2007 in cross-country skiing

## News

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### January

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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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Main article: 2006-2007 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup

### Men's results

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Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Leader

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

### Women's results

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Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Leader

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

## Tour de Ski

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Main article: Tour de Ski

### Men's results

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Date | Place | Discipline | Top 3 | Leader

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31 December 2006 |  Munich, Germany | 1.2 km F Sprint |  Christoph Eigenmann
Devon Kershaw
Roddy Darragon |  Christoph Eigenmann
2 January 2007 |  Oberstdorf, Germany | 10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit |  Vincent Vittoz
Alexander Legkov
Tobias Angerer |  Simen Østensen
3 January 2007 |  Oberstdorf, Germany | 15 km C Individual |  Franz Göring
René Sommerfeldt
Tobias Angerer |  Tobias Angerer

### Women's results

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Date | Place | Discipline | Top 3 | Leader

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31 December 2006 |  Munich, Germany | 822m F Sprint |  Marit Bjørgen
Arianna Follis
Chandra Crawford |  Marit Bjørgen
2 January 2007 |  Oberstdorf, Germany | 5 km C + 5 km F Pursuit |  Kristin Størmer Steira
Valentina Shevchenko
Olga Savialova |  Kristin Størmer Steira
3 January 2007 |  Oberstdorf, Germany | 10 km C Individual |  Petra Majdič
Kristin Størmer Steira
Virpi Kuitunen |  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.