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Nordic Opening
Race details
Venue(s)Lillehammer, Norway or
Ruka, Finland
CompetitionFIS Cross-Country World Cup
TypeMini-tour
OrganiserInternational Ski Federation
History
First edition26 November 2010; 13 years ago (2010-11-26)
Editions9 (as of 2018)
Men
First winner Alexander Legkov (RUS)
Most wins Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)
(4 wins)
Most recent Didrik Tønseth (NOR)
Ladies
First winner Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
Most wins Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
(5 wins)
Most recent Therese Johaug (NOR)

The Nordic Opening is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2010–11 season in Ruka, Finland or Lillehammer, Norway. The Nordic Opening is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and are held as the first or second World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaguaral Nordic Opening was held in 2010 and was originally named Ruka Triple. The editions of the mini-tour hosted in Lillehammer is also known as Lillehammer Triple. Each Nordic Opening consistes of three stages; a sprint, a individual race and a pursuit.

The first stages was arranged on 26 November 2010 and were won by Marit Bjørgen[1] (ladies) and John Kristian Dahl[2] (men).

Venues

Year Venue
2010 Finland Ruka
2011 Finland Ruka
2012 Finland Ruka
2013 Finland Ruka
2014 Norway Lillehammer
2015 Finland Ruka
2016 Norway Lillehammer
2017 Finland Ruka
2018 Norway Lillehammer

Overall winners

Ladies

Year Winner Second Third
2010 Norway Marit Bjørgen Poland Justyna Kowalczyk Sweden Charlotte Kalla
2011 Norway Marit Bjørgen Norway Therese Johaug Norway Vibeke Skofterud
2012 Norway Marit Bjørgen Poland Justyna Kowalczyk Norway Heidi Weng
2013 Norway Marit Bjørgen Sweden Charlotte Kalla Norway Therese Johaug
2014 Norway Marit Bjørgen Norway Therese Johaug Norway Heidi Weng
2015 Norway Therese Johaug Sweden Stina Nilsson Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2016 Norway Heidi Weng Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Finland Krista Pärmäkoski
2017 Sweden Charlotte Kalla Norway Marit Bjørgen Norway Ragnhild Haga
2018 Norway Therese Johaug Sweden Ebba Andersson Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg

Men

Year Winner Second Third
2010 Russia Alexander Legkov Switzerland Dario Cologna Sweden Daniel Rickardsson
2011 Norway Petter Northug Switzerland Dario Cologna Norway Eldar Rønning
2012 Norway Petter Northug Russia Maxim Vylegzhanin Kazakhstan Alexey Poltoranin
2013 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Russia Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia Alexander Legkov
2014 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway Finn Hågen Krogh Norway Sjur Røthe
2015 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway Petter Northug Norway Finn Hågen Krogh
2016 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Finland Matti Heikkinen
2017 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Russia Alexander Bolshunov
2018 Norway Didrik Tønseth Norway Sjur Røthe Norway Emil Iversen

Records

Overall winners

Four skiers have won the Nordic Opening two or more times. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) is the only skier to win five times. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) has won the Nordic Opening four times.

Men
Wins Skier Editions
4  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2  Petter Northug (NOR) 2011, 2012
1  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 2010
 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 2017
 Didrik Tønseth (NOR) 2018
Ladies
Wins Skier Editions
5  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
2  Therese Johaug (NOR) 2015, 2018
1  Heidi Weng (NOR) 2016
 Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 2017

World Cup points

The overall winner are awarded 200 points.[3] The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum amount 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

References

  1. ^ "Ladies 1.2 km Classic Results" (PDF). 26 November 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Men 1.4 km Classic Results" (PDF). 26 November 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 11 December 2018.