2012 Nordic Opening

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.

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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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 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

Men

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

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