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The race:
The Tour of Norway is currently (2015) a five-stage race run in May, though the 2023 edition was just a prologue and three stages.
During its short life the race's status has been continually upgraded by the UCI.
In 2011, it started as a 2.2 ranked competition.
It was elevated to 2.1 in 2012 and in 2014 the Tour of Norway was given "HC" status.
In 2021 the race was elevated to 2.Pro.
In 2019 the Tour des Fjords merged with the Tour of Norway to make a single race.
Podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
2011 | Wilco Kelderman 21hr 4min 23sec |
Damiel Holm Fodder @ 5sec |
Vegar Robinson Bugge @ s.t. |
891.8 km | 42.319 |
2012 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 21hr 11min 40sec |
Simon Clarke @ 8sec |
Lars Petter Nordhaug @ 22sec |
896.5 km | 42.299 |
2013 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 22hr 1min 7sec |
Sergio Miguel Paulinho @ 31sec |
Sondre Holst Enger @ 45sec |
918.7 km | 41.724 |
2014 | Maciej Paterski 21hr 14min 56sec |
Marc de Maar @ 3sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 9sec |
879 km | 41.367 |
2015 | Jesper Hansen 23hr 14min 57sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 47sec |
David Lopez Garcia @ 1min 5sec |
899.2 km | 38.68 |
2016 | Peter Weening 22hr 17min 20sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 23sec |
Sondre Enger @ 33sec |
888.3 km | 39.97 km/hr |
2017 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 21hr 39min 30sec |
Simon Gerrans @ 4sec |
Pieter Weening @ 10sec |
904 km | 41.744 km/hr |
2018 | Eduard Prades 20hr 47min 57sec |
Alexander Kamp @ 3sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 12sec |
880.6 km | 42.337 km/hr |
2019 | Alexander Kristoff 25hr 19min 58sec |
Kirstoffer Halvorsen @ 3sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 5sec |
1,080 km |
42.626 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled bcause of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Ethan Hayter 15hr 15min 0sec |
Ide Schelling @ 15sec |
Mike Teunissen @ 25sec |
652.5 km |
42.771 km/hr |
2022 | Remco Evenepoel 25hr 19min 11sec |
Jay Vine @ 56sec |
Lucas Plapp @ 1min 30sec |
1,036.3 km |
40.929 km/hr |
2023 | Ben Tulett 9hr 50min 45sec |
Magnus Sheffield @ 5sec |
Thibau Nys @ 23sec |
409.5 km |
41.591 km/hr |
2024 | Axel Laurance 14hr 55min 10sec |
Bart Lemmen @ 12sec |
Ådne Holter @ 13sec |
643.7 km |
43.145 km/hr |
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