2016 Arctic Race of Norway (HC), Norway

4th edition: August 11 - 14, 2016

Arctic Race of Norway podium history | 2015 edition | 2017 edition | start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Arctic Race of Norway map

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Sunday, August 14: 4th and Final Stage, Arctic Circle - Bodø, 193 km

John Degenkolb wins the final stage of the Arctic Race of Norway

The Race: Here's the stage story from stage winner John Degenkolb's Giant-Alpecin team.

The 193km stage started in Rana Kommune, heading north over undulating and beautifully scenic roads to the coastal town of Bodo, where four laps of a finishing circuit were completed. It was another hard fight in the peloton to form the breakaway, and when it eventually broke clear it was never allowed much time with both GC and sprinter’s teams riding hard behind. Four members of the breakaway made a threatening attempt at staying away as the race neared its closing stages, but they were absorbed back into the bunch with 2.5km to go.

Giant-Alpecin hit the front with just over 2km to go, keeping Degenkolb where he needed to be for the run-in. Keeping out of the wind on the barriers, Degenkolb waited for his competitors to jump first, before latching onto their wheels and coming around in the closing metres to take the win.

After the stage, John Degenkolb said, "It's a great relief to get the victory, and it took a lot of energy, almost as much as winning a Monument. I'm super happy to not be alone here as the team did an awesome job, incredibly good. They timed the lead-out perfectly and I was able to finish it off with good legs in the end. I was really close to the win twice already this week but it didn't work out, and then today it went fine and we did a great job."

Coach Dirk Reuling:  "It's his first win of the season and after his comeback so it's a special win - he really deserved it. There was a really hard fight in the beginning, before the first climb, then on the climb it was more controlled but BMC made it really hard and the peloton split. John was in the second split and so we had to race hard for a long time to bring it back. The team worked really well there and everything came back together.

"When the six riders were away, we put Max Kanter in the chase [at head of peloton] – we saw he was really strong earlier in the week, and gave him the roll of helping bring the gap down, which worked out. Then at the end the guys did a great lead-out and John finished it off."

Complete Results:

193 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 44.942 km/hr

1	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	4hr 17min 40sec
2	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
3	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
4	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
5	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	s.t.
6	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	s.t.
7	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
8	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
9	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	s.t.
10	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
11	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
12	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
13	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
14	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
15	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
16	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
17	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
18	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
19	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
20	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
21	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
22	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
23	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
24	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
25	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
26	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	s.t.
27	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
28	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
29	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
30	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
31	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
32	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
33	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
34	DAHL Herman	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
35	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
36	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
37	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
38	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
39	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
40	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
41	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
42	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
43	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
44	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
45	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
46	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
47	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
48	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
49	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
50	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
51	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
52	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
53	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
54	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
55	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	+ 00' 13''
56	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
57	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
58	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
59	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
60	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
61	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
62	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
63	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
64	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
65	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
66	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 00' 19''
67	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 23''
68	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 00' 26''
69	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
70	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
71	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 27''
72	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
73	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 00' 29''
74	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
76	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
77	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
78	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 32''
80	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
81	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 00' 35''
82	ALHAMMADI Sultan	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
83	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	s.t.
84	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
85	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 00' 37''
86	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
87	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
88	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
89	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
90	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 46''
91	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
92	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
93	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
94	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
95	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
96	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
97	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
98	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
99	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
100	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
101	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
102	ROINAS Fridtjof	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
103	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
104	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
105	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
106	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 01' 06''
108	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 28''
109	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	s.t.
110	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 32''
111	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02' 19''
112	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 50''
113	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 03' 29''
114	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 39''
115	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
116	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
117	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	+ 00' 00''
118	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 03' 39''
119	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 03' 49''
120	FENN Andrew	SKY	+ 04' 47''
121	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 05' 23''
122	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 01''
123	VANGSTAD Andreas	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4:

• Final GC leader: Gianni Moscon (Sky)
• Points classification winner: John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin)
• Mountains classification winner: Tom van Asbroeck (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Young rider classification winner: Gianni Moscon (Sky)
• Team slcassification winner: Sky

732 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 42.478 km/hr

1	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	17hr 13min 57sec
2	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	@ 15sec
3	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 00' 30''
4	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 34''
5	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
6	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 00' 38''
7	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 00' 41''
8	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
9	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
10	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
11	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
12	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	+ 00' 48''
13	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
14	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 00' 58''
15	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 03''
16	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	+ 01' 12''
17	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 17''
18	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01' 30''
19	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 01' 34''
20	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
21	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
22	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 41''
23	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 01' 49''
24	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 01' 57''
25	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	+ 01' 58''
26	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	+ 02' 02''
27	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
28	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 06''
29	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 02' 15''
30	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 16''
31	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 02' 17''
32	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 02' 23''
33	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 30''
34	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 02' 33''
35	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 47''
36	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 50''
37	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 02' 52''
38	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 03' 03''
39	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 03' 12''
40	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	+ 03' 30''
41	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 03' 40''
42	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03' 48''
43	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	+ 03' 52''
44	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 03' 53''
45	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
46	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 13''
47	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	+ 04' 36''
48	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 41''
49	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	+ 04' 51''
50	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 04' 52''
51	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 05' 07''
52	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
53	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 09''
54	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 05' 50''
55	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 58''
56	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 06' 00''
57	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	+ 06' 06''
58	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 06' 13''
59	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 06' 45''
60	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 06' 58''
61	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	+ 07' 03''
62	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 04''
63	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 07' 05''
64	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 07' 06''
65	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 07' 08''
66	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	+ 07' 11''
67	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 07' 26''
68	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 07' 31''
69	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
70	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 07' 51''
71	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 52''
72	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 01''
73	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 08' 04''
74	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 08' 08''
75	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 08' 26''
76	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 08' 27''
77	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 08' 31''
78	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 59''
79	VANGSTAD Andreas	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 09' 13''
80	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 09' 16''
81	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 10' 02''
82	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 10' 21''
83	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	+ 11' 02''
84	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 11' 14''
85	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 11' 18''
86	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
87	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
88	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
89	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
90	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
91	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 11' 20''
92	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 11' 22''
93	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	+ 11' 43''
94	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 11' 47''
95	ALHAMMADI Sultan	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 11' 53''
96	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 12' 04''
97	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
98	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 12' 14''
99	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 12' 54''
100	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 58''
101	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 13' 21''
102	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 13' 43''
103	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 14' 31''
104	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 15' 07''
105	ROINAS Fridtjof	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 15' 40''
106	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 15' 53''
107	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	+ 17' 21''
108	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 17' 26''
109	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	+ 17' 34''
110	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 38''
111	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 17' 57''
112	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 18' 31''
113	FENN Andrew	SKY	+ 18' 50''
114	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	+ 19' 41''
115	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 20' 55''
116	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	+ 23' 03''
117	DAHL Herman	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 23' 13''
118	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 23' 42''
119	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 24' 43''
120	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 25' 23''
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 26' 09''
122	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 27' 31''
123	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 27' 36''

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Saturday, August 13: Stage 3, Nesna - Korgfjellet, 160 km

Gianni Moscon wins Arctic Race of Norway stage 3

The Race: Stage winner Gianni Moscon's Team Sky gave this explanation of the day's racing.

The Italian Gianni Moscon hit the gas with a kilometre to go on the tough Korgfjellet climb and powered to an 11-second win, moving into the race lead by 15 seconds with just one day to go in Norway.

Sebastian Henao had covered what looked to be the decisive move on the final climb and Moscon was able to bridge across from what was left of the peloton before flying clear to take a memorable solo win.

Henao also hung on to finish seventh and move up to sixth overall, 36 seconds back on his team-mate, with Ben Swift and Lars Petter Nordhaug coming home 15th and 20th respectively after strong rides on a fantastic day for the team.

Nordhaug had been on the attack himself midway up the Korgfjellet, a 9km climb that maxed out at 7%, but he couldn't escape on home turf, while Moscon saved himself for one late decisive effort.

Danny van Poppel relinquished the race lead after slipping back from the bunch at the foot of the last climb, but he remains at the top of the points classification, and Team Sky remain at the top of the team classification.

Matt Brammeier (Dimension Data), Daniel Oss (BMC), Steele Von Hoff (One Pro Cycling) and Leigh Howard (IAM) had eventually escaped after 30km to form the day's break but the peloton, led by Katusha and Team Sky, with Andy Fenn particularly prominent, never let their lead extend above three minutes.

Indeed it was Fenn who did the vast majority of the work as the gap to the break fell hard inside the final 20km, ahead of the final climb, and then the Scotsman pulled over to let his team-mates do battle.

Nobody else was as well represented in the final reckoning and that allowed Moscon to pick his moment perfectly and escape to a fine win.

Complete Results:

160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.975 km/hr

1	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	4hr 0min 9sec
2	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	@ 11sec
3	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 00' 24''
4	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
5	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
6	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 00' 28''
7	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 31''
8	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
9	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
10	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
11	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
12	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
13	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
14	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
15	SWIFT Ben	SKY	+ 00' 38''
16	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
17	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 00' 47''
18	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 59''
19	TAARAMÄE Rein	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 02''
20	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
21	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 07''
22	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
23	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01' 07''
24	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 01' 24''
25	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
26	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
27	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 39''
28	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
29	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
30	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
31	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
32	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
33	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
34	VANGSTAD Andreas	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
35	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	+ 01' 52''
36	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
37	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
38	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 01' 54''
39	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
40	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 56''
41	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
42	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 59''
43	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 02''
44	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
45	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 08''
46	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 41''
47	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02' 53''
48	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
49	KANTER Max	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02' 55''
50	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03' 01''
51	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	+ 03' 07''
52	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
53	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 17''
54	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 03' 30''
55	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
56	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
57	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
58	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 03' 56''
59	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 21''
60	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 25''
61	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 32''
62	CURVERS Roy	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 04' 57''
63	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 05' 04''
64	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	+ 05' 19''
65	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
66	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
67	DEGENKOLB John	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
68	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
69	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
70	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 05' 26''
71	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 05' 31''
72	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 06' 35''
73	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
74	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
75	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
76	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
77	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
78	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
79	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
80	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
82	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
83	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
84	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
85	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
86	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
87	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 06' 54''
88	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 07' 05''
89	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 07' 35''
90	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 11' 08''
91	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
92	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
93	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
94	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	s.t.
95	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
96	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
97	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
98	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
99	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
100	ALHAMMADI Sultan	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
101	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
102	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
103	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
104	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
105	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
106	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
107	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	DAHL Herman	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
109	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
110	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
111	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
112	WALSCHEID Maximilian	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
113	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
114	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
115	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
116	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
117	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
118	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 53''
119	FENN Andrew	SKY	+ 13' 30''
120	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 13' 33''
122	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
123	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 14' 21''
124	ROINAS Fridtjof	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
125	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

539 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.660 km/hr

1	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	12hr 56min 17sec
2	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	@ 15sec
3	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 00' 30''
4	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 34''
5	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
6	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 00' 36''
7	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 00' 41''
8	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
9	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
10	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
11	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
12	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	+ 00' 48''
13	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
14	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 03''
15	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 04''
16	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	+ 01' 12''
17	TAARAMÄE Rein	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
18	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 17''
19	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
20	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 01' 34''
21	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
22	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
23	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 41''
24	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 49''
25	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
26	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
27	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
28	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 01' 57''
29	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	+ 02' 02''
30	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
31	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 02' 04''
32	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 02' 06''
33	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
34	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02' 12''
35	VANGSTAD Andreas	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
36	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 02' 17''
37	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 18''
38	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 32''
39	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 50''
40	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 02' 52''
41	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 03''
42	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03' 08''
43	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03' 11''
44	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 03' 12''
45	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 17''
46	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
47	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03' 31''
48	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 03' 40''
49	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
50	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 03' 46''
51	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 52''
52	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 03' 55''
53	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 04' 06''
54	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 13''
55	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 39''
56	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 56''
57	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 07''
58	DEGENKOLB John	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 05' 17''
59	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	+ 05' 29''
60	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
61	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 05' 41''
62	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 06' 00''
63	CURVERS Roy	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 06' 20''
64	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	+ 06' 34''
65	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 06' 39''
66	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 06' 40''
67	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 06' 42''
68	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 06' 45''
69	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
70	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
71	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
72	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 04''
73	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 07' 08''
74	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 07' 15''
75	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 07' 22''
76	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 07' 41''
77	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 07' 45''
78	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 07' 51''
79	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
80	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
81	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 13''
82	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 08' 57''
83	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 10' 43''
84	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	+ 11' 04''
85	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 11' 09''
86	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 11' 14''
87	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 11' 18''
88	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
89	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
90	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
91	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
92	ALHAMMADI Sultan	SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
93	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
94	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
95	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
96	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
97	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 11' 43''
98	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 12' 08''
99	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 12' 18''
100	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 12' 46''
101	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 58''
102	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 13' 43''
103	KANTER Max	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 13' 57''
104	FENN Andrew	SKY	+ 14' 03''
105	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 14' 08''
106	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 14' 20''
107	ROINAS Fridtjof	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 14' 54''
108	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
109	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 15' 07''
110	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 15' 16''
111	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	+ 16' 57''
112	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 06''
113	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	+ 17' 08''
114	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 17' 42''
115	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 18' 31''
116	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 19' 41''
117	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
118	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 19' 53''
119	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 20' 09''
120	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	+ 22' 17''
121	DAHL Herman	SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 23' 13''
122	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 25' 03''
123	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 25' 23''
124	WALSCHEID Maximilian	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 25' 59''
125	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 26' 50''

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Friday, August 12: Stage 2, Mo I Rana - Sandnessjøen, 198.5 km

Danny van Poppel wins stage 2

The Race: Here's the stage story from the race organizer.

On July 4, 1994, Danny van Poppel was eleven months old when his father Jean-Paul threw his bike on the finishing line of stage 2 at the Tour de France in Boulogne-sur-Mer to outsprint a German superstar from Gera who was on his right hand side: Olaf Ludwig. In an absolute replica, the rider from Team Sky timed his final rush at perfection, also in the centre of the road in Sandnessjøen, to beat another German superstar from Gera who was on his right hand side: John Degenkolb. The winner of Milan-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix in 2015 missed out on his first victory of the year while Van Poppel capitalized on his confidence, having already bagged stage 2 of the Tour de Yorkshire in April, stage 1 and stage 3 of the Tour of Burgos last week. The 23 year old Dutchman leads the Arctic Race of Norway at half way.

129 riders started stage 2 at Mo i Rana, the industrial capital of northern Norway. Adrian Aas Stien (Joker-Byggtorget) initiated the long breakaway of the day right after flag off. It became a 6-man group with the addition of Jay Thomson (Dimension Data), Kevin Van Melsen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Alex Kirsch (Stölting), Carl Fredrik Hagen (Sparebanken Sør) and Audun Brekke Fløtten (Ringeriks-Kraft). After the reached a maximum advantage of 5.28 at the bottom of the main climb, Belgium's Van Melsen crested the first category climb of Korgfjellet (km 44.5) in first position ahead of Thomson and Kirsch. Sven Erik Bystrøm and Viatcheslav Kuznetsov brought the gap down for Katusha before FDJ and Giant-Alpecin came in help. With 80km to go, the front group was reduced to five riders as Kirsch was reeled in by the peloton.

Stien won the intermediate sprints at Mosjøen (km 96), Leland (km 148) and on the first crossing of the finishing line in Sandnessjøen (km 170.5). Van Melsen continued his quest for the King of the Mountains competition to take the salmon jersey over from his compatriot Tom van Asbroeck and therefore win the special price of the day: an Adventure holiday trip in Helgeland, the most southerly district of Northern Norway – given by Nova Sea.

At bell lap, the five-man breakaway group was about to get caught. It happened with 12km to go. Vicente Reynes (IAM Cycling) sprinted to the Kleivskaret summit 10.5km before the end and stayed ahead of the chasing peloton for six kilometers. Björn Thurau (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Loïc Vliegen (BMC) tried their luck but Trek-Segafredo was very active in setting up a bunch sprint finish for Italian champion Giacomo Nizzolo. Race leader Alexander Kristoff remained boxed in while runner up John Degenkolb seemed to have it until Van Poppel passed him at the very end.

Complete Results:

198.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.362 km/hr

1	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	4hr 46min 16sec
2	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
3	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
4	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
5	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
6	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
7	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	s.t.
8	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
9	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
10	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
11	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
12	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	s.t.
13	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
14	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
15	ROINAS Fridtjof	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
16	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
17	REGUIGUI Youcef	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
18	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
19	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
20	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
21	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
22	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
23	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	s.t.
24	SKAARSETH Anders	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
25	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
26	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
27	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
28	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
29	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
30	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
31	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
32	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
33	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
34	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
35	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
36	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
37	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
38	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
39	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
40	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	s.t.
41	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
42	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
43	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
44	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
45	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
46	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
47	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
48	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
49	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
50	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
51	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
52	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
53	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
54	VAN ZYL Johann	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
55	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
56	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
57	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
58	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
59	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
60	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
61	STIEN Adriaan Aas	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
62	ALHAMMADI Sultan	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
63	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
64	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
65	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
66	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
67	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
68	VANGSTAD Andreas	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
69	DAHL Herman	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
70	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
71	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
72	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
73	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
74	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
75	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
76	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
77	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
78	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
79	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
80	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
81	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
82	WAERSTED Syver	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
83	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
84	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
85	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
86	FENN Andrew	SKY	s.t.
87	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 22''
88	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 00' 25''
89	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	s.t.
90	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 00' 28''
91	TRAEEN Torstein	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
92	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
93	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
94	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
95	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
96	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
97	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 31''
98	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 00' 33''
99	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 00' 37''
100	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
101	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
102	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 50''
103	BRAMMEIER Matthew	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
104	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
105	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
106	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
107	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01' 06''
108	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
109	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 01' 12''
110	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
111	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
112	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
113	JIM Songezo	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 16''
114	THOMSON Jay Robert	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 19''
115	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
116	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
117	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	s.t.
118	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
119	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
120	FARRAR Tyler	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 23''
121	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 01''
122	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 08''
123	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
125	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02' 15''
126	VAN MELSEN Kevin	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 07' 00''
127	KIRSCH Alex	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 08' 17''

GC after Stage 2:

379 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.420 km/hr

1	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	8hr 56min 4sec
2	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 2sec
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 00' 04''
4	STIEN Adriaan Aas	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	+ 00' 05''
5	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 09''
6	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 10''
7	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 00' 14''
8	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
9	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
10	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
11	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
12	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	s.t.
13	REGUIGUI Youcef	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
14	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
15	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	s.t.
16	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
17	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
18	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
19	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
20	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
21	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
22	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
23	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
24	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
25	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
26	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
27	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	s.t.
28	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
29	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
30	SKAARSETH Anders	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
31	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
32	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
33	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
34	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
35	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
36	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
37	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
38	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
39	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
40	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
41	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
42	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
43	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
44	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
45	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
46	ALHAMMADI Sultan	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
47	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
48	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
49	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
50	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
51	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
52	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
53	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
54	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
55	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
56	WAERSTED Syver	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
57	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
58	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
59	VAN ZYL Johann	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
60	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
61	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
63	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
64	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
65	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
66	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 35''
67	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 36''
68	ROINAS Fridtjof	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 00' 37''
69	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
70	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
71	VANGSTAD Andreas	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
72	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
73	FENN Andrew	SKY	s.t.
74	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	+ 00' 39''
75	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 00' 42''
76	TRAEEN Torstein	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
77	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 45''
78	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 00' 51''
79	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 54''
80	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 00' 59''
81	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 01' 04''
82	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 01' 14''
83	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
84	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
85	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
86	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
87	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01' 20''
88	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
89	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 26''
90	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 27''
91	THOMSON Jay Robert	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 30''
92	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	+ 01' 33''
93	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 39''
94	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 41''
95	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 42''
96	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
97	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 56''
98	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 04''
99	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 15''
100	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 02' 25''
101	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
102	FARRAR Tyler	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 26''
103	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02' 29''
104	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 03' 00''
105	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 04''
106	JIM Songezo	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 08''
107	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 03' 50''
108	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 03''
109	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT	+ 04' 12''
110	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 02''
111	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 07' 27''
112	VAN MELSEN Kevin	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 07' 37''
113	KIRSCH Alex	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	+ 08' 31''
114	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	+ 08' 37''
115	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
116	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 09' 05''
117	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	+ 10' 26''
118	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 11' 06''
119	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
120	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 11' 34''
121	BRAMMEIER Matthew	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	+ 11' 56''
122	DAHL Herman	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 12' 09''
123	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 13' 14''
124	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 13' 22''
125	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 14' 55''
126	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 15' 46''
127	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	+ 15' 46''

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Thursday, August 11: Stage 1, Fauske - Rognan, 180.5 km

Alexander Kristoff wins stage one. Note the carnage behind him

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

One year after he claimed his first ever stage victory at the Arctic Race of Norway in Harstad, Alexander Kristoff took his ninth win of the 2016 season to make it up for the narrow misses in the last week of the Tour de France (2nd in stages 14 and 16, 3rd on the Champs-Elysées). Without a train, he managed to outsprint John Degenkolb and the rest of the survivors of the first category climb located with 18.5km to go. The Norwegian from Katusha will start stage 2 with the blue and orange jersey like in 2015, with an advantage of three seconds ahead of Gregory Rast who collected time bonus throughout the long breakaway of the day.

130 riders started stage 1 of the fourth Arctic Race of Norway after Italy's Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) went home due to sickness. Krister Hagen (Coop-Østerhus), Maxime Cam (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Tom Van Asbroeck (LottoNL-Jumbo), Gregory Rast (Trek-Segafredo), Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Argon 18), Kenny de Ketele (Topsport Vlaanderen) and Max Emil Kørner (Team Ringeriks Kraft) rode away from the gun. After 50km of racing, their advantage was 6.25 over the peloton mostly led by Katusha with the help of one FDJ rider. Rast won the first intermediate sprint in Bodø ahead of Hagen and Cam.

Rast also won the second intermediate sprint with 44km to go while the time difference was reduced by the peloton to 4.15. It went down to 2.10 with 25km to go when the rain became a decisive factor and Rast and Schillinger dropped their breakaway companions in the first category climb of Ljøsenhammeren. Alone at the top, Schillinger won one year's worth of salmon products (smoked salmon, pepper-salmon) – given by Flakstadvåg Laks. BMC was very active in bringing the peloton across before Trek-Segafredo took over with Italian champion Giacomo Nizzolo putting himself at the service of Niccolo Bonfazio.

Among the top sprinters who survived the climb, Arnaud Démare was the one who suffered the difficult racing condition. The Frenchman was caught in a split 7km before the finish while Kristoff was deprived of a few of his team-mates. Attacker Amund Groendahl Jansen of Joker-Byggtorget was first to rejoin Schillinger with 4.5km to go but only a few seconds before the bunch was packed again. Giant-Alpecin set up the sprint for Degenkolb but Kristoff passed him at the very end despite being isolated. Degenkolb's high cadence in the last 100 metres evidenced a mechanical problem. Danny van Poppel of Team Sky took third place in Rognan. All defeated sprinters hope for a revenge in the flatter stage 2 from Mo i Rana to Sandnessjøen.

Complete Results:

1	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	4hr 10min 2sec
2	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
3	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	s.t.
4	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
5	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
6	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
7	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
8	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
9	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
10	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	s.t.
11	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
12	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
13	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
14	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
15	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
16	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
17	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
18	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
19	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
20	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
21	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
22	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
23	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
24	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
25	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	s.t.
26	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
27	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
28	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
29	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
30	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	s.t.
31	KIRSCH Alex	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
32	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
33	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
34	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
35	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
36	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
37	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
38	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
39	MORA Sebastian	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
40	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
41	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	s.t.
42	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
43	ALHAMMADI Sultan	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
44	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
45	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
46	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
47	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
48	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
49	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
51	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
52	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
53	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
54	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
55	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
56	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
57	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
58	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
59	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
60	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
61	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
62	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
63	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
64	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
65	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	s.t.
66	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
67	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
68	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
69	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
70	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
71	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
72	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
73	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
74	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
75	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
76	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
77	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
78	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
79	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
81	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
82	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 22''
83	VANGSTAD Andreas	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 00' 23''
84	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
85	VAN MELSEN Kevin	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
86	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
87	FENN Andrew	SKY	s.t.
88	ROINAS Fridtjof	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
89	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
90	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
91	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
92	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
93	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
94	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 36''
95	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 40''
96	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 00' 49''
97	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
98	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 01' 00''
99	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
100	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
101	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
102	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
103	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
104	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
105	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
106	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
107	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 27''
108	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 01' 38''
110	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
111	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 41''
112	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 02' 48''
113	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
114	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 26''
115	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 07' 13''
116	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	+ 08' 23''
117	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
118	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
119	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	+ 10' 12''
120	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 10' 52''
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
122	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
123	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
124	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
125	DAHL Herman	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 11' 55''
126	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 11' 56''
127	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 14' 13''
128	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
129	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	4hr 9min 52sec
2	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	@ 3sec
3	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 04''
4	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 05''
5	VAN POPPEL Danny	SKY	+ 00' 06''
6	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 10''
7	NAPOLITANO Danilo	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
8	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
9	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
10	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
11	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
12	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	s.t.
13	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
14	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
15	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
16	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
17	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
18	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
19	BLIKRA Haavard	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
20	VON HOFF Steele	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
21	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
22	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
23	STIEN Adriaan Aas	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
24	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
25	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
26	TEUNISSEN Mike	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
27	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF	s.t.
28	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
29	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	SKY	s.t.
30	JENSEN August	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
31	KAMP Alexander	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
32	KAMYSHEV Arman	ASTANA	s.t.
33	KIRSCH Alex	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
34	ANTONINI Simone	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
35	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
36	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
37	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
38	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
39	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
40	JARRIER Benoit	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
41	MORA Sebastian	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
42	SAGAN Juraj	TINKOFF	s.t.
43	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	s.t.
44	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
45	ALHAMMADI Sultan	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
46	WAERSTED Syver	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
47	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
48	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
49	THURAU Bjorn	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
50	SKAARSETH Anders	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
51	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
52	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
53	MARCATO Marco	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
54	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
55	WEGMANN Fabian	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
56	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
57	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
58	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
59	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
60	WILLIAMS Peter	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
61	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
62	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
63	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
64	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
65	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
66	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
67	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	s.t.
68	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
69	TRAEEN Torstein	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
70	REIHS Michael	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
71	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
72	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
73	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
74	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
75	LUKKEDAL Oyvind	COOP-OSTER HUS	s.t.
76	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
77	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund	JOKER BYGGTORGET	s.t.
78	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
79	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
80	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
82	CAM Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 31''
83	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 32''
84	VANGSTAD Andreas	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 00' 33''
85	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
86	VAN MELSEN Kevin	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
87	FENN Andrew	SKY	s.t.
88	ROINAS Fridtjof	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
89	BONNAMOUR Franck	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
90	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
91	DOMAGALSKI Karol	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
92	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
93	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP	s.t.
94	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 46''
95	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 50''
96	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 00' 59''
97	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
98	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 01' 10''
99	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 10''
100	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
101	VAN GESTEL Dries	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
102	HOUSE Kristian	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
103	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
104	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	s.t.
105	MORTENSEN Martin	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
106	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
107	HIVERT Jonathan	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 37''
108	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	AYAZBAYEV Maxat	ASTANA	+ 01' 48''
110	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
111	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 51''
112	HAGEN Krister	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 02' 56''
113	KORNER Max Emil Boholm	RINGERIKS-KRAFT	s.t.
114	PICHOT Alexandre	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 36''
115	VALLEE Boris	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 07' 23''
116	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA	+ 08' 33''
117	SEYNAEVE Lander	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
118	OPIE Chris	ONE PRO CYCLING	s.t.
119	KOLAR Michael	TINKOFF	+ 10' 22''
120	LANDA Oscar	COOP-OSTER HUS	+ 11' 02''
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
122	KANTER Max	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
123	BRAMMEIER Matthew	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
124	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
125	DAHL Herman	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR	+ 12' 05''
126	DE KETELE Kenny	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	+ 12' 06''
127	WALSCHEID Maximilian	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 14' 23''
128	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
129	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.

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Start list with back numbers, August 10, 2016:

	TEAM KATUSHA / RUS
	Sporting Manager: COZZI Claudio
1	TAARAMÄE Rein
2	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik
3	GUARNIERI Jacopo
4	HALLER Marco
5	KRISTOFF Alexander
6	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav
	ASTANA PRO TEAM / KAZ
	Sporting managers: FOFONOV Dmitriy / ZANINI Stefano
11	BOOM Lars
12	AYAZBAYEV Maxat
13	DE VREESE LAURENS
14	GUARDINI Andrea
15	KAMYSHEV Arman
16	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan
	BMC RACING TEAM / USA
	Sporting managers: LEDANOIS Yvon / LODEWYCK Klaas
21	GILBERT Philippe
22	BURGHARDT Marcus
23	MOINARD Amaël
24	OSS Daniel
25	SCHÄR Michael
26	VLIEGEN Loic
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA / RSA
	Sporting Manager: HAMMOND Roger
31	REGUIGUI Youcef
32	BRAMMEIER Matthew
33	FARRAR Tyler
34	JIM Songezo
35	THOMSON Jay Robert
36	VAN ZYL Johann
	IAM CYCLING / SUI
	Sporting Manager: CARLSTRÖM Kjell
41	CLEMENT Stef
42	ELMIGER Martin
43	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
44	HOWARD Leigh
45	PELUCCHI Matteo
46	REYNES Vicente
	FDJ / FRA
	Sporting Manager: VEIKKANEN Jussi
51	DEMARE Arnaud
52	DELAGE Mickaël
53	EIKING Odd Christian
54	HOELGAARD Daniel
55	OFFREDO Yoann
56	SARREAU Marc
	TEAM JOKER BYGGTORGET / NOR
	Sporting managers: VAN OUDENHOVE Gino / VOLD Svein Erik
61	HALVORSEN Kristoffer
62	GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund
63	HOEM Bjorn Tore Nilsen
64	MORA Sebastian
65	SKAARSETH Anders
66	STIEN Adriaan Aas
	STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP / GER
	Sporting Manager: HAHN Jochen
71	KAMP Alexander
72	GULDHAMMER Rasmus
73	KIRSCH Alex
74	REIHS Michael
75	WEGMANN Fabian
	TINKOFF / RUS
	Sporting Manager: CHENGHIALTA Bruno
81	GATTO Oscar
82	KOLAR Michael
83	MC CARTHY Jay
84	SAGAN Juraj
85	TROFIMOV Yury
86	TRUSOV Nikolay
	TEAM COOP-OSTER HUS / NOR
	Sporting managers: BENJAMINSEN Olav Aleksander / DE WEERDT Gilbert
91	JENSEN August
92	BLIKRA Haavard
93	HAGEN Krister
94	LANDA Oscar
95	LUKKEDAL Oyvind
96	OLSEN Andreas Sandnes
	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT / FRA
	Sporting Manager: CAER Yvon
101	HIVERT Jonathan
102	BONNAMOUR Franck
103	BREEN Vegard
104	CAM Maxime
105	JARRIER Benoit
106	VALLEE Boris
	TEAM SKY / GBR
	Sporting managers: ARVESEN Kurt-Asle / KNAVEN Servais
111	NORDHAUG Lars Petter
112	FENN Andrew
113	HENAO Sebastian
114	MOSCON Gianni
115	SWIFT Ben
116	VAN POPPEL Danny
	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN / GER
	Sporting Manager: REULING Dirk
121	DEGENKOLB John
122	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
123	CURVERS Roy
124	KANTER Max
125	SINKELDAM Ramon
126	WALSCHEID Maximilian
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO / NED
	Sporting Manager: MAASSEN Frans
131	VANMARCKE Sep
132	CASTELIJNS Twan
133	HOFLAND Moreno
134	TEUNISSEN Mike
135	VAN ASBROECK Tom
136	VAN WINDEN Dennis
	TREK - SEGAFREDO / USA
	Sporting managers: ANDERSEN Kim / POPOVYCH Yaroslav
141	NIZZOLO Giacomo
142	BONIFAZIO Niccolo
143	COLEDAN Marco
144	DEVOLDER Stijn
145	RAST Gregory
146	VAN POPPEL Boy
	BORA-ARGON 18 / GER
	Sporting Manager: SCHULZE Andre
151	BENNETT Sam
152	DEMPSTER Zakkari
153	NERZ Dominik
154	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
155	SCHILLINGER Andreas
156	VOSS Paul
	DIRECT ENERGIE / FRA
	Sporting Manager: MACE Thibaut
161	CHAVANEL Sylvain
162	ANDERSON Ryan
163	CARDIS Romain
164	HUREL Tony
165	MORICE Julien
166	PICHOT Alexandre
	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT / BEL
	Sporting Manager: ROSSIGNON Jean-Marc
171	MARCATO Marco
172	ANTONINI Simone
173	NAPOLITANO Danilo
174	SEYNAEVE Lander
175	THURAU Bjorn
176	VAN MELSEN Kevin
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE / BEL
	Sporting Manager: DE CLERCQ Hans
181	VAN HECKE Preben
182	DE KETELE Kenny
183	DE TIER Floris
184	SALOMEIN Jarl
185	VAN GESTEL Dries
186	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
	ONE PRO CYCLING / GBR
	Sporting Manager: WINSTON Matt
191	VON HOFF Steele
192	DOMAGALSKI Karol
193	HOUSE Kristian
194	MORTENSEN Martin
195	OPIE Chris
196	WILLIAMS Peter
	TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR / NOR
	Sporting managers: KVALSVOL Atle / KVALSVOL Sebastian
201	ROINAS Fridtjof
202	ALHAMMADI Sultan
203	DAHL Herman
204	HAGEN Carl Fredrik
205	TRONDSEN Trond Hakon
206	VANGSTAD Andreas
	TEAM RINGERIKS-KRAFT / NOR
	Sporting Manager: SNOEKS Leonardo
211	FLOTTEN Audun Brekke
212	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
213	KORNER Max Emil Boholm
214	TILLER Rasmus Fossum
215	TRAEEN Torstein
216	WAERSTED Syver