2020 Nordic Opening

The 2020 Nordic Opening or the eight Ruka Triple was the 11th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was the first competition round of the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

2020 Nordic Opening

2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)	Ruka, Finland
Dates	27 November–29 November
Stages	3: Sprint C 10/15 km C 10/15 km F Pursuit
Results
Men   Winner  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)   Second  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS)   Third  Emil Iversen (NOR) Women   Winner  Therese Johaug (NOR)   Second  Tatiana Sorina (RUS)   Third  Ebba Andersson (SWE)

Schedule

Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Technique	Distance		Start time (CET)
					Women	Men	Women	Men
1	Ruka (FIN)	27 November 2020	Sprint	Classic	1.4 km	1.4 km	12:30	12:30
2		28 November 2020	Distance, interval start	Classic	10 km	15 km	09:40	12:45
3		29 November 2020	Distance, pursuit	Free	10 km	15 km	11:50	12:50

Overall leadership

Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type[1][2]

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 earned 30 bonus seconds, no bonus seconds were given on stages two and three. The skier with the lowest cumulative time became the overall winner of the Nordic Opening.

A total of CHF 252,000, both genders included, were awarded in cash prizes in the tournament.[3] The overall winners of the Nordic Opening received CHF 25,000, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 18,000 and CHF 12,000 respectively.[4] All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.[3] CHF 5,000 were given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.[5]

Overall leadership by stage

Stage	Men		Women
	Winner	Overall standings	Winner	Overall standings
1	Erik Valnes	Erik Valnes	Linn Svahn	Linn Svahn
2	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Therese Johaug	Therese Johaug
3	Hans Christer Holund	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Therese Johaug	Therese Johaug
Final		Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Final	Therese Johaug

Overall standings

Men's overall standings (1–10)[6] Rank Name Time 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1:11:19.8 2 Alexander Bolshunov +0.7 3 Emil Iversen +3.0 4 Hans Christer Holund +19.5 5 Iivo Niskanen +27.3 6 Andrew Musgrave +27.9 7 Aleksey Chervotkin +32.9 8 Evgeniy Belov +33.4 9 Andrey Melnichenko +35.9 10 Ristomatti Hakola +37.1

Women's overall standings (1–10)[7] Rank Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 53:12.2 2 Tatiana Sorina +47.0 3 Ebba Andersson +48.6 4 Frida Karlsson +50.8 5 Rosie Brennan +52.5 6 Helene Marie Fossesholm +54.8 7 Linn Svahn +1:06.9 8 Maja Dahlqvist +1:08.8 9 Kerttu Niskanen +1:14.5 10 Natalya Nepryayeva +1:15.6

Stages

Stage 1

27 November 2020

• The skiers qualification times counted in the overall standings. Bonus seconds werere awarded to the 30 skiers that qualifies for the quarter-finals, distributed as following:[8]
  • 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[9] Rank Name QT Time BS 1 Erik Valnes 2:34.94 (2) 2:29.56 30 2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:33.32 (1) +0.61 27 3 Emil Iversen 2:41.23 (10) +4.09 24 4 Alexander Bolshunov 2:37.49 (5) +6.34 23 5 Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:37.09 (4) +15.50 22 6 Jovian Hediger 2:41.29 (11) +19.61 21 7 Gleb Retivykh 2:40.81 (8) SF 16 8 Ristomatti Hakola 2:43.00 (22) SF 15 9 Sindre Bjørnestad Skar 2:41.43 (12) SF 14 10 Johan Häggström 2:41.93 (16) SF 13

Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic[10] Rank Name QT Time BS 1 Linn Svahn 3:01.54 (3) 2:54.34 30 2 Maja Dahlqvist 3:00.04 (2) +0.57 27 3 Jonna Sundling 3:02.47 (6) +0.70 24 4 Lotta Udnes Weng 3:05.13 (18) +2.59 23 5 Ane Appelkvist Stenseth 2:55.94 (1) +3.86 22 6 Emma Ribom 3:04.05 (11) +5.60 21 7 Anamarija Lampič 3:03.51 (9) SF 16 8 Moa Lundgren 3:04.16 (14) SF 15 9 Natalya Nepryayeva 3:05.79 (20) SF 14 10 Nadine Fähndrich 3:05.92 (22) SF 13

Stage 2

28 November 2020

• No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.

Men – 15 km Classic (individual)[11] Rank Name Time 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 34:04.6 2 Aleksey Chervotkin +15.2 3 Alexander Bolshunov +18.0 4 Emil Iversen +19.8 5 Iivo Niskanen +21.7 6 Andrew Musgrave +32.8 7 Ilia Semikov +33.2 8 Evgeniy Belov +37.7 9 Ilia Poroshkin +42.3 10 Hans Christer Holund +47.2

Women – 10 km Classic (individual)[12] Rank Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 25:01.4 2 Frida Karlsson +21.8 3 Ebba Andersson +26.0 4 Tatiana Sorina +26.1 5 Natalya Nepryayeva +30.3 6 Kerttu Niskanen +44.9 7 Tiril Udnes Weng +45.5 8 Rosie Brennan +46.6 9 Helene Marie Fossesholm +50.2 10 Maja Dahlqvist +52.5

Stage 3

29 November 2020

• The race for "Winner of the Day" counts for 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.

Men – 15 km Frestyle (pursuit)[13] Rank Name Time 1 Hans Christer Holund 33:57.3 2 Andrey Melnichenko +2.4 3 Sjur Røthe +12.6 4 Simen Hegstad Krüger +15.6 5 Andrew Young +20.4 6 Florian Notz +23.3 7 Joni Mäki +25.7 8 Ivan Yakimushkin +25.8 9 Andrew Musgrave +33.2 10 Sindre Bjørnestad Skar +33.9

Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[14] Rank Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 25:06.2 2 Helene Marie Fossesholm +0.8 3 Rosie Brennan +10.5 4 Ebba Andersson +18.6 5 Jessica Diggins +24.4 6 Jonna Sundling +26.9 7 Tatiana Sorina +28.0 8 Teresa Stadlober +29.6 9 Kerttu Niskanen +32.5 10 Frida Karlsson +34.8

World Cup points distribution

The overall winners were awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete could earn was therefore 350 points.[4]

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	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	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" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
2. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 33–34. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2020 (help)
3. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 34-35. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2020 (help)
4. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 34. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2020 (help)
5. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 35. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup2020 (help)
6. "Ruka Triple Overall Standing Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
7. "Ruka Triple Overall Standing Women" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
8. "RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
9. "Men 1.4 km Sprint Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
10. "Men 1.4 km Sprint Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
11. "Men 15 km Interval Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
12. "Women 10 km Interval Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
13. "Men 15 km Pursuit Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
14. "Women 10 km Pursuit Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 November 2020.

Sources

• COOP FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2020/21 (PDF). International Ski Federation. International Ski Federation (FIS). 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.