The 16th Tour de Ski 2021/22 was a stage race organized as part of the Cross-Country World Cup 2021/22 . It took place between December 28, 2021 and January 4, 2022 at three different locations ( Lenzerheide , Oberstdorf and Val di Fiemme ) in three countries (Switzerland, Germany and Italy) with a total of six stages.
Compared to previous years, the tour has been shortened to six stages in order to prevent the best athletes from missing a start due to the 2022 Winter Olympics .
In the men's category, 111 runners took part, 56 of whom reached the finish line of the final stage. The overall ranking went to the Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo . He won four of the total of six stages and finally had a lead of 2 minutes and 3.2 seconds over last year's winner Alexander Bolschunow and the Finn Iivo Niskanen . In the women's category, 86 runners competed in the first stage. 46 athletes crossed the finish line on the final stage. The overall ranking was won for the first time by Russian Natalja Neprjajewa with 46.7 seconds ahead of Swede Ebba Andersson and one minute and 7.7 seconds on Heidi Weng . She won twice and took third place once.
Val di Fiemme, January 4, 2022 (mountain run mass start)
Two intermediate sprints were held for men and women. For these, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 bonus point were awarded for the sprint evaluation.