The 2011–12 Tour de Ski was the sixth edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 29 December 2011 to 8 January 2012. The race started in Oberhof, Germany, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The defending champions were Dario Cologna of Switzerland for the men and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk (two-time defending champion) for the women. Both Cologna and Kowalczyk were able to defend their titles as Tour de Ski champions and became the first athletes ever to win the Tour three times.

Schedule Stage Venue Date Event Technique Distance Start time (CET)Women Men Women Men 1 Oberhof 29 December 2011 Prologue, individual start Free 3.1 km 4.0 km 14:15 15:15 2 30 December 2011 Pursuit, 'handicap' start Classic 10 km 15 km 14:15 15:15 3 Oberstdorf 31 December 2011 Sprint, qualification and finals Classic 1.2 km 1.2 km 13:30 Q 14:30 F 4 1 January 2012 Skiathlon Classic/Free 5+5 km 10+10 km 13:00 15:45 5 Toblach 3 January 2012 Distance, individual start Classic 3 km 5 km 15:45 12:45 6 4 January 2012 Sprint, qualification and finals Free 1.3 km 1.3 km 10:45 Q 12:15 F 7 Cortina d'Ampezzo - Toblach 5 January 2012 Distance, handicap start Free 15 km 32 km 15:30 13:00 8 Val di Fiemme 7 January 2012 Distance, mass start Classic 10 km 20 km 15:45 12:30 9 8 January 2012 Final Climb, 'handicap' start Free 9 km 9 km 12:30 14:30

Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the Overall standings Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings

Overall standings Men + Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 4:33:17.2 2 +1:02.3 3 +1:44.6 4 +2:09.4 5 +2:59.1 6 +3:22.3 7 +3:43.7 8 +4:12.4 9 +4:20.2 10 +4:29.1Women + Final overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 2:52:45.0 2 +28.2 3 +3:57.8 4 +6:48.6 5 +6:55.1 6 +7:09.7 7 +8:01.2 8 +8:32.7 9 +8:34.2 10 +8:55.8

Sprint standings Men + Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 3:56 2 3:53 3 1:52 4 1:44 5 1:37 6 1:34 7 1:32 8 1:11 9 1:04 10 0:58Women + Final sprint standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 4:04 2 3:56 3 1:40 4 1:40 5 1:20 6 1:18 7 1:11 8 1:09 9 0:59 10 0:56

Stages

Stage 1 29 December 2011, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

+Men - 4.0 km freestyle Place Name Time 1 7:58.3 2 +0.7 3 +4.0 4 +5.6 5 +6.8+Women - 3.1 km freestyle Place Name Time 1 7:03.7 2 +0.4 3 +4.0 4 +4.1 5 +4.2

Stage 2 30 December 2011, Oberhof - pursuit (handicap start)

+Men - 15 km classical (pursuit) Place Name Time 1 46:03.3 2 +2.3 3 +2.9 4 +4.2 5 +5.3+Women - 10 km classical (pursuit) Place Name Time 1 32:04.4 2 +0.2 3 +7.1 4 +16.3 5 +53.4+Men - 15 km classical (stage) Place Name Time 1 37:42.2 2 +5.3 3 +8.6 4 +9.1 5 +10.5+Women - 10 km classical (stage) Place Name Time 1 24:48.7 2 +21.8 3 +27.0 4 +28.7 5 +49.7

Stage 3 31 December 2011, Oberstdorf, Germany +Men - 1.2 km Sprint Classic Place Name Time 1 2:28.6 2 +0.7 3 +1.2 4 +1.7 5 +3.7+Women - 1.2 km Sprint Classic Place Name Time 1 2:45.3 2 +3.2 3 +6.3 4 +8.0 5 +13.1

Stage 4 1 January 2012, Oberstdorf - skiathlon

+Men - 10+10 km Place Name Time 1 50:27.3 2 +0.3 3 +0.6 4 +1.5 5 +1.7+Women - 5+5 km Place Name Time 1 27:16.0 2 +1.6 3 +1.8 4 +35.3 5 +45.3

Stage 5 3 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - distance

+Men - 5.0 km classical Place Name Time 1 13:49.5 2 +1.7 3 +2.0 4 +3.5 5 +4.0+Women - 3.3 km classical Place Name Time 1 10:49.2 2 +3.9 3 +15.1 4 +17.0 5 +17.2

Stage 6 4 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - sprint

+Men - sprint freestyle Place Name Time 1 3:03.4 2 +0.0 3 +0.3 4 +0.9 5 +1.8+Women - sprint freestyle Place Name Time 1 3:17.6 2 +0.5 3 +2.3 4 +4.7 5 +6.1

Stage 7 5 January 2012, Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach - distance (handicap start)

+Men - 32 km freestyle (pursuit) Place Name Time 1 1:09:25.2 2 +1:15.8 3 +1:16.4 4 +1:16.8 5 +1:17.2+Women - 15 km freestyle (pursuit) Place Name Time 1 39:01.1 2 +2.0 3 +3:16.9 4 +4:42.2 5 +4:48.3

Stage 8 7 January 2012, Val di Fiemme, Italy - distance (mass start)

+Men - 20 km classical mass start Place Name Time 1 1:00:02.2 2 +1.1 3 +1.3 4 +1.5 5 +2.3+Women - 10 km classical mass start Place Name Time 1 25:49.8 2 +7.5 3 +31.0 4 +33.6 5 +42.3

Stage 9 8 January 2012, Val di Fiemme - distance (handicap start)

+Men - 9 km freestyle Place Name Time 1 30:38.2 2 +0.1 3 +1.7 4 +16.2 5 +30.7+Women - 9 km freestyle Place Name Time 1 34:17.7 2 +51.3 3 +1:08.0 4 +1:10.8 5 +1:13.9

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