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Sunday, May 21: 5th & Final Stage, Moss - Oslo, 155 km

Edvald Boasson Hagen wins the final stage

The race: Here's the report from final overall winner Edvald Boasson Hagen's Dimension Data team.

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka had an amazing end to Tour of Norway. Edvald Boasson Hagen sprinted to victory on the final day and thereby also took the overall win in his home race.

The team started out Sunday’s last stage knowing that if Boasson Hagen could make podium in the final sprint, and race leader Pieter Weening (Roompot) didn’t, he would win the race overall. Extremely motivated and determined, our African Team controlled the stage perfectly, always keeping the breakaway within reach.

As the riders took on the final circuit in Oslo, a strong headwind made it even more difficult for the break to stay away. On a hilly circuit, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka did a great job setting up Boasson Hagen for the sprint. However, it turned out to be much more stressful than expected as first Mekseb Debesay and then Boasson Hagen crashed on the circuit and had to change bikes.

Ultimately, it all worked out perfectly as both riders made it back to the pack and Boasson Hagen outsprinted Simon Gerrans (Orica-Scott) to win the stage and take 10 bonus seconds, which handed him the overall win as well. With two stage wins and two additional podium places, Boasson Hagen also topped the points classification.

Alex Sans Vega – sports director: “The team has been incredible all week and again today. Every rider gave his all for our common goal. With a strong headwind at the end, it was difficult for anybody to attack. We went 100 % for the sprint with Edvald [Boasson Hagen] and he proved to be the fastest. It’s really amazing to win Tour of Norway with our local hero here in his hometown”.

Complete results:

155 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.923 km/hr

1	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	3hr 31min 44sec
2	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
3	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
4	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
6	Anders SKAARSETH	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
7	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
8	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
9	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
10	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
11	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
12	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 3sec
14	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
15	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
16	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
17	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
18	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
20	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
21	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
22	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
23	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
25	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
26	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
27	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
28	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
29	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
31	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
32	Andreas VANGSTAD	Team Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
33	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
35	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Tobias S. FOSS	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
37	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
38	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
39	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
40	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
41	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13
42	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
43	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	15
44	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	16
45	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
46	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
47	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	18
48	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	20
49	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	21
50	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
51	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Team Sparebanken Sør	30
52	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	3
53	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	49
54	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	59
55	Kristian AASVOLD	Team Sparebanken Sør	+1:33
56	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+1:50
57	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
58	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
59	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2:56
60	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+2:57
61	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
63	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
66	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
67	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
69	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
70	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
71	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
72	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+3:04
73	Herman DAHL	Team Sparebanken Sør	+3:44
74	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	+3:52
75	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
76	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
77	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
78	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
79	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
80	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
81	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
82	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
83	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+4:13
84	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
86	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
87	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
88	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
89	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
90	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
91	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	s.t.
92	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
94	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
95	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Team Joker Icopal	+5:57
96	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
97	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
98	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
99	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+6:14
100	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Team Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
101	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+7:58
102	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+14:39
103	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
104	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
105	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
106	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Team Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
107	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	s.t.

Final GC after stage 5:

904 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.744 km/hr

1	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	21hr 39min 20sec
2	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	@ 4sec
3	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	10
4	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	16
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	17
6	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	24
7	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27
8	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
9	Andreas VANGSTAD	Team Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
10	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
12	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29
13	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Team Joker Icopal	31
14	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Team Joker Icopal	36
15	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	38
16	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
17	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	40
18	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	46
19	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	49
20	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	Tobias S. FOSS	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
22	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	50
23	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:11
24	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	+1:18
25	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:39
26	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	+1:39
27	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+2:02
28	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+2:04
29	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	+2:09
30	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:30
31	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+4:35
32	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+4:45
33	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+7:29
34	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	+7:42
35	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+8:13
36	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	+8:38
37	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Team Sparebanken Sør	+8:47
38	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+8:59
39	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	+9:11
40	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:27
41	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:37
42	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+9:43
43	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+9:48
45	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:59
46	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+10:02
47	Anders SKAARSETH	Team Joker Icopal	+10:27
48	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+10:47
49	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:53
50	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11:25
51	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+12:01
52	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	+12:45
53	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+12:56
54	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	+13:57
55	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	+13:59
56	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+15:30
57	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+16:33
58	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	+17:13
59	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	+18:09
60	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+18:12
61	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+18:25
62	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+18:42
63	Kristian AASVOLD	Team Sparebanken Sør	+19:19
64	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+19:56
65	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+20:11
66	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+20:18
67	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+20:32
68	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+20:44
69	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+20:45
70	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+20:55
71	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+20:55
72	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+20:59
73	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+21:02
74	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	+21:03
75	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+21:17
76	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:47
77	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+21:57
78	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+22:11
79	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	+22:31
80	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	+22:44
81	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:05
82	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+23:52
83	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+23:55
84	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+24:07
85	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+24:40
86	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	+25:42
87	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+26:37
88	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+27:08
89	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+27:37
90	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	+27:54
91	Herman DAHL	Team Sparebanken Sør	+28:15
92	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+28:33
93	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	+28:41
94	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Team Joker Icopal	+30:02
95	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+31:14
96	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	+34:01
97	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+34:52
98	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+36:37
99	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Team Sparebanken Sør	+39:41
100	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+40:21
101	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+41:35
102	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	+41:55
103	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	+50:00
104	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+50:26
105	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+55:22
106	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+59:30
107	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Team Sparebanken Sør	+1:01:47

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Saturday, May 20: Stage 4, Lillestrøm – Sarpsborg, 194 km

Dylan Groenewegen was the fastest man of the day

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Dylan Groenewegen's LottoNL-Jumbo team.

Team LottoNL-Jumbo sprinter Dylan Groenewegen sprinted uphill to win the Tour of Norway’s fourth stage today in Sarpsborg. Groenewegen, after 192 kilometres, topped Edvald Boasson Hagen and August Jensen and took his second victory of the race.

Previously, he had won the second stage. Pieter Weening maintained his overall leader’s jersey. "It was a difficult arrival that went uphill in the last kilometre," Groenewegen said. "Boom had ridden hard for almost the whole day to catch the breakaway.

“The sprint train positioned me well. It was not ideal, but I ended up in Simon Gerrans's wheel and saw that Edvald Boasson Hagen went for it. Then, I also start sprinting and I beat him fairly easily."

The stage unfolded with an early breakaway of five cyclists. Lars Boom with the help of Team Joker went full-throttle in the chase later and brought then under control. With the escape caught deep in the final, the sprinters hit high gear heading to Sarpsborg.

Team LottoNL-Jumbo had two goals in the Tour of Norway, and with Groenewegen’s stage victories they have achieved those. Sports Director Nico Verhoeven kept his team calm yesterday to stay focused on today with Groenewegen in which the 24-year-old dominated.

"When the breakaway went away, nobody wanted to take any responsibility," explained Verhoeven. "Boom rode 65 kilometres hard with the Joker riders to catch them. When they were caught with five kilometres remaining, the sprint train took over and dropped Dylan off for the win.

“It was not that easy to win against Boasson Hagen and Gerrans because those men are specialists on these kinds of arrivals. It was a real good achievement and Dylan showed has class. Like the whole team. We dominated both stage we won, so I am pleased."

The victory today marked Groenewegen’s third of the season. The last stage tomorrow runs 153 kilometres to Moss.

Edvald Boasson Hagen (green jersey) at the start of stage four. Jan Gamre photo (Thanks Jan!)

Complete Results:

1	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	4:26:43
2	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	August JENSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
4	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
7	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
8	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	3
9	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	Anders SKAARSETH	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
11	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
12	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
13	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
14	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
16	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
18	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
19	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
21	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
22	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
23	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
24	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
27	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
28	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
29	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
31	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Tobias S. FOSS	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
34	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
35	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
36	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
37	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	11
38	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	13
39	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	15
40	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
41	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	17
42	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	19
43	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	21
44	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	23
45	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sør	27
46	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
47	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	29
48	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	30
49	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
50	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	32
51	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	33
52	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
54	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
55	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
56	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
57	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	36
58	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	39
59	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
60	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
61	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
62	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
63	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
64	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
65	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
67	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
68	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
69	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
70	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
71	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
74	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
75	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sør	44
76	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	46
77	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Team Joker Icopal	48
78	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
79	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
80	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
81	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	55
82	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
84	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	58
85	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:01
86	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
87	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+1:19
88	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+1:27
89	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	+1:34
90	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
91	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	+1:47
92	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:52
93	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:55
94	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+2:43
96	Vegard BREEN	Team Joker Icopal	+2:56
97	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
98	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	+3:02
99	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+4:36
100	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
101	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
102	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
103	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+6:00
104	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	+6:10
105	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	s.t.
106	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+6:38
107	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+8:53
108	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
109	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
110	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
111	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
112	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
113	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
114	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
115	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
116	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+10:58
117	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
118	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	18:07:43
2	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	@ 3sec
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
4	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	6
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	10
6	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	17
7	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
8	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
9	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
10	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
12	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Team Joker Icopal	21
13	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22
14	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Team Joker Icopal	26
15	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	28
16	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
17	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	30
18	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	33
19	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	39
20	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
21	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
22	Tobias S. FOSS	Team Joker Icopal	s.t.
23	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	46
24	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	+1:08
25	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:29
26	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
27	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:40
28	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+1:54
29	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	+1:59
30	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:20
31	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+4:14
32	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:25
33	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
34	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+4:35
35	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	+4:38
36	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	+4:39
37	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+5:23
38	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+5:57
39	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+7:43
40	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sør	+8:10
41	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	+8:43
42	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+8:56
43	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:17
44	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:27
45	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+9:33
46	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+9:35
47	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:39
48	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+9:41
49	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	+9:41
50	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	+10:00
51	Anders SKAARSETH	Team Joker Icopal	+10:20
52	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:43
53	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	+10:53
54	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11:15
55	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+11:50
56	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	+12:53
57	Vegard BREEN	Team Joker Icopal	+13:10
58	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+13:29
59	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+15:20
60	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+15:38
61	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+16:01
62	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:52
63	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+16:56
64	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
65	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+17:27
66	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+17:28
67	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+17:39
68	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
69	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+17:41
70	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+17:44
71	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+17:51
72	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+17:55
73	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	+18:02
74	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+18:02
75	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+18:14
76	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	+18:17
77	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+18:31
78	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	+18:32
79	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+18:48
80	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+19:19
81	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+19:20
82	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+19:35
83	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	+19:38
84	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	+19:59
85	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+20:01
86	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+20:08
87	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+20:20
88	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	+20:40
89	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+20:41
90	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+20:55
91	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:16
92	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	+21:46
93	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	+21:48
94	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+23:19
95	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+23:33
96	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	+23:55
97	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Team Joker Icopal	+23:58
98	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	+24:21
99	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sør	+24:24
100	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+24:40
101	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+25:35
102	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+26:49
103	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+26:54
104	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+26:58
105	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+28:10
106	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+28:48
107	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	+29:41
108	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	+29:54
109	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+32:38
110	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sør	+33:25
111	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	+35:14
112	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+36:05
113	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	+37:35
114	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+40:36
115	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+42:21
116	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+44:45
117	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+44:46
118	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	+47:01

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Friday, May 19: Stage 3, Hamar - Lillehammer, 192 km

Photos of stage three start line

Pieter Weening wins stage 3

The race: Here's the report from Team Orica-Scott.

Former Australian national champion Simon Gerrans sprinted to third place on an attacked filled stage three at the Tour of Norway today, following the late moves and maintaining his positive position on the general classification.

Attacks by young Australians Jack Haig and Rob Power animated the finale for ORICA-SCOTT as the Australian outfit really tried to take the race by the scruff of the neck and shift the momentum in their favour.

Haig bridged across to the leaders with 30kilometres remaining before being followed by Gerrans, Power and former race leader Edvald Boassen-Hagen (Diension-Data).

The closing finishing circuit lit up with attacks and chases galore, it was Pieter Weening (Rompoot-Nederlandse-Loterij) who stole the victory with a late solo attack and moved into the overall race lead with Gerrans holding on for third on the day and third overall.

“We marked this stage as a good one for us to go on the attack,” explained sport director Matt Wilson. “And the guys certainly did that, it was unfortunate that when Jack bridged across to the original leaders with about 40kilometres to go, no one went with him and then the break just sat up and Jack got caught at the base of the final climb.”

“From then on it was about Rob and Simon, Rob showed strength and had a go further up the climb and Simon, as planned was marking Boassen-Hagen. We were looking strong going into the final and I thought that with two guys up there we had a good chance.

“In the end Boassen-Hagen couldn’t bridge to Weening when he attacked so Simon had to go alone and settle for third. Nevertheless we are in a really good position with two days to go, lots of points still on offer and plenty of hard racing to come.

“The top ten on general classification is pretty tight and for sure we will be looking to race aggressively like today and try our best to move up the standings.”

How it happened:

Slightly better weather welcomed the riders to the start of the Queen stage and with plenty of climbing to come over the course of 192kilometres the breakaway took a little longer to form.

After 55kilometres had been covered a group of six riders managed to go clear, eventually gaining around five minutes on the bunch by the halfway point.

Three challenging finishing circuits around the well known ski resort of Lillehammer comprised the last 72kilometres and the six leaders still held five minutes over the peloton as they entered the first circuit.

Dimension-Data controlled proceedings at the front of the peloton for race leader Boasssen-Hagen with the gap to the six leaders closing with every kilometre and standing at less than one minute with one lap to go.

Haig attacked out of the peloton as splits began to form on the penultimate climb, gaining an advantage of a few seconds the young Australian began to chase down the leaders.

Catching the group with 30kilometres to go Haig pushed on, splitting the lead group as Gerrans followed the acceleration of Dimension-Data and Boassen-Hagen some 20seconds behind.

As Haig dropped off it was Power who was the next to have a dig for ORICA-SCOTT with Boassen-Hagen chasing close behind followed by Gerrans. These three made up half of a group of six that led the race into the final ten kilometres.

A very late attack from the front group by Weening sealed the solo win with Gerrans sprinting hard to hold onto third place.

Complete Results:

192 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.556 km/hr

1	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	4:37:13
2	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	@ 2sec
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	4
4	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	7
5	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
6	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	August JENSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
9	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
10	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
11	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
12	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	12
13	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	16
15	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	s.t.
16	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	18
17	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
18	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
19	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	20
20	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	24
21	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	28
22	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	29
23	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
24	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
25	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
26	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	39
27	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	42
28	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	44
29	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	+1:19
30	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
31	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
32	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:34
33	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	+3:39
34	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
36	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
38	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
39	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
40	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	+7:19
41	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sør	+7:33
42	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
44	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+8:15
45	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+8:16
46	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+8:55
47	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
49	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
50	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
51	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
52	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
53	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
54	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
57	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
58	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
59	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+9:54
60	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
61	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
62	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	s.t.
63	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
64	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	s.t.
65	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
67	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
68	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+16:46
69	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
70	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
71	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
72	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
73	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
75	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
77	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
78	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
79	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
80	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
81	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
82	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
83	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
84	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
85	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
86	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
87	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
88	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
89	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
90	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
91	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
92	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
93	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
94	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
95	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
96	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
97	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
98	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
99	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+16:49
100	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
101	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
102	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
104	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
105	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
106	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+17:15
107	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
108	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
109	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
110	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
112	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
113	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
114	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
115	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
116	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
117	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
118	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
119	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	13:40:57
2	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	@ 6sec
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
4	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	12
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	17
6	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
7	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
8	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
9	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
11	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
12	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	21
13	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22
14	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	26
15	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	28
16	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
17	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	28
18	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	30
19	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	33
20	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	34
21	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	39
22	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
23	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
24	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
25	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	52
26	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:13
27	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+1:18
28	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:29
29	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
30	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
31	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:44
32	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+3:38
33	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:49
34	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
35	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
36	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+4:05
37	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	+4:19
38	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:53
39	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+5:21
40	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+7:43
41	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
42	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	+8:07
43	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sør	+8:10
44	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+8:24
45	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+8:59
46	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:05
47	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
48	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
50	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	+9:24
51	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
52	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+9:26
53	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:27
54	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+9:36
55	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+9:45
56	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	+9:56
57	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+10:04
58	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	+10:17
59	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	+10:20
60	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	+10:23
61	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+10:58
62	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+11:44
63	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+12:53
64	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+14:22
65	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+14:44
66	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+16:56
67	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
68	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
69	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
71	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+16:59
72	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+17:05
73	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+17:15
74	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sør	s.t.
75	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+17:18
76	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+17:27
77	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+17:36
78	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+17:39
79	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	+17:47
80	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
81	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+17:53
82	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+17:56
83	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
84	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	+18:05
85	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
86	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+18:08
87	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	+19:09
88	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+19:17
90	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+19:35
91	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+19:45
92	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
93	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	+19:48
94	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+19:57
95	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	+20:02
96	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	+20:04
97	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+20:14
98	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	+20:17
99	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+20:53
100	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	+23:13
101	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+23:19
102	Hans Kristian RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
103	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+23:37
104	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	+23:47
105	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sør	+23:48
106	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
107	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	+25:08
108	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+25:11
109	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+26:16
110	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	+26:24
111	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
112	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	+26:40
113	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+31:32
114	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+31:48
115	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sør	+32:44
116	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+33:31
117	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+35:55
118	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+35:56
119	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sør	+38:11

Photos by Kaare Sveen of the start of stage three:

LottoNL-Jumbo's Bianchi bikes: Shimano Dura-Ace components and with power meters mounted

Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise's Merckx bikes: Shimano Dura-Ace, power meters Edco wheels, Vittoria Corsa tires.

Riders wait for the stage to begin.

The riders are dressed a bit more warmly in Norway than their counterparts in the Giro d'Italia.

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Thursday, May 18: Stage 2, Eidsvoll - Brumunddal, 194 km

Dylan Groenewegen wins stage two

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Dylan Gorenewegen's LottoNL-Jumbo team.

Dylan Groenewegen sprinted to victory today in the Tour of Norway’s stage in Brumunddal. The Dutchman of team LottoNL-Jumbo beat the U23 world champion Kristoffer Halvorsen and Norwegian Champion Edvald Boasson Hagen. It was the third win this season for Groenewegen and the eighth for the team.

"This is a team victory," said Groenewegen. "Yesterday it was too difficult and we knew that. Today, we had to go and it worked out. It was a perfect sprint. I was perfectly put in the right spot and did not see anyone anymore when I sprinted."

The race went like a typical sprint stage. A small group gained a big gap and the leader's team controlled the race. With another 50 kilometres remaining, Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Lars Boom went to the front. The rain made the job harder.

"It gives me confidence when the team is riding like that. It's great to finish it in this way," said Dutch Champion Groenewegen. "Fortunately, it was dry at the start, but the rest of the day it rained. That made it difficult. If you ride uphill, you were too hot while you really cooled down on the descent."

Sports Director Nico Verhoeven helped Groenewegen orchestrate the win perfectly.

"We came here to ride such a lead-out,” Verhoeven said. “Lars Boom controlled the race and in the final, the other men did so. Timo Roosen and Amund Grondahl Jansen dropped off Dylan in the front, while Tom Leezer and Robert Wagner were the perfect lead-out.”

Complete Results:

194 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.154 km/hr

1	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	4:49:53
2	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
3	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
5	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
6	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
7	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
8	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
9	August JENSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
10	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
11	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
13	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
14	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
18	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
19	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
20	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
22	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
24	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
26	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
27	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
29	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
30	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
31	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
32	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
33	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
34	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
35	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
36	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	s.t.
37	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
38	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
39	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
42	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
43	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
44	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
47	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
48	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
49	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
51	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
52	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
53	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
54	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
55	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
57	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
58	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
59	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
61	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
62	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
63	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
64	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
65	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
66	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
67	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
68	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
69	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
70	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	s.t.
71	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
72	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
73	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
74	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
75	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
76	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
77	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
78	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
79	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
81	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
82	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
83	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
84	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
85	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
87	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
88	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
90	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
91	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
92	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
93	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
94	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
96	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
98	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
99	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
100	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	s.t.
101	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	14
102	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
103	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	16
104	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
105	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	17
106	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	21
107	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	22
108	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	27
109	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	29
110	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
111	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+2:16
112	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+4:38
113	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
114	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
115	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	+5:51
116	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
117	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+7:44
118	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
119	Gustav HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
120	Aidis KRUOPIS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
121	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+9:31
122	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
123	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

363 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.061 km/hr

1	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	9:03:40
2	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	@ 8sec
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	@ 10sec
4	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	13
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	14
6	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
7	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
8	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
10	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
12	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
14	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
16	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
17	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
20	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
22	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
24	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
26	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
27	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
28	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
29	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	s.t.
32	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
33	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
34	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
37	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
38	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
39	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
40	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
41	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
42	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
44	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
45	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
46	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
47	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
48	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	23
49	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	30
50	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	s.t.
51	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
52	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
53	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	33
54	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
55	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
56	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
57	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
58	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
59	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36
60	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sor	41
62	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	44
63	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	45
64	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	52
66	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	54
67	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
68	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
69	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
71	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:05
73	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
75	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+1:08
76	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:14
77	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
78	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
79	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
80	Alexander ARANBURU DEVA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:18
81	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:23
82	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:46
83	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+1:56
84	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	+2:27
85	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
86	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+2:35
87	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+2:50
88	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:03
89	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
90	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
91	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
92	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
93	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
94	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+3:12
95	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	+3:20
96	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	+3:32
97	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+3:42
98	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+5:31
99	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+5:53
100	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	+6:31
101	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sor	+6:37
102	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
103	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
105	Hans Kristian Haadem RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
106	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	+8:26
107	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+8:29
108	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+8:50
109	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+9:05
110	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	+9:13
111	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
112	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	+9:29
113	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	+10:14
114	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+13:47
115	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+14:21
116	Gustav HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
117	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+15:06
118	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sor	+16:02
119	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+16:51
120	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+18:44
121	Aidis KRUOPIS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
122	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+18:45
123	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	+21:29

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Wednesday, May 17: Stage 1, Hønefoss – Asker, 169 km

Edvald Boasson Hagen wins the first stage

The race: Here's the story from winner Edvald Boasson Hagen's Dimension Data team.

The Tour of Norway could not have got off to a better start for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka and Edvald Boasson Hagen, as our Norwegian Champion won the opening stage on his birthday. Boasson Hagen beat Tosh van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal) and Simon Gerrans (Orica-Scott) in the sprint for the line.

The opening stage of the Tour of Norway took riders on a 170km trip from Honefoss to Asker. There were numerous undulations throughout the stage with a final drag all the way to the line finish as well. The stage suited our Norwegian Champion to a tee and most of the rival teams were looking to our African Team to make the decisive moves.

With only three riders going up the road, it made things slightly easier to control for our African Team and we worked together with a few other World Tour teams to ensure the leaders were brought back before reaching the finishing circuit in Asker. The attacks came thick and fast over the final 25km and we kept it together as best we could before young Ben O’Connor had a go in the final 10km.

With O’Connor up the road Boasson Hagen could sit back and let the other teams chase, which they did do. O’Connor’s move was brought back just before the line and then our Norwegian Champion did the rest by sprinting to a special win. With the stage victory, Boasson Hagen also pulled on the overall race leaders jersey as well. The victory was made ever sweeter by the fact that Omar Fraile had also just won stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia minutes earlier.

Alex Sans Vega – Sport Director: “Wow, what a great day it is for the team. Here in Norway we had a special final, we knew it would be a sprint but it was all uphill. Teams like Orica had good options for today so we didn’t want to take responsibility too early. We let the break go and when they got to 8-minutes, Cannondale, Orica and our guys all started working to reduce the gap. Ben was in a tricky move in the final and he was only caught with 2km to go. This was good for us though because guys like Mekseb Debesay … could prepare Edvald for the sprint.”

Complete Results:

169 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.013 km/hr

1	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	4:14:01
2	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
4	August JENSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
5	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
7	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
8	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
9	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
12	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
14	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
15	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
16	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	s.t.
17	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
18	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
19	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
20	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
21	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
22	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
23	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
25	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
26	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
27	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
29	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
30	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
33	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
34	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
36	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
37	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
38	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
39	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
40	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
41	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
42	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
43	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
44	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
45	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
46	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
48	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
49	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	16
50	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
51	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
52	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	s.t.
53	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
54	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	19
55	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
56	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
57	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
58	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
59	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
60	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
61	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22
62	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sor	27
64	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	31
65	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	33
67	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	38
68	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	40
69	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
71	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
75	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
76	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	51
77	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
78	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
79	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:00
80	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
81	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
82	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
83	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:04
84	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:32
85	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+1:42
86	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:13
87	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
88	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+2:21
89	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
90	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	2min 36sec
91	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
92	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+2:49
93	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
94	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
95	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
96	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
97	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
98	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
99	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
100	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+3:01
101	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+5:23
103	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
104	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	+6:23
105	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
106	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
107	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
109	Hans Kristian RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
110	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
112	Gustav HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
113	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+8:15
114	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
115	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+8:51
116	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+8:59
117	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
118	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
119	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
120	Aidis KRUOPIS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+10:46
121	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
122	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
123	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+13:58
124	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	+16:39

GC after stage 1:

1	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	4:13:51
2	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	4
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	6
4	Carl Fredrik HAGEN	Joker Icopal	9
5	August JENSEN	Team Coop	10
6	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Maxime DANIEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
8	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
9	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
10	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Nicholas SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Anthony DELAPLACE	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
13	Preben VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Armindo FONSECA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
15	Jetse BOL	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
16	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
17	Bjorn Tore HOEM	Joker Icopal	s.t.
18	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
19	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
20	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
21	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
22	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
23	Øyvind LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
24	Aime DE GENDT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
26	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
27	Asmund ROMSTAD LOVIK	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	Eliot LIETAER	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
30	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
33	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
34	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	Andreas VANGSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
36	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
37	Michal PALUTA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
38	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
39	Audun Brekke FLOTTEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
40	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
41	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
42	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
43	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
44	Tobias S. FOSS	Joker Icopal	s.t.
45	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
46	Dries VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
48	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
49	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	26
50	Dylan VAN BAARLE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
51	Vegard BREEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
52	Anders SKAARSETH	Joker Icopal	s.t.
53	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
54	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	29
55	Kristian AASVOLD	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
56	Torstein TRAEEN	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
57	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
58	Hernando BOHORQUEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
59	Artur ERSHOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
60	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
61	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32
62	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	Trond Hakon TRONDSEN	Sparebanken Sor	37
64	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	41
65	Jarl SALOMEIN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	43
67	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	48
68	Roman MAIKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	50
69	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
71	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	Hector SAEZ BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
75	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
76	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+1:01
77	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
78	Leigh HOWARD	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
79	Nikolay TRUSOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:10
80	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
81	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
82	Håkon Lunder AALRUST	Team Coop	s.t.
83	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:14
84	Artem NYCH	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:42
85	Philip LINDAU	Team Coop	+1:52
86	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:23
87	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
88	Syver Westgaard WAERSTED	Uno-X Hydrogen	+2:31
89	Erik Nordsaeter RESELL	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
90	Amund Grondahl JANSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:46
91	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
92	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+2:59
93	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
94	Andre LOOIJ	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
95	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
96	Mark Sehested PEDERSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
97	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
98	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
99	Roger KLUGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
100	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+3:11
101	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Ken Eikeland	Team FixIT.no	+5:33
103	Calvin WATSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
104	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	Joker Icopal	+6:33
105	Fridtjof RØINÅS	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
106	Herman DAHL	Sparebanken Sor	s.t.
107	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Kristoffer Madsen	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
109	Hans Kristian RUDLAND	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
110	Dylan PAGE	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
112	Gustav HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
113	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+8:25
114	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
115	Matti MANNINEN	Team FixIT.no	+9:01
116	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+9:05
117	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+9:09
118	Lars SAUGSTAD	Uno-X Hydrogen	s.t.
119	Jon Soeveras BREIVOLD	Team FixIT.no	s.t.
120	Aidis KRUOPIS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+10:56
121	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
122	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
123	Marius BLÅLID	Team FixIT.no	+14:03
124	Ludvik Aspelund HOLSTAD	Sparebanken Sor	+16:47