Sam Bennett (Bora – Argon 18) odniósł triumf na drugim etapie wyścigu na północy Norwegii.
Drugi finiszował Włoch Frederico Zurlo (Unitedhealthcare), a trzeci broniący prowadzenia w klasyfikacji generalnej Alexander Kristoff (Katusha).
Na 155-kilometrowym etapie z Evenskjer do Setermoen ucieczkę zawiązali Maxat Ayazabayev (Astana), Jean Marc Bideau (Bretagne – Seche), Torstein Treen (Team Ringeriks – Kraft), Krister Hagen (Team Coop – ØsterHus), Carl Fredrik Hagen (Team Sparebanken Sør) i Sindre Eid Hermansen (Team FixIT.no). Eskapadzie udało się wypracować maksymalnie 3 minuty przewagi.
Za pogoń w peletonie była odpowiedzialna drużyna lidera – Team Katusha, która stopniowo zmniejszała przewagę prowadzącej grupki. Po przejechaniu setnego kilometra przewaga spadła w okolice minuty. Zawodnicy w ucieczce nie potrafili znaleźć wspólnego języka i kontrolować współpracy. 40 kilometrów przed metą na czele jechała już tylko czwórka – Hagen, Ayazabayev, Hermassen i Bideau.
Szaleńczego zrywu na ostatnich 20 kilometrach próbował Jean Marc Bideau, ale 12 kilometrów przed metą został złapany przez peleton. Etap zakończył się finiszem z peletonu, a na kresce pierwszy zameldował się Sam Bennett (Bora – Argon 18). Podium dopełnili Frederico Zurlo (UnitedHealthCare) i Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), który utrzymał prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
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1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 3:41:05 2 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 6 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 7 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 8 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 10 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 11 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 12 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 15 Andréa Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 16 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 17 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 18 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 19 Edwin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 20 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 21 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 22 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 23 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 24 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 26 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 27 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 28 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 29 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 31 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 32 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 33 Filip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 34 Fredriks Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 35 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 37 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo 38 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Joker 39 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 40 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 42 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 43 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 44 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 46 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 47 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 48 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 49 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 50 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 51 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar 52 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 53 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 54 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 55 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 56 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 57 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 58 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Team Joker 59 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 60 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 61 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 62 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 63 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 64 Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 65 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 66 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 67 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 68 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 69 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 70 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 71 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 72 Oyvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 73 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 74 Njal Eivind Kleiven (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 75 Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 76 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 77 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 78 Bjorn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker 79 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 80 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 81 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 82 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 83 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 84 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 85 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 86 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 87 Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 88 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 89 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 90 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:12 91 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:22 92 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 00:32 93 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 94 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 95 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 96 Anders Kristoffersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 97 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 98 Oddbjorn Klomsten Andersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 99 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 100 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 101 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 102 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 103 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 00:36 104 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 00:37 105 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:04 106 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 107 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:19 108 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 01:23 109 Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 110 Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 111 Even Rege (Nor) Team Fixit.no 112 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 113 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 114 Amund Groendahljansen (Nor) Team Joker 115 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 116 Guillaume Thevenot (Fra) Team Europcar 02:10 117 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 118 Marius Andre Hafsas (Nor) Team Fixit.no 119 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 120 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 121 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 122 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 03:56 123 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 124 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 125 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 07:07 DNF Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka DNF Halvord Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo DNS Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 8:39:26 2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 00:01 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 00:06 4 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:13 5 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:15 6 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 8 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 9 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 12 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 13 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 15 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 16 Fredriks Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 18 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 20 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 21 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 22 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 23 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 24 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 25 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Team Joker 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 27 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 28 Bjorn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker 29 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Joker 00:20 31 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 00:22 32 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 00:24 33 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 34 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 35 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 00:26 36 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 37 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 38 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo 39 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 40 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 41 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 43 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 44 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 45 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 46 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 47 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 48 Oyvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 49 Njal Eivind Kleiven (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 50 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 51 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 52 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 53 Edwin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 00:35 54 Andréa Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 00:36 55 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 56 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 00:38 57 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:41 58 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 59 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 00:43 60 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 00:45 61 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 62 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 63 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:58 64 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 01:04 65 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:23 66 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:28 67 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 68 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:33 69 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 01:38 70 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:39 71 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:44 72 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 73 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 74 Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 75 Amund Groendahljansen (Nor) Team Joker 01:49 76 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 01:51 77 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:59 78 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 02:16 79 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:17 80 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:19 81 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 82 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 83 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 84 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 02:21 85 Anders Kristoffersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 02:40 86 Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:43 87 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:48 88 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 02:49 89 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 03:23 90 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:54 91 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 04:11 92 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 04:25 93 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 04:47 94 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 04:55 95 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 05:05 96 Filip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 05:31 97 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 98 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 99 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar 06:00 100 Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 06:02 101 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 06:03 102 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 103 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 104 Oddbjorn Klomsten Andersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 105 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 06:05 106 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 107 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 108 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 06:35 109 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 06:37 110 Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 06:54 111 Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 112 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 113 Even Rege (Nor) Team Fixit.no 114 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 07:28 115 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 116 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 117 Marius Andre Hafsas (Nor) Team Fixit.no 07:41 118 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 119 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 120 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 08:15 121 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 08:29 122 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 09:27 123 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 10:01 124 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 12:37 125 Guillaume Thevenot (Fra) Team Europcar 13:58