2023 Tour of Norway (2.Pro), Norway

12th edition: May 26 - 29, 2023

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Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

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Monday, May 29: 3rd & final stage, Stavanger - Stavanger, 151.2 kilometers

Stage 3 map & profile

Alexander Kristoff takes the stage. Szymon Gruchalski photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Stavanger at 1:55 PM, local time: 12C (54F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 15% chance of rain.

The race: Stage three's neutralized start was at 11:55 AM. There were three non-starters: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Alexander Richardson & Jack Rootkin-Gray (both St. Piran). That left 109 starters. Late in the stage Shane Archbold (Bora-hansgrohe) abandoned.

Here's the report from second-place Tobias Lund Andresen's Team DSM:

Monday’s final day of racing at the Tour of Norway saw the peloton take on a 151 kilometre route, starting and finishing in the town of Stavanger. It was a fast start to the day with lots of attacks before a nine rider group eventually snapped the elastic and went clear. With all Team DSM riders in the peloton, focus remained on staying safe and saving energy for the finish circuit which included a short but punchy climb.

Working well as a group, the team stayed well positioned and kept fast finisher Tobias Lund Andresen safe ahead of the last lap, where the break was caught. On the climb, Lund Andresen managed to follow the best and things regrouped somewhat at the front, with the bunch charging towards a sprint finish in Stavanger. It was a fast and nervous finale but the young Dane navigated the twisting roads well and could sprint from a great spot. Giving his all to the line, he was just bested from Kristoff, taking another strong second place finish.

The Tour of Norway's final stage gets started.

With no major shakeups in the overall standings, Marco Brenner ended the race in tenth place on GC for the team – his first top ten in the overall classification, with Lorenzo Milesi not far behind in 13th – which was also his first top 15 in the GC standings as a pro.

Speaking after the stage Lund Andresen said: “Today there was a lot of panic in the peloton because of the snaking roads, so there could be echelons at any time. We were always together as a group and the guys kept me safe. On the laps it was crazy with all that road furniture, but the boys tried to stay as close to me as possible and keep me towards the front. I felt really good so I was joining the jumping on the climb in the last couple of laps and could was well positioned. In the sprint, Kristoff was just a little bit faster and it was a close second place for the second time in three days in the end.”

Alexander Kristoff (on left) wins the final stage

Complete results:

151.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.523 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	3hr 19min 17sec
2	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
3	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
5	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
27	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
30	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
36	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
41	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	s.t.
42	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
44	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	@ 11sec
48	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:16
49	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
50	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:36
51	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
56	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
58	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	1:04
67	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
70	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18
73	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:00
74	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	s.t.
75	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
77	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	4:27
78	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	5:39
79	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
81	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:06
83	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:22
84	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
85	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
86	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
91	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	s.t.
92	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
93	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
94	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
96	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
98	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
99	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	6:28
100	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:07
101	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	8:37
102	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	8:40
103	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	8:54
104	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	9:22
106	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
107	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	s.t.
108	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Ben Tulett (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
• Points classification winner: Thibau Nys (Trek-Segafredo)
• Best young rider: Ben Tulett (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification winner: EF Education-EasyPost

409.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.591 km/hr

1	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	9hr 50min 45sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 5sec
3	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	0:23
4	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
5	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:30
6	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:31
7	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
8	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:33
10	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:36
11	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
12	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
13	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	0:49
14	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	0:51
15	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:54
16	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
17	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01
18	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:03
19	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:05
20	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06
21	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:07
22	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:12
23	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	1:15
24	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:18
25	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:19
26	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	1:22
27	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:31
28	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:33
29	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	1:38
30	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:39
31	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:00
32	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	2:01
34	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:03
35	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:05
37	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:06
38	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	s.t.
39	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:08
40	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:18
42	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:22
43	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	2:29
44	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:30
45	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	2:36
46	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:39
47	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:41
48	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	2:42
49	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:43
50	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	2:50
51	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:53
52	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:12
53	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:18
54	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:21
55	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	3:22
56	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	3:36
57	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	3:41
58	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:58
59	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	4:30
60	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	4:32
61	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	4:36
62	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	4:38
63	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	4:51
64	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	4:52
65	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	6:10
66	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	7:23
67	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	8:22
68	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	8:27
69	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	8:32
70	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	8:36
71	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	8:49
72	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	9:16
73	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:34
74	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:44
75	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	9:50
76	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	10:09
77	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:36
78	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:08
79	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	11:23
80	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	11:48
81	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	11:51
82	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	12:01
83	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:03
84	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	12:05
85	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:14
86	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	13:02
87	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	s.t.
88	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	13:19
89	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	13:24
90	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	13:39
91	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:41
92	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	14:58
93	William Tidball	Saint Piran	15:51
94	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	15:59
95	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:38
96	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	17:59
97	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	19:23
98	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	19:24
99	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:40
100	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	20:00
101	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:04
102	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:13
103	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	20:14
104	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	21:49
105	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	22:02
106	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	22:44
107	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	23:41
108	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	41:30

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Sunday, May 28: Stage 2, Valle - Stavanger, 165.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Thibau Nys wins stage two. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Stavanger at 1:50 PM, local time: 12C (55F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 26 km/hr (17 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Ben Tulett's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Ben Tulett extended his race lead at the Tour of Norway with third place in the uphill sprint on stage two.

The young Brit clawed back key ground in the final kilometres and timed his effort well on the ramp to the line in Stavanger, taking third place and four bonus seconds. Thibau Nys (Trek-Segafredo) won the stage to claim his first pro victory.

The result saw Tulett's overall lead extend out to a still slender five seconds over team-mate Magnus Sheffield. Sheffield hit out early in the sprint and placed eighth, to make sure of a Grenadiers 1-2 heading into Monday's finale.

Once again the team worked well to help control the race and breakaway at times, including over the snow-lined Knuttjørn pass.

Ben Tulett:
"It was really tough to be honest. We had a fight on our hands from the beginning to control the breakaway and make sure we were happy with the situation.

"We had a really difficult mountain pass which was also quite cold, but beautiful. It was really nice to see that. Then obviously a super difficult final to this stage. I was actually out of position coming into the final couple of kilometres so I had work to do to get back into position. I’m really happy to come away with third place today. Another day done.

"Here there are no easy days. We have to be up for it and for sure we’re motivated to finish this off in a good way."

Complete results:

165.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.453 km/hr

1	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 18min 33sec
2	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 1sec
3	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
6	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
26	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 12sec
27	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
28	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
34	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:17
36	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
38	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
40	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
42	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	0:25
43	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	0:27
44	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	0:29
46	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
50	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:35
55	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	s.t.
56	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
57	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	0:42
62	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	0:44
63	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:47
64	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:49
65	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	0:54
67	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:55
68	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	1:04
72	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	1:06
73	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
74	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	1:10
76	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:12
77	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	1:16
78	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:19
79	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
80	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	1:22
81	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	1:30
85	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:37
86	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	1:41
87	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:45
89	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
90	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	1:53
91	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:04
93	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
96	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:11
97	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:14
98	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	2:18
99	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
100	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:23
101	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	2:27
102	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
104	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:50
108	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:23
109	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	11:51
110	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	12:03
111	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	12:45
112	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	21:51

 

GC after stage 2:

258.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.590 km/hr

1	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	6hr 31min 28sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 5sec
3	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	0:23
4	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
5	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	0:31
6	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
7	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:35
8	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:36
10	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
12	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
13	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	0:49
14	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	0:51
15	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:54
16	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
17	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01
18	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:03
19	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:05
20	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06
21	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:07
22	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:12
23	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	1:15
24	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:18
25	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:19
26	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	1:22
27	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:26
28	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:32
29	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	1:33
30	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:37
32	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	1:38
33	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:39
34	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:42
35	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:43
36	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	1:44
37	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:46
38	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:47
39	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	1:50
40	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	1:53
41	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:00
42	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
44	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:03
46	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:05
48	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	2:06
50	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:07
51	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:08
53	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	2:12
54	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:14
55	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:17
57	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	2:26
58	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	2:27
59	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:36
60	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:37
61	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:42
62	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	2:46
63	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	2:48
64	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:01
66	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	3:11
67	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
68	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:12
69	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:21
70	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:22
71	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	3:28
72	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	3:33
73	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	3:36
74	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	3:40
75	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	3:47
76	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:58
77	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	4:02
78	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:11
79	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:30
80	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	4:36
83	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	5:01
84	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	7:17
85	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:37
86	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:38
87	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	11:58
88	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	s.t.
89	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	12:01
91	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:03
92	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	12:15
93	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	12:20
94	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	12:27
95	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	12:35
96	William Tidball	Saint Piran	12:51
97	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	12:59
98	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	13:01
99	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	13:02
100	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	13:22
101	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	13:25
102	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:38
103	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
104	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:41
105	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:42
106	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	13:51
107	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	13:52
108	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	14:00
109	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:02
110	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	14:19
111	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	30:41
112	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	32:36

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Saturday, May 27: Stage 1, Jondal - Hovden, 206 85.2km

Stage 1 map & profile

Mike Teunissen just wins the weather-shortened first stage. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Hovden at 1:45 PM, local time: 8C (47F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain.

The race: Bad weather forced the race organizer to shorten the stage from the planned 206 kilometers to 82.5 km.

Here's the report from second-place Tobias Lund Andresen's Team DSM:

Due to adverse weather conditions with freezing temperatures and heavy rain, today’s Tour of Norway stage was shortened to 85 kilometres and instead started in Røldal. Climbing from the flag drop, it was an intense day in the saddle with several attacks and a strong pace set in the peloton; becoming more a race of attrition. No group was able to build up a substantial lead and heading onto the shorter but steeper second climb Lorenzo Milesi put in a strong attack which caused a reaction in the peloton, thinning out the group even more.

Well represented in the reduced peloton with five riders, Team DSM rode cohesively as a unit on the tough parcours and under grizzly weather conditions but the day seemed destined to come down to a reduced group sprint. On the slight descent before the kick up to the line the bunch was strung out through some wet and sharp corners, with Tobias Lund Andresen moving up well and following the wheels. Coming out and delivering a strong kick, he almost made it past everyone on the drag to the line with only one rider managing to hold off the fast-finishing Dane who took a very respectable second place on the stage.

“Today was super short and intense,” explained Lund Andresen. “We started straight into a long climb with attacks from the bottom and later there was a hard but controlled pace. After the first climb we came together and entered the steep one in a good place. Lorenzo went for a strong attack which put on a high pace, making a big split in the peloton with only a couple of fast guys left in the group, including myself. The finish was super hectic with wet sharp corners and in the end I had really good legs, but just not enough metres in the end to come around for the win.”

Stage 1 complete results:

85.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.139 km/hr

1	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1hr 58min 30sec
2	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
3	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
13	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
14	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
22	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	s.t.
32	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
36	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
41	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
42	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
45	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	15
52	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	s.t.
55	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
56	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
57	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
58	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
60	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	s.t.
73	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
74	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	@ 25sec
78	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	s.t.
79	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	0:28
80	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	0:32
81	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:39
82	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	0:43
83	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:54
84	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:10
85	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:24
87	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	9:29
88	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
91	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
92	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	s.t.
94	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
95	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
98	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
99	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
100	Vang Aas Eirik	National Team Norway	s.t.
101	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
102	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
103	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	s.t.
104	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
106	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
107	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
108	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
110	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
111	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

92.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.785 km/hr

1	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	2hr 12min 58sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
3	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	0:19
4	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	0:27
5	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:28
6	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	0:30
7	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:31
8	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:32
10	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	0:33
12	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	0:34
13	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
14	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	0:38
15	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:39
17	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:41
18	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
19	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:52
20	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:54
21	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	0:55
22	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:56
24	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:57
25	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	0:58
27	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0: 59
28	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:01
29	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:02
30	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:03
31	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:04
32	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	1:06
34	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:07
35	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:12
36	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:13
37	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:14
38	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	1:16
39	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	1:17
40	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	1:18
41	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:20
43	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	1:21
44	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	s.t.
45	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:22
46	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:25
49	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	1:26
50	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	1:27
51	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:28
52	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	1:30
53	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:31
54	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:32
56	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:33
57	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:35
58	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	1:36
59	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	1:42
60	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:45
61	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:46
63	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	1:47
64	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	1:50
65	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	1:52
66	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	1:54
67	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
68	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:56
69	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	1:57
70	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:58
71	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:59
72	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	2:01
73	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	2:03
74	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	2:06
75	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	2:07
76	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	2:08
77	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:10
78	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:13
80	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:16
81	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:29
82	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	2:31
83	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:44
84	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:51
85	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	3:05
86	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	3:05
87	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	10:28
88	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	10:42
89	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	10:51
90	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	11:02
91	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:06
92	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
94	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	11:10
95	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:12
96	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	11:15
98	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	11:18
99	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:20
100	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	s.t.
101	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:24
102	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	11:29
103	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
104	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	11:31
105	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	11:48
106	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	11:49
107	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:56
108	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:59
109	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	12:01
110	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12:03
111	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	12:29
112	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:52
113	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	12:53

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Friday, May 26: Bergen Harbor - Mt. Fløyen 7.4 km prologue time trial.

Prologue map & profile

Ben Tulett on his way to winning the prologue. INEOS photo

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Weather at the the race city of Bergen at 2:35 PM, local time: 11C (51F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 14 km/hr (9mph). There is an 80% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Ben Tulett's Team INEOS Grenadiers

Ben Tulett got the Tour of Norway off to the best possible start with victory in the opening time trial prologue, leading home a Grenadiers 1-2 finish.

The Brit blitzed the final climb to take victory with a time of 14 minutes and 28 seconds, crossing the line just one second ahead of team-mate Magnus Sheffield.

That was enough to move him into the early race lead, with three more stages to race ahead of the finish on Monday.

Five Grenadiers placed inside the top 20 times on the day in what was a strong and consistent start to the race. Josh Tarling (17th), Connor Swift (19th), Leo Hayter (20th) and Luke Plapp (47th) rounded out the results on a good opening day.

Ben Tulett:
"We knew it was going to make for a really hard time trial today. Of course it meant that the execution was really crucial. We came yesterday to look at the course and we identified pretty quickly that it was going to be really tough. We knew we were in for a fight today but I’m happy with my performance so far.

"It’s something different to do it on road bikes but quite fun. It looks like it’s going to be a hard week of racing.

"I didn’t really know [what to expect]. I just went out there and tried to do my best to see where I ended up. There are some really strong time trialists here like Magnus who are super strong. I knew I was in for a hard fight but we’ll see where I end up.

"We’re definitely motivated for this race and all excited and up for it."

Complete results & GC:

7.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 30.691 km/hr

1	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	14min 28sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
3	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	0:19
4	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	0:27
5	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:28
6	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	0:30
7	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:31
8	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:32
10	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	0:33
12	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	0:34
13	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
14	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	0:38
15	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:39
17	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	0:40
18	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:41
19	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
21	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:52
22	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:54
23	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	0:55
24	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:56
25	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:57
26	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	0:58
29	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:59
31	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Torbjørn Røed	National Team Norway	1:02
33	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:03
35	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
36	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:04
37	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	1:06
38	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
39	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:07
40	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	1:08
43	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:10
44	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	1:11
45	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:13
47	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:14
49	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Team Coop-Repsol	1:15
50	Andre Drege	Team Coop-Repsol	1:16
51	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:17
54	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	1:18
55	Alessandro Fedeli	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:20
56	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Trym Brennsæter	National Team Norway	1:21
58	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	National Team Norway	1:22
60	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	1:22
61	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	1:23
62	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	1:27
63	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:31
65	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	1:33
66	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:35
67	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	1:36
68	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:37
69	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
71	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:39
72	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
73	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
74	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:41
75	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
76	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Magnus Wæhre	Team Coop-Repsol	1:42
78	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	s.t.
79	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:43
80	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
82	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:45
83	Halvor Dolven	National Team Norway	1:46
84	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
85	Eirik Vang Aas	National Team Norway	1:49
86	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	1:50
87	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:51
89	Ludvik Holstad	National Team Norway	s.t.
90	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	1:52
91	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:55
92	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
93	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:56
96	Robin Juel Skivild	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:59
97	Kalle Kvam	Team Coop-Repsol	2:00
98	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
99	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	2:02
100	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	2:03
101	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	2:07
102	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:13
103	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:16
104	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	2:19
105	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop-Repsol	2:20
106	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:27
107	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:29
108	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	2:32
109	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:30
110	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:34
111	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop-Repsol	3:00
112	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:23
113	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	3:24

 

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