Morten Eide Pedersen, Team Nordic Athlete, moves up to first position in the SC ranking, the global ranking system for long distance skiers, after Toblach-Cortina. Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Team XPND Fuel of Norway, is now second, and Stian Hoelgaard, Team Koteng, is third.

Morten Eide Pedersen climbs from 4^th position to number one after finishing 4^th at Toblach-Cortina. Tord Asle Gjerdalen steps up from third to second, and Stian Hoelgaard goes from sixth to third in the ranking.

In the top ten, we can also see some other small changes. Petter Eliassen, Team Ragde Eiendom, drops one place to 6th. Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, steps up from 11^th to 9^th after finishing third in the Sunday race. Kateřina Smutná, eD System Bauer Team, goes from 9^th to 11^th.

Oskar Kardin, Team Ragde Eiendom, goes from 17^th to 14^th after his second place at Toblach-Cortina. Max Novak, Team Ramudden, step up from 23^rd to 17^th. Ida Dahl, Team Ramudden, climbed from 31^th to 28^th after her second-place yesterday. Runar Skaug Mathisen, Team Parkettparter Sjusjøen, goes from 36^th to 30^th. Emilie Fleten, Team Koteng, third at Toblach-Cortina, takes a big step from 49^th to 39^th.

Two athletes stepping in top 50 is Bastien Poirrier, Team Décathlon Expérience, 54^th to 44^th, and Morten Soleng Skinstad, Team Coop, 56^th to 49^th.

Several athletes from Russian Winter Team take big steps in the SC Ranking. Ermil Vokuev goes from 70^th place to 55^th after his impressive win at Toblach-Cortina. Aleksandr Grebenko goes from 69^th to 61^th, Maxim Vylegshanin from 81^th to 68^th, and Anastasia Rygalina from 100^rd to 86^th.

Four athletes stepping in the top 100 is Andri Schlittler, Team BSV IBEX (101-92), Thomas Ødegaarden, Team XPND Fuel of Norway (106-93), Anastasi Vlasova, Russian Winter Team (110-98), and Olga Tsareva, Russian Winter Team (117-99).

The SC Ranking is open for all participants in all Visma Ski Classics event, Pro Tour and Challengers. The SC ranking is open for both professional and recreational skiers including all age groups, gender and performance levels.

You can check the SC Ranking list here. By joining MyPages you can also be ranked among these top skiers and start collecting your own points, pins and many other features that are offered to the members. Sign up to MyPages here.

Top picture: Photo: Björn Reichert/Nordic Focus.