Nordic Opening

Nordic Opening
Race details
Venue(s)	Lillehammer, Norway or; Ruka, Finland
Competition	FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Type	Mini-tour
Organiser	International Ski Federation
History
First edition	26 November 2010; 13 years ago
Editions	9 (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). Marit Bjørgen and Alexander Legkov of Russia won the first overall Nordic Opening.

Venues

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

Overall winners

Ladies

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

Men

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

Records and statistics

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
1	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	2017

Overall winners without stage wins

The following skiers have won the Nordic Opening without winning any of the three stages: Alexander Legkov (2010), Petter Northug (2012), Marit Bjørgen (2013), Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2016), Charlotte Kalla (2017) and Didrik Tønseth (2018).

Stage wins

4 men and 3 ladies have one two or more stages in the Nordic Opening. Marit Bjørgen has won the most stages with 9, followed by Therese Johaug's 8 stage wins. Bjørgen (2012) is the only skier to win all three stages in one Nordic Opening.

Skiers who are still active are indicated in bold. Skiers with the same number of stage wins are listed alphabetically.

Men
Rank	Name	Country	Wins
1	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Norway	3
2	Lukáš Bauer	Czech Republic	2
	Calle Halfvarsson	Sweden	2
	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	2

Ladies
Rank	Name	Country	Wins
1	Marit Bjørgen	Norway	9
2	Therese Johaug	Norway	8
3	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	2

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

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

[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.

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