2018 Nordic Opening
{{Short description|9th edition of the Nordic Opening}}
{{Infobox ski tour report
| venue = Lillehammer, Norway
| name = 2018 Nordic Opening
| series = 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
| race_no =
| season_no =
| image =
| image_caption =
| date = 30 November–2 December
| stages = 3:
Sprint {{Abbr|F|Free technique}}
10/15 km F
10/15 km {{Abbr|C|Classic technique}} Pursuit
| menfirst = Didrik Tønseth
| menfirst_nat = NOR
| menfirst_color =
| mensecond = Sjur Røthe
| mensecond_nat = NOR
| menthird = Emil Iversen
| menthird_nat = NOR
| womenfirst = Therese Johaug
| womenfirst_nat = NOR
| womenfirst_color =
| womensecond = Ebba Andersson
| womensecond_nat = SWE
| womenthird = Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
| womenthird_nat = NOR
| previous = 2017
| next = 2019
}}
The 2018 Nordic Opening or the third Lillehammer Triple was the 9th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
Overall leadership
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|+ Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=31}} |
scope="col" colspan="2" | Type
! scope="col" | 1 ! scope="col" | 2 ! scope="col" | 3 ! scope="col" | 4 ! scope="col" | 5 ! scope="col" | 6 ! scope="col" | 7 ! scope="col" | 8 ! scope="col" | 9 ! scope="col" | 10 ! scope="col" | 11 ! scope="col" | 12 ! scope="col" | 13–15 ! scope="col" | 16–20 ! scope="col" | 21–25 ! scope="col" | 26–30 |
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scope="row" rowspan=3| Finish
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Sprint | 30 || 27 || 24 || 23 || 22 || 21 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 |
scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Interval start
| rowspan="2" colspan="16" | none |
scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | 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 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.{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=32}} 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.{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=32}} All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=32}} CHF 5,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=32}}
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|+Overall leadership by stage |
scope="col" style="width:5%;" rowspan="2"| Stage
! scope="col" style="width:45%;" colspan="2"| Men ! scope="col" style="width:45%;" colspan="2"| Women |
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scope="col" style="width:15%;" | Winner
! scope="col" style="width:15%;" | Overall standings ! scope="col" style="width:15%;" | Winner ! scope="col" style="width:15%;" | Overall standings |
scope="row" | 1
| style="background:#EFDECD"| Federico Pellegrino | style="background:#EFDECD"| Stina Nilsson |
scope="row" | 2
| style="background:#EFDECD"| Sjur Røthe | style="background:#EFDECD"| Charlotte Kalla |
scope="row" | 3
| style="background:#EFDECD"| Didrik Tønseth | style="background:#EFDECD"| Therese Johaug |
colspan="2" | Final
|style="background:#EFDECD" | Didrik Tønseth | Final |style="background:#EFDECD"| Therese Johaug |
Overall standings
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| valign="top" | {|class="wikitable" style="width:30em;margin-bottom:0;" |+Men's Overall standings (1–10){{cite web |url=http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4142/2019CC4142STC.pdf |title=Lillehammer Triple Overall Standing Men |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=6 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Didrik Tønseth|NOR}} | align="right"| 1:24:03.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Sjur Røthe|NOR}} | align="right"| +1.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Emil Iversen|NOR}} | align="right"| +1:03.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Calle Halfvarsson|SWE}} | align="right"| +1:04.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Alexander Bolshunov|RUS}} | align="right"| +1:04.5 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Andrey Larkov|RUS}} | align="right"| +1:05.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Iivo Niskanen|FIN}} | align="right"| +1:05.2 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Simen Hegstad Krüger|NOR}} | align="right"| +1:05.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Viktor Thorn|SWE}} | align="right"| +1:05.5 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Dario Cologna|SUI}} | align="right"| +1:05.8 |
| valign="top" |
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|+ Women's Overall standings (1–10){{cite web |url=http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4141/2019CC4141STC.pdf |title=Lillehammer Triple Overall Standing Ladies |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=14 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Therese Johaug|NOR}} | align="right"| 58:58.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Ebba Andersson|SWE}} | align="right"| +16.8 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Ingvild Flugstad Østberg|NOR}} | align="right"| +17.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Charlotte Kalla|SWE}} | align="right"| +23.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Krista Pärmäkoski|FIN}} | align="right"| +1:04.2 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Stina Nilsson|SWE}} | align="right"| +1:35.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Teresa Stadlober|AUT}} | align="right"| +1:44.8 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Natalya Nepryayeva|RUS}} | align="right"| +2:05.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Ragnhild Haga|NOR}} | align="right"| +2:13.2 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Sadie Bjornsen|USA}} | align="right"| +2:21.7 |
|}
Stages
=Stage 1=
30 November 2018
- 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:{{cite web |url=https://res.cloudinary.com/fis-production/image/upload/v1540454291/fis-prod/Rules_WC_CC_1819_oct2018_all.pdf |title=RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP |work=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=26 November 2018}}
- 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
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| valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |+Men – 1.6 km Sprint Freestyle (individual){{cite web |url=http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4138/2019CC4138RL.pdf |title=Men 1.6 km Sprint Free Results |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2018}} |
Rank
! Name ! {{Abbr|QT|Qualification time}}{{cite web |url=http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4137/2019CC4137RL.pdf |title=Men 1.6 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification|website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2018}} ! {{Abbr|Time|Time in Final}} ! {{Abbr|BS|Bonus seconds}} |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Federico Pellegrino|ITA}} | 3:10.03 (3) | align="right"| 3:19.14 | 30 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Emil Iversen|NOR}} | 3:09.19 (2) | align="right"| +0.47 | 27 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Alex Harvey|CAN}} | 3:15.22 (17) | align="right"| +0.71 | 24 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Sindre Bjørnestad Skar|NOR}} | 3:12.41 (6) | align="right"| +0.94 | 23 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Finn Hågen Krogh|NOR}} | 3:11.26 (4) | align="right"| +1.09 | 22 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Ristomatti Hakola|FIN}} | 3:14.42 (11) | align="right"| +2.46 | 21 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Eirik Brandsdal|NOR}} | 3:13.64 (10) | align="center"| {{Abbr|SF|Knocked out in semi-finals}} | 16 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Gleb Retivykh|RUS}} | 3:13.28 (9) | align="center"| SF | 15 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Calle Halfvarsson|SWE}} | 3:13.20 (7) | align="center"| SF | 14 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Joni Mäki|FIN}} | 3:15.35 (19) | align="center"| SF | 13 |
| valign="top" |
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|+Women – 1.3 km Sprint Freestyle (individual){{cite web |url=http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4136/2019CC4136RL.pdf |title=Ladies 1.3 km Sprint Free Finals |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! {{Abbr|QT|Qualification time}}{{cite web |url=http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4135/2019CC4135RL.pdf |title=Ladies 1.3 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} ! {{Abbr|Time|Time in Final}} ! {{Abbr|BS|Bonus seconds}} |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Jonna Sundling|SWE}} | 3:02.17 (26) | align="right"| 2:52.74 | 30 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Stina Nilsson|SWE}} | 2:57.68 (3) | align="right"| +0.34 | 27 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Sadie Bjornsen|USA}} | 2:58.31 (6) | align="right"| +3.03 | 24 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Evelina Settlin|SWE}} | 3:00.11 (13) | align="right"| +3.82 | 23 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Kristine Stavås Skistad|NOR}} | 2:58.31 (7) | align="right"| +6.65 | 22 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Hanna Falk|SWE}} | 2:56.43 (1) | align="right"| +9.81 | 21 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Ida Ingemarsdotter|SWE}} | 3:02.47 (29) | align="center"| {{Abbr|SF|Knocked out in semi-finals}} | 16 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Natalya Matveyeva|RUS}} | 3:00.81 (18) | align="center"| SF | 15 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Ragnhild Haga|NOR}} | 2:57.17 (2) | align="center"| SF | 14 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Charlotte Kalla|SWE}} | 2:58.30 (5) | align="center"| SF | 13 |
|}
=Stage 2=
1 December 2018
- No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
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| valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |+Men – 15 km Freestyle (individual){{cite web |url=http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4140/2019CC4140RL.pdf|title=Men 15 km Interval Start Free |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Sjur Røthe|NOR}} | align="right"| 36:34.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Didrik Tønseth|NOR}} | align="right"| +6.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Denis Spitsov|RUS}} | align="right"| +28.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Dario Cologna|SUI}} | align="right"| +38.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Andrey Melnichenko|RUS}} | align="right"| +40.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Andrew Musgrave|GBR}} | align="right"| +45.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Emil Iversen|NOR}} | align="right"| +45.5 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Simen Hegstad Krüger|NOR}} | align="right"| +47.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Hans Christer Holund|NOR}} | align="right"| +48.7 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Martin Johnsrud Sundby|NOR}} | align="right"| +49.2 |
| valign="top" |
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|+Women – 10 km Freestyle (individual){{cite web |url=http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4139/2019CC4139RL.pdf |title=Ladies 10 km Interval Start Free |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Therese Johaug|NOR}} | align="right"| 26:22.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Ebba Andersson|SWE}} | align="right"| +9.2 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Charlotte Kalla|SWE}} | align="right"| +15.7 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Ingvild Flugstad Østberg|NOR}} | align="right"| +34.8 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Krista Pärmäkoski|FIN}} | align="right"| +43.5 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Ragnhild Haga|NOR}} | align="right"| +55.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Teresa Stadlober|AUT}} | align="right"| +1:01.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Heidi Weng|NOR}} | align="right"| +1:08.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Sadie Bjornsen|USA}} | align="right"| +1:17.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Ida Ingemarsdotter|SWE}} | align="right"| +1:22.0 |
|}
=Stage 3=
2 December 2018
- The race for "Winner of the Day" counts for 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.
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| valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |+Men – 15 km Classic (pursuit){{cite web |url=http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4142/2019CC4142PRL.pdf |title=Men 15 km Pursuit Classic - Winner of the Day |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Janosch Brugger|GER}} | align="right"| 42:51.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Jean-Marc Gaillard|FRA}} | align="right"| +16.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Erik Bjornsen|USA}} | align="right"| +17.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Ristomatti Hakola|FIN}} | align="right"| +21.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Jens Burman|SWE}} | align="right"| +22.9 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Jonas Dobler|GER}} | align="right"| +30.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Alexey Poltoranin|KAZ}} | align="right"| +33.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Lucas Bögl|GER}} | align="right"| +38.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Jonas Baumann|SUI}} | align="right"| +38.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Maxim Vylegzhanin|RUS}} | align="right"| +39.4 |
| valign="top" |
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|+Women – 10 km Classic (pursuit){{cite web |url=http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4141/2019CC4141PRL.pdf |title=Ladies 10 km Pursuit Classic - Winner of the Day |website=www.fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=23 January 2019}} |
Rank
! Name ! Time |
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style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Therese Johaug|NOR}} | align="right"| 29:33.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Ingvild Flugstad Østberg|NOR}} | align="right"| +0.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Ebba Andersson|SWE}} | align="right"| +5.0 |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Charlotte Kalla|SWE}} | align="right"| +25.6 |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Krista Pärmäkoski|FIN}} | align="right"| +27.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Stina Nilsson|SWE}} | align="right"| +32.3 |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Natalya Nepryayeva|RUS}} | align="right"| +33.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Teresa Stadlober|AUT}} | align="right"| +42.4 |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Yuliya Belorukova|RUS}} | align="right"| +1:08.1 |
style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Jonna Sundling|SWE}} | align="right"| +1:12.4 |
|}
World Cup points distribution
The overall winners were awarded 200 points.{{cite web |url=https://res.cloudinary.com/fis-production/image/upload/v1540454291/fis-prod/Rules_WC_CC_1819_oct2018_all.pdf |title=Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup |publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |accessdate=11 December 2018}} 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.
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! 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{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=31}}
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage{{sfn|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018|pp=31–32}}
| 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
Sources
- {{cite book|title=Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|url=https://res.cloudinary.com/fis-production/image/upload/v1540454291/fis-prod/Rules_WC_CC_1819_oct2018_all.pdf|work=International Ski Federation|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|access-date=8 January 2019|year=2018|ref={{harvid|Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2018}}}}
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