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11th edition of the Nordic Opening
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2020 Nordic Opening
2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Ruka, Finland
Dates27 November–29 November
Stages3:
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)
← 2019 2021 →

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.

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 Freestyle 10 km 15 km 11:50 12:50

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 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. 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. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. CHF 5,000 were 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 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)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1:11:19.8
2 Russia Alexander Bolshunov +0.7
3 Norway Emil Iversen +3.0
4 Norway Hans Christer Holund +19.5
5 Finland Iivo Niskanen +27.3
6 United Kingdom Andrew Musgrave +27.9
7 Russia Aleksey Chervotkin +32.9
8 Russia Evgeniy Belov +33.4
9 Russia Andrey Melnichenko +35.9
10 Finland Ristomatti Hakola +37.1
Women's Overall standings (1–10)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 53:12.2
2 Russia Tatiana Sorina +47.0
3 Sweden Ebba Andersson +48.6
4 Sweden Frida Karlsson +50.8
5 United States Rosie Brennan +52.5
6 Norway Helene Marie Fossesholm +54.8
7 Sweden Linn Svahn +1:06.9
8 Sweden Maja Dahlqvist +1:08.8
9 Finland Kerttu Niskanen +1:14.5
10 Russia 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:
    • 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 QT Time BS
1 Norway Erik Valnes 2:34.94 (2) 2:29.56 30
2 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:33.32 (1) +0.61 27
3 Norway Emil Iversen 2:41.23 (10) +4.09 24
4 Russia Alexander Bolshunov 2:37.49 (5) +6.34 23
5 Norway Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:37.09 (4) +15.50 22
6 Switzerland Jovian Hediger 2:41.29 (11) +19.61 21
7 Russia Gleb Retivykh 2:40.81 (8) SF 16
8 Finland Ristomatti Hakola 2:43.00 (22) SF 15
9 Norway Sindre Bjørnestad Skar 2:41.43 (12) SF 14
10 Sweden Johan Häggström 2:41.93 (16) SF 13
Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic
Rank Name QT Time BS
1 Sweden Linn Svahn 3:01.54 (3) 2:54.34 30
2 Sweden Maja Dahlqvist 3:00.04 (2) +0.57 27
3 Sweden Jonna Sundling 3:02.47 (6) +0.70 24
4 Norway Lotta Udnes Weng 3:05.13 (18) +2.59 23
5 Norway Ane Appelkvist Stenseth 2:55.94 (1) +3.86 22
6 Sweden Emma Ribom 3:04.05 (11) +5.60 21
7 Slovenia Anamarija Lampič 3:03.51 (9) SF 16
8 Sweden Moa Lundgren 3:04.16 (14) SF 15
9 Russia Natalya Nepryayeva 3:05.79 (20) SF 14
10 Switzerland 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)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 34:04.6
2 Russia Aleksey Chervotkin +15.2
3 Russia Alexander Bolshunov +18.0
4 Norway Emil Iversen +19.8
5 Finland Iivo Niskanen +21.7
6 United Kingdom Andrew Musgrave +32.8
7 Russia Ilia Semikov +33.2
8 Russia Evgeniy Belov +37.7
9 Russia Ilia Poroshkin +42.3
10 Norway Hans Christer Holund +47.2
Women – 10 km Classic (individual)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 25:01.4
2 Sweden Frida Karlsson +21.8
3 Sweden Ebba Andersson +26.0
4 Russia Tatiana Sorina +26.1
5 Russia Natalya Nepryayeva +30.3
6 Finland Kerttu Niskanen +44.9
7 Norway Tiril Udnes Weng +45.5
8 United States Rosie Brennan +46.6
9 Norway Helene Marie Fossesholm +50.2
10 Sweden 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 Freestyle (pursuit)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Hans Christer Holund 33:57.3
2 Russia Andrey Melnichenko +2.4
3 Norway Sjur Røthe +12.6
4 Norway Simen Hegstad Krüger +15.6
5 United Kingdom Andrew Young +20.4
6 Germany Florian Notz +23.3
7 Finland Joni Mäki +25.7
8 Russia Ivan Yakimushkin +25.8
9 United Kingdom Andrew Musgrave +33.2
10 Norway Sindre Bjørnestad Skar +33.9
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Therese Johaug 25:06.2
2 Norway Helene Marie Fossesholm +0.8
3 United States Rosie Brennan +10.5
4 Sweden Ebba Andersson +18.6
5 United States Jessie Diggins +24.4
6 Sweden Jonna Sundling +26.9
7 Russia Tatiana Sorina +28.0
8 Austria Teresa Stadlober +29.6
9 Finland Kerttu Niskanen +32.5
10 Sweden 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.

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.
  3. ^ Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 34–35.
  4. ^ Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 34.
  5. Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 35.
  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.

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