Arctic Race of Norway 2017 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 10, 2017

Arctic Race of Norway 2017 – Stage 1 – Andørja – Narvik : 156,5 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).

Dylan Teuns (BMC) won the opening stage of the Arctic Race of Norway, using his run of brilliant form to win the uphill sprint and so become the first leader of the four-day race.

The 25-year-old Belgian had not won a race until late July but has since taken stage victories and overall success at the Tour de Wallonie and the Tour de Pologne.

The 156km stage to Narvik was raced in the rain but that did not deter several attacks in the final rolling kilometres as riders tried to escape the control of the sprinters and their teams. All eyes were on new European road race champion Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin), but several attacks lined out the peloton and then Teuns turned on his aggression and blew the peloton apart.

He beat August Jensen (Team Coop) of Norway and Italy’s Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) by two seconds, with Kristoff eventually finishing seventh.

Thanks to time bonuses, Teuns leads Jensen by six seconds in the overall classification. Friday’s 184km second stage is from Sjøvegan to Bardufoss.

Results :
1 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:36:14
2 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop 0:00:02
3 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
4 Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
5 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Joker Icopal
6 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Joker Icopal
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
8 Lietaer Eliot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
9 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
10 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
11 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
12 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
13 Börn Tore Hoem (Nor) Joker Icopal
14 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
15 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:06
16 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
17 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
18 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:00:08
19 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop
20 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Werkilul (Eri) Dimension Data
21 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
22 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
23 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
24 Waeytens Zico (Bel) Team Sunweb
25 Mikel Aristi (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:12
26 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
27 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:14
28 Trond Hakon Trondsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
29 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:00:20
30 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Joker Icopal
31 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Joker Icopal
32 Dhaene Brecht (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
33 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:34
34 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
35 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
36 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
37 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
38 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
39 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40 Corbel Erwann (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
41 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
42 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
43 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:54
44 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 0:01:22
45 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
46 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
47 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
48 Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo – Vini Fantini
49 Åsmund Romstad Løvik (Nor) Team FixIt.no
50 Welten Bram (Ned) BMC Racing Team
51 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
52 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:34
53 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:35
54 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:43
55 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
57 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
58 Leon Rohde (Ger) Team Sunweb
59 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
60 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
61 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Joker Icopal
62 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:02:12
63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
64 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
65 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
66 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør 0:02:23
68 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
69 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:02:42
70 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
71 Marius Blålid (Nor) Team FixIt.no
72 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
73 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:03:04
74 Aleksey Tcatevitch (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:03:13
75 Bjørnar Vevatne Øverland (Nor) Team FixIt.no 0:03:57
76 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
77 Matti Manninen (Fin) Team FixIt.no
78 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
79 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:04:17
80 Håkon Lunder Aalrust (Nor) Team Coop
81 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
82 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:05:01
83 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:14
84 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
85 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:16
86 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
87 Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
88 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
89 Oivind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop
90 Karl Patrick Lauk (Est) Astana Pro Team
91 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Coop
92 Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
93 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
94 Mathias Skjold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
95 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
96 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
97 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
98 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
99 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
100 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
101 Vanbilsen Kenneth (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
103 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:06:23
104 Mc Lay Daniel (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:06:36
105 Elias Spikseth (Nor) Team FixIt.no 0:06:48
106 Chetout Loïc (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:15
107 Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:08:42
108 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:08:52
109 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
110 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:16:32
111 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
112 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
113 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
114 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop
115 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
116 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
117 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team FixIt.no
118 Eirik Bruland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
119 Kenny Molly (Bel) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
120 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
121 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
122 Boris Vallee (Bel) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:17:11

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:36:04
2 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop 0:00:06
3 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:08
4 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Joker Icopal 0:00:11
5 Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0:00:12
6 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Joker Icopal
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
8 Lietaer Eliot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
9 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
10 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
11 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
12 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
13 Börn Tore Hoem (Nor) Joker Icopal
14 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
15 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16
16 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
17 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
18 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:00:18
19 Krister Hagen (Nor) Team Coop
20 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Werkilul (Eri) Dimension Data
21 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
22 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
23 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
24 Waeytens Zico (Bel) Team Sunweb
25 Mikel Aristi (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:22
26 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
27 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:24
28 Trond Hakon Trondsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
29 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
30 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Joker Icopal
31 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Joker Icopal
32 Dhaene Brecht (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
33 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:44
34 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
35 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
36 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
37 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
38 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
39 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40 Corbel Erwann (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
41 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
42 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
43 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:04
44 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 0:01:32
45 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
46 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
47 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
48 Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo – Vini Fantini
49 Åsmund Romstad Løvik (Nor) Team FixIt.no
50 Welten Bram (Ned) BMC Racing Team
51 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
52 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:42
53 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:44
54 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:53
55 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
57 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
58 Leon Rohde (Ger) Team Sunweb
59 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
60 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
61 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Joker Icopal
62 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:02:22
63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
64 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
65 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
66 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67 Herman Dahl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør 0:02:33
68 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
69 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0:02:50
70 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:02:52
71 Marius Blålid (Nor) Team FixIt.no
72 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
73 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:03:14
74 Aleksey Tcatevitch (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:03:23
75 Bjørnar Vevatne Øverland (Nor) Team FixIt.no 0:04:07
76 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
77 Matti Manninen (Fin) Team FixIt.no
78 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
79 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:04:27
80 Håkon Lunder Aalrust (Nor) Team Coop
81 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
82 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:05:11
83 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:05:20
84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:05:23
85 Oivind Lukkedal (Nor) Team Coop
86 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:24
87 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
88 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:26
89 Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
90 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
91 Karl Patrick Lauk (Est) Astana Pro Team
92 Ole Andre Austevoll (Nor) Team Coop
93 Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
94 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
95 Mathias Skjold (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
96 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
97 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
98 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
99 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
100 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
101 Vanbilsen Kenneth (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
103 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:06:33
104 Mc Lay Daniel (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:06:46
105 Elias Spikseth (Nor) Team FixIt.no 0:06:58
106 Chetout Loïc (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:25
107 Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:08:52
108 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:09:02
109 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
110 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:16:42
111 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
112 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
113 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
114 Haavard Blikra (Nor) Team Coop
115 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
116 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
117 Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team FixIt.no
118 Eirik Bruland (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
119 Kenny Molly (Bel) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
120 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
121 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
122 Boris Vallee (Bel) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:17:21