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    2007 in cross-country skiing

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    • 2 - Kristin Størmer Steira wins the second race of the Tour de Ski and claims the yellow jersey with previous leader Marit Bjørgen only finishing in 25th position 55.5 seconds behind Steira who now leads the rankings by 6.1 seconds.[1] In the men's competition leader Christoph Eigenmann does not finish and thus loses his yellow jersey to Simen Østensen who finished in 12th position, 11.6 seconds behind winner Vincent Vittoz.[2]
    • 3 - During the second race in Oberstdorf, the third in total for the Tour de Ski, leader Kristin Størmer Steira successfully defends her yellow jersey by finishing second behind Petra Majdič who follows in second position in the overall rankings, 20.4 seconds behind Steira. Franz Göring wins the men's race being the first of three Germans entering the podium, the others being René Sommerfeldt and Tobias Angerer. With leader Simen Østensen finishing in 18th position Angerer overtook him to take the yellow jersey and now leads by 17.0 seconds.

    Cross-country skiing World Cup

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    Men's results

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    Date Place Discipline Winner Leader
    28 October 2006 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 1.5 km F Sprint Norway Eldar Rønning[3] Norway Eldar Rønning
    18 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 15 km F Individual Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Eldar Rønning
    Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen
    25 November 2006 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 1.2 km C Sprint Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Norway Eldar Rønning
    26 November 2006 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 15 km C Individual Norway Eldar Rønning Norway Eldar Rønning
    13 December 2006 Italy Cogne/Val d'Aosta, Italy 15 km C + 15 km F Pursuit Norway Eldar Rønning Norway Eldar Rønning
    16 December 2006 France La Clusaz, France 30 km F Mass Start Germany Tobias Angerer Norway Eldar Rønning

    Women's results

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    Date Place Discipline Winner Leader
    28 October 2006 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 800m F Sprint Norway Marit Bjørgen Norway Marit Bjørgen
    18 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 10 km F Individual Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová Norway Marit Bjørgen
    25 November 2006 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 1.2 km C Sprint Slovenia Petra Majdič Norway Marit Bjørgen
    26 November 2006 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 10 km C Individual Finland Virpi Kuitunen Norway Marit Bjørgen
    13 December 2006 Italy Cogne/Val d'Aosta, Italy 10 km C Individual Finland Virpi Kuitunen Finland Virpi Kuitunen
    16 December 2006 France La Clusaz, France 15 km F Mass Start Finland Virpi Kuitunen Finland Virpi Kuitunen

    Tour de Ski

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    Men's results

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    Date Place Discipline Top 3 Leader
    31 December 2006 Germany Munich, Germany 1.2 km F Sprint Switzerland Christoph Eigenmann
    Canada Devon Kershaw
    France Roddy Darragon
    Switzerland Christoph Eigenmann
    2 January 2007 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit France Vincent Vittoz
    Russia Alexander Legkov
    Germany Tobias Angerer
    Norway Simen Østensen
    3 January 2007 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 15 km C Individual Germany Franz Göring
    Germany René Sommerfeldt
    Germany Tobias Angerer
    Germany Tobias Angerer

    Women's results

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    Date Place Discipline Top 3 Leader
    31 December 2006 Germany Munich, Germany 822m F Sprint Norway Marit Bjørgen
    Italy Arianna Follis
    Canada Chandra Crawford
    Norway Marit Bjørgen
    2 January 2007 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 5 km C + 5 km F Pursuit Norway Kristin Størmer Steira
    Ukraine Valentina Shevchenko
    Russia Olga Savialova
    Norway Kristin Størmer Steira
    3 January 2007 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km C Individual Slovenia Petra Majdič
    Norway Kristin Størmer Steira
    Finland Virpi Kuitunen
    Norway Kristin Størmer Steira

    References

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    1. ^ "Steira lift". Eurosport. 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
    2. ^ "Vittoz victory". Eurosport. 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
    3. ^ "FIS-Ski - FIS Calendar". 2012-02-14. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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