2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
# 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

The 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals were the 9th edition of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was held in Québec City, Canada. It began on 17 March 2017 and concluded on 19 March 2017. It was the final competition round of the 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

Alex Harvey of Canada and Stina Nilsson of Sweden won the first stage of the mini-tour; a sprint freestyle. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway took over the men's overall leadership after winning the second stage. Klæbo won the overall standings by defending his leading positions on the third stage. Marit Bjørgen of Norway won the two last stages; a mass start classic and a pursuit freestyle. She surpassed Heidi Weng; the leader of the ladies' overall standings after two stages, on the final stage.

## Overall leadership

The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. On the sprint stage, the winners were awarded 30 bonus seconds. On the second stage, the three fastest skiers in finish were awarded 15, 10 and 5 bonus seconds, and the ten first skiers to pass the intermediate sprint points were also awarded bonus seconds. No bonus seconds were awarded on the third stage. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Finals.

Overall leadership by stage :

| Stage | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Winner | Overall standings |
| 1 | Alex Harvey | Alex Harvey | Stina Nilsson | Stina Nilsson |
| 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Marit Bjørgen | Heidi Weng |
| 3 | Marcus Hellner | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Marit Bjørgen | Marit Bjørgen |
| Final | Final | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Final | Marit Bjørgen |

## Overall standings

Men's overall standings (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 1:09:50.6 |
| 2 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +0.0* |
| 3 | Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) | +0.1 |
| 4 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) | +26.1 |
| 5 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +26.5 |
| 6 | Marcus Hellner (SWE) | +26.8 |
| 7 | Sjur Røthe (NOR) | +27.2 |
| 8 | Andrey Larkov (RUS) | +27.6 |
| 9 | Andrew Musgrave (GBR) | +30.6 |
| 10 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +41.1 |

Women's overall standings (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 49:20.5 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +1.2 |
| 3 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | +1:00.0 |
| 4 | Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) | +1:01.9 |
| 5 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +1:05.6 |
| 6 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | +1:06.8 |
| 7 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | +1:19.8 |
| 8 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | +1:26.8 |
| 9 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +1:26.9 |
| 10 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +1:27.2 |

## Stages

### Stage 1

17 March 2017

* The skiers qualification times counted in the overall standings. Bonus seconds were 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 – 1.5 km Sprint Freestyle :

| Rank | Name | QT | Time | BS |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | 2:43.58 (4) | 2:44.92 | 30 |
| 2 | Finn Hågen Krogh (NOR) | 2:42.87 (2) | +0.31 | 27 |
| 3 | Richard Jouve (FRA) | 2:46.05 (10) | +0.94 | 24 |
| 4 | Simeon Hamilton (USA) | 2:46.96 (16) | +1.01 | 23 |
| 5 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) | 2:46.89 (14) | +1.51 | 22 |
| 6 | Lucas Chanavat (FRA) | 2:43.17 (3) | +1.72 | 21 |
| 7 | Federico Pellegrino (ITA) | 2:43.95 (5) | SF | 16 |
| 8 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 2:39.44 (1) | SF | 15 |
| 9 | Andrey Larkov (RUS) | 2:47.36 (18) | SF | 14 |
| 10 | Jesse Cockney (CAN) | 2:49.34 (28) | SF | 13 |

Women – 1.5 km Sprint Freestyle :

| Rank | Name | QT | Time | BS |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | 3:06.21 (4) | 3:01.87 | 30 |
| 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | 3:04.63 (2) | +0.42 | 27 |
| 3 | Hanna Falk (SWE) | 3:02.91 (1) | +2.58 | 24 |
| 4 | Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) | 3:08.84 (12) | +3.02 | 23 |
| 5 | Nadine Fähndrich (SUI) | 3:10.53 (17) | +3.41 | 22 |
| 6 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | 3:06.25 (5) | +32.36 | 21 |
| 7 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 3:04.80 (3) | SF | 16 |
| 8 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | 3:06.82 (7) | SF | 15 |
| 9 | Jessie Diggins (USA) | 3:08.77 (11) | SF | 14 |
| 10 | Laurien van der Graaff (SUI) | 3:10.45 (16) | SF | 13 |

### Stage 2

18 March 2017 Bonus seconds:

* Men: 2 intermediate sprints, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate points.
* Women: 1 intermediate sprint, bonus seconds to the 10 first skiers (15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1) past the intermediate point.
* Bonus seconds in finish: 15–10–5 to the 3 first skiers crossing the finish line.

Men – 15 km Classical (mass start) :

| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 35:23.7 | 42 |
| 2 | Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) | +0.5 | 32 |
| 3 | Alexander Bessmertnykh (RUS) | +0.8 | 10 |
| 4 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +0.8 | 9 |
| 5 | Sjur Røthe (NOR) | +1.7 | 8 |
| 6 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +1.9 | 2 |
| 7 | Pål Golberg (NOR) | +2.5 | 5 |
| 8 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +3.0 | 14 |
| 9 | Andrey Larkov (RUS) | +3.7 | 1 |
| 10 | Dietmar Nöckler (ITA) | +5.1 | |

Women – 10 km Classical (mass start) :

| Rank | Name | Time | BS |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 24:23.6 | 27 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +0.6 | 25 |
| 3 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +2.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | +7.8 | 10 |
| 5 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +18.6 | 1 |
| 6 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | +18.8 | |
| 7 | Anna Haag (SWE) | +19.1 | |
| 8 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | +23.1 | 8 |
| 9 | Kathrine Harsem (NOR) | +23.5 | 4 |
| 10 | Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) | +23.8 | |

### Stage 3

19 March 2017

* The race for "Winner of the Day" counted for 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.

Men – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marcus Hellner (SWE) | 31:55.5 |
| 2 | Andrew Musgrave (GBR) | +6.3 |
| 3 | Sjur Røthe (NOR) | +11.9 |
| 4 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +12.9 |
| 5 | Andrey Larkov (RUS) | +23.0 |
| 6 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +25.7 |
| 6 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) | +25.7 |
| 8 | Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) | +26.3 |
| 9 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +31.6 |
| 10 | Federico Pellegrino (ITA) | +39.0 |

Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 22:35.1 |
| 2 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +2.2 |
| 3 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | +11.9 |
| 4 | Nicole Fessel (GER) | +15.3 |
| 5 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | +17.8 |
| 5 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +17.8 |
| 7 | Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) | +18.7 |
| 8 | Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) | +19.7 |
| 9 | Ragnhild Haga (NOR) | +22.2 |
| 10 | Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI) | +25.4 |

## 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 could earn was 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 |
