3rd edition of the 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.
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.
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.
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
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Nikita Kryukov
Petter Northug
Maurice Manificat
Dario Cologna
Kikkan Randall
