By Johan Trygg
There are only small changes in the top of the SC ranking after this weekend. The eight athletes at the top are still the same.
Toblach-Cortina winner Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Eiendom is in the lead with 40,097,043 points followed by his teammate Tord Asle Gjerdalen with 39,149,550 points and Astrid Øyre Slind, Team Koteng, is third with 38,602,396 points. The women's winner at Toblach-Cortina, Britta Johansson Norgren, Lager 157 Ski Team, has 38,289,915 points in the fourth spot.
In the top ten Oskar Kardin, Team Ragde Eiendom, climbs from 10th position to 9th and Vetle Thyli, Team Kaffebryggeriet, goes from 12th to 10th. This means that Marcialonga winner Tore Björseth Berdal, Team Koteng, drops out of top ten and is now in 12th position.
There are som athletes taking more than ten steps in the ranking if we look at the best 100. Ermil Vokuev, Russian Winter Team climbs from 68 to 58 after his 8th place at Toblach-Cortina this Saturday. Vaclav Sedlacek, Silvini Madshus Team, takes eleven steps from 77th to 66th. Laila Kveli, Team Engcon, goes from place 84 to 67 after placing 14th at Toblach-Cortina. Youth bib leader Ida Dahl, Team Ramudden, climbs from 85 to 70. Sigurd Sollien Hulbak, Team Synnfjell, steps up from 86 to 74.
The biggest climb in the top 100 is made by Emilie Fleten, Team Ragde Eiendom. Emilie climbs 18 steps from 107 to 89 after finishing 9th at Toblach-Cortina. At place 90 is now Nils Persson, Team Engcon, who steps up from 102nd place. In to top 100 goes also Thea Krokan Murud, Team Ragde Eiendom. After finishing 10th at Toblach-Cortina she climbs from 113 to 99th place.
The SC Ranking is open for all participants in any Visma Ski Classics race, either Pro Tour or Challengers event, including all age groups, gender and performance levels.
The points are calculated based on the percentual time a skier is behind the winning time in his or her respective gender with an exponential drop of points. At a Pro Tour event, the winning man and woman both receive 2.000.000 points, and at a Challenger event, the winners collect 500.000 points.
Each skier can include the results from his or her best 20 races within 24 months, and the best skier, regardless of gender, with the most collected points takes the number one spot in SC Ranking. There are also podium bonus points awarded to the top three skiers in each gender; a Pro Tour event winner gets 200.000 points, 2nd place brings 100.000 points and 3rd place awards 40.000 points.
You can personally check the SC Ranking list here. By joining the Visma Ski Classics family on MyPages, you can also be ranked among these top skiers and start collecting personal points, pins and many other perks that are offered to the members of the club.
