2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 37th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 24 November 2017 in Ruka, Finland and ended on 18 March 2018 in Falun, Sweden.[1]

2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Heidi Weng (2nd title)
Distance Switzerland Dario Cologna Norway Heidi Weng
Sprint Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Maiken Caspersen Falla
U-23 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Russia Natalya Nepryayeva
Bonus Switzerland Dario Cologna United States Jessie Diggins
Nations Cup Norway Norway Norway Norway
Nations Cup Overall Norway Norway
Stage events
Nordic Opening Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sweden Charlotte Kalla
Tour de Ski Switzerland Dario Cologna Norway Heidi Weng
World Cup Final Russia Alexander Bolshunov Norway Marit Bjørgen
Competition
Locations 14 venues 14 venues
Individual 27 events 27 events
Relay/Team 1 event 1 event
Cancelled 1 event 1 event

Calendar edit

Men edit

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 24 November 2017     Ruka Sprint C     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Pål Golberg   Calle Halfvarsson   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [2]
2 25 November 2017     Ruka 15 km C     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Didrik Tønseth   Iivo Niskanen [3]
3 26 November 2017     Ruka 15 km F Pursuit     Maurice Manificat   Matti Heikkinen   Hans Christer Holund [4]
1 8th Nordic Opening Overall (24–26 November 2017)   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Alexander Bolshunov [5]
2 4 2 December 2017     Lillehammer Sprint C     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Sergey Ustiugov   Alexander Bolshunov   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [6]
3 5 3 December 2017     Lillehammer 30 km Skiathlon     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Hans Christer Holund [7]
4 6 9 December 2017     Davos Sprint F     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Federico Pellegrino   Alexander Bolshunov [8]
5 7 10 December 2017     Davos 15 km F     Maurice Manificat   Sergey Ustiugov   Alexander Bolshunov [9]
6 8 16 December 2017     Toblach 15 km F     Simen Hegstad Krüger   Maurice Manificat   Andrew Musgrave [10]
7 9 17 December 2017     Toblach 15 km C Pursuit     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Sergey Ustiugov   Alexey Poltoranin [11]
10 30 December 2017     Lenzerheide Sprint F     Sergey Ustiugov   Federico Pellegrino   Lucas Chanavat   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [12]
11 31 December 2017     Lenzerheide 15 km C     Dario Cologna   Alexey Poltoranin   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [13]
12 1 January 2018     Lenzerheide 15 km F Pursuit     Dario Cologna   Sergey Ustiugov   Alexander Bolshunov [14]
3 January 2018     Oberstdorf Sprint C   cancelled due to severe weather, not rescheduled [15]
13 4 January 2018     Oberstdorf 15 km F Mass Start     Emil Iversen   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar   Francesco De Fabiani   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [16]
14 6 January 2018     Val di Fiemme 15 km C Mass Start     Alexey Poltoranin   Andrey Larkov   Alex Harvey [17]
15 7 January 2018     Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit climb     Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Maurice Manificat   Denis Spitsov [18]
8 12th Tour de Ski Overall (30 December 2017 – 7 January 2018)   Dario Cologna   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Alex Harvey   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [19]
9 16 13 January 2018     Dresden Sprint F     Federico Pellegrino   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Lucas Chanavat   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [20]
10 17 20 January 2018     Planica Sprint C     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Emil Iversen   Teodor Peterson   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [21]
11 18 21 January 2018     Planica 15 km C     Alexey Poltoranin   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Calle Halfvarsson [22]
12 19 27 January 2018     Seefeld in Tirol Sprint F     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Lucas Chanavat   Calle Halfvarsson [23]
13 20 28 January 2018     Seefeld in Tirol 15 km F Mass Start     Dario Cologna   Alex Harvey   Martin Johnsrud Sundby [24]
2018 Winter Olympics (9–25 February)
14 21 3 March 2018     Lahti Sprint F     Federico Pellegrino   Gleb Retivykh   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [25]
15 22 4 March 2018     Lahti[nb 1] 15 km C     Alexander Bolshunov   Iivo Niskanen   Emil Iversen [26]
16 23 7 March 2018     Drammen Sprint C     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Eirik Brandsdal   Alexander Bolshunov [27]
17 24 10 March 2018     Oslo 50 km F Mass Start     Dario Cologna   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Maxim Vylegzhanin [28]
25 16 March 2018     Falun Sprint F     Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Federico Pellegrino   Lucas Chanavat   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [29]
26 17 March 2018     Falun 15 km C Mass Start     Alexander Bolshunov   Calle Halfvarsson   Francesco De Fabiani [30]
27 18 March 2018     Falun 15 km F Pursuit     Alex Harvey   Hans Christer Holund   Maxim Vylegzhanin [31]
18 2017/18 World Cup Final (16–18 March 2018)   Alexander Bolshunov   Alex Harvey   Dario Cologna [32]

Women edit

WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 24 November 2017     Ruka Sprint C     Stina Nilsson   Sadie Bjornsen   Yuliya Belorukova   Stina Nilsson [33]
2 25 November 2017     Ruka 10 km C     Marit Bjørgen   Charlotte Kalla   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [34]
3 26 November 2017     Ruka 10 km F Pursuit     Ragnhild Haga   Heidi Weng   Charlotte Kalla   Charlotte Kalla [35]
1 8th Nordic Opening Overall (24–26 November 2017)   Charlotte Kalla   Marit Bjørgen   Ragnhild Haga [36]
2 4 2 December 2017     Lillehammer Sprint C     Maiken Caspersen Falla   Krista Pärmäkoski   Sadie Bjornsen   Charlotte Kalla [37]
3 5 3 December 2017     Lillehammer 15 km Skiathlon     Charlotte Kalla   Heidi Weng   Ragnhild Haga [38]
4 6 9 December 2017     Davos Sprint F     Stina Nilsson   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Kikkan Randall [39]
5 7 10 December 2017     Davos 10 km F     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Ragnhild Haga   Krista Pärmäkoski [40]
6 8 16 December 2017     Toblach 10 km F     Charlotte Kalla   Ragnhild Haga   Heidi Weng [41]
7 9 17 December 2017     Toblach 10 km C Pursuit     Marit Bjørgen   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Heidi Weng [42]
10 30 December 2017     Lenzerheide Sprint F     Laurien van der Graaff   Sophie Caldwell   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Charlotte Kalla [43]
11 31 December 2017     Lenzerheide 10 km C     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Heidi Weng   Sadie Bjornsen [44]
12 1 January 2018     Lenzerheide 10 km F Pursuit     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Heidi Weng   Jessie Diggins   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [45]
[nb 2] 3 January 2018     Oberstdorf Sprint C   cancelled after qualification due to severe weather, not rescheduled [15]
13 4 January 2018     Oberstdorf 10 km F Mass Start     Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Maiken Caspersen Falla   Krista Pärmäkoski   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [46]
14 6 January 2018     Val di Fiemme 10 km C Mass Start     Heidi Weng   Krista Pärmäkoski   Teresa Stadlober [47]
15 7 January 2018     Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit climb     Heidi Weng   Teresa Stadlober   Jessie Diggins [48]
8 12th Tour de Ski Overall (30 December 2017 – 7 January 2018)   Heidi Weng   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Jessie Diggins   Heidi Weng [49]
9 16 13 January 2018     Dresden Sprint F     Hanna Falk   Maja Dahlqvist   Sophie Caldwell   Heidi Weng [50]
10 17 20 January 2018     Planica Sprint C     Stina Nilsson   Kathrine Harsem   Maiken Caspersen Falla [51]
11 18 21 January 2018     Planica 10 km C     Krista Pärmäkoski   Charlotte Kalla   Heidi Weng [52]
12 19 27 January 2018     Seefeld in Tirol Sprint F     Sophie Caldwell
  Laurien van der Graaff
Not awarded   Maiken Caspersen Falla [53]
13 20 28 January 2018     Seefeld in Tirol 10 km F Mass Start     Jessie Diggins   Heidi Weng   Ragnhild Haga [54]
2018 Winter Olympics (9–25 February)
14 21 3 March 2018     Lahti Sprint F     Maiken Caspersen Falla   Stina Nilsson   Hanna Falk   Heidi Weng [55]
15 22 4 March 2018     Lahti 10 km C     Krista Pärmäkoski   Natalya Nepryayeva   Marit Bjørgen [56]
16 23 7 March 2018     Drammen Sprint C     Maiken Caspersen Falla   Stina Nilsson   Jessie Diggins [57]
17 24 11 March 2018     Oslo 30 km F Mass Start     Marit Bjørgen   Jessie Diggins   Ragnhild Haga [58]
25 16 March 2018     Falun Sprint F     Hanna Falk   Jonna Sundling   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng [59]
26 17 March 2018     Falun 10 km C Mass Start     Krista Pärmäkoski   Marit Bjørgen   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg [60]
27 18 March 2018     Falun 10 km F Pursuit    Jessie Diggins   Ragnhild Haga   Marit Bjørgen [61]
18 2017/18 World Cup Final (16–18 March 2018)   Marit Bjørgen   Jessie Diggins   Sadie Bjornsen [62]

Men's team edit

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 14 January 2018     Dresden Team Sprint F     Italy I
Dietmar Nöckler
Federico Pellegrino
  Sweden I
Emil Jönsson
Teodor Peterson
  Russia I
Andrey Krasnov
Gleb Retivykh
[63]

Women's team edit

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 14 January 2018     Dresden Team Sprint F     Sweden II
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Maja Dahlqvist
  Sweden I
Hanna Falk
Stina Nilsson
  United States I
Ida Sargent
Sophie Caldwell
[64]

Men's standings edit

Women's standings edit

Nations Cup edit

Points distribution edit

The table shows the number of points won in the 2017/18 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and ladies.

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

Achievements edit

Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements edit

Following are notable cross-country skiers who announced their retirement during or after this season:

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Alexey Poltoranin was disqualified two years later, because of illegal doping. This result was deleted
  2. ^ Qualification was completed, but the race was cancelled before the final rounds. Sprint qualification times will not count towards the Tour de Ski but will count for FIS points.

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