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Venue(s) | Oberstdorf, Germany Val Müstair, Switzerland Toblach, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | 3 January 2015 – 10 January 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Tour de Ski was the 9th edition of the Tour de Ski. The Stage World Cup event began in Oberstdorf, Germany on January 3, 2015, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy on January 10, 2015. The titles were being defended by Therese Johaug (Norway) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (Norway), the former of which came second to Marit Bjørgen, while Sundby initially retained his title until it wass passed on to Petter Northug when Sundby was stripped of the title.
On July 20, 2016, Sundby was stripped of the win due to illegal use of asthma medication during the race. [1]
Stage | Venue | Date | Event | Technique | Distance | Start time (CET) | ||
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1 | Oberstdorf (GER) | 3 January 2015 | Prologue, individual start | Freestyle | 3 km | 4 km | 10:45 | 12:45 |
2 | 4 January 2015 | Distance, pursuit | Classic | 10 km | 15 km | 11:00 | 12:15 | |
3 | Val Müstair (SUI) | 6 January 2015 | Sprint, qualification and finals | Freestyle | 1.4 km | 1.4 km | 13:15 | |
4 | Toblach (ITA) | 7 January 2015 | Distance, individual start | Classic | 5 km | 10 km | 15:30 | 13:00 |
5 | 8 January 2015 | Distance, pursuit | Freestyle | 15 km | 25 km | 15:30 | 12:15 | |
6 | Val di Fiemme (ITA) | 10 January 2015 | Distance, mass start | Classic | 10 km | 15 km | 15:45 | 13:00 |
7 | 11 January 2015 | Final Climb, pursuit | Freestyle | 9 km | 9 km | 13:30 | 12:00 |
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Denotes the winner of the Overall standings | Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings |
Final overall standings after all seven stages, with bonus seconds deducted.
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Final sprint standings after all seven stages, all bonus seconds counts.
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3 January 2015, Oberstdorf, Germany – Prologue
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4 January 2015, Oberstdorf, Germany
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6 January 2015, Val Müstair, Switzerland
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7 January 2015, Toblach, Italy
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8 January 2015, Toblach, Italy
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10 January 2015, Val di Fiemme, Italy
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11 January 2015, Val di Fiemme, Italy
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