The 2012 Nordic Opening was the 3rd edition of the annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, after Gällivare, Sweden.
World Cup points distribution The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points.
+ Nordic Opening OverallPosition123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 Points 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
+ Nordic Overall StagePosition123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 Points 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
A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings.
Overall standings
+ Men's Overall standingsRank Name Time 1 Petter Northug 2 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 3 Alexey Poltoranin + 4 Dario Cologna + 5 Ilia Chernousov + 6 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 7 Alexander Legkov + 8 Dmitriy Yaparov + 9 Emil Jönsson + 10 Evgeniy Belov +
+ Women's Overall standingsRank Name Time 1 Marit Bjørgen 2 Justyna Kowalczyk + 3 Heidi Weng + 4 Therese Johaug + 5 Kikkan Randall + 6 Krista Lähteenmäki + 7 Vibeke Skofterud + 8 Kristin Størmer Steira + 9 Masako Ishida + 10 Nicole Fessel +
Overall leadership by stage
Men
Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)1 Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 Nikita Kryukov Petter Northug Eirik Brandsdal Nikita Kryukov2 10 km F 1 December 2012 Alexander Legkov Petter Northug Maurice Manificat Petter Northug3 15 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 Maxim Vylegzhanin Dario Cologna Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Women
Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)1 Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 Marit Bjørgen Yevgeniya Shapovalova Anastasia Dotsenko Marit Bjørgen2 5 km F 1 December 2012 Marit Bjørgen Kikkan Randall Yuliya Chekalyova 3 10 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Heidi Weng
References
External links Nordic Opening home page