Arctic Race of Norway 2016 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 13, 2016

Arctic Race of Norway 2016 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE] – Nesna – Korgfjellet – 160 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).

Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) took his first professional victory at the Arctic Tour of Norway, winning alone in the rain after a solo attack on the gradual but testing climb to the finish on Korg mountain. His stage victory also gave the Italian neo-pro the overall race lead.

“It’s beautiful. It’s an amazing feeling. I have no words to explain how I’m feeling! It’s just fantastic,” Moscon said. “I knew I was coming to this race in very good shape. I did a lot of training before I came here and today was a good stage for me. I tried and I’m very happy.”

Following a series of failed attacks, Moscon accelerated clear on the last climb with a kilometre to go and finished 11 seconds ahead of Stef Clement (IAM Cycling), with Oscar Gatto (Tinkoff) third at 24 seconds.

Moscon took the race lead from teammate Danny van Poppel and now leads Clement by 15 seconds, with Gatto at 30 seconds.

“We did the same climb yesterday in the race and I saw the point when I thought I’d attack. There was three people in Sebastian’s [Henao] group and I thought it would be good to get across. I felt good, got across, then I tried again and just went to the finish.

“The last kilometre was really long, but when you know that you are going to win, you can give something more.”

The four-day stage race ends on Sunday with a 193km stage to Bodo, with three flat finishing circuits around the town.

Results :

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

General classification after Stage 3:

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