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
Dates	29 November–1 December
Stages	3: 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	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

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 Jessica 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

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 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

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

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 Jessica 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

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

1. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 31–32. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2019 (help)
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3. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019, pp. 32. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2019 (help)
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7. "RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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11. "Women 10 km Interval Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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