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 + Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by 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 Interval start none 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. 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 Women Winner Overall standings Winner Overall standings 1 Federico Pellegrino Federico Pellegrino Jonna Sundling Stina Nilsson 2 Sjur Røthe Sjur RøtheTherese Johaug Charlotte Kalla 3 Janosch Brugger Didrik Tønseth Therese Johaug Therese Johaug Final Didrik Tønseth Final Therese Johaug

Overall standings

+Men's Overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 1:24:03.9 2 +1.6 3 +1:03.3 4 +1:04.4 5 +1:04.5 6 +1:05.0 7 +1:05.2 8 +1:05.3 9 +1:05.5 10 +1:05.8+ Women's Overall standings (1–10) Rank Name Time 1 58:58.9 2 +16.8 3 +17.9 4 +23.1 5 +1:04.2 6 +1:35.4 7 +1:44.8 8 +2:05.3 9 +2:13.2 10 +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: 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 – 1.6 km Sprint Freestyle (individual) Rank Name 1 3:10.03 (3) 3:19.14 30 2 3:09.19 (2) +0.47 27 3 3:15.22 (17) +0.71 24 4 3:12.41 (6) +0.94 23 5 3:11.26 (4) +1.09 22 6 3:14.42 (11) +2.46 21 7 3:13.64 (10) 16 8 3:13.28 (9) SF 15 9 3:13.20 (7) SF 14 10 3:15.35 (19) SF 13+Women – 1.3 km Sprint Freestyle (individual) Rank Name 1 3:02.17 (26) 2:52.74 30 2 2:57.68 (3) +0.34 27 3 2:58.31 (6) +3.03 24 4 3:00.11 (13) +3.82 23 5 2:58.31 (7) +6.65 22 6 2:56.43 (1) +9.81 21 7 3:02.47 (29) 16 8 3:00.81 (18) SF 15 9 2:57.17 (2) SF 14 10 2:58.30 (5) SF 13

Stage 2 1 December 2018 No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage. +Men – 15 km Freestyle (individual) Rank Name Time 1 36:34.0 2 +6.0 3 +28.6 4 +38.3 5 +40.6 6 +45.1 7 +45.5 8 +47.0 9 +48.7 10 +49.2+Women – 10 km Freestyle (individual) Rank Name Time 1 26:22.4 2 +9.2 3 +15.7 4 +34.8 5 +43.5 6 +55.9 7 +1:01.9 8 +1:08.1 9 +1:17.0 10 +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.

+Men – 15 km Classic (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 42:51.0 2 +16.1 3 +17.9 4 +21.6 5 +22.9 6 +30.1 7 +33.4 8 +38.1 9 +38.3 10 +39.4+Women – 10 km Classic (pursuit) Rank Name Time 1 29:33.0 2 +0.6 3 +5.0 4 +25.6 5 +27.4 6 +32.3 7 +33.4 8 +42.4 9 +1:08.1 10 +1:12.4

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

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