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.
Overall leadership + Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type 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. 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. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. CHF 5,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.
+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) 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) 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
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: 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 Rank Name 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) 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 Rank Name 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) 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) 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) 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 Freestyle (pursuit) 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) 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 The overall winners were awarded 200 points. 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 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
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