August 6, 2024
11th Arctic Race of Norway 2024 🇳🇴 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 3 – Tverlandet – Sulitjelma (Jakobsbakken) : 155,7 km
The Arctic Race of Norway is one of the youngest races on the cycling calendar and the only UCI sanctioned race to take place within the Arctic Circle, an area of the world that often sees temperatures dip below −34°C during the winter months. Thankfully, for the riders at least, the race takes place during the northern hemisphere summer when the temperatures are a little more favourable. Still, with inclement weather the norm in this race, it does tend to favour the gritty Classics specialists of the pro peloton.
Kamiel Bonneu stunned a field of WorldTour teams to win stage 3 at the Arctic Race of Norway, his first since 2022 and the first at Pro-level for his Flanders Baloise team since the Tour of Britain two years ago.
The 25-year-old Belgian latched onto a move made by Davide De Pretto (Jayco AlUla) with 5.6km to go, before dropping him and riding solo to the line inside the final kilometre in Jakobsbakken.
It was an emotional win for Bonneu, who revealed in his post-race interview that his grandfather passed yesterday, prompting him to point to the sky as he crossed the line.
Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) chased hard behind to take second on the day, with the Belgian holding on, however, the bonus seconds gained by Cort meant he moved into the race lead by one second from Bonneu and seven seconds from Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) who was also third on the stage,
Results :
 ME - Stage 3 </strong> - Tverlandet - Sulitjelma (Jakobsbakken) : 155,7 km
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The Arctic Race of Norway is one of the youngest races on the cycling calendar and the only UCI sanctioned race to take place within the Arctic Circle, an area of the world that often sees temperatures dip below −34°C during the winter months. Thankfully, for the riders at least, the race takes place during the northern hemisphere summer when the temperatures are a little more favourable. Still, with inclement weather the norm in this race, it does tend to favour the gritty Classics specialists of the pro peloton.
Kamiel Bonneu stunned a field of WorldTour teams to win stage 3 at the Arctic Race of Norway, his first since 2022 and the first at Pro-level for his Flanders Baloise team since the Tour of Britain two years ago.
The 25-year-old Belgian latched onto a move made by Davide De Pretto (Jayco AlUla) with 5.6km to go, before dropping him and riding solo to the line inside the final kilometre in Jakobsbakken.
It was an emotional win for Bonneu, who revealed in his post-race interview that his grandfather passed yesterday, prompting him to point to the sky as he crossed the line.
Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) chased hard behind to take second on the day, with the Belgian holding on, however, the bonus seconds gained by Cort meant he moved into the race lead by one second from Bonneu and seven seconds from Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) who was also third on the stage,
<strong>Results : </strong>
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