Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) po raz trzeci z rzędu triumfował na norweskich szosach i umocnił się na prowadzeniu w klasyfikacji generalnej Tour des Fjords.
Norweski supersprinter pokonał w końcówce Daryla Impeya (Orica-GreenEdge) i swojego rodaka Edvalda Boassona Hagena (MTN-Qhubeka).
Peleton na początku etapu odwiedził tunel, zlokalizowany 262 metry pod poziomem morza. Liczne ataki ucieczkę wyłoniły jednak dopiero po kilkudziesięciu kilometrach, a na zalanych strugami deszczu szosach Norwegii odjechać zdołali Wouter Mol (Join’s – De Rijke), Michael Valgren Andersen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-GreenEdge) oraz Nicholas Dougal (MTN-Qhubeka).
Czwórki peleton nie odpuścił na więcej niż dwie minuty i utrzymywał ruchy atakujących pod kontrolą. 45 kilometrów przed metą, na mocno pofałdowanym odcinku na atak zdecydował się Andersen, przez kolejne kilometry udanie utrzymując dwie minuty zapasu nad goniącą go grupą.
Przygoda Duńczyka na czele zakończyła się na ostatniej górskiej premii, 20 kilometrów przed metą, gdy tempo podkręcili kolarze MTN-Qhubeka. Nie odstraszyło to harcowników – szczęścia próbowali Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Rasmus Guldhammer (Cult Energy) oraz Frederik Galta (Team Coop – Osterhus), uzyskując kilkanaście sekund przewagi i licząc na łut szczęścia na mokrej nawierzchni.
Akcję skasowano zaledwie 1500 metrów przed metą, a po raz trzeci z rzędu najszybszy okazał się Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), zostawiając w tyle Daryla Impeya (Orica-GreenEdge) i Edvalda Boassona Hagena (MTN-Qhubeka).
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1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 3:57:05 2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 4 Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 6 Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 7 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 8 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 10 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 12 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 13 Marcus Faglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 14 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 15 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Activejet Team 16 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 17 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Trefor - Blue Water 18 Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 19 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 20 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 21 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 22 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 23 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 24 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 26 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 27 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 28 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 29 Frederik Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 30 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 31 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 32 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 33 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 34 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 35 Jan Maas (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 36 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 37 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 38 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 39 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 40 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 41 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 42 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 43 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Activejet Team 44 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 00:09 45 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 46 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 00:15 47 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 00:25 48 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 00:35 49 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 00:47 50 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 01:48 51 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:24 52 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 02:27 53 Wouter Mol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 04:49 54 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 55 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 56 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 57 Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 58 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 07:18 59 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 60 James Mc Laughlin (GBr) Madison Genesis 61 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 62 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 63 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 08:21 64 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 65 Nick Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 66 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 67 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 68 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 69 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 70 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 71 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 72 Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Joker 14:17 73 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Joker 74 André Looij (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 75 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 76 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 77 Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 78 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 79 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 80 Torstein Stokkenes (Nor) Team Fixit.no 81 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 82 Mitchell Cornelisse (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 83 Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 84 Fridtjof Roinos (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 85 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 86 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 87 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 88 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 89 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 90 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 91 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 92 Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 93 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker 94 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 95 Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 96 Michał Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 97 Jesus Ezquerra (Spa) Activejet Team 98 Fillip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 99 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 100 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 101 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 102 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 103 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker 104 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 105 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 106 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 18:57
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 14:10:41 2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 00:20 3 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 00:24 4 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 6 Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 00:26 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 8 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 00:30 9 Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 10 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 11 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 12 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 14 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 15 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Trefor - Blue Water 16 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 17 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 18 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 19 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Activejet Team 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:37 21 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 22 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:44 23 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 24 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Activejet Team 25 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 26 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 27 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 28 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 29 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 30 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 31 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 32 Frederik Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 33 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:50 35 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 00:57 36 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 01:10 37 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:21 38 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 01:31 39 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 01:45 40 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 01:46 41 Marcus Faglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 01:50 42 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 02:18 43 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi 02:23 44 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 03:35 45 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 04:37 46 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 05:19 47 Wouter Mol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 05:30 48 Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 05:33 49 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 50 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 06:00 51 Jan Maas (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 52 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 06:19 53 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:05 54 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 09:18 55 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 13:00 56 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 13:28 57 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 13:55 58 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 14:21 59 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14:47 60 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker 61 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 14:52 62 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Joker 15:01 63 Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 64 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 65 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 66 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker 15:14 67 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 15:17 68 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 15:20 69 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 15:55 70 André Looij (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 16:02 71 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 16:05 72 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 16:07 73 Jesus Ezquerra (Spa) Activejet Team 74 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 75 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16:38 76 Fridtjof R?in?s (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 19:07 77 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 78 Nick Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 19:15 79 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 19:23 80 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 19:24 81 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 19:25 82 Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 20:17 83 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 20:36 84 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 20:59 85 Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Joker 21:01 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 22:32 87 Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 23:02 88 Fillip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 24:36 89 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 24:55 90 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25:23 91 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 26:38 92 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 26:49 93 Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 28:28 94 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 29:17 95 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot Oranje Peloton 29:41 96 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 32:34 97 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke 33:44 98 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Trefor - Blue Water 34:42 99 James Mc Laughlin (GBr) Madison Genesis 35:23 100 Adrian Gj?lberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 36:38 101 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 38:03 102 Torstein Stokkenes (Nor) Team Fixit.no 103 Mitchell Cornelisse (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 104 Michał Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 105 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 40:11 106 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 42:43