NORT & WC decision in Finland: LIVE from 14:00 CET

[Updated after Stage 4Q] Stage 4 LIVE from 14:00 CET. Stage 5 Saturday from 12:40 CET. All races will be broadcast on national TV in Finland and Norway. Get ready for an exciting finish of both the World Cup and the Nordic Orienteering Tour during two busy days in the area of next year’s World Championships in Finland.

• For results and live services, see the Nordic Orienteering Tour livepage
• Live webTV Friday’s sprint, YLE (corrected, thanks Tim) – might be available World Wide? Norwegian TV2 Sport for paying customers (Friday from 13:50 CET)
• Live webTV Saurday’s chasing start, YLE – might be available World Wide?  Norwegian TV2 Sport for paying customers (Saturday 12:25 CET)

In the Nordic Orienteering Tour, Swiss star Matthias Kyburz has a 1:27 1:52 lead on the Norwegian long distance World Champion Olav Lundanes ahead of the two last stages final of the 4th Stage. Kyburz has to be counted as the favourite with one sprint race scheduled before the final chasing start – but the chasing start is a prolonged middle distance in very tough terrain – and anything can happen. This will be no walk in the park for the leaders…  Also don’t forget French Middle distance specialist Thierry Gueorgiou sitting in third – half a minute behind Lundanes. After Friday’s sprint the picture will be a lot clearer.

Name	Stage 1	Bonus 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Bonus 3	Stage 4			Tour time	Diff
1  Matthias Kyburz	13:32(2)	1:30	30:06(3)	18:23(1)	2:00	12:19(1)			01:10:50
2  Olav Lundanes	13:16(1)	2:00	30:15(5)	19:22(22)	0:55	12:44(11)			01:12:42	1:52
3  Thierry Gueorgiou	13:41(3)	0:36	29:00(1)	18:41(5)	0:16	12:38(7)			01:13:08	2:18
4  Peter Öberg	14:28(20)	0:15	29:42(2)	18:26(2)	1:10	13:10(29)			01:14:21	3:31
5  William Lind	14:20(14)	1:10	30:33(7)	18:29(3)	0:10	12:36(5)			01:14:38	3:48
6  Gustav Bergman	13:47(4)	0:50	30:37(9)	19:11(15)	0:38	12:55(17)			01:15:02	4:12
7  Matthias Merz	14:09(10)	0:55	30:29(6)	18:54(9)	0:11	12:49(13)			01:15:15	4:25
8  Fabian Hertner	14:03(9)	0:15	31:06(15)	18:43(6)	0:15	12:35(4)			01:15:57	5:07
9  Carl Waaler Kaas	13:54(7)	0:18	30:35(8)	19:25(24)	0:36	13:02(23)			01:16:02	5:12
10  Jonas Leandersson	13:53(6)	0:17	31:12(16)	18:36(4)	0:12	12:57(18)			01:16:09	5:19

With 275 World Cup points for a runner who wins both the sprint Friday and is first back in the chasing start Saturday – nothing is decided in the overall World Cup in the men’s class where Olav Lundanes has a 44 point lead ahead of sprint champion Matthias Kyburz.

Illustration: Current World Cup standing after NORT Stage 3.

Simone again?

In the women’s class Simone Niggli’s lead to Helena Jansson was decreased by around a minute to 2:46 2:43 after the KnockOut sprint in Göteborg – but still the odds for Simone Niggli running alone & first into the finish after the chasing start on Saturday are quite low. Behind Niggli there should be an interesting fight for the second place, though. In the World Cup, Niggli has a 175 points lead on Minna Kauppi – and something very special should happen for Niggli to loose the overall World Cup victory.

Name	Stage 1	Bonus 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Bonus 3	Stage 4			Tour time	Diff
1  Simone Niggli	13:26(3)	2:00	29:09(1)	14:59(3)	0:11	12:40(3)			01:08:03
2  Helena Jansson	13:20(2)	0:50	31:44(8)	14:55(1)	1:00	12:37(2)			01:10:46	2:43
3  Judith Wyder	14:03(8)	0:16	30:28(2)	15:32(7)	1:10	12:43(4)			01:11:20	3:17
4  Ida Bobach	14:19(12)	1:00	31:36(6)	15:10(4)	0:13	12:32(1)			01:12:24	4:21
5  Minna Kauppi	13:33(4)	0:18	31:33(5)	15:53(14)	0:55	13:03(6)			01:12:49	4:46
6  Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	13:56(7)	1:10	32:34(13)	14:56(2)	0:36	13:10(11)			01:12:50	4:47
7  Lina Strand	13:49(5)	0:34	31:05(4)	15:58(16)	0:10	13:26(20)			01:13:34	5:31
8  Tove Alexandersson	13:19(1)	0:50	32:39(18)	16:01(18)	0:38	13:04(7)			01:13:35	5:32
9  Tatyana Ryabkina	15:04(30)	0:13	31:00(3)	16:13(22)	1:30	13:06(8)			01:13:40	5:37
10  Merja Rantanen	14:41(20)	0:34	31:42(7)	15:25(5)	0:50	13:34(25)			01:13:58	5:55

How NORT and the World Cup is decided

This is how the Nordic Orienteering Tour and the World Cup is decided:

• Friday morning the runners face a sprint qualification race where the finish time counts in the NORT overall standings – this qualification race does not give any World Cup points.
• Friday afternoon (14:00 CET) there is another sprint race – with the 30 best from the mornings qualification starting. In the Nordic Orienteering Tour the finish time does not count – instead bonus seconds are given (120 for victory, then 90-70-60-55-50-40-38-36-34-32-30-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 seconds). The race gives World Cup points: The first 25 runners get the following points: 75-60-45-38-34-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4
• Saturday afternoon we are ready for the big final.  The first 40 runners past the finish line (i.e. the NORT overall positions) get “double” World Cup points ; the winner gets 200 points down to 2 points for the 40th place.

Map Stage 4: Sprint, Vuokatti (Finland)