2012 Nordic Opening

3rd edition of the Nordic Opening
2012 Nordic Opening
2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Ruka, Finland
Dates30 November–2 December
Stages3:
Sprint C
5/10 km F
10/15 km C Pursuit
Results
Men
  Winner  Petter Northug (NOR)
  Second  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)
  Third  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ)
Women
  Winner  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
  Second  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)
  Third  Heidi Weng (NOR)
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The 2012 Nordic Opening was the 3rd edition of the annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, after Gällivare, Sweden.

World Cup points distribution

The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points.

Nordic Opening Overall
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
Points 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
Nordic Overall Stage
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
Points 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

A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings.

Overall standings

Men's Overall standings[1]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Petter Northug 1h 05' 27,3"
2 Russia Maxim Vylegzhanin + 1,4"
3 Kazakhstan Alexey Poltoranin + 3,4"
4 Switzerland Dario Cologna + 7,8"
5 Russia Ilia Chernousov + 21,1"
6 Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 22,4"
7 Russia Alexander Legkov + 24,5"
8 Russia Dmitriy Yaparov + 24,6"
9 Sweden Emil Jönsson + 30,0"
10 Russia Evgeniy Belov + 31,3"


Women's Overall standings[2]
Rank Name Time
1 Norway Marit Bjørgen 45' 35,1"
2 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk + 1' 21,4"
3 Norway Heidi Weng + 1' 23,9"
4 Norway Therese Johaug + 1' 34,1"
5 United States Kikkan Randall + 2' 24,8"
6 Finland Krista Lähteenmäki + 2' 33,1"
7 Norway Vibeke Skofterud + 2' 36,5"
8 Norway Kristin Størmer Steira + 2' 38,6"
9 Japan Masako Ishida + 2' 46,2"
10 Germany Nicole Fessel + 2' 53,3"

Overall leadership by stage

Men

Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader
Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)
1 Finland Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 Russia Nikita Kryukov Norway Petter Northug Norway Eirik Brandsdal Russia Nikita Kryukov
2 10 km F 1 December 2012 Russia Alexander Legkov Norway Petter Northug France Maurice Manificat Norway Petter Northug
3 15 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 Russia Maxim Vylegzhanin Switzerland Dario Cologna Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby

Women

Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader
Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)
1 Finland Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 Norway Marit Bjørgen Russia Yevgeniya Shapovalova Russia Anastasia Dotsenko Norway Marit Bjørgen
2 5 km F 1 December 2012 Norway Marit Bjørgen United States Kikkan Randall Russia Yuliya Chekalyova
3 10 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 Norway Marit Bjørgen Norway Therese Johaug Norway Heidi Weng

References

  1. ^ "FIS Cross-Country World Cup presented by Viessmann 2012/2013" (PDF). data.fis-ski.com.
  2. ^ "FIS Cross-Country World Cup presented by Viessmann 2012/2013" (PDF). data.fis-ski.com.

External links

  • Nordic Opening home page