Tour de Ski 2022-2023

The Tour de Ski is a cross-country skiing event held annually in Central Europe. The Tour de Ski typically has 6-9 stages and the combined time (and bonus seconds) of the stages will decide the winner of the tour. The Tour de Ski got it's inspiration from Tour de France of cycling.

The stages and organizing venues vary yearly. Through the years the Tour de Ski stages have been organized in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Czech Republic. The tour tradionally ends in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The final stage of the tour is the long and steep final climb on top of the Alpe Cermis mountain.

The first Tour de Ski was organized in 2006–2007 and since then the Tour has been competed every year.

Tour de Ski stages are also a part of the FIS Cross-Country skiing World Cup. Men's and women's race distances have been unified in the world cup and Tour de Ski by FIS from the season 2022-2023 onwards.

Tour de Ski 2022-2023 - Schedule

Tour de Ski has listened to the criticism about heavy travelling between events. Tour de Ski 2022–2023 events will only take place in three localities and countries. The tour includes seven stages in 2022-2023.



The tour begins with free technique sprints in Val Müstair, Switzerland, on the 31th of December 2022. On the following day, the same locality will host classic style 10 km pursuit races.

After one days rest, the tour continues with 10 km classic technique interval races in Oberstdorf, Germany on the 3rd of January. On the next day Oberstdorf will host 20 km free technique pursuits.

After Oberstdorf, the tour will move to its final location Val Di Fiemme, Italy, where one days rest will be followed by two events on January 6th and 7th. First there is a classic technique sprints on Friday followed by the 15 km classic technique mass starts. The tour ends to the challenging 9 km final climb event with free technique on Sunday.

The final leg is arranged as a mass start instead of a pursuit, now for the fourth time.

Tour de Ski 2022-2023 - Standings

We will update the Tour standings here.

Tour de Ski 2022-2023 - Results

We will update the Tour de Ski 2021-2022 results here.

Tour de Ski 2022-2023 - The teams

We will update the participating athletes from the top countries here.

Tour de Ski 2022-2023 prize money

In the last few years, there has been a lot of discussion about the prize money of Tour de Ski. The prize money has almost halved during ten years, which is understandably upsetting for many contestants.

The amount of the Tour de Ski 2021 prize money increased from the previous season. The prize is paid in Swiss francs. The prize money for the 2021-2022 Tour has not been announced yet. Below are the prizes from the previous Tour.

Video – Tour de Ski 2019/2020

Alpe Cermis - Tour de Ski Final Climb

Tour de Ski final climb, Alpe Cermis, is a classic. The 9 km (or 10 km) tour finale culminates in climbing up an alpine skiing slope with a serpentine track. The gradient of the final climb is 425 metres, with a total climb of 495 metres. The final climb has been a part of Tour de Ski since the very start in 2007, although the less sloped first part of the final leg has varied over the years. The final climb leg has been the same for men and women since 2011.

Lightweight skiers are often successful in the final climb. For women, Therese Johaug has usually dominated the final climb. Heidi Weng was the fastest skier in the final climb when Johaug was banned.

For men, Martin Johnsrud Sundby seems especially comfortable with the final climb. He was the fastest skier in the final climb of Tour de Ski 2017–2018. The Russian Denis Spitsov was the second fastest climber on last year's tour. The male skier with the highest number of first places in the final climb is Czech Lukas Bauer (3). Matti Heikkinen has also often succeeded in the final climb, with a second fastest climb after the Frenchman Maurice Manificat in season 2016–2017.

Alpe Cermis – Fastest Climber of All-Time

World Cup points from Tour de Ski

In addition to prize money the best overall performers in Tour de Ski are also awarded with generous amount of World Cup points. On top of that the from individual stages the skiers get half of the normal world cup race points.