2012 Nordic Opening

2012 Nordic Opening

2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)	Ruka, Finland
Dates	30 November–2 December
Stages	3: 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[edit]

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.

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

Overall standings[edit]

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

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

Overall leadership by stage[edit]

Men[edit]

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

Women[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Nordic Opening home page