The 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 26th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 28 October 2006 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf which was eventually won by Marit Bjørgen of Norway. This season, Tour de Ski was a part of the World Cup for the first time. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.

Quick Facts Discipline, Overall ...

2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Tobias Angerer (2nd title)	Virpi Kuitunen
Distance	Tobias Angerer	Virpi Kuitunen
Sprint	Jens Arne Svartedal	Virpi Kuitunen
Nations Cup	Norway	Finland
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Stage events
Tour de Ski	Tobias Angerer	Virpi Kuitunen
Competition
Locations	18 venues	18 venues
Individual	25 events	25 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events
Cancelled	3 events	3 events
←2005–06 2007–08→

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Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.

The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. The inaugural Tour de Ski was supposed to start with the meet at Nové Město, but due to lack of snow the first two events were cancelled. The 1st Tour the Ski started in München and concluded at Val di Fiemme.

Men

More information WC, Stage ...

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	28 October 2006	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Eldar Rønning	Øystein Pettersen	Tor Arne Hetland	Eldar Rønning	[1]
2	2	18 November 2006	Gällivare	15 km F	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Franz Göring	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Eldar Rønning	[2]
3	3	25 November 2006	Ruka	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Tor Arne Hetland	Eldar Rønning	[3]
4	4	26 November 2006	Ruka	15 km C	Eldar Rønning	Vincent Vittoz	Anders Södergren		[4]
		8 December 2006	Aosta	Sprint F	cancelled, rescheduled to Rybinsk (21 Jan)				[5]
		10 December 2006	Aosta	30 km C Mass Start	cancelled				[6]
5	5	13 December 2006	Cogne/Val d'Aosta	15 km C	Eldar Rønning	Tor Arne Hetland	Yevgeny Dementyev	Eldar Rønning	[7]
6	6	16 December 2006	La Clusaz	30 km F Mass Start	Tobias Angerer	Alexander Legkov	Yevgeny Dementyev		[8]
		29 December 2006	Nové Město	4.5 km C Prologue	cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled				[9]
		30 December 2006	Nové Město	15 km F Pursuit	cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled				[10]
	7	31 December 2006	Munich	Sprint F	Christoph Eigenmann	Devon Kershaw	Roddy Darragon	Eldar Rønning	[11]
	8	2 January 2007	Oberstdorf	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Vincent Vittoz	Alexander Legkov	Tobias Angerer		[12]
	9	3 January 2007	Oberstdorf	15 km C	Franz Göring	René Sommerfeldt	Tobias Angerer		[13]
	10	5 January 2007	Asiago	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Thobias Fredriksson	Petter Northug		[14]
	11	6 January 2007	Val di Fiemme	30 km C Mass Start	Eldar Rønning	Ivan Alypov	Sami Jauhojärvi		[15]
	12	7 January 2007	Val di Fiemme	11 km F Pursuit  Final Climb	Sergey Shiryayev	Alexander Legkov	Giorgio Di Centa		[16]
7	1st Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2006 – 7 January 2007)				Tobias Angerer	Alexander Legkov	Simen Østensen	Tobias Angerer	[17]
8	13	20 January 2007	Rybinsk	30 km F Mass Start	Alexander Legkov	Emmanuel Jonnier	Tobias Angerer	Tobias Angerer	[18]
9	14	21 January 2007	Rybinsk	Sprint F	Renato Pasini	Nikolay Pankratov	Tobias Angerer		[19]
10	15	27 January 2007	Otepää	15 km C	Axel Teichmann	Frode Estil	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset		[20]
11	16	28 January 2007	Otepää	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Vasily Rochev	Torin Koos		[21]
12	17	3 February 2007	Davos	15 km F	Vincent Vittoz Toni Livers	Not awarded	Christian Hoffmann		[22]
13	18	15 February 2007	Changchun	Sprint C	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Børre Næss	Tor Arne Hetland		[23]
14	19	16 February 2007	Changchun	15 km F	Tobias Angerer	Vincent Vittoz	Emmanuel Jonnier		[24]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 (22 February–4 March)
15	20	10 March 2007	Lahti	Sprint F	Petter Northug	Jens Arne Svartedal	Eldar Rønning	Tobias Angerer	[25]
16	21	11 March 2007	Lahti	15 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Eldar Rønning	Tobias Angerer		[26]
17	22	14 March 2007	Drammen	Sprint C	Børre Næss	Mats Larsson	Trond Iversen		[27]
18	23	17 March 2007	Oslo	50 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Tobias Angerer	Frode Estil		[28]
19	24	21 March 2007	Stockholm	Sprint C	Mikhail Devyatyarov	Emil Jönsson	Mats Larsson		[29]
20	25	24 March 2007	Falun	15 km C + 15 km F  Double Pursuit	Tobias Angerer	Mathias Fredriksson	Emmanuel Jonnier		[30]

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Women

More information WC, Stage ...

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	28 October 2006	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Natalya Matveyeva	Ella Gjømle	Marit Bjørgen	[31]
2	2	18 November 2006	Gällivare	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun	Marit Bjørgen		[32]
3	3	25 November 2006	Ruka	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen		[33]
4	4	26 November 2006	Ruka	10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Kristina Šmigun		[34]
		9 December 2006	Aosta	Sprint F	cancelled, rescheduled to Rybinsk (21 Jan)				[5]
		10 December 2006	Aosta	15 km C Mass Start	cancelled				[35]
5	5	13 December 2006	Cogne/Val d'Aosta	10 km C	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen	[36]
6	6	16 December 2006	La Clusaz	15 km F Mass Start	Virpi Kuitunen	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Arianna Follis		[37]
		29 December 2006	Nové Město	3 km C Prologue	cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled				[38]
		30 December 2006	Nové Město	10 km F Pursuit	cancelled due to lack of snow, not rescheduled				[39]
	7	31 December 2006	Munich	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Arianna Follis	Chandra Crawford	Virpi Kuitunen	[40]
	8	2 January 2007	Oberstdorf	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Kristin Størmer Steira	Valentyna Shevchenko	Olga Zavyalova		[41]
	9	3 January 2007	Oberstdorf	10 km C	Petra Majdič	Kristin Størmer Steira	Virpi Kuitunen		[42]
	10	5 January 2007	Asiago	Sprint F	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Arianna Follis		[43]
	11	6 January 2007	Val di Fiemme	15 km C Mass Start	Virpi Kuitunen	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marit Bjørgen		[44]
	12	7 January 2007	Val di Fiemme	10 km F Pursuit   Final Climb	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristin Størmer Steira	Valentyna Shevchenko		[45]
7	1st Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2006 – 7 January 2007)				Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Valentyna Shevchenko		[17]
8	13	20 January 2007	Rybinsk	15 km F Mass Start	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Kateřina Neumannová	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen	[46]
9	14	21 January 2007	Rybinsk	Sprint F	Arianna Follis	Claudia Künzel-Nystad	Kikkan Randall		[47]
10	15	27 January 2007	Otepää	10 km C	Justyna Kowalczyk	Virpi Kuitunen	Valentyna Shevchenko		[48]
11	16	28 January 2007	Otepää	Sprint C	Virpi Kuitunen	Astrid Jacobsen	Yevgeniya Shapovalova		[49]
12	17	3 February 2007	Davos	10 km F	Virpi Kuitunen	Olga Zavyalova	Marit Bjørgen		[50]
13	18	15 February 2007	Changchun	Sprint C	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	Natalya Matveyeva	Guro Strøm Solli		[51]
14	19	16 February 2007	Changchun	10 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Karine Philippot	Svetlana Malahova		[52]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 (22 February–4 March)
15	20	10 March 2007	Lahti	Sprint F	Virpi Kuitunen	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	Anna Dahlberg	Virpi Kuitunen	[53]
16	21	11 March 2007	Lahti	10 km C	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Zavyalova	Viola Bauer		[54]
17	22	14 March 2007	Drammen	Sprint C	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen		[55]
18	23	17 March 2007	Oslo	30 km C	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič		[56]
19	24	21 March 2007	Stockholm	Sprint C	Petra Majdič	Virpi Kuitunen	Anna Dahlberg		[57]
20	25	24 March 2007	Falun	7.5 km C + 7.5 km F  Double Pursuit	Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová	Therese Johaug		[58]

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Men's team

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WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 October 2006	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Sweden I Björn Lind Peter Larsson	Norway II Øystein Pettersen Eldar Rønning	Italy I Renato Pasini Cristian Zorzi	[59]
2	19 November 2006	Gällivare	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Germany Jens Filbrich Franz Göring Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann	Russia Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev	Czech Republic Martin Koukal Lukáš Bauer Jiří Magál Milan Šperl	[60]
3	17 December 2006	La Clusaz	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Russia I Vasily Rochev Nikolay Pankratov Alexander Legkov Yevgeny Dementyev	Norway Tor Arne Hetland Eldar Rønning Ole Einar Bjørndalen Petter Northug	Germany Benjamin Seifert Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	[61]
	21 January 2007	Rybinsk	Team Sprint C	cancelled, due to rescheduled sprint to Rybinsk (21 Jan)			[62]
4	4 February 2007	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Russia Ivan Babikov Sergey Novikov Ilia Chernousov Sergey Shiryayev	Italy Valerio Checchi Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Santus Pietro Piller Cottrer	France Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier Alexandre Rousselet	[63]
5	25 March 2007	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Øystein Pettersen Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Petter Northug	Russia Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev Alexander Legkov Maxim Vylegzhanin	France Christophe Perrillat-Collomb Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier	[64]

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Women's team

More information WC, Date ...

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 October 2006	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	Norway I Ella Gjømle Marit Bjørgen	Sweden I Britta Norgren Lina Andersson	Finland II Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[65]
2	19 November 2006	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany I Manuela Henkel Katrin Zeller Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel	Finland Kirsi Välimaa Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[66]
3	17 December 2006	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel-Nystad Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Sweden Lina Andersson Sara Lindborg Charlotte Kalla Britta Norgren	Czech Republic Helena Erbenová Kamila Rajdlová Ivana Janečková Kateřina Neumannová	[67]
	21 January 2007	Rybinsk	Team Sprint C	cancelled, due to rescheduled sprint to Rybinsk (21 Jan)			[68]
4	4 February 2007	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Sweden Lina Andersson Anna Karin Strömstedt Charlotte Kalla Britta Norgren	Norway I Astrid Jacobsen Vibeke Skofterud Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Finland Pirjo Muranen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kati Venäläinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen	[69]
5	25 March 2007	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel-Nystad	Finland I Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Sweden I Anna Dahlberg Maria Rydqvist Charlotte Kalla Britta Norgren	[70]

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Below are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006–07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men.

The first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.

11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.

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Pos	Skier	1	2	3	4	6	7	8-15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pts
1	Tobias Angerer	4	8		13		1	1	3	3	6				1	9	3		2		1	1131
2	Alexander Legkov		7		12	22	2	2	1		25										26	578
3	Eldar Rønning	1		8	1	1		17			26			17		3	2	22				556
4	Tor Arne Hetland	3		3	7	2	15	5		15	20		3		18		17					522
5	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset			2	11	4					3			16			1	7	1		17	479
6	Vincent Vittoz		30		2	9	14	19	7				1=		2	10					5	463
7	Petter Northug	11				24		4							5	1	7		12		23	442
8	Jens Arne Svartedal	15		1	19	15		21				1		21		2		18		12		386
9	Sami Jauhojärvi		25	22	8	8	26	7			17	8	27=			24	8	13	5			382
10	Frode Estil				16	6		11			2						4		3		6	381
11	Simen Østensen							3			30	5		5	19			14				361
12	Mathias Fredriksson		27		4	14	11	14			13		27=		13		14		17	19	2	336
13	Franz Göring		3					6			4				6		24					317
14	Yevgeny Dementiev				18	3	3	8	9		24		18				26					315
15	Anders Södergren				3	5	4	16			23						11				4	297
16	Nikolay Pankratov				29		13	10	23	2	11	7									13	294
17	René Sommerfeldt						8	15	6	20	8				11		15		4			269
18	Axel Teichmann		6	7			5				1	22			8							262
19	Jens Filbrich		9		9	12	12	9	19					29	15		29					250
20	Emil Jönsson			6								6		7		7		4		2		246
21	Emmanuel Jonnier		16					26	2		28				3						3	238
22	Trond Iversen	9		4						13		12		4		10		3		9		218
23	Vasily Rochev			10	17					4	15	2				17	17					214
24	Børre Næss	13												2		29		1		24		209
25	Mats Larsson					16								10			23	2		3	18	202
25	Jaak Mae				5	26					5						5		6		12	202
27	Sergey Shiryayev							12	10				7		4							200
28	Øystein Pettersen	2		9												16	19	11			11	184
29	Jiří Magál		12				29	13					8						18		9	178
30	Ola Vigen Hattestad									30		23		1		22		21		4		177

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Distance Rank Points 1  Tobias Angerer (GER) 592 2  Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 415 3  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) 348 4  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 286 5  Frode Estil (NOR) 285 6  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 260 7  Mathias Fredriksson (SWE) 255 8  Anders Södergren (SWE) 238 9  Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA) 219 10  Axel Teichmann (GER) 217

Sprint Rank Points 1  Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR) 341 2  Trond Iversen (NOR) 286 3  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 282 4  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 234 5  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 215 6  Andrew Newell (USA) 210 7  Børre Næss (NOR) 209 8  Johan Kjølstad (NOR) 181 9  Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 178 10  Vasily Rochev (RUS) 170

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Below are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006–07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for women.

The first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.

11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.

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Pos	Skier	1	2	3	4	5	6	7-14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	Pts
1	Virpi Kuitunen	12	13	2	1	1	1	1	5	4	2	1	1			1	12	1	2	2	28	1510
2	Marit Bjørgen	1	3	3	2	17		2			4	19	3			8	16		10	19	1	941
3	Kateřina Neumannová	24	1		4	5	4	5	2	6			4		1	6	7		7		2	894
4	Petra Majdič	10	8	1	7	2	8	6			15	9	11			4	6	2	3	1	26	844
5	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	17	17	8	8	3	7	4	3	16	6	6	17			9	5	3	1	11	6	826
6	Riitta-Liisa Roponen		9=		12	8	2	13	1	13			15			2	9		5		16	548
7	Valentyna Shevchenko		4		6	9	6	3			3	25	12				23		12		11	541
8	Justyna Kowalczyk		18		27	4	27	11			1	7	5			11	10	7		6	21	484
9	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	7	19	16	18	25	9	8	9	10			25=	9	8			19	16	27	4	438
10	Arianna Follis	5	14	18		30=	3	16	10	1			21			5	25	28		29	8	419
11	Kristina Šmigun		2		3	10	15		7		21						1		8		5	405
12	Olga Zavyalova		9=		15	14	25	14	8				2				2		9		7	398
13	Claudia Künzel-Nystad	23	16	15	21	28	17	19	22	2	14	28	8			14	17	17	4		13	369
14	Kristin Størmer Steira		12			19	5	7			23		7				4		11		10	367
15	Vibeke Skofterud		5	27	5	6	19	9			7		19				14		13		15	364
16	Viola Bauer			26	13	15		10			16	27		10	16		3	14	20	10	18	333
17	Natalya Matveyeva	2		23						5	24	4		2	13=	23		18		9		311
18	Karine Philippot	21	22		20		14	12			19		6		2	24					19	287
19	Marianna Longa		11		22	13		15	17	18	5		18				21		6		9	281
20	Lina Andersson	4		7		30=					9	5	10	5				6		12		272
21	Anna Dahlberg											14		6		3	15	4		3	20	255
22	Natalya Korostelyova		15	11	28	11	24	23	11	7			9			22		30	18			218
23	Yevgeniya Shapovalova			13						14		3		1	18	26						216
24	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	25		4							17	2								4	17	214
25	Stefanie Böhler	18		10				21						11	6	17	11	20	21	17	23	213
26	Ella Gjømle	3	30	6	14						28	16				12	13		27	23		191
27	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	6		5								8						5		13		182
28	Alyona Sidko		29			22		29		21	25	12			5	10		12	23	14		176
29	Pirjo Manninen	22		25	19	26		22			11	17						21	29	5	29	165
30	Kikkan Randall			12						3				7		7				30		155

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Distance Rank Points 1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 650 2  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 627 3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 441 4  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 405 5  Kristina Smigun (EST) 405 6  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 368 7  Olga Zavyalova (RUS) 326 8  Petra Majdič (SVN) 325 9  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) 295 10  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 252

Sprint Rank Points 1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 532 2  Petra Majdič (SVN) 385 3  Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) 313 4  Lina Andersson (SWE) 238 5  Anna Dahlberg (SWE) 228 6  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 216 7  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 214 8  Arianna Follis (ITA) 208 9  Yevgeniya Shapovalova (RUS) 203 10  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 182

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This is the sum of all individual points scored plus points for relay events. Relays count double (200 to the winner), while two teams may be counted for team sprints.

Overall

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Pos	Nation	Points	Men's (Rk)	Women's (Rk)
1	Norway	849	522 (1)	327 (1)
2	Sweden	380	174 (3)	206 (2)
3	Germany	337	201 (2)	136 (4)
4	Italy	245	130 (4)	115 (6)
5	Finland	208	33 (9)	175 (3)
6	Russia	177	42 (7)	135 (5)
7	Switzerland	139	74 (5)	65 (8)
8	Slovenia	88		88 (7)
9	France	87	50 (6)	37 (10)
10	Japan	72	29 (12)	42 (9)
11	Estonia	51	41 (8)	10 (14)
12	Czech Republic	40	33 (9)	7 (15)
13	Austria	35	22 (13)	13 (13)
14	United States	32	32 (11)
15	Belarus	31		31 (11)
16	China	30	10 (15)	20 (12)
17	Poland	15	15 (14)

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Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2006/07 season in parentheses)

• 2007 in cross-country skiing

• FIS Official Site World Cup Results
• FIS Official Site World Cup Results - Tour De Ski
• Eurosport World Cup Coverage