Arctic Race of Norway 2016 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 11, 2016

Arctic Race of Norway 2016 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] – Fauske – Rognan – 176 km

The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arctic Race of Norway (AS).

John Degenkolb was inches away from securing his first victory of the season on the opening day of the Arctic Race of Norway, but faulty gears allowed Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) to come through and take his fourth victory in three years at his home race.

Degenkolb, who has been steadily gaining form ever since making his comeback from the Giant-Alpecin training crash in January, launched his sprint first in Rognan, but his gears started jumping and he had to pedal with a frantically high cadence in a desperate bid to hold his lead to the line.

He almost did, but Kristoff, who hadn’t won since May, was coming through strongly, with Danny van Poppel (Team Sky) a more distant third.

“Degenkolb had a good lead-out and was really fast but his gears were jumping and I managed to pass him,” said Kristoff, who graciously acknowledged that he wouldn’t have beaten his rival in normal circumstances.

“It was lucky for me. He did a good sprint and I think I’d have had a hard time coming past him, because he timed really well, but at the end his gears were jumping and I got past, so I’m happy.”

The 180.5km stage from Fauske to Rognan featured a first-category climb that crested 18km from the line but despite the best efforts of breakaway member Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Argon 18), the race came back together for a bunch kick.

Schillinger had been in a breakaway of seven riders for much of the blustery day, along with Krister Hagen (Coop-Oster Hus), Maxime Cam (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Tom Van Asbroeck (LottoNL-Jumbo), Gregory Rast (Trek-Segafredo), Kenny de Ketele (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) and Max Emil Boholm Korner (Ringeriks–Kraft).

They had a lead of seven minutes at one point but it all split up half-way up the climb, with Schillinger breaking free and Rast doing his best to stay in sight. Despite cresting with a lead of 1:30, the Bora man was soon brought to within touching distance and was caught on the flat with a few kilometres remaining.

It was Trek who did the work in the final 5km, but Niccolo Bonifazio lacked a strong kick and it became a duel between old foes Degenkolb and Kristoff, with the German cruelly made to wait for that first post-injury victory.

Results :

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:10:02
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
3 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
4 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
6 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
7 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
8 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
9 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
10 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
11 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
12 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
13 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
14 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Joker
15 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
16 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
17 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
18 Steele von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
19 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
20 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 19
21 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker
22 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
23 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
24 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
25 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
26 Andreas Sandnes Olsen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
27 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
28 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
29 Alexander Kamp Egested (Den) Stolting Service Group
30 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
31 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stolting Service Group
32 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
33 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ
34 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
35 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
37 Trond Hakon Trondsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
38 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
39 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker
40 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
41 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha
42 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
43 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
44 Syver Waersted (Swe) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
45 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin
46 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
47 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
48 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Team Joker
49 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
50 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling
51 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
52 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stolting Service Group
54 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
55 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
56 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
57 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
58 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
59 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
60 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
62 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
63 Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha
64 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
65 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
66 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
67 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
68 Michael Reihs (Den) Stolting Service Group
69 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 20
70 Bjørn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker
71 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
72 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
73 Oivind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
74 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
75 Amund Groendahl Jansen (Nor) Team Joker
76 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
77 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
78 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
79 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
80 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
81 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 22
82 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 23 0:00:22
83 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 0:00:23
84 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
85 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
86 Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
87 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
88 Fridtjof Roeinaas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
89 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
90 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
91 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
92 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
93 Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Stolting Service Group
94 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:36
95 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:40
96 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:00:49
97 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
98 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:00
99 Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 21
100 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
101 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
102 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
103 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
104 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
105 Martin Mortensen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
106 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
107 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:27
108 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:38
110 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
111 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:41
112 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 0:02:48
113 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
114 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:26
115 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:07:13
116 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:08:23
117 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
118 Chris Opie (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
119 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:10:12
120 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 0:10:52
121 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
122 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
123 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
124 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
125 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 0:11:55
126 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:11:56
127 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:14:13
128 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha
129 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ

General classification after Stage 1:

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:09:52
2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:03
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:04
4 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 22 0:00:05
5 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:06
6 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:10
7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
8 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
9 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
10 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
11 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
12 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
13 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
14 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
15 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
16 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Joker
17 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
18 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
19 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
20 Steele von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
21 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
22 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 19
23 Adrian Aas Stien (Nor) Team Joker
24 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
25 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
26 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
27 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
28 Andreas Sandnes Olsen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
29 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
30 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
31 Alexander Kamp Egested (Den) Stolting Service Group
32 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
33 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stolting Service Group
34 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
35 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ
36 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
39 Trond Hakon Trondsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
40 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
41 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker
42 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
43 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha
44 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
45 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
46 Syver Waersted (Swe) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
47 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin
48 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
49 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
50 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Team Joker
51 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
52 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling
53 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
54 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stolting Service Group
56 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
57 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
58 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
59 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
60 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
61 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
62 Audun Brekke Flotten (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
63 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
64 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
65 Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha
66 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
67 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
68 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
69 Torstein Traeen (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
70 Michael Reihs (Den) Stolting Service Group
71 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 20
72 Bjørn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Nor) Team Joker
73 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
75 Oivind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
76 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
77 Amund Groendahl Jansen (Nor) Team Joker
78 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
79 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
80 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
81 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
82 Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:31
83 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 23 0:00:32
84 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 0:00:33
85 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
86 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
87 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
88 Fridtjof Roeinaas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
89 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
90 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
91 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
92 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
93 Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Stolting Service Group
94 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:46
95 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:50
96 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:00:59
97 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
98 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:10
99 Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 21
100 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
101 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
102 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
103 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
104 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor
105 Martin Mortensen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
106 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
107 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:37
108 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:48
110 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
111 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:51
112 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 0:02:56
113 Max Emil Boholm Korner (Nor) Team Ringeriks – Kraft
114 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:36
115 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:07:23
116 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:08:33
117 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
118 Chris Opie (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
119 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:10:22
120 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 0:11:02
121 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
122 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
123 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
124 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
125 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sor 0:12:05
126 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:12:06
127 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:14:23
128 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha
129 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ