Arctic Race of Norway 2017 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 13, 2017

Arctic Race of Norway 2017 – Stage 4 – Tromsø – Tromsø : 160,5 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).

BMC Racing’s Dylan Teuns put an exclamation point on his overall victory at the Arctic Race of Norway in Sunday’s finale in Tromsø, soloing clear in the closing kilometres to nab his second stage win of the race while wrapping up the GC title.

Loïc Chetout (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) pipped Sven Erik Bystrøm (Katusha-Alpecin) at the finish line for second on the day.

Teuns, who took the GC lead on the first stage of the Arctic Race and never relinquished the jersey, only extended his lead on the overall leaderboard with his stage 4 performance. He closed out the event 29 seconds of runner-up August Jensen (Team Coop), with Aqua Blue Sport’s Michel Kreder rounding out the overall podium in third.

“It’s like they say sometimes in soccer attack is the best defence so that’s what I had to do. I could have waited until the sprint, but then there is a chance that the other guy, beats me in the sprint and then maybe he gets third and bonus seconds,” Teuns said. “I was a playing a little bit on the last climb, like I did all day. I was waiting but the guys in front didn’t have a big advantage. When I saw them in front of me I thought the climb is almost over so now is the time to go.

“I didn’t want to go too early, but I went at the right moment and when I looked behind I saw that I had a gap. I just had to go because on the descent they wouldn’t catch me. When I got to one k to go, I looked behind I couldn’t see anyone. I went full gas in the final kilometres to keep the jersey safe.”

The fourth and final stage of the Arctic Race saw an early break go clear and earn a sizable advantage, with Tony Hurel (Direct Energie), Bernhard Eisel (Dimension Data), Kenny Molly (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Dimitri Claeys (Cofidis), Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Sparebanken Sør), Pavel Brutt (Gazprom-RusVelo) and Jon Soeveras Breivold (Team FixIT.no) forming the initial move. The seven-man escape worked up to a maximum advantage of just under five minutes before the pack tightened the leash and then ultimately began reeling them back in.

As the peloton closed down on the last remnants of the early break, Sébastien Delfosse (WB-Veranclassic), Leszek Plucinsky (CCC Sprandi), Loïc Chetout (Cofidis), Andreï Grivko (Astana), Bystrøm (Katusha-Alpecin) and Rasmus Tiller (Joker-Icopal) went clear with around 22 kilometres to go. They built a small gap but the peloton drove a high tempo to stay within striking distance.

Bystrøm, Grivko and Chetout broke away from their companions with around 10 kilometres to go, but the real danger came from behind in the peloton, as Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) and then the race leader himself bridged on the final climb. Teuns wasted little time before soloing clear, and no one could catch him on a mostly downhill run to the line.

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

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