The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the

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, was held on 17 February at

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. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course.

Pietro Piller Cottrer Pietro Piller Cottrer (born 20 December 1974) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won gold medal in the 4 ×10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was born at Sappada in the province of Udine. Career Piller Cottrer' ...

was the 2005 World champion, though he did it in freestyle. The defending Olympic champion was the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu, who won in Salt Lake. There had been three World Cup events in this competition: German

Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer (born 12 April 1977 in Traunstein, Bavaria) is a German cross-country skier, and skis with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier". Angerer has been com ...

won the first in November, Vasily Rochev of Russia won in Estonia in January, and

Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Arne Svartedal (born February 14, 1976) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed in the World Cup between 1999 and 2010. He represented Trøsken IL from Sarpsborg in Norway. His greatest achievement is winning the individual s ...

won in Davos a week and a half before the games. However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds.

Results

Martin Tauber Martin Tauber (born 4 November 1976) is an Austrian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre classical event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Doping scandal in Turin In April 2007 Tauber was banned by the International Olympic ...

, an Austrian skier, originally placed 8th, but was disqualified after the

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declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations. The race was started at 10:00.Final results
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References

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