2025–26 Tour de Ski
| 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Ski tour details | |
| Venue(s) | Toblach, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy |
| Dates | 28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 |
| Stages | 6 |
The 2025–26 Tour de Ski will be the 20th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event will begin in Toblach, Italy on 28 December 2025 and conclude with the traditional Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 4 January 2026. The tour starts in Toblach for the fourth time.
Norwegians Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and retired Therese Johaug were the winners of previous edition.
Russia and Belarus are not allowed to compete after suspension by FIS council for this World Cup season due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
Schedule
| Stage | Venue | Date | Event | Technique | Distance | Start time (CET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | ||||||
| 1 | Toblach | 28 December 2025 | Sprint | Free | 1.4 km | 14:15 | 14:15 |
| 2 | 29 December 2025 | Distance, individual | Classic | 10 km | 14:45 | 11:45 | |
| 3 | 31 December 2025 | Distance, heat mass start | Free | 5 km | 14:30 | 11:30 | |
| 4 | 1 January 2026 | Distance, pursuit | Classic | 20 km | 12:30 | 10:30 | |
| 5 | Val di Fiemme | 3 January 2026 | Sprint | Classic | 1.2 km | 14:45 | 14:45 |
| 6 | 4 January 2026 | Final Climb, mass start | Free | 10 km | 15:30 | 11:30 | |
Overall leadership
Three main individual classifications will be contested in the 2025–26 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important is the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) are awarded at both sprint stages, where the winners are awarded 60 bonus seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time will be the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the third time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings will wear a gold bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13–15 | 16–20 | 21–25 | 26–30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In finish | |||||||||||||||||
| Sprint | 60 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| Interval start | none | ||||||||||||||||
| Pursuit | |||||||||||||||||
| Mass start | |||||||||||||||||
The second competition will be the sprints standings. The skiers who receive the highest number of points during the Tour win the sprint classification. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader is identified by a silver bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In finish | Sprint | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Intermediate sprint | Mass start | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Heat mass start | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
The third competition is the new competition called climbing standings. The skiers who receive the highest number of points on the top of the hills during the Tour win the climbing classification. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader is identified by a violet bib.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In finish | Stage 6 (Alpe Cermis) | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Intermediate sprint | Interval start | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Heat mass start | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
The final competition is a team competition. This is calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team is the team with the lowest cumulative time.
References
- ^ "Decisions of the FIS Council Fall 2023". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
Sources
- Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Edition 2025/26 (PDF). International Ski Federation. 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2025/26 (PDF). International Ski Federation. 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.