   Thobias Fredriksson 443 3   Tor Arne Hetland 423 4   Peter Larsson 358 5   Johan Kjølstad 320 6   Vasily Rochev 262 7   Eldar Rønning 237 8   Andrew Newell 222 9   Jens Arne Svartedal 205 10   Christoph Eigenmann 199

Women's standings

Overall Rank Points 1   Marit Bjørgen 1036 2   Beckie Scott 1020 3   Yuliya Chepalova 780 4   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 716 5   Kateřina Neumannová 655 6   Virpi Kuitunen 636 7   Claudia Nystad 571 8   Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 557 9   Petra Majdič 538 10   Sara Renner 446

Distance Rank Points 1   Yuliya Chepalova 750 2   Kateřina Neumannová 655 3   Beckie Scott 644 4   Marit Bjørgen 642 5   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 575 6   Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 421 7   Virpi Kuitunen 411 8   Valentyna Shevchenko 575 9   Claudia Nystad 337 10   Petra Majdič 333

Sprint Rank Points 1   Marit Bjørgen 394 2   Ella Gjømle 388 3   Beckie Scott 376 4   Lina Andersson 309 5   Manuela Henkel 289 6   Anna Dahlberg 282 7   Arianna Follis 235 8   Claudia Nystad 234 9   Emilie Öhrstig 228 10   Virpi Kuitunen 225

Nations Cup

Overall Rank Points 1   Norway 8728 2   Sweden 5435 3   Germany 5287 4   Russia 4354 5   Italy 3226 6   Finland 2680 7   Canada 2117 8   France 2076 9   Czech Republic 1584 10   Estonia 1210

Men Rank Points 1   Norway 5166 2   Sweden 3526 3   Germany 2474 4   Italy 2074 5   Russia 1533 6   France 1520 7   Estonia 812 8   Czech Republic 795 9   Austria 620 10   Finland 520

Women Rank Points 1   Norway 3562 2   Russia 3001 3   Germany 2813 4   Finland 2160 5   Sweden 1909 6   Canada 1841 7   Italy 1147 8   Czech Republic 789 9   Slovenia 610 10   France 556

Points distribution

The World Cup points in the 2005–06 season were awarded according to the following table:

Place	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
Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Team Sprint
Relay	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2005–06 season in parentheses)

Men   Tobias Angerer (GER), 5 (6) first places   Björn Lind (SWE), 3 (3) first places   Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (10) first places   Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), 2 (9) first places   Thobias Fredriksson (SWE), 2 (5) first places   Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (9) first places   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), 1 (6) first place   Vincent Vittoz (FRA), 1 (5) first place   Peter Larsson (SWE), 1 (4) first place   Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), 1 (3) first place   Vasily Rochev (RUS), 1 (2) first place   Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR), 1 (1) first place   Daniel Tynell (SWE), 1 (1) first place   Petter Northug (NOR), 1 (1) first place   Anders Södergren (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women   Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 6 (26) first places   Beckie Scott (CAN), 4 (4) first places   Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 3 (16) first places   Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 2 (18) first places   Virpi Kuitunen (FIN), 1 (4) first place   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER), 1 (3) first place   Lina Andersson (SWE), 1 (2) first place   Alyona Sidko (RUS), 1 (1) first place   Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR), 1 (1) first place   Ella Gjømle (NOR), 1 (1) first place   Anna Dahlberg (SWE), 1 (1) first place   Arianna Follis (ITA), 1 (1) first place   Petra Majdič (SLO), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Men	Women   Beckie Scott (CAN)^[49]

References

1. "Men's Sprint Free – Düsseldorf" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
2. "Men's 15 km Classic – Beitostølen" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
3. "Men's 15 km Classic – Kuusamo" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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5. "Men's 15 km Classic + 15 km Free Pursuit – Vernon" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. "Men's 1.3 km Sprint Free – Vernon" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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8. "Men's 30 km Classic Mass Start – Canmore" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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24. "Men's 15 km Classic + 15 km Free Pursuit – Sapporo" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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32. "Women's 15 km Classic – Canmore" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
33. "Women's 1.2 km Sprint Free – Nové Město" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
34. "Women's 10 km Free – Nové Město" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
35. "Women's 10 km Classic – Otepää" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
36. "Women's 1.0 km Sprint Classic – Otepää" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
37. "Women's 15 km Free Mass Start – Val di Fiemme" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
38. "Women's 7.5 km Classic + 7.5 km Free Pursuit – Oberstdorf" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
39. "Women's 0.9 km Sprint Classic – Oberstdorf" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
40. "Women's 1.0 km Sprint Free – Davos" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
41. "Women's 10 km Classic – Davos" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
42. "Women's 45 km Classic Mass Start – Mora" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
43. "Women's 0.75 km Sprint Free – Borlänge" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
44. "Women's 5 km Classic + 5 km Free Pursuit – Falun" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
45. "Women's 1.2 km Sprint Classic – Drammen" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
46. "Women's 30 km Free – Oslo" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
47. "Women's 1.0 km Sprint Free – Changchun" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
48. "Women's 7.5 km Classic + 7.5 km Free Pursuit – Sapporo" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
49. "Beckie Scott Announces her Retirement from Cross-Country Skiing". crosscountryskier.com. Crosscountyskier. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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