2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Per Elofsson	Yuliya Chepalova
Distance	(not arranged)	(not arranged)
Sprint	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Bente Skari
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	15 venues	15 venues
Individual	20 events	20 events
Relay/Team	4 events	4 events

The 2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 20th official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It started in Beitostølen, Norway on 25 November 2000 and finished in Kuopio, Finland on 25 March 2001. Per Elofsson of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Yuliya Chepalova of Russia won the women's.

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 November 2000	Beitostølen	15 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Thomas Alsgaard	Tore Bjonviken	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	[1]
2	29 November 2000	Beitostølen	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Sami Repo	Thomas Alsgaard	Thomas Alsgaard	[2]
3	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	15 km F	Per Elofsson	Vincent Vittoz	Tor Arne Hetland	Per Elofsson	[3]
4	16 December 2000	Brusson	20 km Skiathlon	Per Elofsson	Johann Mühlegg	Vincent Vittoz		[4]
5	17 December 2000	Brusson	Sprint F	Thomas Alsgaard	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Cristian Zorzi		[5]
6	20 December 2000	Davos	30 km C	Mika Myllylä	Mikhail Ivanov	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset		[6]
7	28 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint C	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Tor Arne Hetland	Giorgio Di Centa		[7]
8	29 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Cristian Zorzi	Håvard Solbakken		[8]
9	10 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	30 km F Mass Start	Johann Mühlegg	Christian Hoffmann	René Sommerfeldt		[9]
10	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	15 km C	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Botvinov	Fulvio Valbusa		[10]
11	14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Thobias Fredriksson	Silvio Fauner		[11]
12	1 February 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Trond Iversen	Jens Arne Svartedal		[12]
13	4 February 2001	Nové Město	Sprint F	Morten Brørs	Trond Einar Elden	Ari Palolahti		[13]
14	10 February 2001	Otepää	10 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	Per Elofsson	Janne Immonen		[14]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 (15–25 February)
15	4 March 2001	Kavgolovo	15 km F	Per Elofsson	Mikhail Botvinov	Alexey Prokourorov		[15]
16	7 March 2001	Oslo	Sprint C	Thomas Alsgaard	Thoralf Heimdal	Jan Jacob Verdenius		[16]
17	10 March 2001	Oslo	50 km C	Per Elofsson	Anders Aukland	Frode Estil		[17]
18	14 March 2001	Borlänge	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Johann Mühlegg		[18]
19	17 March 2001	Falun	15 km C	Mikhail Ivanov	Frode Estil	Tore Bjonviken Kristen Skjeldal	Per Elofsson	[19]
20	25 March 2001	Kuopio	60 km F	Sergey Dolidovich	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Mikhail Botvinov		[20]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	25 November 2000	Beitostølen	10 km C	Bente Skari	Kaisa Varis	Stefania Belmondo	Bente Skari	[21]
2	29 November 2000	Beitostølen	5 km F	Kaisa Varis	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Kaisa Varis	[22]
3	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	[23]
4	16 December 2000	Brusson	10 km C	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Larisa Lazutina		[24]
5	17 December 2000	Brusson	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Katerina Neumannova	Virpi Kuitunen	Yuliya Chepalova	[25]
6	20 December 2000	Davos	15 km C	Yuliya Chepalova	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun		[26]
7	28 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Pirjo Manninen	Nina Gavrylyuk	Bente Skari	[27]
8	29 December 2000	Engelberg	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Yuliya Chepalova	[28]
9	10 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	10 km Skiathlon	Kateřina Neumannová	Gabriella Paruzzi	Stefania Belmondo		[29]
10	14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	Sprint F	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Beckie Scott	Bente Skari	[30]
11	1 February 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Anita Moen	Petra Majdič		[31]
12	4 February 2001	Nové Město	Sprint F	Yuliya Chepalova	Anita Moen	Claudia Künzel		[32]
13	10 February 2001	Otepää	5 km C	Bente Skari	Virpi Kuitunen	Olga Danilova		[33]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 (15–25 February)
14	4 March 2001	Kavgolovo	15 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	Bente Skari	[34]
15	7 March 2001	Oslo	Sprint C	Pirjo Manninen	Bente Skari	Lina Andersson		[35]
16	10 March 2001	Oslo	30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Skari	Olga Zavyalova		[36]
17	14 March 2001	Borlänge	5 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Yelena Burukhina	Larisa Lazutina		[37]
18	17 March 2001	Falun	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Zavyalova	Yuliya Chepalova	[38]
19	18 March 2001	Falun	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Skari	Yuliya Chepalova		[39]
20	24 March 2001	Kuopio	40 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Olga Zavyalova	Larisa Lazutina		[40]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 2000	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Tore Bjonviken Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Norway II Krister Sørgård Anders Aukland Hans Leithe Espen Bjervig	[41]
2	9 December 2000	Santa Caterina	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Austria Gerhard Urain Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Vilisov	[42]
3	13 December 2000	Clusone	Team Sprint F	Italy I Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj	Italy II Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Peter Schlickenrieder	[43]
4	18 March 2001	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Vilisov	Sweden Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Morgan Göransson Per Elofsson	Italy Silvio Fauner Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	[44]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 2000	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Pirjo Manninen Milla Jauho Virpi Kuitunen Kaisa Varis	Russia Olga Danilova Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Sweden Lina Andersson Karin Öhman Carin Holmberg Mariana Handler	[45]
2	8 December 2000	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Nina Gavrylyuk Olga Zavyalova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Tina Bay Bente Skari Elin Nilsen Hilde G. Pedersen	Finland Pirjo Manninen Satu Salonen Virpi Kuitunen Milla Jauho	[46]
3	13 December 2000	Clusone	Team Sprint F	Russia I Olga Zavyalova Yuliya Chepalova	Italy Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia III Irina Skladneva Olga Moskalenko	[47]
4	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo	Canada Sara Renner Milaine Theriault Beckie Scott Amanda Fortier	Finland Mari Rauhala Kirsi Välimaa Riikka Sirviö Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	[48]

Men's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points    Per Elofsson 763 2 Johann Mühlegg 603 3 Thomas Alsgaard 474 4 Pietro Piller Cottrer 456 5 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 439 6 René Sommerfeldt 384 7 Fulvio Valbusa 378 8 Frode Estil 370 9 Kristen Skjeldal 363 10 Mikhail Botvinov 346

Rank Skier Points 11 Cristian Zorzi 331 12 Tor Arne Hetland 330 13 Mathias Fredriksson 298 14 Fabio Maj 288 15 Mikhail Ivanov 272 16 Vincent Vittoz 264 Giorgio Di Centa 264 18 Jan Jacob Verdenius 263 19 Christian Hoffmann 253 20 Tore Bjonviken 246

Rank Skier Points 21 Morten Brørs 238 22 Anders Aukland 228 23 Sami Repo 218 24 Axel Teichmann 208 25 Silvio Fauner 186 26 Ivan Bátory 184 27 Trond Einar Elden 180 28 Vladimir Vilisov 171 29 Alexey Prokourorov 169 30 Gerhard Urain 167

Sprint Rank Skier Points    Jan Jacob Verdenius 321 2 Cristian Zorzi 288 3 Tor Arne Hetland 239 4 Morten Brørs 214 5 Trond Einar Elden 212 6 Thomas Alsgaard 200 7 Håvard Bjerkeli 177 8 Thobias Fredriksson 161 9 Fulvio Valbusa 154 10 Håvard Solbakken 152

Women's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points    Yuliya Chepalova 1106 2 Bente Skari 990 3 Larisa Lazutina 893 4 Stefania Belmondo 785 5 Olga Zavyalova 529 6 Gabriella Paruzzi 528 7 Olga Danilova 502 8 Nina Gavrylyuk 481 9 Kateřina Neumannová 435 10 Kristina Šmigun 352

Rank Skier Points 11 Pirjo Manninen 350 12 Kaisa Varis 337 13 Sabina Valbusa 306 14 Hilde G. Pedersen 280 15 Beckie Scott 248 16 — — 17 Anita Moen 230 18 Virpi Kuitunen 227 19 Manuela Henkel 224 20 Kati Venäläinen 235

Rank Skier Points 21 Yelena Burukhina 195 22 Lyubov Yegorova 188 23 Claudia Künzel 166 24 Iryna Taranenko-Terelya 145 25 Riikka Sirviö 138 26 Ekaterina Stchastlivaia 137 27 Milla Jauho 131 28 Karin Moroder 117 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 117 30 Cristina Paluselli 116

Sprint Rank Skier Points    Bente Skari 430 2 Pirjo Manninen 380 3 Manuela Henkel 259 4 Yuliya Chepalova 256 Anita Moen 256 6 Gabriella Paruzzi 185 7 Stefania Belmondo 164 8 Karin Moroder 161 9 Claudia Künzel 139 10 Elina Hietamäki 136

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2000–01 season in parentheses)

Men  Per Elofsson (SWE), 6 (7) first places  Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 3 (10) first places  Johann Mühlegg (ESP), 2 (6) first places  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), 2 (5) first places  Mika Myllylä (FIN), 1 (10) first place  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 1 (4) first place  Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Jan Jacob Verdenius (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Morten Brørs (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Mikhail Ivanov (RUS), 1 (2) first place  Sergey Dolidovich (BLR), 1 (1) first place

Women  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 7 (11) first places  Bente Skari (NOR), 6 (21) first places  Pirjo Manninen (FIN), 3 (3) first places  Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 2 (21) first places  Kaisa Varis (FIN), 1 (2) first place  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 1 (4) first place

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