The top 6 of the World Cup ranking will for the first time receive prize money for their overall result. In addition, the Rookie of the Year – the best U23 athlete - will be honored with 2,700 CHF (CHF = Swiss Francs. 1 Swiss franc = 0.977517 U.S. dollars). In total 180,000 CHF will be distributed, 90,000 CHF per gender. The overall winner will get 31,500 CHF for the best performance in all the disciplines over the whole year.
Here's an overview of the current World Cup standings:
Overall ranking ladies
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 1325 pts
2. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 1115 pts *best U23
3. Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 1019 pts
4. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 928 pts
5. Petra Majdic (SLO) 892 pts
6. Arianna Follis (ITA) 843 pts
Distance ranking ladies
1. Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) 607 pts
2. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 572 pts
3. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 529 pts
Sprint ranking ladies
1. Petra Majdic (SL0) 564 pts
2. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 490 pts
3. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 488 pts
Team Cup ladies
1. Norway 4199 pts
2. Finland 3973 pts
3. Russia 2881 pts
Overall ranking men
1. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 1276 pts
2. René Sommerfeldt (GER) 770 pts
3. Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 656 pts
4. Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 583 pts
5. Axel Teichmann (GER) 543 pts
6. Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) 540 pts
Best U23:
12. Emil Joensson (SWE, 1985) 448 pts
Distance ranking men
1. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 826 pts
2. René Sommerfeldt (GER) 450 pts
3. Anders Soedergren (SWE) 423 pts
Sprint ranking men
1. Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 450 pts
2. Emil Joensson (SWE) 448 pts
3. John Kristian Dahl (NOR) 321 pts
Team Cup men
1. Norway 6136 pts
2. Germany 2674 pts
3. Sweden 2452 pts
Nations Cup (ladies & men)
1. Norway 10335 pts
2. Germany 5488 pts
3. Finland 5393 pts