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)
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Overall leadership edit

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 30 27 24 23 22 21 16 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2
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 edit

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

Stages edit

Stage 1 edit

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   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:37.42 (1) 2:39.47 30
2   Pål Golberg 2:41.31 (4) +4.17 27
3   Richard Jouve 2:44.62 (15) +4.62 24
4   Alexander Bolshunov 2:43.60 (11) +5.24 23
5   Emil Iversen 2:44.84 (18) +5.96 22
6   Oskar Svensson 2:46.33 (30) +9.50 21
7   Johan Häggström 2:42.35 (5) SF 16
8   Calle Halfvarsson 2:45.35 (22) SF 15
9   Teodor Peterson 2:45.26 (20) SF 14
10   Ilia Semikov 2:45.63 (24) SF 13
Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic[9]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1   Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:05.70 (6) 3:07.09 30
2   Jonna Sundling 3:08.76 (15) +2.33 27
3   Sadie Maubet Bjornsen 3:04.16 (2) +2.77 24
4   Ane Appelkvist Stenseth 3:05.67 (5) +2.78 23
5   Stina Nilsson 3:07.50 (10) +7.00 22
6   Tiril Udnes Weng 3:13.03 (30) +17.61 21
7   Natalya Nepryayeva 3:09.02 (17) SF 16
8   Katja Višnar 3:09.43 (18) SF 15
9   Anamarija Lampič 3:06.67 (7) SF 14
10   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 3:07.47 (9) SF 13

Stage 2 edit

30 November 2019

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

Stage 3 edit

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   Hans Christer Holund 34:53.8
2   Sjur Røthe +6.3
3   Emil Iversen +21.7
4   Iivo Niskanen +29.0
5   Perttu Hyvärinen +30.5
6   Jens Burman +32.5
7   Didrik Tønseth +34.7
8   Erik Valnes +34.9
9   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo +35.9
10   Pål Golberg +40.8
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[13]
Rank Name Time
1   Therese Johaug 25:48:0
2   Heidi Weng +8.3
3   Jessie Diggins +20.9
4   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen +27.3
5   Frida Karlsson +37.9
6   Tiril Udnes Weng +39.5
7   Anne Kjersti Kalvå +46.3
8   Victoria Carl +54.0
9   Stina Nilsson +56.5
10   Charlotte Kalla +1.00.9

World Cup points distribution edit

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.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Overall[3] 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Stage[3] 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

References edit

  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. ^ a b c d 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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