2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

The 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals were the 11th edition of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was held in Quebec City, Canada. It began on 22 March 2019 and concluded on 24 March 2019. It was the final competition round of the 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)Quebec City, Canada
Dates22–24 March
Stages3:
Sprint F
10/15 km C Mass start
10/15 km F Pursuit
Results
Men
  Winner  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
  Second  Alex Harvey (CAN)
  Third  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS)
Women
  Winner  Stina Nilsson (SWE)
  Second  Therese Johaug (NOR)
  Third  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)
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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway and Stina Nilsson of Sweden won the two first stages of the mini-tour; a sprint freestyle and a mass start classic. Alex Harvey ended his skiing career with the fastest time on the third stage freestyle pursuit, which secured him both a World Cup race victory and the second place in the World Cup Final overall standings. Therese Johaug of Norway was the Winner of the Day among the women at the last day of the World Cup season. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Stina Nilsson won the overall standings by defending their leading positions on the third stage.

Overall leadership

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Bonus seconds for the top 30 positions by type[1]
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
Mass start 15 10 5 none
Pursuit none
Intermediate sprint Mass start 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 none

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.

A total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race.[2] The overall winners of the World Cup Finals received CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively.[2] All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money.[2] CHF 5,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.[2]

Overall leadership by stage
Stage Men Women
Winner Overall standings Winner Overall standings
1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Stina Nilsson Stina Nilsson
2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Stina Nilsson
3 Alex Harvey Therese Johaug
Final Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Final Stina Nilsson

Overall standings

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Men's overall standings (1–10)[3]
Rank Name Time
1   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 1:07:08.9
2   Alex Harvey (CAN) +2.8
3   Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +2.9
4   Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) +1:13.3
5   Emil Iversen (NOR) +1:13.4
6   Federico Pellegrino (ITA) +1:13.7
7   Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) +1:14.2
8   Didrik Tønseth (NOR) +1:14.3
9   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) +1:15.1
10   Sjur Røthe (NOR) +1:16.1
Women overall standings (1–10)[4]
Rank Name Time
1   Stina Nilsson (SWE) 52:12.5
2   Therese Johaug (NOR) +12.9
3   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +15.1
4   Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) +52.3
5   Ebba Andersson (SWE) +53.3
6   Jonna Sundling (SWE) +1:14.1
7   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +1:29.2
8   Maja Dahlqvist (SWE) +1:29.2
9   Frida Karlsson (SWE) +1:31.9
10   Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +1:36.7

Stages

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Stage 1

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22 March 2019

  • 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:[5]
    • 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)[6]
Rank Name QT[7] Time BS
1   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 3:07.61 (1) 3:22.14 30
2   Federico Pellegrino (ITA) 3:09.97 (2) +1.10 27
3   Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (NOR) 3:14.28 (9) +1.55 24
4   Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 3:10.26 (3) +1.57 23
5   Johan Häggström (SWE) 3:18.13 (22) +15.06 22
6   Lucas Chanavat (FRA) 3:14.06 (8) +33.76 21
7   Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) 3:13.65 (6) 16
8   Viktor Thorn (SWE) 3:13.67 (7) 15
9   Ristomatti Hakola (FIN) 3:15.14 (10) 14
10   Alex Harvey (CAN) 3:18.69 (23) 13
Women – 1.6 km Sprint Freestyle (individual)[8]
Rank Name QT[9] Time BS
1   Stina Nilsson (SWE) 3:25.86 (2) 3:44.80 30
2   Maja Dahlqvist (SWE) 3:31.72 (8) +0.01 27
3   Jonna Sundling (SWE) 3:25.39 (1) +1.28 24
4   Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 3:31.73 (9) +10.01 23
5   Frida Karlsson (SWE) 3:32.44 (12) +10.59 22
6   Sadie Bjornsen (USA) 3:30.63 (4) +14.43 21
7   Sophie Caldwell (USA) 3:31.43 (7) 16
8   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 3:29.51 (3) 15
9   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 3:32.25 (11) 14
10   Jessie Diggins (USA) 3:33.60 (15) 13

Stage 2

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23 March 2019
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)[10]
Rank Name Time BS
1   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 36:10.9 45
2   Alex Harvey (CAN) +0.8 21
3   Didrik Tønseth (NOR) +1.3 13
4   Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) +1.6 7
5   Sjur Røthe (NOR) +2.5 1
6   Emil Iversen (NOR) +17.0 24
7   Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +17.4 20
8   Dario Cologna (SUI) +17.6 6
9   Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) +17.7 4
10   Ristomatti Hakola (FIN) +18.2
Women – 10 km Classical (mass start)[11]
Rank Name Time BS
1   Stina Nilsson (SWE) 25:51.6 30
2   Therese Johaug (NOR) +0.2 20
3   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +1.5 17
4   Ebba Andersson (SWE) +25.4
5   Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) +26.8 3
6   Maja Dahlqvist (SWE) +39.6 8
7   Anastasia Sedova (RUS) +42.5
8   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +43.2 1
9   Jonna Sundling (SWE) +43.5
10   Katharina Hennig (GER) +43.5 2

Stage 3

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24 March 2019

  • The race for "Winner of the Day" counts for 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.
Men – 15 km Freestyle (pursuit)[12]
Rank Name Time
1   Alex Harvey (CAN) 28:15.4
2   Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) +0.9
3   Simeon Hamilton (USA) +33.5
4   Andrew Young (GBR) +33.6
5   Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR) +37.1
6   Francesco De Fabiani (ITA) +37.9
7   Maurice Manificat (FRA) +38.4
8   Sjur Røthe (NOR) +41.3
9   Andrey Melnichenko (RUS) +43.8
10   Emil Iversen (NOR) +47.8
Women – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[13]
Rank Name Time
1   Therese Johaug (NOR) 23:18.6
2   Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN) +3.9
3   Ebba Andersson (SWE) +6.0
4   Jessie Diggins (USA) +11.3
5   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) +18.4
6   Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) +19.2
7   Charlotte Kalla (SWE) +24.9
7   Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) +24.9
9   Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) +30.0
10   Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +31.1

World Cup points distribution

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The overall winners are awarded 200 points.[14] 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[15] 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[15] 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

References

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  1. ^ Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 31.
  2. ^ a b c d Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 41.
  3. ^ "World Cup Final Overall Standing Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ^ "World Cup Final Overall Standing Ladies" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ "RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Men 1.6 km Sprint Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Men 1.6 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Ladies 1.6 km Sprint Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Ladies 1.6 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Men 15 km Mass Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Ladies 10 km Mass Start Classic" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Men 15 km Pursuit Free - Winner of the Day" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Ladies 10 km Pursuit Free - Winner of the Day" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  15. ^ a b Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 40.

Sources

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