Australijczyk Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling) wygrał pierwszy etap 9. edycji Tour des Fjords.
26-latek pokonał na finiszu z ucieczki Holendra Jaspera Asselmana (Roompot – Oranje Peloton). Trzecie miejsce zajął Norweg August Jensen (Coop – Osterhus).
W 2016 roku to już 18 zwycięstwo szwajcarskiego zespołu, który z końcem tego sezonu kończy swoją działalność.
Pierwszy etap Tour des Fjords miał ciekawy przebieg, a dodatkowe emocje wzbudził fakt, że finałowa 19-kilometrowa runda prowadziła trasą, na której w przyszłym roku zostaną rozegrane mistrzostwa świata.
To właśnie na ostatnich kilometrach doszło do niecodziennej sytuacji. Peleton wjechał w jeden z tuneli i został źle poprowadzony. Wykorzystała to trójka kolarzy, który pojechali właściwie i zaatakowali w końcówce.
Pogubiony peleton nie był w stanie już doścignąć czołówkę, a zwycięzca etap Howard wyprzedził na mecie o 3 sekundy Holendra Jespera Asselmana z Roompotu, a najszybciej z peletonu finiszował Norweg August Jensen z Team Coop spóźniony o 6 sekund.
Na bardzo dobrej piątej pozycji etap zakończył Jonas Koch.
To był ciężki etap cały dzień w deszczu. Finałowa runda nie była łatwa, a dodatkowo niezwykle ciężka technicznie. Dużo zakrętów, wysepek i końcówka prowadząca w dół na mokrej nawierzchni i na dużej prędkości to było szaleństwo. Cieszę się, że udało mi się dobrze odnaleźć w tej sytuacji
– powiedział zawodnik Verva Activejet Team.
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 3:27:18 2 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 00:03 3 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 00:06 4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet 6 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth 7 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 8 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 9 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 10 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 11 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 12 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 13 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 15 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 16 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Tinkoff Team 17 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 18 Martjin Budding (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 19 Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 20 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 21 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth 23 Bj?rn Tore Hoem (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 25 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 26 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 27 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 28 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 29 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 30 ?yvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 31 Richard Handley (GBr) One Pro Cycling 32 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 33 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stölting Service Group 34 Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 35 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 36 Davy Gunst (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 37 Asbj?rn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 38 Cees Bol (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 39 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 00:14 40 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 00:20 41 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 00:22 42 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 43 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:28 44 Rune Alminds? (Den) ColoQuick-Cult 45 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 46 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team 47 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 48 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 49 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 50 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 51 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) One Pro Cycling 52 James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling 53 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 54 Karel Hnik (Cze) Verva ActiveJet 55 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 56 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 57 Frederik Galta (Nor) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 58 Asmund Lovik (Nor) Team FixIT.no 59 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 60 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 61 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:05 62 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:13 63 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 01:14 64 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 65 Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth 66 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 67 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) ColoQuick-Cult 68 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 69 Edvin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker Byggtorget 70 Samuel Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling 01:27 71 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 72 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 73 Pierre Moncorge (Fra) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 74 Nikolaj Moltke Steen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 75 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 76 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 77 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 78 Martin Mortensen (Den) One Pro Cycling 01:51 79 Patrick Clausen (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 80 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 81 Hampus Anderberg (Swe) ColoQuick-Cult 82 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 02:28 83 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth 02:56 84 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling 85 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 86 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 87 Yannick Janssen (Ned) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 88 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 89 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 90 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 91 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 92 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 93 Matti Manninen (Fin) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 94 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 95 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 96 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 97 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling 98 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 99 Mark Sehested Pedersen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 100 Age Ljostad Nilsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 03:53 101 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff Team 102 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 103 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 104 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 04:16 105 Henrik Sandal (Nor) Team FixIT.no 106 Ken-Levi Eikeland (Nor) Team FixIT.no 107 Bjornar Overland (Nor) Team FixIT.no 04:18 108 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth 109 Nikola? Tefre Lunder (Nor) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 110 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 111 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team FixIT.no 04:20 112 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team FixIT.no 113 Johan Svensson (Swe) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 114 Mikkel Tefre Lunder (Nor) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 115 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Verva ActiveJet 116 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 117 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 118 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 119 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 120 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 121 Nicola Toffali (Ita) Team Roth 122 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 123 Jelle Nieuwpoort (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 124 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 04:30 125 Merijn Korevaar (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 05:00 126 Andrea Montagnoli (Ita) Tinkoff Team 05:54 127 Dmitry Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 07:19 128 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 129 Kristian Kulsef (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 130 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 131 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 09:13 132 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 09:14 133 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 134 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 135 Christer Jensen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 136 Daniel Holm Foder (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 137 Christian Moberg J?rgensen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 138 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 139 Alex Rasmussen (Den) ColoQuick-Cult 140 Frederik Willmann (Nor) ColoQuick-Cult DNF Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team DNF Erlend Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus DNF Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 3:27:08 2 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 00:07 3 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 00:12 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:13 5 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:15 6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:16 7 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet 8 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth 9 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 10 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 12 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 13 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 14 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 15 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 17 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 18 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Tinkoff Team 19 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 20 Martjin Budding (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 21 Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 22 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth 23 Bj?rn Tore Hoem (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 25 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 26 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 27 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 28 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 29 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 30 ?yvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 31 Richard Handley (GBr) One Pro Cycling 32 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 33 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stölting Service Group 34 Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 35 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 36 Davy Gunst (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 37 Asbj?rn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 38 Cees Bol (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 39 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 00:24 40 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 00:30 41 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 00:32 42 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 43 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 00:36 44 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:38 45 Rune Alminds? (Den) ColoQuick-Cult 46 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 47 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 49 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 50 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 51 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 52 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) One Pro Cycling 53 James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling 54 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 55 Karel Hnik (Cze) Verva ActiveJet 56 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 57 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 58 Frederik Galta (Nor) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 59 Asmund Lovik (Nor) Team FixIT.no 60 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 61 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:15 62 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:23 63 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 01:24 64 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 65 Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth 66 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 67 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) ColoQuick-Cult 68 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 69 Edvin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker Byggtorget 70 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:35 71 Samuel Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling 01:37 72 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 73 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 74 Pierre Moncorge (Fra) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 75 Nikolaj Moltke Steen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 76 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 77 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 78 Martin Mortensen (Den) One Pro Cycling 02:01 79 Patrick Clausen (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 80 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 81 Hampus Anderberg (Swe) ColoQuick-Cult 82 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 02:38 83 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 03:03 84 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth 03:06 85 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling 86 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 87 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 88 Yannick Janssen (Ned) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 89 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 90 Petter Theodorsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 91 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 92 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 93 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 94 Matti Manninen (Fin) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 95 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 96 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 97 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling 98 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 99 Mark Sehested Pedersen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 100 Age Ljostad Nilsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 04:03 101 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff Team 102 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 103 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 104 Henrik Sandal (Nor) Team FixIT.no 04:25 105 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 04:26 106 Ken-Levi Eikeland (Nor) Team FixIT.no 107 Bjornar Overland (Nor) Team FixIT.no 04:28 108 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth 109 Nikola? Tefre Lunder (Nor) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 110 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 111 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team FixIT.no 04:30 112 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team FixIT.no 113 Johan Svensson (Swe) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 114 Mikkel Tefre Lunder (Nor) Bliz - Merida Pro Cycling 115 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Verva ActiveJet 116 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 117 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-?ster Hus 118 Paweł Bernas (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 119 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 120 Torstein Traaen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 121 Nicola Toffali (Ita) Team Roth 122 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 123 Jelle Nieuwpoort (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 124 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 04:40 125 Merijn Korevaar (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 05:10 126 Andrea Montagnoli (Ita) Tinkoff Team 06:04 127 Dmitry Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 07:29 128 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Riwal Platform C.T. 129 Kristian Kulsef (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 130 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 131 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 09:23 132 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken S?r 09:24 133 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Verva ActiveJet 134 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 135 Christer Jensen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 136 Daniel Holm Foder (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 137 Christian Moberg J?rgensen (Den) Team Virtu Pro - VéloConcept 138 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 139 Alex Rasmussen (Den) ColoQuick-Cult 140 Frederik Willmann (Nor) ColoQuick-Cult