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.

2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)	Québec City, Canada
Dates	16–18 March
Stages	3: 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  Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) Women   Winner  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)   Second  Heidi Weng (NOR)   Third  Stina Nilsson (SWE)

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		Ladies
	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		Marit Bjørgen	Marit Bjørgen
Final		Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Final	Marit Bjørgen

Overall standings

Men's overall standings (1–10)[1] 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

Ladies' overall standings (1–10)[2] 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 – 1.4 km Sprint Free (individual)[3] Rank Name QT[4] 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

Ladies – 1.5 km Sprint Free (individual)[5] Rank Name QT[6] 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  Jessica 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.
• Ladies: 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 Classic (mass start)[7] 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

Ladies – 10 km Classic (mass start)[8] 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)[9] 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

Ladies – 10 km Freestyle (pursuit)[10] 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

References

1. "World Cup Final Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. "World Cup Final Ladies" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. "Men 1.5 km Sprint Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. "Men 1.5 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. "Ladies 1.5 km Sprint Finals Free" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
6. "Ladies 1.5 km Sprint Free Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. "Men 15 km Mass Start Classic Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
8. "Ladies 10 km Mass Start Classic Results - Qualification" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
9. "Men 15 km Pursuit Free - Winner of the Day" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
10. "Ladies 10 km Pursuit Free - Winner of the Day" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 21 January 2020.