# 2019 Nordic Opening

The 2019 Nordic Opening or the seventh Ruka Triple is the 10th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event will be the first competition round of the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

## Overall leadership

Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type :
| 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 |
| Finish | Interval start | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
| Finish | Pursuit | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. On the sprint stage, the winners were awarded 30 bonus seconds, no bonus seconds were awarded on stages two and three. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Nordic Opening.
A total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the Nordic Opening received CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. CHF 5,000 was 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 | Men | Women | Women |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Winner | Overall standings |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Maiken Caspersen Falla |
| 2 | Iivo Niskanen | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Therese Johaug | Therese Johaug |
| 3 | Hans Christer Holund | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Therese Johaug | Therese Johaug |
| Final | Final | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Final | Therese Johaug |

## Overall standings

Men's Overall standings (1–10) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 1:13:06.7 |
| 2 | Emil Iversen | +1.8 |
| 3 | Iivo Niskanen | +11.1 |
| 4 | Pål Golberg | +47.9 |
| 5 | Alexander Bolshunov | +48.3 |
| 6 | Hans Christer Holund | +52.1 |
| 7 | Didrik Tønseth | +58.8 |
| 8 | Sjur Røthe | +1:16.4 |
| 9 | Calle Halfvarsson | +1:33.6 |
| 10 | Sergey Ustiugov | +1:39.0 |
Women's Overall standings (1–10) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Therese Johaug | 55:43.0 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng | +1:11.3 |
| 3 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | +1:13.3 |
| 4 | Sadie Maubet Bjornsen | +1:27.9 |
| 5 | Jessie Diggins | +1:30.9 |
| 6 | Krista Pärmäkoski | +1:41.0 |
| 7 | Tiril Udnes Weng | +1:52.5 |
| 8 | Frida Karlsson | +1:53.9 |
| 9 | Kateřina Razýmová | +2:00.1 |
| 10 | Rosie Brennan | +2:15.3 |

## Stages
### Stage 1

29 November 2019
* The skiers qualification times count in the overall standings. Bonus seconds are 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 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 2:37.42 (1) | 2:39.47 | 30 |
| 2 | Pål Golberg | 2:41.31 (4) | +4.17 | 27 |
| 3 | Richard Jouve | 2:44.62 (15) | +4.62 | 24 |
| 4 | Alexander Bolshunov | 2:43.60 (11) | +5.24 | 23 |
| 5 | Emil Iversen | 2:44.84 (18) | +5.96 | 22 |
| 6 | Oskar Svensson | 2:46.33 (30) | +9.50 | 21 |
| 7 | Johan Häggström | 2:42.35 (5) | SF | 16 |
| 8 | Calle Halfvarsson | 2:45.35 (22) | SF | 15 |
| 9 | Teodor Peterson | 2:45.26 (20) | SF | 14 |
| 10 | Ilia Semikov | 2:45.63 (24) | SF | 13 |
Women – 1.4 km Sprint Classic :
| Rank | Name | QT | Time | BS |
| 1 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | 3:05.70 (6) | 3:07.09 | 30 |
| 2 | Jonna Sundling | 3:08.76 (15) | +2.33 | 27 |
| 3 | Sadie Maubet Bjornsen | 3:04.16 (2) | +2.77 | 24 |
| 4 | Ane Appelkvist Stenseth | 3:05.67 (5) | +2.78 | 23 |
| 5 | Stina Nilsson | 3:07.50 (10) | +7.00 | 22 |
| 6 | Tiril Udnes Weng | 3:13.03 (30) | +17.61 | 21 |
| 7 | Natalya Nepryayeva | 3:09.02 (17) | SF | 16 |
| 8 | Katja Višnar | 3:09.43 (18) | SF | 15 |
| 9 | Anamarija Lampič | 3:06.67 (7) | SF | 14 |
| 10 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | 3:07.47 (9) | SF | 13 |

### Stage 2

30 November 2019
* No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Classic (individual) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Iivo Niskanen | 35:17:0 |
| 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | +13.0 |
| 3 | Emil Iversen | +14.9 |
| 4 | Didrik Tønseth | +33.1 |
| 5 | Alexander Bolshunov | +43.8 |
| 6 | Andrey Larkov | +45.4 |
| 7 | Pål Golberg | +49.7 |
| 8 | Hans Christer Holund | +55.9 |
| 9 | Sergey Ustiugov | +57.2 |
| 10 | Ivan Yakimushkin | +1.06.2 |
Women – 10 km Classic (individual) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Therese Johaug | 26.47.5 |
| 2 | Krista Pärmäkoski | +30.1 |
| 3 | Natalya Nepryayeva | +44.4 |
| 4 | Sadie Maubet Bjornsen | +45.7 |
| 5 | Kateřina Razýmová | +46.7 |
| 6 | Rosie Brennan | +57.9 |
| 7 | Heidi Weng | +58.0 |
| 8 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | +59.6 |
| 9 | Masako Ishida | +1.04.5 |
| 10 | Kerttu Niskanen | +1.07.2 |

### Stage 3

1 December 2019
* The race for "Winner of the Day" counts for 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Hans Christer Holund | 34:53.8 |
| 2 | Sjur Røthe | +6.3 |
| 3 | Emil Iversen | +21.7 |
| 4 | Iivo Niskanen | +29.0 |
| 5 | Perttu Hyvärinen | +30.5 |
| 6 | Jens Burman | +32.5 |
| 7 | Didrik Tønseth | +34.7 |
| 8 | Erik Valnes | +34.9 |
| 9 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | +35.9 |
| 10 | Pål Golberg | +40.8 |
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit) :
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Therese Johaug | 25:48:0 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng | +8.3 |
| 3 | Jessie Diggins | +20.9 |
| 4 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | +27.3 |
| 5 | Frida Karlsson | +37.9 |
| 6 | Tiril Udnes Weng | +39.5 |
| 7 | Anne Kjersti Kalvå | +46.3 |
| 8 | Victoria Carl | +54.0 |
| 9 | Stina Nilsson | +56.5 |
| 10 | Charlotte Kalla | +1.00.9 |

## World Cup points distribution

The overall winners were awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number 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 |