4th edition of the Nordic Opening
The 2013 Nordic Opening was the 4th edition of the annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the first competition round of the 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
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 |  Martin Johnsrud Sundby | 1h 04' 17,3" | | 2 |  Maxim Vylegzhanin | + 0,1" | | 3 | Alexander Legkov | + 0,6" | | 4 |  Maurice Manificat | + 4,0" | | 5 | Sergey Ustiugov | + 4,5" | | 6 |  Calle Halfvarsson | + 4,6" | | 7 | Marcus Hellner | + 11,2" | | 8 | Chris Jespersen | + 11,7" | | 9 |  Noah Hoffman | + 12,2" | | 10 | Alexander Bessmertnykh | + 12,7" |
| Women's Overall standings[2] | Rank | Name | Time | | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | 43' 42,1" | | 2 | Charlotte Kalla | + 0,8" | | 3 | Therese Johaug | + 1,3" | | 4 |  Justyna Kowalczyk | + 30,9" | | 5 | Kikkan Randall | + 1' 01,9" | | 6 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | + 1' 02,6" | | 7 | Yuliya Chekalyova | + 1' 03,9" | | 8 |  Denise Herrmann | + 1' 38,0" | | 9 | Heidi Weng | + 1' 38,7" | | 10 | Yuliya Ivanova | + 1' 39,1" | |
Overall leadership by stage
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Ruka 
Eirik Brandsdal
Anton Gafarov
Teodor Peterson
Lukáš Bauer
Justyna Kowalczyk
Kikkan Randall
Denise Herrmann
