Bolshunov wasn't able to win, as Johannes Høsflot Klæbo from Norway took the yellow bib on first stage and extended the lead over Russian to over two minutes. This is second overall victory for Klæbo. Natalya Nepryayeva won the women competition after her two overall second places in the past and became the first Russian female to win Tour de Ski.
Two main individual classifications are contested in the 2021–22 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 stage 5. In the sprint stages, the winners are awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stage 5, the first ten skiers past the intermediate point receive from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time is the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the third time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings wears 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
Sprint
60
54
48
46
44
42
32
30
28
26
24
22
10
8
6
4
Intermediate sprint
Mass Start (only stage 5)
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 receive the highest number of points during the Tour win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader is 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
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.