Original Plans for the Tour de Ski

A couple days ago, I dug up an old video of the men’s relay at the 2005 Oberstdorf World Championships, which is a great race* but which also included a little preview by Jürg Capol (then and now the race director for FIS cross-country skiing events) of what was still being described as a ski version of the Tour de France. Said Capol:I guess today it’s a little bit difficult to find out who is