2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 36th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season started on 26 November 2016 in Ruka, Finland, and ended on 19 March 2017 in Quebec City, Canada.

2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3rd title)	Heidi Weng
Distance	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Heidi Weng
Sprint	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Maiken Caspersen Falla
U-23	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Anamarija Lampič
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Stage events
Nordic Opening	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Heidi Weng
Tour de Ski	Sergey Ustiugov	Heidi Weng
World Cup Final	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Marit Bjørgen
Competition
Locations	16 venues	16 venues
Individual	28 events	28 events
Relay/Team	4 events	4 events
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Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	26 November 2016	Ruka	Sprint C	Pål Golberg	Calle Halfvarsson	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Pål Golberg	[1]
2	2	27 November 2016	Ruka	15 km C	Iivo Niskanen	Emil Iversen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Calle Halfvarsson	[2]
	3	2 December 2016	Lillehammer	Sprint C	Calle Halfvarsson	Emil Iversen	Teodor Peterson	Calle Halfvarsson	[3]
	4	3 December 2016	Lillehammer	10 km F	Calle Halfvarsson	Marcus Hellner	Sergey Ustiugov		[4]
	5	4 December 2016	Lillehammer	15 km pursuit C	Matti Heikkinen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Pål Golberg		[5]
3	7th Nordic Opening Overall (2–4 December 2016)				Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Matti Heikkinen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[6]
4	6	10 December 2016	Davos	30 km F	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Anders Gløersen	Matti Heikkinen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[7]
5	7	11 December 2016	Davos	Sprint F	Sergey Ustiugov	Finn Hågen Krogh	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar		[8]
6	8	17 December 2016	La Clusaz	15 km mass start F	Finn Hågen Krogh	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov		[9]
	9	31 December 2016	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Sergey Ustiugov	Federico Pellegrino	Finn Hågen Krogh	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[10]
	10	1 January 2017	Val Müstair	10 km mass start C	Sergey Ustiugov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Didrik Tønseth		[11]
	11	3 January 2017	Oberstdorf	20 km skiathlon	Sergey Ustiugov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Dario Cologna		[12]
	12	4 January 2017	Oberstdorf	15 km pursuit F	Sergey Ustiugov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alex Harvey		[13]
	13	6 January 2017	Toblach	10 km F	Sergey Ustiugov	Maurice Manificat	Simen Hegstad Krüger		[14]
	14	7 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	15 km mass start C	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Sergey Ustiugov	Matti Heikkinen		[15]
	15	8 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	9 km pursuit climb F	Maurice Manificat	Matti Heikkinen	Hans Christer Holund		[16]
7	11th Tour de Ski Overall (31 December 2016 – 8 January 2017)				Sergey Ustiugov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Dario Cologna		[17]
8	16	14 January 2017	Toblach	Sprint F	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar	Simeon Hamilton	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[18]
9	17	21 January 2017	Ulricehamn	15 km F	Alex Harvey	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Marcus Hellner		[19]
10	18	28 January 2017	Falun	Sprint F	Federico Pellegrino	Emil Iversen	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar		[20]
11	19	29 January 2017	Falun	30 km mass start C	Emil Iversen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Calle Halfvarsson		[21]
12	20	3 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Sprint C	Gleb Retivykh	Sondre Turvoll Fossli	Andrey Parfenov		[22]
13	21	4 February 2017	Pyeongchang	30 km skiathlon	Petr Sedov	Daniel Stock	Mathias Rundgreen		[23]
14	22	18 February 2017	Otepää	Sprint F	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Finn Hågen Krogh	Sergey Ustiugov		[24]
15	23	19 February 2017	Otepää	15 km C	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Iivo Niskanen	Hans Christer Holund		[25]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 (22 February–5 March)
16	24	8 March 2017	Drammen	Sprint C	Eirik Brandsdal	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Sergey Ustiugov	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[26]
17	25	11 March 2017	Oslo	50 km mass start C	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Iivo Niskanen	Alexander Bessmertnykh		[27]
	26	17 March 2017	Quebec City	Sprint F	Alex Harvey	Finn Hågen Krogh	Richard Jouve	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	[28]
	27	18 March 2017	Quebec City	15 km mass start C	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Niklas Dyrhaug	Alexander Bessmertnykh		[29]
	28	19 March 2017	Quebec City	15 km pursuit F	Marcus Hellner	Andrew Musgrave	Sjur Røthe		[30]
18	2016–17 World Cup Final (17–19 March 2017)				Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alex Harvey	Niklas Dyrhaug		[31]

Women

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	1	26 November 2016	Ruka	Sprint C	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Heidi Weng	Stina Nilsson	[32]
2	2	27 November 2016	Ruka	10 km C	Marit Bjørgen	Krista Pärmäkoski	Heidi Weng		[33]
	3	2 December 2016	Lillehammer	Sprint C	Heidi Weng	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Hanna Falk	Heidi Weng	[34]
	4	3 December 2016	Lillehammer	5 km F	Jessie Diggins	Heidi Weng	Marit Bjørgen		[35]
	5	4 December 2016	Lillehammer	10 km pursuit C	Krista Pärmäkoski	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng
3	7th Nordic Opening Overall (2–4 December 2016)				Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Krista Pärmäkoski		[36]
4	6	10 December 2016	Davos	15 km F	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski	Heidi Weng	[37]
5	7	11 December 2016	Davos	Sprint F	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Hanna Falk	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	[38]
6	8	17 December 2016	La Clusaz	10 km mass start F	Heidi Weng	Marit Bjørgen	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng	[39]
	9	31 December 2016	Val Müstair	Sprint F	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Heidi Weng	Heidi Weng	[40]
	10	1 January 2017	Val Müstair	5 km mass start C	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski		[41]
	11	3 January 2017	Oberstdorf	10 km skiathlon	Stina Nilsson	Jessie Diggins	Heidi Weng		[42]
	12	4 January 2017	Oberstdorf	10 km pursuit F	Stina Nilsson	Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg		[43]
	13	6 January 2017	Toblach	5 km F	Jessie Diggins	Krista Pärmäkoski	Sadie Bjornsen		[44]
	14	7 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	10 km mass start C	Stina Nilsson	Anne Kyllönen	Charlotte Kalla		[45]
	15	8 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	9 km pursuit climb F	Heidi Weng	Elizabeth Stephen	Kerttu Niskanen		[46]
7	11th Tour de Ski Overall (31 December 2016 – 8 January 2017)				Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski	Stina Nilsson		[47]
8	16	14 January 2017	Toblach	Sprint F	Natalya Matveyeva	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Hanna Falk	Heidi Weng	[48]
9	17	21 January 2017	Ulricehamn	10 km F	Marit Bjørgen	Krista Pärmäkoski	Charlotte Kalla		[49]
10	18	28 January 2017	Falun	Sprint F	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Heidi Weng		[50]
11	19	29 January 2017	Falun	15 km mass start C	Marit Bjørgen	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng		[51]
12	20	3 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Sprint C	Anamarija Lampič	Silje Øyre Slind	Ida Sargent		[52]
13	21	4 February 2017	Pyeongchang	15 km skiathlon	Justyna Kowalczyk	Elizabeth Stephen	Masako Ishida		[53]
14	22	18 February 2017	Otepää	Sprint F	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Heidi Weng		[54]
15	23	19 February 2017	Otepää	10 km C	Marit Bjørgen	Charlotte Kalla	Heidi Weng		[55]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 (22 February–5 March)
16	24	8 March 2017	Drammen	Sprint C	Stina Nilsson	Krista Pärmäkoski	Hanna Falk	Heidi Weng	[56]
17	25	12 March 2017	Oslo	30 km mass start C	Marit Bjørgen	Krista Pärmäkoski	Kerttu Niskanen		[57]
	26	17 March 2017	Quebec City	Sprint F	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Hanna Falk	Heidi Weng	[58]
	27	18 March 2017	Quebec City	10 km mass start C	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski		[59]
	28	19 March 2017	Quebec City	10 km pursuit F	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng	Stina Nilsson		[60]
18	2016–17 World Cup Final (17–19 March 2017)				Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng	Stina Nilsson		[61]

Men's team

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	1	18 December 2016	La Clusaz	4 x 7.5 km relay C/F	Norway Didrik Tønseth Martin Johnsrud Sundby Anders Gløersen Finn Hågen Krogh	Russia I Evgeniy Belov Alexander Legkov Aleksey Chervotkin Sergey Ustiugov	France I Jean-Marc Gaillard Alexis Jeannerod Clément Parisse Maurice Manificat	[62]
2	2	15 January 2017	Toblach	Team sprint F	Canada Len Väljas Alex Harvey	Sweden I Karl-Johan Westberg Oskar Svensson	Italy I Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino	[63]
3	3	22 January 2017	Ulricehamn	4 x 7.5 km relay C/F	Norway I Simen Hegstad Krüger Martin Johnsrud Sundby Anders Gløersen Finn Hågen Krogh	Sweden I Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson	Canada Devon Kershaw Alex Harvey Knute Johnsgaard Len Väljas	[64]
4	4	5 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Team sprint F	Russia I Andrey Parfenov Gleb Retivykh	France Baptiste Gros Lucas Chanavat	Russia II Artem Maltsev Nikita Kryukov	[65]

Women's team

WC	Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	1	18 December 2016	La Clusaz	4 x 5 km relay C/F	Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marit Bjørgen Ragnhild Haga Heidi Weng	Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Anne Kyllönen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Laura Mononen	Sweden Emma Wikén Stina Nilsson Maria Rydqvist Anna Dyvik	[66]
2	2	15 January 2017	Toblach	Team sprint F	Russia I Yuliya Belorukova Natalya Matveyeva	Sweden I Ida Ingemarsdotter Hanna Falk	Norway I Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Maiken Caspersen Falla	[67]
3	3	22 January 2017	Ulricehamn	4 x 5 km relay C/F	Norway I Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen	Germany Katharina Hennig Stefanie Böhler Victoria Carl Sandra Ringwald	Sweden I Ida Ingemarsdotter Sofia Henriksson Charlotte Kalla Hanna Falk	[68]
4	4	5 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Team sprint F	Sweden I Elin Mohlin Maria Nordström	Norway I Anna Svendsen Silje Øyre Slind	United States I Sophie Caldwell Ida Sargent	[69]

Men's standings

Overall Rank after 28 events Points 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 1626 2 Sergey Ustiugov 1176 3 Alex Harvey 1128 4 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 884 5 Matti Heikkinen 869 6 Marcus Hellner 815 7 Dario Cologna 788 8 Niklas Dyrhaug 758 9 Sjur Røthe 673 10 Finn Hågen Krogh 660

Distance Rank after 18 events Points 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 1056 2 Alex Harvey 588 3 Matti Heikkinen 555 4 Iivo Niskanen 475 5 Niklas Dyrhaug 468 6 Sjur Røthe 465 7 Sergey Ustiugov 454 8 Marcus Hellner 453 9 Dario Cologna 424 10 Hans Christer Holund 409

Sprint Rank after 10 events Points 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 399 2 Federico Pellegrino 363 3 Sindre Bjørnestad Skar 338 4 Finn Hågen Krogh 323 5 Sergey Ustiugov 322 6 Pål Golberg 238 7 Emil Iversen 237 8 Lucas Chanavat 216 9 Simeon Hamilton 200 10 Eirik Brandsdal 199

Prize money Rank after 44 payouts CHF 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 215,850 2 Sergey Ustiugov 171,875 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 117,749 4 Alex Harvey 74,250 5 Finn Hågen Krogh 51,187 6 Emil Iversen 48,625 7 Matti Heikkinen 47,275 8 Dario Cologna 41,125 9 Sindre Bjørnestad Skar 37,375 10 Iivo Niskanen 37,313

Helvetia U23 Rank after 28 events Points 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 884 2 Jens Burman 252 3 Lucas Chanavat 216 4 Oskar Svensson 143 5 Richard Jouve 100 6 Aleksey Chervotkin 51 7 Viktor Thorn 34 8 Alexander Bolshunov 29 9 Janez Lampič 24 10 Pavel Petrov 24

Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking Rank after 12 events Points 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 286 2 Sergey Ustiugov 211 3 Alex Harvey 163 4 Niklas Dyrhaug 118 5 Finn Hågen Krogh 104 6 Sjur Røthe 96 7 Andrey Larkov 92 8 Iivo Niskanen 89 9 Emil Iversen 82 10 Federico Pellegrino 72

Women's standings

Overall Rank after 28 events Points 1 Heidi Weng 2032 2 Krista Pärmäkoski 1618 3 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 1517 4 Stina Nilsson 1437 5 Marit Bjørgen 1307 6 Jessie Diggins 912 7 Maiken Caspersen Falla 866 8 Kerttu Niskanen 704 9 Charlotte Kalla 660 10 Laura Mononen 605

Distance Rank after 18 events Points 1 Heidi Weng 951 2 Marit Bjørgen 854 3 Krista Pärmäkoski 807 4 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 771 5 Charlotte Kalla 491 6 Stina Nilsson 467 7 Jessie Diggins 432 8 Kerttu Niskanen 417 9 Laura Mononen 383 10 Yuliya Chekalyova 367

Sprint Rank after 10 events Points 1 Maiken Caspersen Falla 558 2 Stina Nilsson 520 3 Hanna Falk 359 4 Heidi Weng 321 5 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 306 6 Krista Pärmäkoski 281 7 Natalya Matveyeva 242 8 Ida Ingemarsdotter 232 9 Anamarija Lampič 214 10 Jessie Diggins 206

Prize money Rank after 44 payouts CHF 1 Heidi Weng 272,350 2 Stina Nilsson 153,375 3 Krista Pärmäkoski 153,000 4 Marit Bjørgen 150,900 5 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 122,750 6 Maiken Caspersen Falla 70,500 7 Jessie Diggins 39,062 8 Anamarija Lampič 27,499 9 Natalya Matveyeva 27,000 10 Hanna Falk 26,750

Helvetia U23 Rank after 28 events Points 1 Anamarija Lampič 242 2 Yuliya Belorukova 201 3 Nadine Fähndrich 172 4 Jonna Sundling 157 5 Anastasia Sedova 146 6 Katharina Hennig 138 7 Anna Dyvik 96 8 Alisa Zhambalova 91 9 Victoria Carl 80 10 Lotta Udnes Weng 64

Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking Rank after 12 events Points 1 Heidi Weng 219 2 Stina Nilsson 196 3 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 162 4 Marit Bjørgen 140 5 Krista Pärmäkoski 123 6 Maiken Caspersen Falla 106 7 Jessie Diggins 88 8 Kathrine Rolsted Harsem 73 9 Charlotte Kalla 64 10 Justyna Kowalczyk 58

Nations Cup

Overall Rank after 66 events Points 1  Norway 13383 2  Sweden 7053 3  Finland 5817 4  Russia 5711 5  United States 3218 6  Switzerland 2597 7  Germany 2563 8  France 1853 9  Italy 1812 10  Canada 1800

Men Rank after 33 events Points 1  Norway 6793 2  Russia 3737 3  Sweden 2877 4  Finland 2273 5  France 1791 6  Canada 1714 7  Switzerland 1647 8  Italy 1109 9  Germany 760 10  United States 708

Women Rank after 33 events Points 1  Norway 6590 2  Sweden 4176 3  Finland 3544 4  United States 2510 5  Russia 1974 6  Germany 1803 7  Switzerland 950 8  Slovenia 709 9  Italy 703 10  Austria 532

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2016/17 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

Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory

Men Sindre Bjørnestad Skar, 24, in his 7th season – the WC 8 (sprint F) in Toblach; first podium was 2014–15 WC 15 (sprint F) in Lahti Gleb Retivykh, 25, in his 7th season – the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang; also first podium Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, 20, in his 2nd season - the WC 14 (sprint F) in Otepää; first podium was 2016–17 WC 1 (sprint C) in Ruka

Women Anamarija Lampič, 21, in her 4th season – the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang; also first podium

Women

First World Cup podium

Men Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, 20, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 1 (sprint C) in Kuusamo Simen Hegstad Krüger, 23, in his 5th season – no. 3 in the WC 7 (10 km F) in Toblach Gleb Retivykh, 25, in his 7th season – no. 1 in the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang Daniel Stock, 24, in his 4th season – no. 2 in the WC 13 (30 km skiathlon) in Pyeongchang Mathias Rundgreen, 25, in his 4th season – no. 3 in the WC 13 (30 km skiathlon) in Pyeongchang

Women Sadie Bjornsen, 27, in her 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 7 (5 km F) in Toblach Anamarija Lampič, 21, in her 4th season – no. 1 in the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang Silje Øyre Slind, 28, in her 6th season – no. 2 in the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang Ida Sargent, 29, in her 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 12 (sprint C) in Pyeongchang

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men Sergey Ustiugov, 7 (11) first places Martin Johnsrud Sundby, 5 (29) first places Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, 3 (3) first places Alex Harvey, 2 (6) first places Calle Halfvarsson, 2 (3) first places Federico Pellegrino, 1 (9) first place Eirik Brandsdal, 1 (9) first place Finn Hågen Krogh, 1 (8) first place Maurice Manificat, 1 (7) first place Marcus Hellner, 1 (5) first place Pål Golberg, 1 (4) first place Matti Heikkinen, 1 (4) first place Emil Iversen, 1 (4) first place Iivo Niskanen, 1 (2) first place Petr Sedov, 1 (2) first place Sindre Bjørnestad Skar, 1 (1) first place Gleb Retivykh, 1 (1) first place

Women Stina Nilsson, 9 (12) first places Marit Bjørgen, 8 (110) first places Heidi Weng, 5 (8) first places Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, 2 (7) first places Jessie Diggins, 2 (3) first places Justyna Kowalczyk, 1 (50) first place Maiken Caspersen Falla, 1 (13) first place Krista Pärmäkoski, 1 (2) first place Natalya Matveyeva, 1 (2) first place Anamarija Lampič, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable cross-country skiers who announced their retirement:

Men  Martin Johansson (SWE)[70]  Tomas Northug (NOR)[71]  Johan Olsson (SWE)[72]  Tim Tscharnke (GER)[73]

Women  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR)[74]