Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
| Men's 15 kilometre classical at the XX Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Pragelato | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 99 from 46 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 38:01.3 | ||||||||||||
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Andrus Veerpalu |
 Estonia
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Lukáš Bauer |
 Czech Republic
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Tobias Angerer |
 Germany
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The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Pietro 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 won the first in November, Vasili Rotchev of Russia won in Estonia in January, and Jens Arne Svartedal 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.
Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 8th, but was disqualified after the IOC declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations.
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