1990–91 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1990–91 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 10th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Tauplitzalm, Austria, on 8 December 1990 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 16 March 1991. Vladimir Smirnov of the Soviet Union won the overall men's cup, and Yelena Välbe of the Soviet Union won the women's.

1990–91 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Vladimir Smirnov	Yelena Välbe (2nd title)
Nations Cup	Norway	Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall	Soviet Union
Competition
Locations	9 venues	9 venues
Individual	12 events	12 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 December 1990	Tauplitzalm	10 km C + 15 km F Pursuit	Torgny Mogren	Vladimir Smirnov	Henrik Forsberg	[1]
2	15 December 1990	Davos	15 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Marco Albarello	Thomas Eriksson	[2]
3	19 December 1990	Les Saisies	30 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Torgny Mogren	Christer Majbäck	[3]
4	5 January 1991	Minsk	15 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Václav Korunka Henrik Forsberg	[4]
5	9 January 1991	Strbske Pleso	30 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvano Barco	Gianfranco Polvara	[5]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 (7–17 February)
6	7 February 1991	Val di Fiemme	30 km C	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Smirnov	Vegard Ulvang	[6]
7	9 February 1991		15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Smirnov	[7]
8	11 February 1991		10 km C	Terje Langli	Christer Majbäck	Torgny Mogren	[8]
9	17 February 1991		50 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Maurilio De Zolt	[9]
10	3 March 1991	Lahti	30 km F	Kristen Skjeldal	Vladimir Smirnov	Gianfranco Polvara	[10]
11	9 March 1991	Falun	30 km F	Henrik Forsberg	Torgny Mogren	Jan Ottosson	[11]
12	16 March 1991	Oslo	50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Harri Kirvesniemi	Sture Sivertsen	[12]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	8 December 1990	Tauplitzalm	10 km C + 15 km F Pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Tamara Tikhonova	[13]
2	15 December 1990	Davos	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Marie-Helene Westin	[14]
3	20 December 1990	Les Saisies	5 km C + 10 km F Pursuit	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	[15]
4	5 January 1991	Minsk	30 km C	Yelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageykina	Inger Helene Nybråten	[16]
5	12 January 1991	Klingenthal	15 km C	Inger Helene Nybråten	Marie-Helene Westin	Solveig Pedersen	[17]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 (7–17 February)
6	8 February 1991	Val di Fiemme	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Trude Dybendahl	Stefania Belmondo	[18]
7	10 February 1991		10 km F	Yelena Välbe	Marie-Helene Westin	Tamara Tikhonova	[19]
8	12 February 1991		5 km C	Trude Dybendahl	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Manuela Di Centa	[20]
9	16 February 1991		30 km F	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	[21]
10	2 March 1991	Lahti	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	Lyubov Yegorova	[22]
11	9 March 1991	Falun	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Tamara Tikhonova	Lyubov Yegorova	[23]
12	16 March 1991	Oslo	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	Marie-Helene Westin	[24]

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
16 December 1990	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden I Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren	Italy I Silvio Fauner Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello Silvano Barco	Norway I Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Sture Sivertsen Bjørn Dæhlie	[25]
20 December 1990	Les Saisies	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden I Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg	Italy Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello Silvio Fauner	Sweden II Jan Ottosson Lars Håland Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson	[26]
6 January 1991	Minsk	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway II Kristen Skjeldal Erling Jevne Tom Kristian Vold Sture Sivertsen	Sweden Niklas Jonsson Sven-Eric Danielsson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg	[27]
15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Sweden Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Finland Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen	[28] [29]
1 March 1991	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Terje Langli Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie Kristen Skjeldal	Sweden I Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg	Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinov Igor Badamshin Vyacheslav Plaksunov Alexei Prokourorov	[30]

Women's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
16 December 1990	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway Elin Nilsen Inger Lise Hegge Solveig Pedersen Trude Dybendahl	[31]
13 January 1991	Klingenthal	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Solveig Pedersen Marit Elveos Nina Skeime Inger Helene Nybråten	Germany I Heike Wezel Gabriele Hess Sigrid Wille Simone Opitz	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	[32]
15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	[33] [34]
10 March 1991	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Finland Marjut Lukkarinen Merja Kuusisto Jaana Savolainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	[35]
15 March 1991	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Solveig Pedersen Elin Nilsen	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway II Marit Elveos Marit Wold Inger Lise Hegge Nina Skeime	[36]

Overall standings

Men's standings

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1.	Vladimir Smirnov		163
2.	Torgny Mogren		129
3.	Bjørn Dæhlie		105
3.	Vegard Ulvang		105
5.	Kristen Skjeldal		76
6.	Henrik Forsberg		73
6.	Terje Langli		73
7.	Gunde Svan		65
9.	Marco Albarello		62
9.	Maurilio De Zolt		62

Women's standings

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1.	Yelena Välbe		220
2.	Stefania Belmondo		128
3.	Lyubov Yegorova		126
4.	Marie-Helene Westin		112
5.	Manuela Di Centa		106
6.	Trude Dybendahl		88
7.	Tamara Tichonova		82
8.	Inger Helene Nybråten		62
9.	Solveig Pedersen		57
10.	Marjut Rolig		46

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1990–91 season in parentheses)

Men

• Vladimir Smirnov (USSR), 3 (7) first places
• Torgny Mogren (SWE), 2 (9) first places
• Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 2 (5) first places
• Gunde Svan (SWE), 1 (30) first place
• Vegard Ulvang (NOR), 1 (3) first place
• Terje Langli (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Kristen Skjeldal (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Henrik Forsberg (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Yelena Välbe (URS), 8 (15) first places
• Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 1 (2) first place
• Trude Dybendahl (NOR), 1 (4) first place
• Inger Helene Nybråten (NOR), 1 (3) first place
• Lyubov Yegorova (URS), 1 (1) first place