Cross-country skiing world cup final
The cross-country skiing world cup finals is a cross-country skiing competition that is held as part of the cross-country skiing world cup at the end of the season. The competition, which consists of several stages, like the Tour de Ski and the Nordic Opening , was first held in the 2007/08 season and usually consists of three or four stages. In years without the Winter Olympics or World Championships , the Ski Tour Canada is the end of the season.
Stages
1st stage (sprint)
Like the Tour de Ski, the cross-country world cup finals also start with a prologue. The prologue is held as a sprint competition for both women and men. During the qualification, the currently best 30 athletes of the overall World Cup start in a previously drawn order in the first group. Then all other starters with World Cup points go to the start. Athletes without World Cup points start according to their FIS sprint points. Athletes with the highest FIS Sprint Points start last in the qualification.
For the 30 best athletes who have reached the final, bonus seconds will be awarded for the overall ranking according to the final ranking. The bonus seconds will be deducted from the athlete's end time from the competition.
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th |
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| Bonus seconds | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30th | 18th | 17th | 16 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2nd stage (individual competition)
All participating athletes start in reverse order of the current overall ranking of the World Cup final after the first competition. The 2nd stage will be held as an individual competition with an individual start. The first three athletes in the competition will receive bonus seconds for the overall ranking. The winner receives 15, the second placed 10 and the third placed 5 bonus seconds.
3rd stage (pursuit / mass start)
The 3rd stage is a pursuit competition, in which both classic and free technique must be run. The race is held as a mass start, in which the starting positions are again assigned according to the current position in the overall ranking of the World Cup finals. Several intermediate sprints will be held over the distance. Both the top three in the intermediate sprints and the top three at the finish receive 15, 10 and 5 bonus seconds respectively for the overall ranking.
4th stage (handicap start)
The last competition of the World Cup finals is held as an individual competition in the handicap start. This means that the start takes place according to the current position in the overall ranking and with the respective arrears of the athletes on the overall leader. A wave start can occur with very long time intervals. Here athletes with different deficits on the overall leader start simultaneously. The athlete who reaches the finish line first is the winner of the cross-country skiing world cup finals. The daily rating is created according to the time of day for the specific kilometers of the stage and can therefore deviate from the finish.
time limit
As with the Tour de Ski, athletes who exceed a certain time limit during an individual competition can be excluded from the World Cup finals. In competitions with a distance of less than 5 km, the time limit is 23% longer than the winning time for women and 20% longer than the winning time for men. For stages longer than 5 km, the percentages are 18 for women and 15 for men. Athletes who exceed these percentages will be excluded from the World Cup final. The jury can adjust these values under special conditions.
Venues
| season | Stage location |
|---|---|
| 2007/08 |
 Bormio
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| 2008/09 |
 Stockholm / Falun
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| 2009/10 |
Stockholm / Falun
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| 2010/11 |
Stockholm / Falun
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| 2011/12 |
Stockholm / Falun
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| 2012/13 |
Stockholm / Falun
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| 2013/14 |
Falun
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| 2016/17 |
 Quebec
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| 2017/18 |
Falun
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| 2018/19 |
Quebec
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Ratings
Overall rating
The overall ranking of the cross-country skiing world cup finals is based on the cumulative time from all 4 competitions minus the bonus seconds earned. The athlete with the lowest total time is the winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Final.
Overall ranking women
Overall rating men
Sprint scoring
The sprint rating of the cross-country skiing world cup finals is based on the bonus seconds gained from the sprint competition or the intermediate and target sprints of the second and third stages. The athlete who has collected the most bonus seconds wins the sprint ranking of the cross-country skiing world cup finals.
Sprint competition women
Sprint ranking men
Top rider jerseys
The current overall leader of the cross-country skiing World Cup finals is wearing the overall leader's jersey. The current leader of the sprint classification wears the sprint leader's jersey. If the leader in the sprint classification is the athlete who also leads in the overall classification, he must wear the overall leader's jersey. The runner-up in the sprint classification will then take on the sprint leader's jersey.
World Cup points
Twice the number of World Cup points is awarded for the overall ranking. The winner of the World Cup final thus receives 200 World Cup points. Half the number of points is awarded to the first 15 athletes at each stage. It should be noted that an athlete must complete all stages in order to receive the World Cup points for a stage. The abandonment during a race also means the exclusion from the other competitions of the World Cup finals and the loss of all World Cup points earned up to that point.
The World Cup points won are counted for the overall ranking and the discipline ratings of the Cross-Country World Cup .
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th |
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| Overall ranking World Cup finals | 200 | 160 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 30th | 28 | 26th | 24 | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 |
| Stage World Cup Finals | 50 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30th | 28 | 26th | 24 | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 16 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Web links
- World Cup, "Tour de Ski" and "Finale" regulations 2010-2011 (PDF file; 386 kB)