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Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy and Claudia Nystad of Germany won the first stage of the mini-tour; a prologue freestyle. The second stage, a mass start in classic technique, did not count as an ordinary World Cup race as no World Cup points were awarded on the stage. However, the stage counted in the World Cup Final overall standings and was won by Vincent Vittoz in the men's competition and by Virpi Kuitunen among the women. Vittoz and Kuitunen both lead the overall standings after two stages and both won the World Cup Final overall by defending their positions on the third stage.
Overall leadership
Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type
Type
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13–15
16–20
21–25
26–30
Finish
Prologue
15
10
5
none
Mass start
15
10
5
none
Pursuit
none
Intermediate sprint
Mass start
15
10
5
none
The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. On the two first stages, the winners were awarded 15 bonus seconds. On the second stage, the three first skiers to pass the intermediate sprint points were also awarded bonus seconds. No bonus seconds were awarded on the third stage. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Finals.
The race for "Winner of the Day" did not receive 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. Therefore, pursuit results are presented. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
The overall winners are awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the first stage are awarded 100 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 300 points.
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Overall
200
160
120
100
90
80
72
64
58
52
48
44
40
36
32
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Stage 1
100
80
60
50
45
40
36
32
29
26
24
22
20
18
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Stage 2 and 3
none
References
Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. 2008. p. 31.