The 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 24th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany on 23 October 2004 and was concluded in Falun, Sweden on 20 March 2005. The overall winners were Marit Bjørgen and Axel Teichmann.
Calendar
Men
WC
Venue
Discipline
Date
Winner
Second
Third
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Germany Düsseldorf
Sprint F
23 October 2004
Sweden Peter Larsson
Norway Tor-Arne Hetland
Italy Cristian Zorzi
Sweden Gällivare
15 km C
20 November 2004
Germany Axel Teichmann
Germany René Sommerfeldt
Russia Vasily Rochev
Finland Ruka
15 km F
27 November 2004
France Vincent Vittoz
Germany Axel Teichmann
Italy Giorgio Di Centa
Finland Ruka
15 km C
28 November 2004
Germany Axel Teichmann
Russia Vasily Rochev
Germany René Sommerfeldt
Switzerland Bern
Sprint F
4 December 2004
Norway Tor-Arne Hetland
Sweden Thobias Fredriksson
Norway Johan Kjølstad
Italy Val di Fiemme
30 km Skiathlon
11 December 2004
Germany Axel Teichmann
Germany Jens Filbrich
France Vincent Vittoz
Italy Asiago
Sprint C
14 December 2004
Norway Jens Arne Svartedal
Norway Tor-Arne Hetland
Sweden Björn Lind
Austria Ramsau
30 km F, mass start
18 December 2004
France Vincent Vittoz
Sweden Anders Södergren
Germany Axel Teichmann
Estonia Otepää
15 km C
8 January 2005
Estonia Andrus Veerpalu
Norway Frode Estil
Estonia Jaak Mae
Estonia Otepää
Sprint C
9 January 2005
Cancelled (rescheduled to Lahti 5 March)
Czech Republic Nové Město
15 km F
15 January 2005
France Vincent Vittoz
Austria Christian Hoffmann
Germany Tobias Angerer
Czech Republic Nové Město
Sprint F
16 January 2005
Norway Johan Kjølstad
Italy Freddy Schwienbacher
Sweden Björn Lind
Italy Pragelato
30 km Skiathlon
22 January 2005
Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer
Sweden Mathias Fredriksson
Norway Kristen Skjeldal
Germany Reit im Winkl
15 km F
12 February 2005
Slovakia Martin Bajčičák
Italy Giorgio Di Centa
Austria Christian Hoffmann
Germany Reit im Winkl
Sprint C
13 February 2005
Norway Eldar Rønning
Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Poland Janusz Krężelok
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 (16–27 February)
Finland Lahti
Sprint C
5 March 2005
Norway Børre Næss
Norway Tor-Arne Hetland
Norway Eldar Rønning
Finland Lahti
15 km F
6 March 2005
Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer
Austria Christian Hoffmann
Italy Thomas Moriggl
Norway Drammen
Sprint C
9 March 2005
Norway Tor-Arne Hetland
Norway Eldar Rønning
Norway Børre Næss
Norway Oslo
50 km C
12 March 2005
Estonia Andrus Veerpalu
Germany Jens Filbrich
Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Sweden Gothenburg
Sprint F
16. March 2005
Norway Trond Iversen
Finland Keijo Kurttila
Norway Ola Vigen Hattestad
Sweden Falun
30 km Skiathlon
19 March 2005
Russia Yevgeny Dementyev
Germany Tobias Angerer
Slovakia Martin Bajčičák
Women
WC
Venue
Discipline
Date
Winner
Second
Third
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Germany Düsseldorf
Sprint F
23 oktober 2004
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Sweden Anna Dahlberg
Italy Gabriella Paruzzi
Sweden Gällivare
10 km C
20 November 2004
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Estonia Kristina Šmigun
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Finland Ruka
10 km F
26 November 2004
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Estonia Kristina Šmigun
Russia Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
Finland Ruka
10 km C
28 November 2004
Estonia Kristina Šmigun
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Switzerland Bern
Sprint F
4 December 2004
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Germany Claudia Künzel
Norway Ella Gjømle
Italy Val di Fiemme
15 km Skiathlon
11 December 2004
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Estonia Kristina Šmigun
Italy Gabriella Paruzzi
Italy Asiago
Sprint C
14 December 2004
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Norway Ella Gjømle
Austria Ramsau
15 km F, mass start
18 December 2004
Estonia Kristina Šmigun
Norway Kristin Størmer Steira
Russia Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova
Estonia Otepää
10 km C
8 January 2005
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Norway Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Estonia Otepää
Sprint C
9 January 2005
Cancelled (Rescheduled to Lahti 5 March)
Czech Republic Nové Město
10 km F
15 January 2005
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Russia Yuliya Chepalova
Czech Republic Nové Město
Sprint F
16 January 2005
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Finland Pirjo Manninen
Germany Claudia Künzel
Italy Pragelato
15 km Skiathlon
22 January 2005
Norway Kristin Størmer Steira
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Germany Claudia Künzel
Germany Reit im Winkl
10 km F
12 February 2005
Russia Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova
Russia Olga Zavyalova
Russia Yuliya Chepalova
Germany Reit im Winkl
Sprint C
13 February 2005
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Sweden Anna Dahlberg
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 (16–27 February)
Finland Lahti
Sprint C
5 March 2005
Sweden Lina Andersson
Finland Kirsi Välimaa
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Finland Lahti
10 km F
6 March 2005
Russia Yuliya Chepalova
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
France Karine Philippot
Norway Drammen
Sprint C
9 March 2005
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Sweden Lina Andersson
Sweden Anna Dahlberg
Norway Oslo
30 km C
12 March 2005
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Sweden Gothenburg
Sprint F
16 March 2005
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Finland Virpi Kuitunen
Sweden Falun
15 km Skiathlon
19 March 2005
Norway Marit Bjørgen
Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
Russia Yuliya Chepalova
Men's team
WC
Date
Place
Discipline
Winner
Second
Third
Ref.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 October 2004
Germany Düsseldorf
Team Sprint F
21 November 2004
Sweden Gällivare
4 × 10 km relay C/F
5 December 2004
Switzerland Bern
Team Sprint F
12 December 2004
Italy Val di Fiemme
4 × 10 km relay C/F
15 December 2004
Italy Asiago
Team Sprint C
23 January 2005
Italy Pragelato
Team Sprint C
20 March 2005
Sweden Falun
4 × 10 km relay C/F
Women's team
WC
Date
Place
Discipline
Winner
Second
Third
Ref.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 October 2004
Germany Düsseldorf
Team Sprint F
21 November 2004
Sweden Gällivare
4 × 5 km relay C/F
5 December 2004
Switzerland Bern
Team Sprint F
12 December 2004
Italy Val di Fiemme
4 × 5 km relay C/F
15 December 2004
Italy Asiago
Team Sprint C
23 January 2005
Italy Pragelato
Team Sprint C
20 March 2005
Sweden Falun
4 × 5 km relay C/F
Men's standings
Overall
Rank
after all 20 events
Points
1
GER Axel Teichmann
584
2
FRA Vincent Vittoz
516
3
NOR Tor Arne Hetland
512
4
GER Tobias Angerer
439
5
GER René Sommerfeldt
374
6
SWE Mathias Fredriksson
374
7
NOR Jens Arne Svartedal
361
8
ITA Giorgio Di Centa
354
9
RUS Yevgeny Dementyev
351
10
NOR Eldar Rønning
320
Distance
Rank
Points
1
GER Axel Teichmann
2
FRA Vincent Vittoz
3
GER Tobias Angerer
4
GER René Sommerfeldt
5
ITA Giorgio Di Centa
6
RUS Yevgeny Dementyev
7
SWE Mathias Fredriksson
8
GER Jens Filbrich
9
CZE Lukáš Bauer
10
EST Andrus Veerpalu
Sprint
Rank
Points
1
NOR Tor Arne Hetland
2
NOR Eldar Rønning
3
NOR Trond Iversen
4
SWE Thobias Fredriksson
5
NOR Børre Næss
6
SWE Björn Lind
7
NOR Johan Kjølstad
8
NOR Jens Arne Svartedal
9
FIN Keijo Kurttila
10
EST Anti Saarepuu
Women's standings
Overall
Rank
after all 20 events
Points
1
NOR Marit Bjørgen
1320
2
CZE Kateřina Neumannová
751
3
FIN Virpi Kuitunen
726
4
EST Kristina Šmigun
643
5
GER Claudia Nystad
613
6
NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
552
7
RUS Yuliya Chepalova
530
8
FIN Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
484
9
RUS Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
431
10
ITA Gabriella Paruzzi
397
Distance
Rank
Points
1
NOR Marit Bjørgen
2
CZE Kateřina Neumannová
3
EST Kristina Šmigun
4
RUS Yuliya Chepalova
5
RUS Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
6
NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
7
GER Claudia Nystad
8
FIN Virpi Kuitunen
9
NOR Kristin Størmer Steira
10
ITA Gabriella Paruzzi
Sprint
Rank
Points
1
NOR Marit Bjørgen
2
FIN Virpi Kuitunen
3
SWE Anna Dahlberg
4
FIN Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
5
GER Claudia Nystad
6
SWE Lina Andersson
7
FIN Pirjo Muranen
8
NOR Ella Gjømle
9
SWE Emelie Öhrstig
10
NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Nations Cup
Overall
Rank
Nation
Points
1
****
8448
2
4881
3
4541
4
3902
5
3875
6
3811
7
1849
8
1793
9
1524
10
901
Men
Rank
Nation
Points
1
****
4488
2
2712
3
2429
4
2369
5
1779
6
1240
7
1128
8
805
9
704
10
467
Women
Rank
Nation
Points
1
****
3960
2
3097
3
2762
4
2169
5
1446
6
1442
7
820
8
721
9
553
10
530
Achievements
;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2004–05 season in parentheses)
;Men
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