The 2020–21 Tour de Ski will be the 15th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event will begin in Val Müstair, Switzerland on 1 January 2021 and conclude with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 10 January 2021. The tour will be the second edition starting in Val Müstair. The last stage known as the Final Climb will be held as a mass start for the second time. Alexander Bolshunov from Russia and Therese Johaug from Norway will be the title defenders.
Two main individual classifications are contested in the 2020–21 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 and at intermediate points during mass start stages. In the sprint stages, the winners are awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stages the first ten skiers past the intermediate point received from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time will be the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the second time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings will wear a yellow bib.
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
In finish
Interval start
none
Mass start
Pursuit
Sprint
60
54
48
46
44
42
32
30
28
26
24
22
10
8
6
4
Intermediate sprint
Mass Start
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
none
The second competition is the points standings, which replaced the sprint competition from past editions. The skiers who will receive the highest number of points during the Tour will win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader will be identified by a red bib.
Points standings points for the top 10 positions by type
Type
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
In finish
Pursuit
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
Sprint
30
24
20
16
12
10
8
6
4
2
Intermediate sprint
Interval start (1st IT)
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
Mass start
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.
Pursuit start lists are based only on Stage 4 results (not as in the past on the current Tour de Ski overall standings). In fact, stage 5 finish differences are cumulative results of stages 4 and 5
