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2022 Tour of Norway (2.Pro), Norway

11th edition: May 24 - 29, 2022

Sunday, May 29: 6th & Final Stage, Stavanger - Stavanger, 149 km

Alexander Kristoff

Alexander Kristoff wins the final stage. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the start/finish city of Stavanger at 2:00 PM, local time: 10C (50F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph). Throughout the afternoon there is an 80% - 90% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage six report:

Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché) is the strongest in the bunch in the sprint to the finish in Stavanger

A hard fight to get in the breakaway on today's stage, with Norwegian outfit Team Coop sending several riders on the attack. Ultimately, seven riders got away and got an advantage of 2 minutes after 20 kilometers of the day's stage. The seven riders were Ben Healy (EF Education – Easypost), Corbin Strong (Israel – Premier Tech), Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix), Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Rhobbe Ghys (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Joshua Gudnitz (Team Coloquick) and Louis Bendixen (Team Coop).

Joel Nicolau took the mountain classifications after crossing the line first at the first categorized climb of the day to Undheim. The riders preparing for the strong winds at the rest of the stage.

At the long flats of Jæren, the pace and the tension was high in the Peloton and it all culminated in a big crash that included stage favorite Mads Pedersen and Mike Teunissen.

The breakaway were enjoying a gap of over 5 minutes at one point during the stage, but this was closed down to only one minute as the riders entered the final circuit in Stavanger. The Peloton set a slow pace on the first climb up Grisabakken and the gap between the riders in front and the main group grew to 2 minutes. This was again reduced as the Peloton increased the pace on the second lap and the gap was once again down to one minute.

The breakaway, with the exception of Corbin Strong and Gianni Vermeersch, were caught by the peloton on the final climb up Grisabakken. The two riders in front were joined by Timo Roosen after a surprise attack on the downhill from Grisabakken, but they were eventually caught. The stage was decided in a bunch sprint were home favorite Alexander Kristoff proved to be the strongest, beating Ethan Vernon and Mads Pederson to the line.

Complete results:

149 kilometers raced at an aveage speed of 42.802 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3hr 28min 52sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
5	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
6	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
11	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Halland Tobias	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
15	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
20	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
25	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
32	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
33	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	s.t.
34	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
35	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 9sec
36	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
37	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:13
38	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	0:15
39	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	s.t.
41	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
42	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
43	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	s.t.
48	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	0:16
49	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
53	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:31
54	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	1:11
55	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	1:16
56	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	s.t.
57	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
63	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
64	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
66	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	2:39
67	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
69	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
71	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	s.t.
73	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
74	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	4:03
76	Andre Drege	Team Coop	5:18
77	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:38
78	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	7:01
79	Anders Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
80	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
83	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	8:57
85	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
86	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:32
87	Jokin Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:32
88	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
90	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:57

Final GC after stage 5:

GC winner: Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
Mountains classification winner: Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Points classification winner: Tobias Halland (UNO-X)
Best young rider: Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
Team classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

1,036.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.929 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25hr 19min 11sec
2	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 56sec
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:30
4	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	1:34
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:36
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	2:51
7	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:54
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	2:56
9	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	3:02
10	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	3:20
11	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	3:31
12	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	4:12
13	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	4:45
14	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:06
15	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:53
16	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	7:35
17	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	8:27
18	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	8:38
19	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	8:52
20	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:57
21	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	11:07
22	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	13:57
23	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	15:38
24	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	16:27
25	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	17:18
26	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	17:20
27	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18:38
28	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:44
29	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	19:45
30	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	19:53
31	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:38
32	Halland Anders	Uno-X	23:10
33	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	23:24
34	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	23:34
35	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	24:05
36	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	24:58
37	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:27
38	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	29:52
39	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	30:04
40	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	30:32
41	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:55
42	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	32:07
43	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	32:26
44	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	33:13
45	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	33:30
46	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	33:44
47	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	34:35
48	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	34:50
49	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	34:58
50	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	35:01
51	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	35:08
52	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	35:48
54	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	36:57
55	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	37:34
57	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:38
58	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	40:18
59	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	40:22
60	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	40:25
61	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	40:41
62	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	41:05
63	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	41:06
64	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	42:09
65	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	42:53
66	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	43:26
67	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	43:28
68	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	44:18
69	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	44:28
70	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	44:44
71	Andre Drege	Team Coop	45:11
72	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	45:54
73	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	46:12
74	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:45
75	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	47:15
76	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	48:32
77	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	48:36
78	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	48:41
79	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	50:43
80	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	51:25
81	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	51:48
82	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:59
83	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	55:20
84	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	57:07
85	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:00:41
86	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	1:03:43
87	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	1:04:12
88	Jokin Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:06:34
89	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	1:08:25
90	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:12:12

Saturday, May 28: Stage 5, Flekkefjord - Sandnes, 182 km

Remco Evenepoel makes it three stage wins so far this Tour of Norway. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Sandnes at 1:25 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 39 km/hr (24 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) wins the fifth stage to Sandnes and his third stage victory of this year's Tour of Norway, beating Tobias Halland Johannessen and Lucas Plapp in the sprint to the finish.

A large group were able to break away from the Peloton during the start of stage 5 to Sandnes, as the chances for stage victories grew ever smaller. Andrey Amador (INEOS Grenadiers), Frederik Wandahl (BORA Hansgrohe), Michael Valgren and Ben Healy (EF Education), Simone Petilli (Intermarché), Daryl Impey (Israel - Premier Tech), Michel Hessmann (Team Jumbo Visma), Remi Cavagna and Kasper Asgreen (Quick-Step), Kevin Vermaerke (Team DSM), Alex Kirsch (Trek Segafredo), Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin Fenix), Joel Nicolau and Jokin Murguialday (Caja Rural), Nickolas Zukowsky (Human Powered Health), Kamiel Bonneu (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Jonas Wilsly (Uno-X Pro Cycling), Mathias Bregnhøj (Riwal Cycling), Jesper Schultz (Team Coloquick), Andreas Stokbro and Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Team Coop).

Joel Nicolau more vigilant on the first categorized climb of the day, as he overtook Remco Evenepoel for the provisional lead in the mountain classification up to Jøssingfjorden. Kevin Vermaerke and Embret Svestad-Bårdseng crossing the top right behind him.

No fight for the points at the two intermediate sprints in Tengs and Brusand, with Kevin Vermaerke and Jonas Abrahamsen taking the sprints.

Ben Healy went on the attack on the final categorized climb up Oltedal and built up a significant advantage of over a minute as the riders entered the final circuit in Sandnes. At the first pass of the finish line, the rest of the breakaway was caught by the Peloton, while Healy continued to command a solid lead to the group behind.

Uno-X, INEOS, and Quick-Step taking charge in the Peloton to close the gap to Healy and give their leaders a chance for stage victory. Healy was caught over the top of the final climb of the final lap in Sandnes as Remco Evenepoel single-handedly caught the Irishman. The belgian also took the sprint and his third victory in this year's Tour of Norway, in front of Tobias Halland Johannessen and Lucas Plapp.

Complete results: 182 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.120 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 53min 33sec
2	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
5	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	@ 5sec
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
16	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
20	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
22	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	0:12
27	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:24
28	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
30	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:27
31	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:32
32	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:47
33	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	0:52
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	1:02
40	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	3:06
42	Anders Halland	Uno-X	3:15
43	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:16
44	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:23
45	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	s.t.
46	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	4:09
47	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
48	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
49	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
51	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	4:19
52	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
53	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	4:50
56	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
58	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
61	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	s.t.
64	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	4:55
65	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
67	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
68	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
69	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	s.t.
72	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	7:13
73	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	7:38
75	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	7:40
76	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	s.t.
77	Andre Drege	Team Coop	8:07
78	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:08
79	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	8:36
80	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	9:16
81	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
82	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Elorza Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	s.t.
87	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	10:28
88	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
89	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
93	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:21

GC after stage 5:

887.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.648 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21hr 50min 19sec
2	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 56sec
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:30
4	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	1:34
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:36
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	2:51
7	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:54
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	2:56
9	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	3:02
10	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	3:20
11	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	3:31
12	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	4:12
13	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	4:45
14	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:06
15	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:53
16	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	7:35
17	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	8:27
18	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	8:37
19	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	8:38
20	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:57
21	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	10:52
22	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	13:44
23	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	15:17
24	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	15:38
25	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	16:02
26	Anders Halland	Uno-X	16:09
27	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	16:27
28	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	17:05
29	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	17:06
30	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	18:37
31	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18:38
32	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:44
33	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:41
34	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	22:18
35	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	23:09
36	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:42
37	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	24:05
38	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:27
39	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	27:25
40	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	29:56
41	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	30:01
42	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	31:10
43	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:55
44	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	32:17
45	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	32:48
46	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	32:58
47	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	33:30
48	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	33:34
49	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	33:44
50	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	34:18
51	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	34:19
53	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	34:43
54	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	34:53
55	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	35:01
56	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	35:08
57	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	35:31
58	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	35:39
59	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	36:18
60	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	37:39
61	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	37:43
62	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:02
63	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:29
64	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:27
65	Andre Drege	Team Coop	39:53
66	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	39:56
67	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	40:31
68	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	40:37
69	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	40:47
70	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	40:49
71	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
72	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	41:35
73	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	41:37
74	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	41:46
75	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	41:53
76	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	43:28
77	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	44:08
78	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	45:38
79	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	45:57
80	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:32
81	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	47:16
82	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	47:25
83	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	47:45
84	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	48:19
85	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	50:06
86	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	50:09
87	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	51:10
88	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	51:11
89	Elorza Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	54:02
90	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	55:11
91	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	57:11
92	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	58:15
93	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	1:01:24

Friday, May 27: Stage 4, Hovden - Kristiansand, 232.1 km

Maro Haller wins stage four. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Kristiansand at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 50% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four summary.

Five riders were able to break away from the Peloton, quickly after the official start in Hovden. The riders Frederik Muff (Team ColoQuick), André Drege (Team Coop), Lucas Eriksson (Riwal Cycling), Kamiel Bonneu (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) and Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural) able to get a gap of one and a half minutes after only 7 kilometers. Bora Hansgrohe wanting a piece of the action and sending Shane Archbold to catch the breakaway. 13 kilometers underway, the breakaway growing to six riders.

No hard fight for the points at the intermediate sprints in Valle and Evje, as Frederik Muff crosses the line first in both instances. Kamiel Bonneu and Shane Archbold following shortly after him on the sprint i Valle, and Archbold again taking points in Evje behind Muff. The final sprint point going to Andre Drege.

With the best opportunity for a sprint finish of this year's Tour of Norway and the two strongest sprinters in the peloton, Trek Segafredo and Intermarché took charge of the pace in the peloton. The teams giving everything they had to give Mads Pedersen and Alexander Kristoff the best opportunity for a stage win.

Frustration from Joel Nicolau at the first categorized climb as Andre Drege and Lucas Eriksson beats him to the line and denies him the lead in the mountain classification. The spaniard taking charge to keep the pace in the breakaway high in order to get another chance at points in the mountain classification. The pace was however increased as Alexander Kristoff gave his teammates march orders with 30 kilometers to go to the end.

Quick-Step took charge on the first of two laps around the final circuit in Kristiansand and caught five of the six riders in the original breakaway during the first climb up to Gimlekollen. Kamiel Bonneu managed to hold on until the start of the final round but was ultimately caught. Uno-X then moved their remaining riders to the front of the field to try and give Tobias Halland Johannessen a chance for stage victory. The pace up the final categorized climb was high, but not high enough to drop the strongest sprinters in the field. A final attack from Nathan Van Hooydonck (Team Jumbo-Visma) was made during the downhill and he managed to hold on until the final 500 meters. No properly organized trains in the final meters as Marco Haller opened the sprint and managed to hold on for stage victory in front of Ethan Vernon and home favourite Alexander Kristoff.

Editor's note: Remco Evenpoel reamins the GC leader.

Complete results:

232.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.059 km/hr

1	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	5hr 2min 21sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
7	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
9	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
14	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
21	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
22	Tobias Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
25	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
31	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
33	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
34	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 12sec
43	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
44	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:36
45	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	0:42
46	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	s.t.
47	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
50	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
52	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
54	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	0:50
56	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
58	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:23
60	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	1:40
61	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	1:40
63	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:44
64	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
65	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
66	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	1:49
69	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
71	Anders Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
72	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	s.t.
73	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
74	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	2:45
75	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	2:53
77	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	3:31
78	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	4:07
81	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:17
82	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	4:19
83	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:30
84	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	5:32
85	Andre Drege	Team Coop	6:02
86	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:40
87	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
89	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
90	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	6:43
91	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	8:15
93	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
94	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
95	Jokin Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:57
96	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

705.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.637 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	16hr 56min 56sec
2	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 46sec
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
4	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	1:30
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	2:41
7	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:44
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	2:46
9	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
10	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	3:05
11	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	3:16
12	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	3:57
13	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	4:30
14	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:51
15	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	5:24
16	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	5:39
17	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:38
18	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	7:02
19	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	7:26
20	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	7:45
21	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:42
22	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	10:12
23	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	10:15
24	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	12:00
25	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	12:37
26	Anders Halland	Uno-X	12:44
27	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	13:36
28	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	13:37
29	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:07
30	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	15:23
31	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	15:47
32	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	15:53
33	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	18:09
34	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:29
35	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:26
36	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	22:03
37	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	22:10
38	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	22:25
39	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:45
40	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	23:43
41	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24:30
42	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	24:48
43	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	25:40
44	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	26:10
45	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	28:39
46	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:49
47	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29:12
48	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	29:14
49	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	29:41
50	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	29:46
51	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	30:01
52	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	30:25
53	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:52
54	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	31:02
55	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:11
56	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:21
57	Andre Drege	Team Coop	31:36
58	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	32:01
59	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	32:02
60	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	32:11
61	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	32:29
62	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	32:33
63	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:02
64	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	33:14
65	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:20
66	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	33:21
67	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:29
68	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	33:41
69	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	33:56
70	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	34:37
72	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	35:37
73	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	35:40
74	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	35:44
75	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
76	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	36:12
77	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	36:18
78	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	36:30
79	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	36:41
80	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	36:53
81	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	37:50
82	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	39:28
83	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	40:25
84	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	40:33
85	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	40:43
86	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40:56
87	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	41:19
88	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	42:03
89	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	42:24
90	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	42:25
91	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	43:20
92	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	44:33
93	Jokin Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	44:36
94	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	44:44
95	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	47:45
96	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	51:00

Thursday, May 26: Stage 3, Gol - Stavsro/Gaustatoppen, 176 km

Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Stavsro at 1:45 PM, local time: 12C (53F), rain showers, with the wind from the southeast at 8 m/hr (5 mph).

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage three summary.

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) wins the queen stage of Tour of Norway 2022 after a strong solo attack on the final kilometers to Gaustatoppen.

Eight riders were able to break away from the Peloton early on in today's stage. After 25 km, the distance between the front and the Peloton was already 2 minutes. The largest breakaway so far in the race consisted of Ben King (Human Powered Health), Joel Beltran (Caja Rural), Vito Braet (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Lucas Eriksson (Riwal Cycling), Mads Kristensen (Team Coloquick), Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani), Floris De Tier (Alpecin Felix) and Andre Drege (Team Coop).

No fight for the points at the only intermediate sprint of the day in Geilo, where Filippo Fiorelli crossed the line first. Behind him were Mads Kristensen and Andre Drege. In the Peloton and with their leader in yellow, Uno-X took charge of the pace.

A bigger fight for the points at the day's first categorized climb up to Høgåsen. Vito Braet had the sharpest legs and crossed the line first in front of Joel Beltran and Andre Drege.

At the start of the second categorized climb to Imingfjell, the gap between the front and the Peloton was two and a half minutes. Not a large enough gap to cause any concern for any of the teams in the Peloton yet. Towards the top, Joel Beltran went on the attack to take maximum points at the climb, with Fiorelli and Kristensen in second and third. A strong crosswind hit the Peloton directly after the summit and Ineos was one again in the front and blew up the field for the second day in a row.

With six riders in the front group, Ineos took charge of the pace in the front, with the Chaves group behind chasing after them. Several attacks on the way to the bottom of the final climb. Only Michel Hessman, however, managed to get a significant gap to the main Peloton. A gap of one and a half minute at the most.

EF Education and Uno-X took charge of the pace in the main Peloton in the start of the final climb and soon caught Michel Hessmann (Jumbo-Visma). Several attacks were made on the final climb but none were able to get a significant advantage over the others.

With 4 kilometers to go to the finish line, Remco Evenepoel set the pace at the front and the group soon disintegrated as the Quick-Step rider went solo to the finish line to take his second win at this year’s Tour of Norway. Behind him came Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) and Lucas Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers).

Complete results:

176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.699 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 40min 7sec
2	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 27sec
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05
4	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	1:21
5	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	1:23
7	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:24
8	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	1:41
9	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56
10	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	2:06
12	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:23
13	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	2:40
14	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:56
16	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	3:32
17	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	3:34
18	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	3:47
19	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	4:17
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	6:11
23	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	6:39
24	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6:51
25	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	7:02
26	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
27	Anders Halland	Uno-X	8:52
28	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	8:58
29	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	11:06
30	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	11:08
33	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	11:34
34	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:18
37	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	s.t.
39	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	s.t.
40	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
41	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
42	Andre Drege	Team Coop	s.t.
43	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	15:04
45	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	16:50
47	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:35
48	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
56	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
58	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
59	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Elorza Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
63	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	s.t.
64	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	s.t.
67	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
70	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
71	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
72	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
73	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
75	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
76	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	s.t.
77	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
79	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
81	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
83	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
85	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
86	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	20:14
87	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	21:32
88	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:49
89	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:05
90	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
93	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
94	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	23:16
95	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
98	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
99	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	24:45

GC after stage 3:

473.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.766 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	11hr 54min 35sec
2	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 46sec
3	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
4	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	1:30
5	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	2:16
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
7	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	2:41
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:44
10	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	2:46
11	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
12	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	3:05
13	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	3:16
14	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	3:57
15	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	4:30
16	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:51
17	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	4:57
18	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	5:24
19	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:38
20	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	6:44
21	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	7:02
22	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	7:45
23	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:42
24	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	9:30
25	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	9:33
26	Anders Halland	Uno-X	10:55
27	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	11:48
28	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	12:00
29	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	12:01
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:46
31	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:07
32	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	15:23
33	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	15:47
34	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	15:53
35	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	17:27
36	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:39
37	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:26
38	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	21:58
39	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:03
40	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
42	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:09
43	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	22:25
44	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:32
45	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	23:43
46	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24:30
47	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24:33
48	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	24:50
49	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	25:26
50	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	25:28
51	Andre Drege	Team Coop	25:35
52	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	26:33
53	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	26:54
54	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	27:25
55	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	28:39
56	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29:37
57	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	29:41
58	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	29:46
59	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	30:01
60	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
61	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:10
62	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	30:12
63	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
64	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	30:29
65	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:45
66	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	31:18
67	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
68	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	31:29
69	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	31:36
70	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	32:06
71	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
72	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	32:33
73	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	33:21
74	Jeppe Aaskov	Team Coloquick	33:55
75	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
76	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	33:56
77	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
78	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
79	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	34:37
82	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	34:38
83	Elorza Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:39
84	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	36:18
86	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
87	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
88	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	36:21
89	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	36:26
90	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	36:29
92	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	37:00
93	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	38:32
94	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	39:31
95	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	41:40
96	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	41:43
97	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	44:45
98	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	46:05
99	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	48:27

Wednesday, May 25: Stage 2, Ulvik - Geilo, 124 km

Etan Hayter wins stage two. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Geilo at 1:45 PM, local time: 9C (49F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 40% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

The breakaway group was quickly let go after the start and consisted of Håkon Aalrust (Team Coop), Aaron van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Emil Vinjebo (Riwal) and Jeppe Pallesen (Team Coloquick). Quickly after, Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani) tried later to catch the breakaway, but began the attack to late.

The first intermediate sprint in Eidfjord was won by Emil Vinjebo in front of Håkon Aalrust and Jeppe Pallesen. In the Peloton, Ineos Grenadiers and Uno-X took charge to control the gap to the breakaway.

The day's only climb and the Tour's longest began with 84.5 km to go. At the bottom of the climb, the gap between the Peloton and the breakaway was 5 minutes. However, Ineos took charge of the pace in the Peloton during the climb and with 74 km to go, the breakaway was caught by the main group. The fast pace set by Ineos meant that many riders had to drop off from the front group and a larger second group was formed, reaching the top 3 minutes behind. Aaron van Poucke won the sprint to the top of the climb in front of Marco Brenner (Team DSM) and Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Team Coop).

Ineos continued to control the pace in the main Peloton and took advantage of a heavy crosswind to further reduce the size of the Peloton.

At the second intermediate sprint at Haugastøl, Tobias Halland Johannessen, second in the GC, managed to come over the line in third and get a bonus second in the classification. In front of him was Ethan Hayter and his team mate Anders Halland Johannesen.

A main group of under 30 riders reached the finish together and Ethan Hayter won the bunch sprint in front of Tobias Halland Johannesen and Mike Teunissen

Complete results:

124 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.936 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	2hr 53min 17sec
2	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
4	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
7	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
16	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
17	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	0:07
18	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:14
19	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Anders Halland	Uno-X	0:16
21	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	0:20
23	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	0:21
24	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	0:38
25	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:58
26	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
28	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	1:24
34	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:03
35	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
36	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	s.t.
41	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
43	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
46	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:26
48	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
50	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	s.t.
51	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
54	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
55	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
58	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	s.t.
59	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
62	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
63	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
64	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
68	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
69	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
73	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
78	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
80	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
81	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
82	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
85	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
86	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
89	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	s.t.
92	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	s.t.
93	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
94	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	s.t.
95	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Andre Drege	Team Coop	s.t.
97	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:16
98	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
99	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
100	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

297.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.085 km/hr

1	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	7hr 14min 37sec
2	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
3	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
4	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	0:10
5	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:14
6	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	0:16
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	0:26
10	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	0:27
12	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	0:34
13	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
14	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:40
15	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	0:43
17	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
18	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:25
22	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:31
23	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:40
24	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:45
25	Anders Halland	Uno-X	1:54
26	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:12
27	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:19
28	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
29	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
30	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
32	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
33	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:22
35	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	2:36
36	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	2:41
37	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:54
38	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	3:00
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	3:03
40	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	3:59
41	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	4:32
42	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:46
43	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	5:00
44	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	5:06
45	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	6:16
46	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	6:49
47	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:53
48	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	10:02
49	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	10:11
50	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	10:15
51	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	10:17
52	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
53	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:26
54	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	10:28
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	10:45
58	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:49
59	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:01
60	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	s.t.
61	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	s.t.
62	Andre Drege	Team Coop	11:09
63	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	11:13
64	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	11:34
65	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
66	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	11:45
67	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:52
68	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:22
69	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	12:27
71	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	12:49
72	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	12:56
73	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	12:58
75	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:06
76	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	13:37
77	Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen	Team Coloquick	14:11
78	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	14:12
80	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
81	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
85	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	14:15
88	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	14:37
89	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	14:46
90	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:55
91	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	15:35
93	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	16:34
94	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	16:34
95	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	16:34
97	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	21:56
98	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	21:59
99	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	22:02
100	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	22:31
101	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	22:40

Tuesday, May 24: Stage 1, Bergen - Voss, 173.6 km

Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel takes the first stage. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

Dirty Feet: Early days of the Tour de France

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Weather at the finish city of Voss at 1:50 PM, local time: 11C (51F), rain showers, with the wind from the east at 21 km/hr (13 mph). The rain is forecast to end at 3:00 PM, then restart in the evening.

The race: Here's the stage one report from the race organizer:

40 minutes after the start in Bergen, a breakaway consisting of 6 riders was established. Frederik Muff (Team Coloquick), Jens Reynders (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Stephen Bassett (Human Powered Health), Eirik Lunder and Håkon Aalrust (Team Coop), and Jokin Murguialday (Caja Rural) were the lucky ones that got away from the peloton.

The first intermediate sprint in Bjørkheim came after 37.7 km, and Eirik Lunder crossed the line first, in front of his team-mate Håkon Aalrust. In third came Jens Reynders. Behind them, Ineos, Quick-Step and Uno-X took charge in the Peloton.

At the second category climb up to Fossen Bratte, the focus was once again on Team Coop as Eirik Lunder won the sprint to the top of the climb, ahead of his team-mate Håkon Aalrust. Stephen Bassett reached the top in third place.

There was not much of a fight for the second intermediate sprint in Granvin either. At 119.9 km, Eirik Lunder crossed the line first, just ahead of Jens Reynders and Stephen Bassett.

The second climb of the day up Skjervet came after 132.5 km and saw the riders riding past the scenic Skjervsfossen. The Coop riders once again proved that they had the strongest legs in the breakaway with Håkon Aalrust crossing the top first. Behind him came Stephen Bassett and Frederik Muff. Although gaps were created, the breakaway soon got together to start working together again.

After the climb, Quick-Step and Uno-X increased the pace in order to catch the breakaway, and the peloton was stretched to breaking point. At the bottom of the day's final climb to the finish line, the gap between the peloton and the riders in front was gone. There were several attacks on the final climb, but it was ultimately decided in a bunch sprint. Remco Evenepoel had the strongest legs, finishing in front of home favorite Tobias Johannessen and Eduard Prades

Complete results:

173.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.829 km.hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 21min 31sec
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
3	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 2sec
4	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:03
5	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:05
7	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	0:09
16	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
17	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
19	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:12
20	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:15
22	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:16
24	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:22
29	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:25
32	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
33	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
34	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:34
35	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:36
36	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:38
37	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:40
38	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
39	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
40	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:46
41	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	0:49
42	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	0:51
45	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
46	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	1:08
47	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:12
48	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	1:24
49	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	s.t.
51	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:29
52	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
53	Andre Drege	Team Coop	1:32
54	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	1:36
55	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	1:52
56	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:57
57	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
58	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
59	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	2:08
60	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:15
61	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:45
62	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
63	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	2:50
64	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:12
66	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:19
67	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	3:21
69	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:29
70	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	4:00
71	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	4:35
73	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	s.t.
74	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
80	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
81	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
84	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
86	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
88	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
89	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4:41
92	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
93	Frederik Bjørn Sørensen	Team Coloquick	4:52
94	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	5:04
95	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
96	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	5:09
97	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	5:13
98	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:18
99	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	5:58
101	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	6:30
102	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:57
103	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
104	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Martin Laas	BORA-hansgrohe	8:11
107	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	16:21

2022 Tour of Norway (2.Pro), Norway

11th edition: May 24 - 29, 2022

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1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 21min 21sec
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	@ 4sec
3	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:08
4	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
5	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:15
7	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	0:19
16	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
17	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
19	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:22
20	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:25
22	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:26
24	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
29	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:35
32	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	0:39
33	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
34	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:44
35	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:46
36	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:48
37	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:50
38	Andreas Stokbro	Team Coop	s.t.
39	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
40	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
41	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Team Coop	0:59
42	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	1:01
45	Jesper Schultz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
46	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	1:18
47	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:22
48	Benjamin King	Human Powered Health	1:34
49	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Mads Østergaard	Team Coloquick	s.t.
51	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:39
52	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
53	Andre Drege	Team Coop	1:42
54	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	1:46
55	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	2:02
56	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:07
57	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
58	Louis Bendixen	Team Coop	s.t.
59	Nickolas Zukowsky	Human Powered Health	2:18
60	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:25
61	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:55
63	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Fenix	3:00
64	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:22
66	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:29
67	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	3:31
69	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:39
70	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	4:10
71	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Eirik Lunder	Team Coop	4:39
73	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:42
74	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	4:44
75	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	4:45
76	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
83	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
84	Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
85	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Frederik Muff	Team Coloquick	s.t.
87	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X	s.t.
88	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
89	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4:51
92	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
93	Frederik Bjørn Sørensen	Team Coloquick	5:02
94	Håkon Aalrust	Team Coop	5:12
95	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:14
96	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	5:19
97	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	5:23
98	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:28
99	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	6:08
101	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	6:40
102	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:07
103	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
104	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Martin Laas	BORA-hansgrohe	8:21
107	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	16:31