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2020 Nordic Opening

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.

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 →

Schedule edit

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 edit

Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[4] All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.[3] CHF 5,000 were given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.[5]

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 edit

Men's Overall standings (1–10)[6]
Rank Name Time
1   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1:11:19.8
2   Alexander Bolshunov +0.7
3   Emil Iversen +3.0
4   Hans Christer Holund +19.5
5   Iivo Niskanen +27.3
6   Andrew Musgrave +27.9
7   Aleksey Chervotkin +32.9
8   Evgeniy Belov +33.4
9   Andrey Melnichenko +35.9
10   Ristomatti Hakola +37.1
Women's Overall standings (1–10)[7]
Rank Name Time
1   Therese Johaug 53:12.2
2   Tatiana Sorina +47.0
3   Ebba Andersson +48.6
4   Frida Karlsson +50.8
5   Rosie Brennan +52.5
6   Helene Marie Fossesholm +54.8
7   Linn Svahn +1:06.9
8   Maja Dahlqvist +1:08.8
9   Kerttu Niskanen +1:14.5
10   Natalya Nepryayeva +1:15.6

Stages edit

Stage 1 edit

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:[8]
    • 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[9]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1   Erik Valnes 2:34.94 (2) 2:29.56 30
2   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:33.32 (1) +0.61 27
3   Emil Iversen 2:41.23 (10) +4.09 24
4   Alexander Bolshunov 2:37.49 (5) +6.34 23
5   Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:37.09 (4) +15.50 22
6   Jovian Hediger 2:41.29 (11) +19.61 21
7   Gleb Retivykh 2:40.81 (8) SF 16
8   Ristomatti Hakola 2:43.00 (22) SF 15
9   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar 2:41.43 (12) SF 14
10   Johan Häggström 2:41.93 (16) SF 13
Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic[10]
Rank Name QT Time BS
1   Linn Svahn 3:01.54 (3) 2:54.34 30
2   Maja Dahlqvist 3:00.04 (2) +0.57 27
3   Jonna Sundling 3:02.47 (6) +0.70 24
4   Lotta Udnes Weng 3:05.13 (18) +2.59 23
5   Ane Appelkvist Stenseth 2:55.94 (1) +3.86 22
6   Emma Ribom 3:04.05 (11) +5.60 21
7   Anamarija Lampič 3:03.51 (9) SF 16
8   Moa Lundgren 3:04.16 (14) SF 15
9   Natalya Nepryayeva 3:05.79 (20) SF 14
10   Nadine Fähndrich 3:05.92 (22) SF 13

Stage 2 edit

28 November 2020

  • No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Classic (individual)[11]
Rank Name Time
1   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 34:04.6
2   Aleksey Chervotkin +15.2
3   Alexander Bolshunov +18.0
4   Emil Iversen +19.8
5   Iivo Niskanen +21.7
6   Andrew Musgrave +32.8
7   Ilia Semikov +33.2
8   Evgeniy Belov +37.7
9   Ilia Poroshkin +42.3
10   Hans Christer Holund +47.2
Women – 10 km Classic (individual)[12]
Rank Name Time
1   Therese Johaug 25:01.4
2   Frida Karlsson +21.8
3   Ebba Andersson +26.0
4   Tatiana Sorina +26.1
5   Natalya Nepryayeva +30.3
6   Kerttu Niskanen +44.9
7   Tiril Udnes Weng +45.5
8   Rosie Brennan +46.6
9   Helene Marie Fossesholm +50.2
10   Maja Dahlqvist +52.5

Stage 3 edit

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 Frestyle (pursuit)[13]
Rank Name Time
1   Hans Christer Holund 33:57.3
2   Andrey Melnichenko +2.4
3   Sjur Røthe +12.6
4   Simen Hegstad Krüger +15.6
5   Andrew Young +20.4
6   Florian Notz +23.3
7   Joni Mäki +25.7
8   Ivan Yakimushkin +25.8
9   Andrew Musgrave +33.2
10   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar +33.9
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[14]
Rank Name Time
1   Therese Johaug 25:06.2
2   Helene Marie Fossesholm +0.8
3   Rosie Brennan +10.5
4   Ebba Andersson +18.6
5   Jessie Diggins +24.4
6   Jonna Sundling +26.9
7   Tatiana Sorina +28.0
8   Teresa Stadlober +29.6
9   Kerttu Niskanen +32.5
10   Frida Karlsson +34.8

World Cup points distribution edit

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.[4]

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 edit

  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. ^ a b Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020, pp. 34–35.
  4. ^ a b 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.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Women 10 km Pursuit Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 November 2020.[permanent dead link]

Sources edit

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