Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha) otworzył zmagania na trasie trzeciej edycji Arctic Race of Norway.
Drugie miejsce zajął Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka), a trzecie Sam Bennett (Bora – Argon 18).
Kolarze rywalizowali wśród pięknych krajobrazów w okolicach Harstad. W ucieczce dnia znaleźli się: Maxime Cam (Bretagne – Séché Environnement), Jens Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Vegard Stanke Leangen (Team Joker), Max Emil Korner (Team Ringerikz – Kraft), Haavard Blikra (Team Coop – Oster Hus), Jon Soeveras Breivold (Team Froy Bianchi) i Marius Andre Hafsas (Team FixIT.no). Siedmioosobowej czołówce udało się wypracować maksymalnie 7 minut przewagi po 40 przebytych kilometrach ścigania.
Uciekinierzy dobrze między sobą współpracowali, ale peleton napędzany siłami zawodników MTN-Qhubeka i Team Europcar był bezlitosny. Na 33 kilometry przed metą przewaga spadła do 1 minuty i 20 sekund.
23 kilometry przed metą z eskapady zaatakował Leangen. Dołączył do niego Hafsas. Na 10 kilometrów przed metą dwójka utrzymywała 23 sekundy zapasu nad peletonem. Przewaga duetu Norwegów malała z każdym kilometrem. 8 kilometrów przed kreską Leangen postanowił zostawić swojego kompana i samotnie ruszył po zwycięstwo etapowe, lecz nie udało mu się długo utrzymać na czele. Dwa kilometry przed metę został pochłonięty przez peleton.
Na niewielkiej hopce główną grupę próbował rozerwać Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team, ale peleton nie dał mu szans. Doszło do finiszu z dużej grupy, a najsilniejszy okazał się Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), który odniósł swoje 19 zwycięstwo w sezonie. Drugie miejsce zajął Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka), a trzecie Sam Bennett (Bora – Argon 18). Kristoff do jutrzejszego etapu przystąpi w koszulce lidera.
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1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:58:36 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 4 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 5 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 7 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 9 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 11 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 14 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 15 Fredriks Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 16 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 Bjorn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker 18 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 19 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 20 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 21 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Team Joker 22 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 23 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 26 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 27 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 28 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 29 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 00:09 31 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 32 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 33 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 00:11 34 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 35 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 36 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 37 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Joker 38 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo 39 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 40 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 41 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 42 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 43 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 44 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 45 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 46 Amund Groendahljansen (Nor) Team Joker 47 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 48 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 50 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 51 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 52 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 53 Oyvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 54 Njal Eivind Kleiven (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 55 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 56 Edwin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 00:20 57 Andréa Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 00:21 58 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 59 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 00:23 60 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 00:26 61 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 62 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 00:28 63 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:30 64 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 65 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 66 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:46 67 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 68 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 00:49 69 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 70 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 01:13 71 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 72 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:29 73 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 74 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 75 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 76 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 77 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 78 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 79 Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 80 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 81 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 01:36 82 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:53 83 Anders Kristoffersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 84 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 02:02 85 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 86 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 02:04 87 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 88 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 89 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 90 Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:28 91 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 03:08 92 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 03:56 93 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 94 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 04:10 95 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 04:18 96 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:19 97 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 04:28 98 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 05:16 99 Halvord Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 100 Marius Andre Hafsas (Nor) Team Fixit.no 101 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 102 Filip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 103 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 104 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 105 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 106 Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 107 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 108 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 110 Oddbjorn Klomsten Andersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 111 Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 112 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 113 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 114 Even Rege (Nor) Team Fixit.no 115 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 116 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar 05:45 117 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 05:50 118 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 119 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 120 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 121 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 122 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 123 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 124 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 125 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 126 Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 127 Guillaume Thevenot (Fra) Team Europcar 11:33 128 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka DNF Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk DNF Anders Norderhus Roe (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:58:26 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 00:04 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 00:06 4 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:10 5 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 7 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 9 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 11 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 14 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 15 Fredriks Galta (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 16 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 Bjorn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker 18 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 19 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 20 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 21 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Team Joker 22 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 23 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 25 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 26 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 27 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 28 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 29 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Joker 00:15 31 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 00:19 32 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 33 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 34 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 00:21 35 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 36 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 37 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 38 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo 39 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 40 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 41 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 42 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 43 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 44 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 45 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 46 Amund Groendahljansen (Nor) Team Joker 47 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 48 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 50 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 51 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 52 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 53 Oyvind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 54 Njal Eivind Kleiven (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 55 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 56 Edwin Wilson (Swe) Team Joker 00:30 57 Andréa Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 00:31 58 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 59 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 00:33 60 Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Team Joker 00:36 61 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 62 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 00:38 63 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:40 64 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 65 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 66 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:56 67 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 68 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 00:59 69 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 70 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 01:23 71 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 72 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:39 73 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 74 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 75 Ole Forfang (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 76 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 77 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 78 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 79 Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 80 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 81 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 01:46 82 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 01:54 83 Anders Kristoffersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 02:03 84 Andreas Erland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 02:12 85 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 86 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 02:14 87 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 88 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 89 Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Team Fixit.no 90 Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:38 91 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 03:18 92 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 04:06 93 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 94 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 04:20 95 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 04:28 96 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:29 97 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 04:38 98 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 05:26 99 Halvord Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 100 Marius Andre Hafsas (Nor) Team Fixit.no 101 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 102 Filip Eidsheim (Nor) Team Fixit.no 103 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Fixit.no 104 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 105 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 106 Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 107 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 108 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 110 Oddbjorn Klomsten Andersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 111 Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 112 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 113 Sindre Eid Hermansen (Nor) Team Fixit.no 114 Even Rege (Nor) Team Fixit.no 115 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 116 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar 05:55 117 Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 05:57 118 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 06:00 119 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 120 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 121 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 122 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks - Kraft 123 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 124 James Glasspool (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 125 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo 126 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 127 Guillaume Thevenot (Fra) Team Europcar 11:43 128 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka