World Cup 2008/2009 in numbers
Mon, Mar 30, 2009 - By FIS
Below please find the facts and figures of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup season 2008/2009.
Overall ranking ladies 1 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1810 pts 2 Petra Majdic (SLO) 1710 pts 3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 1463 pts 4 Arianna Follis (ITA) 1135 pts 5 Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 1124 pts 6 Marianna Longa (ITA) 995 pts Rookie of the year (best U23 skier): Therese Johaug (NOR, 7th place overall) Distance ranking ladies 1 Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1004 pts 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 706 pts 3 Marianna Longa (ITA) 662 pts Sprint ranking ladies 1 Petra Majdic (SLO) 875 pts 2 Arianna Follis (ITA) 469 pts 3 Pirjo Muranen (FIN) 461 pts Team Cup ladies 1 Finland 5113 pts 2 Norway 3785 pts 3 Italy 3297 pts Prize Money ranking (in CHF) 1. Petra Majdic (SLO) 227,000 2. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 214,625 3. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 204,450 Most WC victories (including competition series): 8 - Petra Majdic (SLO) 5 - Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2 - Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) Most top 3 places (including competition series): 10 - Petra Majdic (SLO) 8 - Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 7 - Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) Overall ranking men 1 Dario Cologna (SUI) 1344 pts 2 Petter Northug (NOR) 1217 pts 3 Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 792 pts 4 Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 774 pts 5 Sami Jauhojaervi (ITA) 765 pts 6 Axel Teichmann (GER) 724 pts Rookie of the year (best U23 skier): Dario Cologna (SUI) Distance ranking men 1 Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 559 pts 2 Dario Cologna (SUI) 539 pts 3 Petter Northug (NOR) 489 pts Sprint ranking men 1 Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 792 pts 2 Renato Pasini (ITA) 359 pts 3 Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 335 pts Team Cup men 1 Norway 5549 pts 2 Russia 3141 pts 3 Italy 3116 pts Nations Cup (ladies & men) 1 Norway 9334 pts 2 Finland 6675 pts 3 Italy 6413 pts Prize money ranking (in CHF) 1 Dario Cologna (SUI) 262,800 2 Petter Northug (NOR) 182,625 3 Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 128,759 Most WC victories (including competition series): 6 - Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 2 - Dario Cologna (SUI) - Tour de Ski & World Cup Final 2 - Petter Northug (NOR) Most top 3 places (including competition series) 7 - Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 5 - Petter Northug (NOR) 3 - Johan Olsson (SWE), Dario Cologna (SUI), Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), Alexander Legkov (RUS), and Sami Jauhojaervi (FIN)