2011 Nordic Opening
# 2011 Nordic Opening

The 2011 Nordic Opening was the 2nd edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, after Sjusjøen, Norway.

## 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 (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Petter Northug (NOR) | 1:03:05.1 |
| 2 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | +1.8 |
| 3 | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | +20.6 |
| 4 | Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) | +22.2 |
| 5 | Johan Olsson (SWE) | +24.0 |
| 6 | Marcus Hellner (SWE) | +26.1 |
| 7 | Alexander Legkov (RUS) | +35.5 |
| 8 | Maurice Manificat (FRA) | +40.1 |
| 9 | Lukáš Bauer (CZE) | +43.3 |
| 10 | Petr Sedov (RUS) | +47.6 |

Women's overall standings (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 41:36.6 |
| 2 | Therese Johaug (NOR) | +33.0 |
| 3 | Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) | +33.7 |
| 4 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | +1:15.7 |
| 5 | Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) | +2:03.5 |
| 6 | Kikkan Randall (USA) | +2:18.3 |
| 7 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | +2:23.8 |
| 8 | Anna Haag (SWE) | +2:30.1 |
| 9 | Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) | +2:32.7 |
| 10 | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | +2:36.9 |

## Overall leadership by stage

Overall leadership by stage :

| Stage | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Winner | Overall standings |
| 1 | Teodor Peterson | Nikita Kriukov | Marit Bjørgen | Marit Bjørgen |
| 2 | Petter Northug | Petter Northug | Marit Bjørgen | Marit Bjørgen |
| 3 | Alexey Poltoranin | Petter Northug | Therese Johaug | Marit Bjørgen |
| Final | Final | Petter Northug | Final | Marit Bjørgen |
