2019 Nordic Opening

The 2019 Nordic Opening or the seventh Ruka Triple is the 10th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event will be the first competition round of the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

2019 Nordic Opening
2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Ruka, Finland
Dates29 November–1 December
Stages3:
Sprint C
10/15 km C
10/15 km F Pursuit
Results
Men
  Winner  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
  Second  Emil Iversen (NOR)
  Third  Iivo Niskanen (FIN)
Women
  Winner  Therese Johaug (NOR)
  Second  Heidi Weng (NOR)
  Third  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)

Overall leadership
Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type[1]
Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13–15 16–20 21–25 26–30
Finish Sprint 3027242322211615141312115432
Interval start none
Pursuit

The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. On the sprint stage, the winners were awarded 30 bonus seconds, no bonus seconds were awarded on stages two and three. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Nordic Opening.

A total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race.[2] The overall winners of the Nordic Opening received CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively.[3] All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.[3] CHF 5,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.[4]

Overall leadership by stage
Stage Men Women
Winner Overall standings Winner Overall standings
1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Maiken Caspersen Falla Maiken Caspersen Falla
2 Iivo Niskanen Therese Johaug Therese Johaug
3 Hans Christer Holund Therese Johaug
Final Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Final Therese Johaug

Overall standings
Men's Overall standings (1–10)[5]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1:13:06.7
2 Norway Emil Iversen +1.8
3 Finland Iivo Niskanen +11.1
4 Norway Pål Golberg +47.9
5 Russia Alexander Bolshunov +48.3
6 Norway Hans Christer Holund +52.1
7 Norway Didrik Tønseth +58.8
8 Norway Sjur Røthe +1:16.4
9 Sweden Calle Halfvarsson +1:33.6
10 Russia Sergey Ustiugov +1:39.0
Women's Overall standings (1–10)[6]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 55:43.0
2 Norway Heidi Weng +1:11.3
3 Norway Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +1:13.3
4 United States Sadie Maubet Bjornsen +1:27.9
5 United States Jessie Diggins +1:30.9
6 Finland Krista Pärmäkoski +1:41.0
7 Norway Tiril Udnes Weng +1:52.5
8 Sweden Frida Karlsson +1:53.9
9 Czech Republic Kateřina Razýmová +2:00.1
10 United States Rosie Brennan +2:15.3

Stages

Stage 1

29 November 2019

  • The skiers qualification times count in the overall standings. Bonus seconds are awarded to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[7]
    • Final: 30–27–24–23–22–21
    • Semi-final: 16–15–14–13–12–11
    • Quarter-final: 5–5–5–4–4–4–4–4–3–3–3–3–3–2–2–2–2–2
Men – 1.4 km Sprint Classic[8]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:37.42 (1) 2:39.47 30
2 Norway Pål Golberg 2:41.31 (4) +4.17 27
3 France Richard Jouve 2:44.62 (15) +4.62 24
4 Russia Alexander Bolshunov 2:43.60 (11) +5.24 23
5 Norway Emil Iversen 2:44.84 (18) +5.96 22
6 Sweden Oskar Svensson 2:46.33 (30) +9.50 21
7 Sweden Johan Häggström 2:42.35 (5) SF 16
8 Sweden Calle Halfvarsson 2:45.35 (22) SF 15
9 Sweden Teodor Peterson 2:45.26 (20) SF 14
10 Russia Ilia Semikov 2:45.63 (24) SF 13
Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic[9]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1 Norway Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:05.70 (6) 3:07.09 30
2 Sweden Jonna Sundling 3:08.76 (15) +2.33 27
3 United States Sadie Maubet Bjornsen 3:04.16 (2) +2.77 24
4 Norway Ane Appelkvist Stenseth 3:05.67 (5) +2.78 23
5 Sweden Stina Nilsson 3:07.50 (10) +7.00 22
6 Norway Tiril Udnes Weng 3:13.03 (30) +17.61 21
7 Russia Natalya Nepryayeva 3:09.02 (17) SF 16
8 Slovenia Katja Višnar 3:09.43 (18) SF 15
9 Slovenia Anamarija Lampič 3:06.67 (7) SF 14
10 Norway Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 3:07.47 (9) SF 13

Stage 2

30 November 2019

  • No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Classic (individual)[10]
Rank Name Time
1 Finland Iivo Niskanen 35:17:0
2 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo +13.0
3 Norway Emil Iversen +14.9
4 Norway Didrik Tønseth +33.1
5 Russia Alexander Bolshunov +43.8
6 Russia Andrey Larkov +45.4
7 Norway Pål Golberg +49.7
8 Norway Hans Christer Holund +55.9
9 Russia Sergey Ustiugov +57.2
10 Russia Ivan Yakimushkin +1.06.2
Women – 10 km Classic (individual)[11]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 26.47.5
2 Finland Krista Pärmäkoski +30.1
3 Russia Natalya Nepryayeva +44.4
4 United States Sadie Maubet Bjornsen +45.7
5 Czech Republic Kateřina Razýmová +46.7
6 United States Rosie Brennan +57.9
7 Norway Heidi Weng +58.0
8 Norway Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +59.6
9 Japan Masako Ishida +1.04.5
10 Finland Kerttu Niskanen +1.07.2

Stage 3

1 December 2019

  • The race for "Winner of the Day" counts for 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Frestyle (pursuit)[12]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Hans Christer Holund 34:53.8
2 Norway Sjur Røthe +6.3
3 Norway Emil Iversen +21.7
4 Finland Iivo Niskanen +29.0
5 Finland Perttu Hyvärinen +30.5
6 Sweden Jens Burman +32.5
7 Norway Didrik Tønseth +34.7
8 Norway Erik Valnes +34.9
9 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo +35.9
10 Norway Pål Golberg +40.8
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[13]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 25:48:0
2 Norway Heidi Weng +8.3
3 United States Jessie Diggins +20.9
4 Norway Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +27.3
5 Sweden Frida Karlsson +37.9
6 Norway Tiril Udnes Weng +39.5
7 Norway Anne Kjersti Kalvå +46.3
8 Germany Victoria Carl +54.0
9 Sweden Stina Nilsson +56.5
10 Sweden Charlotte Kalla +1.00.9

World Cup points distribution

The overall winners were awarded 200 points.[14] The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.

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Overall[3] 200160120100908072645852484440363230282624222018161412108642
Stage[3] 504643403734323028262422201816151413121110987654321

References
  1. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 31–32.
  2. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 32–33.
  3. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 32.
  4. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 33.
  5. "Ruka Triple Overall Standing Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. "Ruka Triple Overall Standing Women" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. "RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. "Men 1.4 km Sprint Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. "Women 1.4 km Sprint Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  10. "Men 15 km Interval Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. "Women 10 km Interval Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. "Men 15 km Pursuit Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  13. "Women 10 km Pursuit Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  14. "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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