2014–15 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2014–15 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 34th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season started on 29 November 2014 in Ruka, Finland and ended on 15 March 2015 in Oslo, Norway.

2014–15 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Switzerland Dario Cologna (4th title) Norway Marit Bjørgen (4th title)
Distance Switzerland Dario Cologna Norway Marit Bjørgen
Sprint Norway Finn Hågen Krogh Norway Marit Bjørgen
U-23 Italy Francesco De Fabiani Sweden Stina Nilsson
Nations Cup Norway Norway Norway Norway
Nations Cup Overall Norway Norway
Stage events
Nordic Opening Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway Marit Bjørgen
Tour de Ski Norway Petter Northug Norway Marit Bjørgen
Competition
Locations 13 venues 13 venues
Individual 26 events 26 events
Relay/Team 1 event 1 event

The season's biggest event is FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.

Changed results due to doping violation edit

On 20 July 2016, Martin Johnsrud Sundby was banned from competing in ski competitions for two months by the FIS after having used an asthma medicine incorrectly during the 2014–15 season. He was also stripped of two results; a victory in 15 km C in Davos, 13 December 2014 and a third place in 25 km F Pursuit in Toblach, 8 January 2015. the latter also resulted in Sundby losing the Tour de Ski title. Due to losing a total of 616 points for the affected competitions he also lost the overall World Cup title.[1][2]

Calendar edit

Men edit

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 29 November 2014     Ruka Sprint C     Eirik Brandsdal   Petter Northug   Sondre Turvoll Fossli   Eirik Brandsdal [3]
2 2 30 November 2014     Ruka 15 km C     Iivo Niskanen   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Sami Jauhojärvi   Eirik Brandsdal
  Iivo Niskanen
[4]
3 5 December 2014     Lillehammer Sprint F     Pål Golberg   Alexei Petukhov   Finn Hågen Krogh   Eirik Brandsdal [5]
4 6 December 2014     Lillehammer 10 km F     Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Finn Hågen Krogh   Sjur Røthe   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [6]
5 7 December 2014     Lillehammer 15 km C Pursuit     Didrik Tønseth   Alexey Poltoranin   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [7]
3 5th Nordic Opening Overall (5–7 December 2014)   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Finn Hågen Krogh   Sjur Røthe [8]
4 6 13 December 2014     Davos 15 km C     Didrik Tønseth   Dario Cologna   Sjur Røthe   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [9]
5 7 14 December 2014     Davos Sprint F     Finn Hågen Krogh   Anders Gløersen   Eirik Brandsdal [10]
6 8 20 December 2014     Davos 15 km F     Anders Gløersen   Petter Northug   Chris Jespersen [11]
7 9 21 December 2014     Davos Sprint F     Federico Pellegrino   Alexei Petukhov   Finn Hågen Krogh [12]
10 3 January 2015     Oberstdorf 4 km F Prologue     Dario Cologna   Calle Halfvarsson   Petter Northug   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [13]
11 4 January 2015     Oberstdorf 15 km C Pursuit     Petter Northug   Alex Harvey   Calle Halfvarsson [14]
12 6 January 2015     Val Mustair Sprint F     Federico Pellegrino   Petter Northug   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [15]
13 7 January 2015     Toblach 10 km C     Alexey Poltoranin   Evgeniy Belov   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [16]
14 8 January 2015     Cortina-Toblach 35 km F Pursuit     Petter Northug   Calle Halfvarsson   Evgeniy Belov [17]
15 10 January 2015     Val di Fiemme 15 km C Mass Start     Tim Tscharnke   Alexey Poltoranin   Dario Cologna [18]
16 11 January 2015     Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit     Roland Clara   Maurice Manificat   Toni Livers [19]
8 9th Tour de Ski Overall (3–11 January 2015)   Petter Northug   Evgeniy Belov   Calle Halfvarsson [20]
9 17 17 January 2015     Otepää Sprint C     Tomas Northug   Ola Vigen Hattestad   Toni Ketelä   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [21]
10 18 23 January 2015     Rybinsk 15 km F     Dario Cologna   Evgeniy Belov   Sergey Ustiugov [22]
11 19 24 January 2015     Rybinsk Sprint F     Federico Pellegrino   Sergey Ustiugov   Andrey Parfenov [23]
12 20 25 January 2015     Rybinsk 30 km Skiathlon     Maxim Vylegzhanin   Dario Cologna   Matti Heikkinen [24]
13 21 14 February 2015     Östersund Sprint C     Finn Hågen Krogh   Alex Harvey   Timo André Bakken [25]
14 22 15 February 2015     Östersund 15 km F     Finn Hågen Krogh   Maurice Manificat   Marcus Hellner [26]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 (19 February – 1 March)
15 23 7 March 2015     Lahti Sprint F     Eirik Brandsdal   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar   Richard Jouve   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [27]
16 24 8 March 2015     Lahti 15 km C     Francesco De Fabiani   Alexey Poltoranin   Sami Jauhojärvi [28]
17 25 11 March 2015     Drammen Sprint C     Eirik Brandsdal   Finn Hågen Krogh   Ola Vigen Hattestad [29]
18 26 14 March 2015     Oslo 50 km F Mass Start     Sjur Røthe   Dario Cologna   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [30]

Women edit

WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 29 November 2014     Ruka Sprint C     Marit Bjørgen   Katja Višnar   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Marit Bjørgen [31]
2 2 30 November 2014     Ruka 10 km C     Therese Johaug   Marit Bjørgen   Charlotte Kalla [32]
3 5 December 2014     Lillehammer Sprint F     Marit Bjørgen   Celine Brun-Lie   Heidi Weng   Marit Bjørgen [33]
4 6 December 2014     Lillehammer 5 km F     Therese Johaug   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng [34]
5 7 December 2014     Lillehammer 10 km C Pursuit     Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng   Marit Bjørgen [35]
3 5th Nordic Opening Overall (5–7 December 2014)   Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng [36]
4 6 13 December 2014     Davos 10 km C     Therese Johaug   Marit Bjørgen   Kerttu Niskanen   Marit Bjørgen [37]
5 7 14 December 2014     Davos Sprint F     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Celine Brun-Lie [38]
6 8 20 December 2014     Davos 10 km F     Marit Bjørgen   Nicole Fessel   Heidi Weng [39]
7 9 21 December 2014     Davos Sprint F     Marit Bjørgen   Stina Nilsson   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [40]
10 3 January 2015     Oberstdorf 3 km F Prologue     Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Ragnhild Haga   Marit Bjørgen [41]
11 4 January 2015     Oberstdorf 10 km C Pursuit     Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Therese Johaug [42]
12 6 January 2015     Val Mustair Sprint F     Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [43]
13 7 January 2015     Toblach 5 km C     Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng [44]
14 8 January 2015     Cortina-Toblach 15 km F Pursuit     Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Therese Johaug [45]
15 10 January 2015     Val di Fiemme 10 km C Mass Start     Therese Johaug   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng [46]
16 11 January 2015     Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit     Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng   Marit Bjørgen [47]
8 9th Tour de Ski Overall (3–11 January 2015)   Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng [48]
9 17 17 January 2015     Otepää Sprint C     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Stina Nilsson   Celine Brun-Lie   Marit Bjørgen [49]
10 18 23 January 2015     Rybinsk 10 km F     Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen   Elizabeth Stephen   Stefanie Böhler [50]
11 19 24 January 2015     Rybinsk Sprint F     Jennie Öberg   Natalya Matveyeva   Laurien van der Graaff [51]
12 20 25 January 2015     Rybinsk 15 km Skiathlon     Martine Ek Hagen   Riitta-Liisa Roponen   Stefanie Böhler [52]
13 21 14 February 2015     Östersund Sprint C     Marit Bjørgen   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Stina Nilsson [53]
14 22 15 February 2015     Östersund 10 km F     Charlotte Kalla   Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug [54]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 (18 February – 1 March)
15 23 7 March 2015     Lahti Sprint F     Marit Bjørgen   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Kikkan Randall   Marit Bjørgen [55]
16 24 8 March 2015     Lahti 10 km C     Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Charlotte Kalla [56]
17 25 11 March 2015     Drammen Sprint C     Maiken Caspersen Falla   Heidi Weng   Marit Bjørgen [57]
18 26 15 March 2015     Oslo 30 km F Mass Start     Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen [58]

Men's team edit

WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 1 18 January 2015     Otepää Team Sprint F     Russia I
Alexey Petukhov
Sergey Ustiugov
  Norway I
Anders Gløersen
Finn Hågen Krogh
  Italy
Dietmar Nöckeler
Federico Pellegrino
[59]

Ladies' team edit

WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 1 18 January 2015     Otepää Team Sprint F     Sweden I
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson
  Norway I
Maiken Caspersen Falla
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
  Poland
Justyna Kowalczyk
Sylwia Jaśkowiec
[60]

Men's standings edit

Women's standings edit

Nations Cup edit

Points distribution edit

The table shows the number of points won in the 2014/15 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

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
Nordic Opening 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
World Cup Final
Relay
Tour de Ski 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4
Stage Nordic Opening 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Stage Tour de Ski
Stage World Cup Final
Bonus points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.

In mass start races bonus points are awarded to the first 10 at each bonus station.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double, with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

Achievements edit

WC stage events are not included. Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2014/15 season in parentheses)

Retirements edit

Following are notable cross-country skiers who announced their retirement:

References edit

  1. ^ Norske skidstjärnan fast för dopningsbrott
  2. ^ FIS: Update on Cross-Country rankings after CAS Sundby decision Archived 21 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 26 July 2016.
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  4. ^ "Men's 15km C – Kuusamo" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 30 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Men's Sprint F – Lillehammer" (PDF). FIS. 5 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Men's 10 km F – Lillehammer" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 6 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Lillehammer" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 7 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Men's Tour Overall – Lillehammer" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 7 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Men's 15 km C – Davos" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 13 December 2014.
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  17. ^ "Men's 25 km F – Toblach" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 8 January 2015.
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