2018 GP Canton Aargau/d'Argovie (HC), Switzerland
55th edition: Thursday, June 7, 2018
GP Canton Aargau podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition
Leuggern - Leuggern, 188.9 km
Alexander Kristoff gets his fourth win this season.
The race: Winner Alexander Kristoff's UAE-Team Emirates squad sent me this.
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff sprinted to victory in the GP du Canton d’Argovie in Switzerland today and brought his 2018 tally to four.
UAE Team Emirates’s European champion could unleash his powerful surge thanks to his companions. He gapped his nearest rivals Francesco Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) and Marco Canola (Nippo Vini Fantini).
“This is my fourth win of the season, but normally I’d have more already at this point so I put a lot of weight behind this race,” Kristoff said.
“For me and the entire team it’s important to show our jersey and promote cycling in the UAE – there’s no better way than to win. Thanks to the team for controlling the race and taking me to the final kilometres in the best position for the sprint. And I remembered this final, it was the same as the Tour de Suisse sprint finish in 2013, a WorldTour race.
“The Tour de Suisse is next for me, and so I’m heading there motivated. The race will be hard and with a high-level of rivals, but the goal is to do well like I did in 2013 and 2015.”
Complete Results:
188.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.862 km/hr
| 1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 4hr 18min 24sec |
| 2 | GAVAZZI Francesco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 3 | CANOLA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | @ 1sec |
| 4 | DE BIE Sean | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 5 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 6 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 7 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | PACIONI Luca | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 9 | DILLIER Silvan | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 11 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Trek-Segafredo | 0:02 |
| 12 | DECLERCQ Benjamin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 13 | LIENHARD Fabian | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 14 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:03 |
| 15 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 16 | THALMANN Roland | Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. |
| 17 | VELASCO Simone | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 0:04 |
| 18 | ROVNY Ivan | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 19 | TOTÒ Paolo | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | 0:05 |
| 20 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 21 | DENZ Nico | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | COLNAGHI Luca | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 23 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 0:06 |
| 25 | ALBASINI Michael | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 26 | OFFREDO Yoann | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 27 | SCHELLING Patrick | Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. |
| 28 | SLAGTER Tom-Jelte | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 29 | BANZER Gordian | Akros-Renfer SA | s.t. |
| 30 | GAFFURINI Nicola | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | 0:07 |
| 31 | STÜSSI Colin | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 32 | VENDRAME Andrea | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 33 | VERMOTE Julien | Dimension Data | 0:08 |
| 34 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:13 |
| 35 | KUDUS Merhawi | Dimension Data | 0:14 |
| 36 | LIVYNS Arjen | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 37 | SPREAFICO Matteo | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 38 | GAUTIER Cyril | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16 |
| 39 | BADILATTI Matteo | Vorarlberg Santic | 0:17 |
| 40 | DI SANTE Antonio | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 41 | VERWILST Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 42 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:18 |
| 43 | FICARA Pierpaolo | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 44 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 45 | PELLAUD Simon | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 46 | FRIESECKE Gian | Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. |
| 47 | CHEVRIER Clément | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 48 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 49 | VAN MELSEN Kevin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 50 | DOUBEY Fabien | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:19 |
| 51 | KOSHEVOY Ilia | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 52 | ANTON Igor | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 53 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:21 |
| 54 | THIÈRY Cyrille | Team Switzerland | 0:23 |
| 55 | ZACCANTI Filippo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 56 | GABBURO Davide | Amore & Vita-Prodir | 0:24 |
| 57 | SWIFT Ben | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:26 |
| 58 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:27 |
| 59 | DUIJN Huub | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | 0:31 |
| 60 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:32 |
| 61 | HAAS Nathan | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:35 |
| 62 | TORRES Rodolfo Andres | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:39 |
| 63 | GANNA Filippo | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:43 |
| 64 | VAN HECKE Preben | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:44 |
| 65 | PETERS Nans | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:48 |
| 66 | BALLERINI Davide | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 67 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | 0:55 |
| 68 | FRAPPORTI Marco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 69 | POLITT Nils | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 70 | DUMOULIN Samuel | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:56 |
| 71 | GASTAUER Ben | AG2R La Mondiale | 1:08 |
| 72 | RAGGIO Luca | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 1:14 |
| 73 | BUSATO Matteo | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 1:23 |
| 74 | CONCI Nicola | Trek-Segafredo | 1:34 |
| 75 | DANIEL Gregory | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 76 | PAROZ Justin | Akros-Renfer SA | 5:52 |
| 77 | VOISARD Yannis | Akros-Renfer SA | s.t. |
| 78 | BEPPU Fumiyuki | Trek-Segafredo | 5:53 |
| 79 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 80 | KOZONCHUK Dmitry | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 81 | SCHNEITER Joab | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 82 | RYBALKIN Aleksey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 83 | DRAPERI Matteo | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 84 | BOEV Igor | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 85 | ORRICO Davide | Vorarlberg Santic | 5:54 |
| 86 | FRAPPORTI Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 87 | MULLER Reto | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 88 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 89 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 90 | LUKSEVICS Viesturs | Amore & Vita-Prodir | 15:18 |
| 91 | BOSCH Manuel | Vorarlberg Santic | 15:36 |
| 92 | FREULER Jan-André | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |