2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 23rd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany on 25 October 2003 and finished in Pragelato, Italy on 14 March 2004. René Sommerfeldt of Germany won the overall men's cup, and Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy won the women's.

2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	René Sommerfeldt	Gabriella Paruzzi
Distance	René Sommerfeldt	Valentyna Shevchenko
Sprint	Thobias Fredriksson	Marit Bjørgen
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	19 venues	19 venues
Individual	25 events	25 events
Relay/Team	9 events	9 events

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Martin Koukal	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	[1]
2	22 November 2003	Beitostølen	15 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Axel Teichmann	Peter Larsson Pietro Piller Cottrer	[2]
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	15 km C	Anders Aukland	Jens Arne Svartedal	Anders Södergren	Jens Arne Svartedal	[3]
4	30 November 2003		30 km Skiathlon	Axel Teichmann	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt	Axel Teichmann	[4]
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	30 km F Mass Start	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Vincent Vittoz	Mathias Fredriksson	[5]
6	13 December 2003	Davos	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Nikolay Pankratov	Anders Södergren	René Sommerfeldt	[6]
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Andrus Veerpalu	Axel Teichmann	[7]
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	30 km Skiathlon	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Anders Södergren	Mathias Fredriksson	[8]
9	21 December 2003		10 km F	Christian Hoffmann	Axel Teichmann	Tobias Angerer	René Sommerfeldt	[9]
10	6 January 2004	Falun	30 km Skiathlon	Tobias Angerer	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Jens Filbrich		[10]
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	Ivan Alypov		[11]
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	15 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae		[12]
13	18 January 2004		Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Håvard Bjerkeli		[13]
14	25 January 2004	Val di Fiemme	70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Anders Aukland	Giorgio Di Centa	Jørgen Aukland		[14]
15	6 February 2004	La Clusaz	15 km F	Fulvio Valbusa	Vincent Vittoz	Christian Hoffmann		[15]
16	13 February 2004	Oberstdorf	30 km Skiathlon	René Sommerfeldt	Reto Burgermeister	Lukáš Bauer		[16]
17	18 February 2004	Stockholm	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	John Kristian Dahl	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset		[17]
18	21 February 2004	Umeå	15 km C	Mathias Fredriksson	Yevgeny Dementyev	Jaak Mae		[18]
19	24 February 2004	Trondheim	Sprint F	Janusz Krezelok	Thobias Fredriksson	Anders Högberg		[19]
20	26 February 2004	Drammen	Sprint C	Håvard Bjerkeli	Tor Arne Hetland	Anders Högberg		[20]
21	28 February 2004	Oslo	50 km F	René Sommerfeldt	Fulvio Valbusa	Lukáš Bauer		[21]
22	5 March 2004	Lahti	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Mikael Östberg	Jörgen Brink		[22]
23	7 March 2004		15 km C	Frode Estil	Jaak Mae	Andrus Veerpalu		[23]
24	12 March 2004	Pragelato	Sprint F	Freddy Schwienbacher	Jens Arne Svartedal	Børre Næss		[24]
25	13 March 2004		30 km F	Christian Hoffmann	René Sommerfeldt	Thomas Moriggl		[25]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Gabriella Paruzzi	Alyona Sidko	Evgenia Hahina	Gabriella Paruzzi	[26]
2	22 November 2003	Beitostølen	10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel		[27]
3	28 November 2003	Ruka	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Vibeke Skofterud	Kristina Šmigun		[28]
4	29 November 2003		15 km Skiathlon	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Zavyalova	Evi Sachenbacher	Kristina Smigun	[29]
5	6 December 2003	Toblach	15 km F Mass Start	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel		[30]
6	13 December 2003	Davos	10 km C	Valentyna Shevchenko	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko	[31]
7	16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Manuela Henkel		[32]
8	20 December 2003	Ramsau	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Smigun	[33]
9	21 December 2003		10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Valentyna Shevchenko	Claudia Künzel		[34]
10	6 January 2004	Falun	15 km Skiathlon	Kateřina Neumannová	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun		[35]
11	10 January 2004	Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	Claudia Künzel	Kristina Šmigun	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen		[36]
12	17 January 2004	Nové Město	10 km C	Gabriella Paruzzi	Claudia Künzel	Kateřina Neumannová		[37]
13	18 January 2004		Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Pirjo Manninen		[38]
14	25 January 2004	Val di Fiemme	70 km C Mass Start (Marcialonga)	Gabriella Paruzzi	Valentyna Shevchenko	Manuela Henkel		[39]
15	6 February 2004	La Clusaz	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa		[40]
16	14 February 2004	Oberstdorf	15 km Skiathlon	Yuliya Chepalova	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Olga Zavyalova		[41]
17	18 February 2004	Stockholm	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Anna Dahlberg	Ella Gjømle		[42]
18	21 February 2004	Umeå	10 km C	Kateřina Neumannová	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	[43]
19	24 February 2004	Trondheim	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachenbacher	Claudia Künzel		[44]
20	26 February 2004	Drammen	Sprint C	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Elina Hietamäki		[45]
21	28 February 2004	Oslo	30 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Sabina Valbusa	Valentyna Shevchenko		[46]
22	5 March 2004	Lahti	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anna Dahlberg		[47]
23	7 March 2004		10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova		[48]
24	12 March 2004	Pragelato	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Elina Hietamäki		[49]
25	13 March 2004		15 km F	Sabina Valbusa	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová		[50]

Men's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Sweden I Peter Larsson Thobias Fredriksson	Germany I Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Norway II Tor Arne Hetland Håvard Bjerkeli	[51]
2	23 November 2003	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway I Jens Arne Svartedal Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad	Norway II Frode Estil Tore Bjonviken Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	[52]
3	7 December 2003	Toblach	Team Sprint F	Norway I Håvard Bjerkeli Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden I Thobias Fredriksson Peter Larsson	Norway II Håvard Solbakken John Kristian Dahl	[53]
4	14 December 2003	Davos	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Sweden Martin Larsson Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Högberg	[54]
5	11 January 2004	Otepää	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer	Italy I Bruno Carrara Valerio Checchi Pietro Piller Cottrer Fulvio Valbusa	Russia I Maxim Bulgakov Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov	[55]
6	7 February 2004	La Clusaz	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	France I Alexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Russia Nikolay Pankratov Mikhail Ivanov Yevgeny Dementyev Sergey Novikov	[56]
7	15 February 2004	Oberstdorf	Team Sprint F	Germany II Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Russia I Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev	Germany I René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	[57]
8	22 February 2004	Umeå	4 × 10 km C/C/F/F	Germany Franz Göring Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tore Ruud Hofstad	Sweden I Mats Larsson Jörgen Brink Anders Högberg Mathias Fredriksson	[58]
9	6 March 2004	Lahti	Team Sprint C	Russia I Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev	Sweden II Mats Larsson Björn Lind	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Jens Arne Svartedal	[59]

Women's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Venue	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 October 2003	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Uschi Disl Claudia Künzel	Russia I Alyona Sidko Evgenia Hahina	[60]
2	23 November 2003	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Stefanie Böhler Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia Evgenia Hahina Alyona Sidko Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	[61]
3	7 December 2003	Toblach	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Italy II Karin Moroder Cristina Kelder	[62]
4	14 December 2003	Davos	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Mürer Stemland Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Germany Stefanie Böhler Manuela Henkel Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia I Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	[63]
5	11 January 2004	Otepää	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Finland I Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riikka Sarasoja Virpi Kuitunen	[64]
6	7 February 2004	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Russia Larisa Kurkina Lilia Vasilieva Ekaterina Vorontsova Olga Zavyalova	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Anke Reschwam Schulze Claudia Künzel	Italy Marianna Longa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	[65]
7	15 February 2004	Oberstdorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	Germany III Manuela Henkel Isabel Klaus	[66]
8	22 February 2004	Umeå	4 × 5 km C/C/F/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova Ekaterina Vorontsova Yuliya Chepalova	Finland I Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Satu Salonen Riikka Sarasoja Kati Venäläinen	[67]
9	6 March 2004	Lahti	Team Sprint C	Norway I Ella Gjømle Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Finland I Elina Hietamäki Pirjo Manninen	Russia Larisa Kurkina Olga Zavyalova	[68]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	René Sommerfeldt	956
2	Mathias Fredriksson	606
3	Jens Arne Svartedal	592
4	Tobias Angerer	582
5	Axel Teichmann	575
6	Frode Estil	558
7	Andrus Veerpalu	539
8	Fulvio Valbusa	462
9	Thobias Fredriksson	436
10	Anders Södergren	434

Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	René Sommerfeldt	902
2	Mathias Fredriksson	569
3	Frode Estil	558
4	Axel Teichmann	495
5	Tobias Angerer	488
6	Andrus Veerpalu	465
7	Fulvio Valbusa	439
8	Anders Södergren	434
9	Lukáš Bauer	420
10	Pietro Piller Cottrer	411

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Thobias Fredriksson	410
2	Jens Arne Svartedal	381
3	Håvard Bjerkeli	337
4	Tor Arne Hetland	296
5	Peter Larsson	270
6	John Kristian Dahl	237
7	Janusz Krężelok	226
8	Jörgen Brink	212
9	Björn Lind	211
10	Anders Högberg	191

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Gabriella Paruzzi	1228
2	Marit Bjørgen	1139
3	Valentyna Shevchenko	983
4	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	856
5	Kristina Šmigun	853
6	Virpi Kuitunen	848
7	Claudia Künzel	762
8	Olga Zavyalova	664
9	Kateřina Neumannová	629
10	Sabina Valbusa	554

Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Valentyna Shevchenko	983
2	Gabriella Paruzzi	870
3	Kristina Šmigun	839
4	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	656
5	Olga Zavyalova	625
6	Claudia Künzel	587
7	Virpi Kuitunen	543
8	Kateřina Neumannová	542
9	Sabina Valbusa	527
10	Yuliya Chepalova	460

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Marit Bjørgen	745
2	Gabriella Paruzzi	358
3	Anna Dahlberg	330
4	Virpi Kuitunen	305
5	Elina Hietamäki	268
6	Beckie Scott	229
7	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	205
8	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	200
9	Manuela Henkel	189
10	Claudia Künzel	175

Nations Cup

Overall

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Norway	9915
2	Germany	7452
3	Italy	6552
4	Russia	5572
5	Sweden	5347
6	Finland	3889
7	Estonia	2228
8	Czech Republic	1576
9	Kazakhstan	1284
10	France	1172

Men

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Norway	5130
2	Germany	4146
3	Sweden	3840
4	Italy	3263
5	Russia	2245
6	Estonia	1311
7	Czech Republic	892
8	France	855
9	Finland	668
10	Kazakhstan	638

Women

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Norway	4785
2	Russia	3327
3	Germany	3306
4	Italy	3289
5	Finland	3221
6	Sweden	1507
7	Ukraine	993
8	Estonia	917
9	Czech Republic	684
10	Kazakhstan	646

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2003–04 season in parentheses)

Men

• Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 3 (8) first places
• Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), 2 (6) first places
• Anders Aukland (NOR), 2 (5) first places
• Andrus Veerpalu (EST), 2 (4) first places
• Frode Estil (NOR), 2 (4) first places
• Thobias Fredriksson (SWE), 2 (3) first places
• René Sommerfeldt (GER), 2 (3) first places
• Christian Hoffmann (AUT), 2 (2) first places
• Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR), 1 (3) first place
• Peter Larsson (SWE), 1 (2) first place
• Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), 1 (2) first place
• Axel Teichmann (GER), 1 (2) first place
• Fulvio Valbusa (ITA), 1 (2) first place
• Tobias Angerer (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Janusz Krężelok (POL), 1 (1) first place
• Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 7 (10) first places
• Kristina Šmigun (EST), 4 (13) first places
• Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 4 (11) first places
• Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA), 3 (4) first places
• Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 2 (15) first places
• Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR), 2 (2) first places
• Claudia Künzel (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Virpi Kuitunen (FIN), 1 (1) first place
• Sabina Valbusa (ITA), 1 (1) first place