2018 Arctic Race of Norway (HC), Norway

6th edition: August 16 - 19, 2018

Arctic Race of Norway podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Map of the 2018 Arctic Race of Norway

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Sunday, August 19: 4th & Final Stage, Kvalsund - Alta, 145.5 km

Mathieu Van der Poel gets his second 2018 Arctic Race of Norway stage win

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

Dutch national champion Mathieu Van der Poel claimed his second stage win at the Arctic Race of Norway as he won the conclusive stage in Alta in an uphill sprint finish ahead of Sondre Holst Enger and Quentin Pacher. Russia’s Sergei Chernetski took the overall victory.

107 riders started stage 4 in Kvalsund. Quickly after the flag off, 12 riders took off: Guy Niv (Israel Cycling Academy), Tiago Machado (Katusha-Alpecin), Sébastien Delfosse and Julien Mortier (WV Aqua Protect-Veranclassic), Kristoffer Skjerping (Joker-Icopal), Mekseb Debesay and Connor Swift (Dimension Data), Cyrille Lemoine (Cofidis), Preben van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Wesley Kreder (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Nikolay Mihaylov (Delko Marseille Provence-KTM) and Miguel Bryon (Holowesko-Citadel). After 10km of racing, their advantage was already 45’’. The highest ranked on GC being Van Hecke, 24th at 2’09’’, the Astana team of race leader Sergei Chernetski maintained the time difference around three minutes.

On the final laps in Alta, Direct Energie took over from the Kazakh team at the helm of the peloton. Machado tried to avoid the return of the main pack by breaking away from the leading group with 13km to go but he was reined in two kilometres further. The Corendon-Circus team of stage 1 and stage 3 winners Mathieu Van der Poel and Adam Toupalik showed their motivation for getting one more victory. Debesay was swallowed by the bunch 9km before the end. The peloton was very active in the Thomasbakken climb 5km before the finish. It was all back together with 2km to go, except for Swift and Skjerping who forged on until the red flame.

Van der Poel was perfectly positioned. Nicolas Roche launched the sprint but the Dutch champion passed him with 200 metres to go to cross the line with a significant advantage over Sondre Holst Enger (Israel Cycling Academy) and Quentin Pacher (Vital Concept). Escorted by his Astana team-mates till the end, Chernetski put his name on the record book of the Arctic Race of Norway after Thor Hushovd (2013), Steven Kruijswijk (2014), Rein Taaramäe (2015), Gianni Moscon (2016) and Dylan Teuns (2017).

Complete results:

145.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.426 km/hr

1	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	3hr 21min 2sec
2	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
3	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
4	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	s.t.
5	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
6	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
7	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
8	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	s.t.
9	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
10	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
11	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
12	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	@ 4sec
13	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
14	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
15	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
16	DANILO WYSS	BMC	s.t.
17	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
18	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
19	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
20	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
21	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
22	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
23	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
24	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
25	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
26	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
27	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	s.t.
28	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
29	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	s.t.
30	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
31	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
32	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
33	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
34	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
35	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
36	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
37	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
38	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
39	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
40	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
41	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	00' 13''
42	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
43	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
44	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	00' 18''
45	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	00' 19''
46	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	00' 21''
47	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
48	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
49	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
50	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
51	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
52	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	s.t.
53	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	00' 29''
54	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	00' 31''
55	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	00' 33''
56	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	s.t.
57	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
58	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
59	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	00' 36''
60	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	00' 38''
61	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
62	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	00' 45''
63	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	00' 49''
64	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
65	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
66	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
67	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	00' 57''
68	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
69	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
70	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
71	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	01' 24''
72	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
73	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
74	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
76	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01' 56''
77	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	02' 11''
78	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	02' 36''
79	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	03' 04''
80	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
81	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	03' 10''
82	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
83	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	03' 50''
84	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
85	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
86	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
87	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
88	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
89	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
90	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
91	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
92	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	03' 53''
95	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
96	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	05' 17''
97	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	06' 28''
98	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
99	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	06' 58''
100	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	07' 18''
101	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	07' 25''
102	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	09' 26''
103	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	11' 51''
104	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	12' 06''
105	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
106	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Sergei Chernetski (Astana)
• Mountains classification winner: Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Fortuneo-Samsic)
• Points classification winner: Mathieu Van der Poel (Corendon-Circus)
• Best young rider: Markus Hoelgaard (Joker Icopal)
• Team classification winner: Team BMC

718.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.108 km/hr

1	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	15hr 55min 42sec
2	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	@ 11sec
3	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	00' 12''
4	DANILO WYSS	BMC	00' 27''
5	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 37''
6	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	00' 38''
7	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	00' 42''
8	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
9	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	00' 56''
10	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
11	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	00' 57''
12	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	00' 59''
13	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	01' 22''
14	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
15	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	01' 45''
16	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	01' 46''
17	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	01' 53''
18	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	01' 59''
19	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	02' 01''
20	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	02' 04''
21	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	02' 07''
22	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	02' 11''
23	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	02' 22''
24	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	02' 33''
25	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	02' 43''
26	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	03' 06''
27	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	03' 29''
28	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	03' 45''
29	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	03' 58''
30	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	04' 50''
31	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	04' 57''
32	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	06' 01''
33	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	06' 25''
34	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	06' 52''
35	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	06' 59''
36	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	07' 06''
37	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	07' 12''
38	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	07' 44''
39	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	08' 52''
40	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	09' 04''
41	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
42	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	09' 33''
43	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	09' 40''
44	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	10' 18''
45	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	10' 59''
46	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	11' 03''
47	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	15' 06''
48	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	15' 30''
49	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	15' 38''
50	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	15' 59''
51	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	16' 11''
52	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	16' 39''
53	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	16' 41''
54	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	16' 45''
55	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	17' 03''
56	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	17' 09''
57	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	17' 15''
58	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	17' 21''
59	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	17' 23''
60	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	18' 06''
61	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	18' 51''
62	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	18' 56''
63	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	19' 39''
64	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	19' 59''
65	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	20' 20''
66	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	20' 31''
67	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	20' 51''
68	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	20' 59''
69	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	21' 23''
70	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	21' 46''
71	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	21' 48''
72	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	21' 57''
73	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	22' 23''
74	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	23' 26''
75	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	24' 05''
76	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	24' 47''
77	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	26' 00''
78	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	26' 31''
79	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	26' 44''
80	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	28' 00''
81	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	28' 24''
82	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	28' 43''
83	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	28' 48''
84	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	29' 05''
85	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	29' 21''
86	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	30' 47''
87	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	30' 53''
88	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	31' 16''
89	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	31' 51''
90	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	31' 53''
91	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	32' 12''
92	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	33' 10''
93	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	33' 37''
94	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	33' 55''
95	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	34' 18''
96	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	34' 20''
97	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	34' 47''
98	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	35' 38''
99	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	37' 05''
100	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	39' 40''
101	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	39' 54''
102	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	42' 41''
103	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	44' 21''
104	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	46' 48''
105	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	47' 19''
106	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	55' 18''

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Saturday, August 18: Stage 3, Honningsvåg - Hammerfest, 194 km

Adam Toupalik wins stage 3. Photo ARN/Pauline Ballet

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

Czech cyclo-cross specialist Adam Toupalik fended off the whole peloton as he managed to stay up front after a long breakaway. The Corendon-Circus team made a one-two with Mathieu Van der Poel sprinting to second place while Sergei Chernetski, third, extended his lead in the overall ranking.

108 riders started stage 3 in Honningsvåg. Just after Matteo Fabbro of Katusha-Alpecin won the King of the Mountains price at the exit of the North Cape tunnel (km 16) ahead of Damiano Caruso (BMC) and Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy), the main breakaway of the day was formed by nine riders: Willie Smit (Katusha-Alpecin), Tom Wirtgen (WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic), Johan Le Bon (Vital Concept), Connor Swift (Dimension Data), Axel Journiaux (Direct Energie), Adam Toupalik (Corendon-Circus), Robin Carpenter and Adam De Vos (Rally Cycling) and Øyvind Lukkedal (Coop). De Vos who was the highest ranked of them in the GC (at 1’37’’) dropped back to the pack. Lukkedal won the King of the Mountains price at Olderfjordalen (km 97.5). The time difference reached four minutes at half way into the race before the Astana team of race leader Sergei Chernetski set a higher tempo at the front of the peloton to reduce the deficit and stabilize it around three minutes.

Lukkedal also won the intermediate sprint at Kvalsund (km 140). The breakaway was no threat to the lead of Chernetski since Toupalik was the best placed of them, at 4’19’’, so other teams like Wanty-Groupe Gobert took care of the chase to bring the time gap down. On the first passage on the finishing line with 16km to go, the difference was only 55’’. The front group split to leave Le Bon, Toupalik and Carpenter with an advantage of 25’’ over the peloton led by BMC and Astana at bell lap. 

The peloton was rushing to catch the breakaway riders but Toupalik looked behind and valued the advantage he had left after dropping Le Bon and Carpenter off in the uphill finish. He managed to stay away while his team-mate Mathieu Van der Poel was the fastest of the bunch. Chernetski, third, took three seconds bonus to extend his overall lead with one day to go.

Complete results:

194 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.069 km/hr

1	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	4hr 24min 8sec
2	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	@ 2sec
3	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	s.t.
4	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
5	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
6	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
7	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
8	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
9	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
10	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
11	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
12	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
13	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	DANILO WYSS	BMC	s.t.
15	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
16	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
17	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
18	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
19	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
20	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
21	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	00' 12''
22	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
23	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	00' 15''
24	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
25	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
26	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
27	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	00' 18''
28	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	s.t.
29	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
30	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
31	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
32	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	s.t.
33	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
34	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
35	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
36	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
37	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	00' 29''
38	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
39	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	00' 34''
40	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	00' 35''
41	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	00' 45''
42	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	01' 00''
43	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
44	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
45	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
46	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
47	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
48	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
49	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
50	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
51	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
52	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
53	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	01' 03''
54	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
55	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	01' 25''
56	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	s.t.
57	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
58	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	01' 41''
59	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
60	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
61	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	s.t.
62	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
63	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
64	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
65	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	s.t.
66	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
67	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
68	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
69	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
70	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
71	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	01' 57''
72	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
74	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
75	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	02' 41''
76	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
77	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	03' 05''
78	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	03' 19''
79	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	03' 44''
80	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
81	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	04' 08''
82	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
83	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
84	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
85	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
87	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
88	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	07' 20''
89	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
90	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	09' 20''
91	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
92	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
93	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
94	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
95	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
96	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
97	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
98	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
99	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
100	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
101	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
102	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
103	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
104	DANIIL FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
105	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
106	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
107	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	10' 45''

GC after stage 3:

573 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.557 km/hr

1	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	12hr 34min 40sec
2	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	@ 7sec
3	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	00' 08''
4	DANILO WYSS	BMC	00' 23''
5	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 37''
6	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	00' 38''
7	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
8	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
9	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	00' 52''
10	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	00' 53''
11	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	00' 56''
12	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	01' 09''
13	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	01' 22''
14	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	01' 26''
15	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	01' 41''
16	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	01' 42''
17	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	01' 49''
18	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	01' 51''
19	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	01' 55''
20	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	01' 57''
21	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	02' 01''
22	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	02' 06''
23	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	02' 07''
24	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	02' 09''
25	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	02' 29''
26	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	02' 43''
27	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	02' 51''
28	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	03' 02''
29	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	03' 32''
30	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
31	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	03' 50''
32	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	03' 54''
33	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	04' 08''
34	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	04' 34''
35	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	04' 46''
36	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	05' 36''
37	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	05' 42''
38	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	05' 51''
39	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	06' 02''
40	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	06' 31''
41	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	07' 09''
42	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	08' 31''
43	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	08' 39''
44	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	08' 51''
45	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	09' 12''
46	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	09' 21''
47	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	09' 49''
48	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	10' 14''
49	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	10' 59''
50	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	12' 57''
51	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	15' 09''
52	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	15' 20''
53	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	15' 35''
54	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	15' 55''
55	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	16' 25''
56	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	16' 27''
57	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	16' 30''
58	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	16' 37''
59	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	16' 48''
60	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
61	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	17' 11''
62	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	17' 37''
63	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	18' 47''
64	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	18' 56''
65	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	18' 58''
66	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	19' 19''
67	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	19' 21''
68	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	19' 54''
69	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	19' 55''
70	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	20' 10''
71	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	20' 26''
72	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	21' 46''
74	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 41''
75	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
76	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	22' 53''
77	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 54''
78	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	24' 01''
79	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	24' 29''
80	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	25' 15''
81	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	25' 31''
82	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	25' 44''
83	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
84	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	25' 56''
85	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	26' 30''
86	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	27' 03''
87	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	27' 49''
88	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	27' 56''
89	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	28' 03''
90	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	28' 39''
91	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	29' 23''
92	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	30' 25''
93	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	30' 27''
94	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
95	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
96	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
97	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	31' 59''
98	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	32' 15''
99	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	32' 41''
100	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	35' 19''
101	DANIIL FOMINYKH	ASTANA	35' 25''
102	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	35' 41''
103	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	36' 04''
104	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	37' 22''
105	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	40' 45''
106	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	43' 29''
107	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	51' 28''

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Friday, August 17: Stage 2, Tana - Kjøllefjord, 195 km

Colin Joyce wins the second stage of the Arctic Race of Norway

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

American fast man Colin Joyce of Rally Cycling won an eventful stage 2 in the Arctic Race of Norway while Russia’s Sergei Chernetski from Astana took the lead over from Mathieu Van der Poel in Kjøllefjord.

Although Mathieu Van der Poel had insisted that his main goal was a stage win, which he acquired after only one stage, he evidenced his GC ambitions by sprinting for time bonus at the first intermediate sprint 20km after the start of stage 2 in Tana. Third behind Adrien Petit (Direct Energie) and Alberto Bettiol (BMC), he extended his overall lead by one second. After the first summit at Duoriejeaggi (km 45), where Krister Hagen (Coop) was first ahead of Nicolas Roche (BMC) and Sindre Lunke (Fortuneo-Samsic), a group of six leaders was formed in three waves as Ryan Anderson (Rally) and Loïc Chetout (Cofidis) were reinforced firstly by Henrik Evensen (Joker-Icopal) and Dennis van Winden (Israel Cycling Academy), secondly by Yannick Martinez (Delko Marseille-Provence KTM) and Lunke. The latter crested the first category Ifjordfjellet summit (km 60) at the front, before Van Winden and Anderson. The advantage of the six escapees reached four minutes after 65km of racing.

With still 128km remaining, seven riders including Van der Poel and Warren Barguil (Fortuneo-Samsic) countered behind the six leading riders. They chased flat out for 25 kilometres before the regrouped peloton reduced the deficit to 1’45’’ with 100km to go. Lunke went for more points and the conquest of the salmon jersey of King of the Mountains in the second cat. 1 climb of the day at Bekkarfordfjellet (km 120.5) while Chetout and Martinez got dropped. As the peloton came closer to the four remaining breakaway riders, Barguil crashed from an echelon within 50km to go. It was all together again 40km before the end. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) put the hammer down in the last climb of the day, the Hopseidet summit (cat. 1) with 35.5km to go. Only his team-mate Sergei Chernetski, second overall, and Bettiol managed to follow him over the top. The peloton was split into pieces and Van der Poel got caught in the third group with a deficit of two minutes with 20km remaining while Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), a very active member of the first chasing group, went down in a windy curve.

Fuglsang, Chernetski and Bettiol had 1’40’’ lead over the main peloton with 10km to go. But another change of wind direction modified the scenario again. 11 chasers came across 5km before the end. Chernetski sped up in the crosswind 4.5km to go and took three seconds bonus. 11 riders regrouped at the front with 2km to go. Michael Schär (BMC) sped up but it was a sprint finish that looked like going well for Van Winden but America’s Colin Joyce (Rally Cycling) showed his top end speed to the European riders. Norway’s Markus Hoelgaard (Joker-Icopal) rounded out the podium. The same trio topped the overall classification with Chernetski in first place with an advantage of four seconds ahead of Joyce and five seconds ahead of Hoelgaard. Van der Poel dropped to 14th at 1’11’’ at half way into the sixth Arctic Race of Norway.

Complete results:

195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.301 km/hr

1	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	4hr 20min 24sec
2	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
3	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
4	DANILO WYSS	BMC	s.t.
5	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	s.t.
6	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
7	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
8	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
9	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
10	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
11	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
12	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	@ 18sec
13	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
14	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
15	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	01' 13''
16	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
17	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
18	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
19	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
20	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
21	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
22	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
23	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
24	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
25	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
26	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
27	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
28	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
29	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
30	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
31	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	s.t.
32	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
33	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
34	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
35	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
36	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
37	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
38	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
39	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
40	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
41	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	01' 18''
42	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	02' 22''
43	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
44	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
45	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
46	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	02' 49''
47	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
48	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
49	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
50	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
51	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
52	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
53	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	05' 41''
54	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	14' 15''
55	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
56	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
57	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
58	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
59	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
60	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
61	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
62	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
63	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
64	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
65	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
66	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
67	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
68	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
69	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
70	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
71	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
72	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
73	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
74	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
75	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
76	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
77	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	s.t.
78	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
79	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
80	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
81	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
82	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
83	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
84	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
85	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
86	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
87	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
88	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
89	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
90	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
91	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	18' 30''
92	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
93	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
94	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
95	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
96	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
97	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	21' 52''
98	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	21' 58''
99	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	22' 04''
100	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
101	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
102	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
103	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
104	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
105	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
106	DANIIL FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
107	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	s.t.
108	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

379 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.355 km/hr

1	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	ASTANA	8hr 10min 34sec
2	COLIN JOYCE	RALLY CYCLING	@ 4sec
3	MARKUS HOELGAARD	JOKER ICOPAL	00' 05''
4	DANILO WYSS	BMC	00' 19''
5	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	00' 23''
6	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	JOKER ICOPAL	00' 32''
7	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
8	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 33''
9	LAURENT PICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	00' 34''
10	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
11	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
12	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	00' 39''
13	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA ALPECIN	00' 52''
14	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	01' 11''
15	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	01' 18''
16	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	01' 22''
17	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
18	KRISTER HAGEN	TEAM COOP	01' 27''
19	IURI FILOSI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	01' 32''
20	ANGELO TULIK	DIRECT ENERGIE	01' 35''
21	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
22	JIMMY TURGIS	COFIDIS	s.t.
23	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X NORWAY	01' 47''
24	ROMAIN HARDY	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
25	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	01' 49''
26	ROMAIN CARDIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
27	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	01' 52''
28	PREBEN VAN HECKE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
29	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	02' 09''
30	AUGUST JENSEN	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	02' 27''
31	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	02' 39''
32	BJØRN TORE HOEM	JOKER ICOPAL	02' 42''
33	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	02' 48''
34	CLEMENT RUSSO	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	03' 01''
35	JESPER HANSEN	ASTANA	03' 32''
36	MEKSEB DEBESAY	DIMENSION DATA	03' 35''
37	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	KATUSHA ALPECIN	03' 50''
38	TIAGO MACHADO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	04' 08''
39	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	CORENDON-CIRCUS	04' 19''
40	FABIAN LIENHARD	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	04' 34''
41	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	04' 42''
42	CONNOR SWIFT	DIMENSION DATA	04' 43''
43	RYAN ANDERSON	RALLY CYCLING	05' 29''
44	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	05' 58''
45	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	06' 48''
46	DANIEL TUREK	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	07' 08''
47	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
48	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	07' 29''
49	KENT MAIN	DIMENSION DATA	08' 03''
50	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	08' 49''
51	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	09' 57''
52	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	14' 24''
53	ERWANN CORBEL	VITAL CONCEPT	14' 31''
54	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	JOKER ICOPAL	14' 44''
55	MATTEO FABBRO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	14' 49''
56	KENNY MOLLY	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
57	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
58	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	TEAM COOP	14' 54''
59	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
60	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
61	ANDERS SKAARSETH	COFIDIS	14' 58''
62	ANDZS FLAKSIS	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	15' 11''
63	LOUIS BENDIXEN	TEAM COOP	15' 18''
64	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	16' 00''
65	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	16' 09''
66	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
67	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
68	HENRIK EVENSEN	JOKER ICOPAL	17' 08''
69	MARCEL MEISEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	18' 14''
70	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	18' 27''
71	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X NORWAY	s.t.
72	YOANN BAGOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
74	SIMON SELLIER	DIRECT ENERGIE	18' 31''
75	ELIOT LIETAER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	s.t.
76	JUSTIN JULES	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	18' 34''
77	JOHN MURPHY	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
78	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	TEAM COOP	18' 43''
79	YANNICK MARTINEZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	18' 52''
80	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
81	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	20' 01''
82	KRISTS NEILANDS	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	21' 03''
83	GATIS SMUKULIS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	21' 05''
84	HERMAN DAHL	JOKER ICOPAL	s.t.
85	MATTEO DAL-CIN	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
86	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
87	MIGUEL BRYON	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	s.t.
88	TOM WIRTGEN	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	21' 22''
89	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	21' 26''
90	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	CORENDON-CIRCUS	21' 48''
91	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	TEAM COOP	22' 37''
92	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 50''
93	DAVID VAN DER POEL	CORENDON-CIRCUS	24' 01''
94	TOM MEEUSEN	CORENDON-CIRCUS	s.t.
95	JUSTIN MOTTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	25' 20''
96	ALEXIS GUERIN	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	25' 57''
97	DANIIL FOMINYKH	ASTANA	26' 03''
98	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	26' 19''
99	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	26' 20''
100	BRENDAN RHIM	HOLOWESKO-CITADEL	27' 37''
101	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	28' 00''
102	AXEL JOURNIAUX	DIRECT ENERGIE	28' 54''
103	SONDRE ENGER	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	29' 16''
104	JULIEN MORTIER	WB-VERANCLASSIC-AQUA PROTECT	31' 54''
105	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
106	GUY NIV	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	39' 43''
107	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
108	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X NORWAY	40' 41''

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Thursday, August 16: Stage 1, Vadsø - Kirkenes, 184 km

Mathieu Van der Poel takes stage one in style. Photo Rasmus Kongsore/ARN

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

Touted as the hot favourite for stage 1 and possibly for the overall classification, Dutch national champion Mathieu Van der Poel claimed his first victory at the Arctic Race of Norway, fresh from being the silver medallist at the European championship. He rushed to victory in the uphill sprint at Kirkenes, imposing himself ahead of Sergei Chernetski from Astana and Benjamin De Clercq of Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise.

113 riders started stage 1 of the sixth Arctic Race of Norway in Vadsø. Early skirmishes didn’t lead to any breakaway being formed in the first half hour of racing. Boris Vallée of Wanty-Groupe Gobert won the first intermediate sprint from a compact bunch at Vestre Jakobselv (km 15.5) ahead of Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy) and Alberto Bettiol (BMC). With the help of a favourable wind, the peloton rode at a very high speed.

A front group of 26 riders took shape after 34km. It included Damiano Caruso and Nicolas Roche (BMC), Tiago Machado and Maurits Lammertink (Katusha-Alpecin), Sébastien Delfosse and Tom Wirtgen (WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic), Bert De Backer and Johan Le Bon (Vital Concept), Herman Dahl and Carl Fredrik Hagen (Joker-Icopal), Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Daniil Fominhykh (Astana), Romain Cardis (Direct Energie), Christophe Laporte and Anders Skaarseth (Cofidis), Kevin Deltombe and Preben van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Marcel Meisen (Corendon-Circus), Warren Barguil, Romain Hardy and Sindre Lunke (Fortuneo-Samsic), Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Øyvind Lukkedal (Team Coop), Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Delko Marseille-Provence-KTM), Miguel Byron (Holowesko-Citadel) and Sindre Kulset (Uno-X). Echelons were formed as several teams reacted from the peloton, which split in three pieces at some stage. Barguil showed his motivation by winning the first KOM price at Gandvikklubben, km 88, but also his intention to fight for the overall classification as he sprinted for the second intermediate sprint, coming second to Cardis while Roche settled for third. Barguil also took the second place at the second KOM at Buktfjelled (km 133), behind Lukkedal while Kulset has been dropped.

After exceeding two minutes, the time gap between the leading group and the peloton led by Israel Cycling Academy and Rally went under one minute for the first time with 50km to go. Eight riders refused to being reeled in at the difference of their companions 34km before the finish: Machado, De Backer, Dahl, Fominhykh, Skaarseth, Deltombe, Lunke and Kasperkiewicz. Skaarseth outsprinted Lunke and Deltombe at the summit of Tusenvikfjellet, km 156. The Norwegian trainee from Cofidis also claimed the third intermediate sprint at Høybuktmoen airport and the fourth climbers’ price of to become the first King of the Mountains. Skaarseth and De Backer were the last two breakaway member to surrender after Bram Welten (Fortuneo-Samsic) crashed by himself in the middle of the bunch and last year’s runner up August Jensen (Israel Cycling Academy) was hampered by a mechanical with 8km to go.

As Skaarseth and De Backer were about to get caught at bell lap, Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie) and Markus Hoelgaard (Joker Icopal) took over at the front and forged on until they got reined in 300 metres before the line. That was the moment chosen by Mathieu Van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) to accelerate. The Dutchman quickly made a significant gap over his rivals. Russia’s Sergei Chernetski (Astana) and Belgium’s Benjamin De Clercq (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) rounded out the podium.

Complete results:

184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.934 km/hr

1	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	Corendon-Circus	3hr 50min 19sec
2	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
3	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
4	MARKUS HOELGAARD	Joker Icopal	s.t.
5	QUENTIN PACHER	Vital Concept	s.t.
6	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
7	GUILLAUME MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
8	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
9	KRISTER HAGEN	Team Coop	@ 5sec
10	COLIN JOYCE	Rally Cycling	s.t.
11	ERWANN CORBEL	Vital Concept	00' 07''
12	IURI FILOSI	Delko-Marseille Provence	00' 10''
13	DANILO WYSS	BMC	s.t.
14	ANGELO TULIK	Direct Energie	00' 13''
15	YANNICK MARTINEZ	Delko-Marseille Provence	00' 15''
16	ADAM DE VOS	Rally Cycling	s.t.
17	JIMMY TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
18	WARREN BARGUIL	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
19	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	Joker Icopal	00' 20''
20	JAKOB FUGLSANG	Astana	00' 25''
21	LAURENT PICHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
22	KENNY MOLLY	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
23	MATTEO FABBRO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
24	STEFF CRAS	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
26	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
27	ROMAIN HARDY	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
28	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
29	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
30	DMITRII STRAKHOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	ADRIEN PETIT	Direct Energie	00' 30''
32	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
33	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
34	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
35	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
36	ROMAIN CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
37	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
38	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	PREBEN VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
41	CLEMENT RUSSO	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
42	ANDERS SKAARSETH	Cofidis	00' 37''
43	MEKSEB DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	JONATHAN HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
45	ANDZS FLAKSIS	Holowesko-Citadel	00' 47''
46	TANEL KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
47	LOUIS BENDIXEN	Team Coop	00' 54''
48	AUGUST JENSEN	Israel Cycling Academy	01' 05''
49	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	Holowesko-Citadel	01' 17''
50	BJØRN TORE HOEM	Joker Icopal	01' 20''
51	CYRIL LEMOINE	Cofidis	01' 26''
52	BERNHARD EISEL	Dimension Data	01' 36''
53	FABIAN LIENHARD	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
54	BERT DE BACKER	Vital Concept	01' 45''
55	CONNOR SWIFT	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	KEVIN DELTOMBE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	KENNETH VAN ROOY	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	GUSTAV HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
60	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	Cofidis	01' 48''
61	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
62	JESPER HANSEN	Astana	02' 10''
63	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	02' 28''
64	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	02' 46''
65	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	02' 47''
66	HENRIK EVENSEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
67	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	Corendon-Circus	03' 09''
68	ALEXIS GUERIN	Delko-Marseille Provence	03' 46''
69	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	Fortuneo-Samsic	03' 50''
70	DANIIL FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
71	MARCEL MEISEN	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
72	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X Norway	04' 03''
73	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
74	YOANN BAGOT	Vital Concept	s.t.
75	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
76	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	Delko-Marseille Provence	04' 06''
77	ELIOT LIETAER	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	04' 07''
78	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	SIMON SELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	RYAN ANDERSON	Rally Cycling	s.t.
81	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	s.t.
82	JOHN MURPHY	Holowesko-Citadel	04' 10''
83	ROBIN CARPENTER	Rally Cycling	s.t.
84	JUSTIN JULES	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
85	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	Team Coop	04' 19''
86	HUGO HOULE	Astana	04' 31''
87	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	04' 58''
88	TOM MEEUSEN	Corendon-Circus	05' 22''
89	DAVID VAN DER POEL	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
90	BRENDAN RHIM	Holowesko-Citadel	05' 36''
91	JOHAN LE BON	Vital Concept	05' 51''
92	KRISTS NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	06' 41''
93	GATIS SMUKULIS	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
94	HERMAN DAHL	Joker Icopal	s.t.
95	KENT MAIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	DANIEL TUREK	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
97	MATTEO DAL-CIN	Rally Cycling	s.t.
98	MIGUEL BRYON	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
99	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
100	JUSTIN MOTTIER	Vital Concept	s.t.
101	AXEL JOURNIAUX	Direct Energie	s.t.
102	TOM WIRTGEN	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	06' 58''
103	SONDRE ENGER	Israel Cycling Academy	07' 03''
104	BRAM WELTEN	Fortuneo-Samsic	10' 47''
105	ERIC YOUNG	Rally Cycling	13' 36''
106	MARK MCNALLY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	17' 30''
107	WESLEY KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
108	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
109	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
110	JULIEN MORTIER	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
111	GUY NIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
112	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X Norway	18' 28''
113	BORIS VALLEE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	25' 25''

GC after stage 1:

1	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	Corendon-Circus	3hr 50min 9sec
2	SERGEI CHERNETSKI	Astana	@ 4sec
3	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	00' 06''
4	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	00' 09''
5	MARKUS HOELGAARD	Joker Icopal	00' 10''
6	QUENTIN PACHER	Vital Concept	s.t.
7	GUILLAUME MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
8	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
9	KRISTER HAGEN	Team Coop	00' 15''
10	COLIN JOYCE	Rally Cycling	s.t.
11	ERWANN CORBEL	Vital Concept	00' 17''
12	IURI FILOSI	Delko-Marseille Provence	00' 20''
13	DANILO WYSS	BMC	s.t.
14	ANGELO TULIK	Direct Energie	00' 23''
15	WARREN BARGUIL	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
16	YANNICK MARTINEZ	Delko-Marseille Provence	00' 25''
17	ADAM DE VOS	Rally Cycling	s.t.
18	JIMMY TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
19	KRISTOFFER SKJERPING	Joker Icopal	00' 30''
20	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 34''
21	JAKOB FUGLSANG	Astana	00' 35''
22	LAURENT PICHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
23	KENNY MOLLY	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
24	MATTEO FABBRO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	STEFF CRAS	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
27	TORSTEIN TRÆEN	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
28	ROMAIN HARDY	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
29	ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
30	DMITRII STRAKHOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	ROMAIN CARDIS	Direct Energie	00' 37''
32	ADRIEN PETIT	Direct Energie	00' 40''
33	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
34	DENNIS VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
35	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
36	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
37	ØYVIND LUKKEDAL	Team Coop	s.t.
38	WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	PREBEN VAN HECKE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	TROND HÅKON TRONDSEN	Team Coop	s.t.
41	CLEMENT RUSSO	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
42	ANDERS SKAARSETH	Cofidis	00' 44''
43	MEKSEB DEBESAY	Dimension Data	00' 47''
44	JONATHAN HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
45	ANDZS FLAKSIS	Holowesko-Citadel	00' 57''
46	TANEL KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
47	LOUIS BENDIXEN	Team Coop	01' 04''
48	AUGUST JENSEN	Israel Cycling Academy	01' 15''
49	NICOLAI PHILIP BROCHNER	Holowesko-Citadel	01' 27''
50	BJØRN TORE HOEM	Joker Icopal	01' 30''
51	CYRIL LEMOINE	Cofidis	01' 36''
52	BERNHARD EISEL	Dimension Data	01' 46''
53	FABIAN LIENHARD	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
54	KEVIN DELTOMBE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	01' 54''
55	BERT DE BACKER	Vital Concept	01' 55''
56	CONNOR SWIFT	Dimension Data	s.t.
57	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	KENNETH VAN ROOY	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	GUSTAV HÖÖG	Team Coop	s.t.
60	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	Cofidis	01' 58''
61	ADAM ŤOUPALÍK	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
62	JESPER HANSEN	Astana	02' 20''
63	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	02' 38''
64	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	02' 56''
65	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	02' 57''
66	HENRIK EVENSEN	Joker Icopal	s.t.
67	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	Corendon-Circus	03' 19''
68	ALEXIS GUERIN	Delko-Marseille Provence	03' 54''
69	SINDRE SKJØSTAD LUNKE	Fortuneo-Samsic	04' 00''
70	DANIIL FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
71	MARCEL MEISEN	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
72	KRISTIAN KULSET	UNO-X Norway	04' 13''
73	SÉBASTIEN DELFOSSE	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
74	YOANN BAGOT	Vital Concept	s.t.
75	MARTIN BUGGE URIANSTAD	UNO-X Norway	s.t.
76	NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV	Delko-Marseille Provence	04' 16''
77	ELIOT LIETAER	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	04' 17''
78	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	SIMON SELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	RYAN ANDERSON	Rally Cycling	s.t.
81	ALEXANDER EVANS	BMC	s.t.
82	JOHN MURPHY	Holowesko-Citadel	04' 20''
83	ROBIN CARPENTER	Rally Cycling	s.t.
84	JUSTIN JULES	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
85	KRISTIAN AASVOLD	Team Coop	04' 29''
86	HUGO HOULE	Astana	04' 41''
87	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	05' 08''
88	TOM MEEUSEN	Corendon-Circus	05' 32''
89	DAVID VAN DER POEL	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
90	BRENDAN RHIM	Holowesko-Citadel	05' 46''
91	JOHAN LE BON	Vital Concept	06' 01''
92	KRISTS NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	06' 49''
93	GATIS SMUKULIS	Delko-Marseille Provence	06' 51''
94	HERMAN DAHL	Joker Icopal	s.t.
95	KENT MAIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	DANIEL TUREK	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
97	MATTEO DAL-CIN	Rally Cycling	s.t.
98	MIGUEL BRYON	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
99	PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
100	JUSTIN MOTTIER	Vital Concept	s.t.
101	AXEL JOURNIAUX	Direct Energie	s.t.
102	TOM WIRTGEN	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	07' 08''
103	SONDRE ENGER	Israel Cycling Academy	07' 13''
104	BRAM WELTEN	Fortuneo-Samsic	10' 57''
105	ERIC YOUNG	Rally Cycling	13' 46''
106	MARK MCNALLY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	17' 40''
107	WESLEY KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
108	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
109	EMIEL PLANCKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
110	JULIEN MORTIER	WV-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect	s.t.
111	GUY NIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
112	SINDRE KULSET	UNO-X Norway	18' 38''
113	BORIS VALLEE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	25' 32''