2018–19 Tour de Ski
The 2018–19 Tour de Ski was the 13th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Toblach, Italy on 29 December 2018 and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 6 January 2019. The tour was the first tour starting in Toblach. The overall tours were won for the first time by Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (Norway) and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (Norway).
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| Venue(s) | Toblach, Italy Val Müstair, Switzerland Oberstdorf, Germany Val di Fiemme, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 December 2018 – 6 January 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The opening stage was won by Stina Nilsson of Sweden and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway. Natalya Nepryayeva won the women's second stage and took over the lead in the overall standings. The men's second stage was won by Sergey Ustiugov, with fellow Russian Alexander Bolshunov taking over the leader's blue bib. The third stage was the second and last sprint race of the tour, again won by Nilsson and Klæbo. Klæbo's second victory of his Tour de Ski debut put him in the blue bib which he held for the rest of the tour. Jessie Diggins of the United States skied the fourth stage in the blue bib, but four consecutive wins on the four last stages for Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Østberg made her the overall winner of the tour, with a record winning margin of 2 minutes 42 seconds. Klæbo won four of the seven stages and won the overall Tour de Ski on his first attempt. 22 years and 76 days old, Klæbo became the youngest ever winner of the overall standings.