Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wygrał drugi odcinek wyścigu w Norwegii i umocnił się na prowadzeniu w klasyfikacji generalnej.
Norweski sprinter po raz drugi z rzędu nie miał sobie równych i na finiszu pokonał Jaspera Stuyvena (Trek Factory Racing) oraz Duńczyka Asbjorna Kragha Andersena (Team Trefor – Blue Water).
W peletonie przyjechali dwaj Polacy – 27. miejsce zajął Kamil Gradek, a 64. Paweł Bernas (obaj ActiveJet Team).
Michał Podlaski (ActiveJet Team), Antwan Tolhoek (Rabobank Development Team) oraz Ole Andre Austevoll (Team FixIT.no) sformowali ucieczkę dnia, szybko uzyskując osiem minut zapasu nad peletonem.
Długi odcinek kolarze pokonywali w deszczu, a pogoń nie spieszyła się specjalnie, pozwalając uciekinierom na utrzymywanie sporej przewagi przez pierwsze 100 kilometrów. Koledzy Alexandra Kristoffa zabrali się jednak do pracy w drugiej połowie odcinka, szybko redukując straty do dwóch minut i znacząco zbliżając się do czołówki na 60 kilometrów przed kreską.
55 kilometrów przed metą Austevoll porzucił kompanię Polaka i Holendra i samotnie ruszył na metę, chwilowo powiększając przewagę do 2:30. Jego wysiłki nie zdały się na wiele – długa ucieczka w deszczu kosztowała sporo sił i samotnego śmiałka peleton prowadzony przez Katushę i ekipę Joker dopadł 15 kilometrów przed metą.
Do mety dojechała okrojona grupa, a której najszybszym finiszem po raz drugi popisał się Alexander Kristoff, tym razem ogrywając Jaspera Stuyvena (Trek Factory Racing).
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1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5:42:11 2 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 3 Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 5 André Looij (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 7 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 8 Fridtjof Roinos (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 9 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 10 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 11 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Joker 12 Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 14 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 15 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker 16 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 17 Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 18 Ludvig Bengtsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 19 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 20 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 21 Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 22 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 23 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 24 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25 Wouter Mol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 26 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 27 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Activejet Team 28 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 29 Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 30 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 31 Jetse Bol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 32 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 33 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 34 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 35 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 36 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 37 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 38 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 39 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Trefor - Blue Water 40 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 41 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 42 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 43 Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 44 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 45 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 46 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 47 Fillip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 48 Frederik Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 49 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 50 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 51 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 52 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 53 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 54 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 55 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 56 Jesus Ezquerra (Spa) Activejet Team 57 Jan Maas (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 58 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 59 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 60 Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 61 Marcus Faglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 62 Edvin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 63 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 64 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 65 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Activejet Team 66 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 67 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 68 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker 00:13 69 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 70 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 71 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 72 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 00:16 73 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 00:19 74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 75 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 76 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:23 77 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:37 78 Nick Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 79 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 00:44 80 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 81 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 82 Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Joker 83 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 00:47 84 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 85 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 86 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 87 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:20 89 Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 02:45 90 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 04:00 91 Thomas Larsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 92 Alexander Gingsjö (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 05:16 93 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 13:27 94 Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 95 Christer Jensen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 96 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 97 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 98 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 99 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 100 Michał Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 101 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 102 Mitchell Cornelisse (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 103 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 104 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 106 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 107 Torstein Stokkenes (Nor) Team Fixit.no 108 Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 109 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 110 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 111 Christian Kaggestad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 112 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 113 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 114 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 13:34 115 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 25:13 116 James Mc Laughlin (GBr) Madison Genesis 27:21
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 10:13:46 2 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 00:14 3 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 4 Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 00:16 5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 00:20 7 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 9 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 10 Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 11 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker 12 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 14 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 15 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16 Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 17 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 18 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 19 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Trefor - Blue Water 20 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 21 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 22 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Activejet Team 23 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:27 24 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 25 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Joker 00:34 26 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 27 Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 28 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 29 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Activejet Team 30 Ludvig Bengtsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 31 Wouter Mol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 32 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 33 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 34 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 35 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 36 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 37 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 38 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 39 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 40 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 41 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 42 Frederik Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 43 Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 44 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 45 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 46 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:40 47 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker 00:47 48 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 50 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 00:51 51 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 00:53 52 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 01:11 53 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 54 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 01:21 55 André Looij (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 01:35 56 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 57 Jetse Bol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 58 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 01:37 59 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:38 60 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 61 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:40 62 Jesus Ezquerra (Spa) Activejet Team 63 Marcus Faglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 64 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 65 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 01:48 66 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 01:59 67 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:03 68 Fridtjof R?in?s (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 04:40 69 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 70 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 04:56 71 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 05:24 72 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 05:32 73 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 05:50 74 Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 75 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 76 Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 77 Jan Maas (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 78 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 05:54 79 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 06:00 80 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 06:09 81 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 06:32 82 Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Joker 06:34 83 Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 08:35 84 Fillip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 10:09 85 Edvin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 86 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 10:28 87 Nick Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 10:46 88 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 10:53 89 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 10:56 90 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 91 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 13:55 92 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 14:01 93 Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 94 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 95 Thomas Larsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 14:09 96 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 15:07 97 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 15:14 98 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 18:07 99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 100 Audun Brekke Fl?tten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 19:15 101 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 19:17 102 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 19:21 103 Alexander Gingsjö (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 20:11 104 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 20:47 105 Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 106 Adrian Gj?lberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 22:11 107 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 23:36 108 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 109 Michał Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 110 Torstein Stokkenes (Nor) Team Fixit.no 111 Mitchell Cornelisse (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 112 Christian Kaggestad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 113 Christer Jensen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 24:58 114 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 25:44 115 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 27:14 116 James Mc Laughlin (GBr) Madison Genesis 27:55