Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 19, 2021

Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 1 – Dunkerque – Iwuy : 197,1 km

The 2021 Tour of Norway is a men’s road cycling stage race which is taking place from 19 to 22 August 2021. It is the 10th edition of the Tour of Norway, which is rated as a 2.Pro event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars. This edition is the race’s first in the UCI ProSeries; The race was originally six stages long and scheduled to be held from 19–24 May, but it was later reduced to four stages and scheduled to begin instead on 21 May. However, on 16 April, the shortened race was postponed to 19–22 August due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) won the opening stage at the Tour of Norway. The British rider outsprinted Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) on the uphill finish to Sokndal for his sixth career victory. Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) pushed ahead of the pack to claim third.

Hayter takes the overall race lead heading into stage 2 in Sirdal on Friday.

Remnants of an earlier breakaway were caught on the last climb. Schelling attacked from a select group on the final climb and Hayter bridged across under the one-kilometre to go banner. Schelling led the pair through the final 500 metres but Hayter proved strongest in the final sprint.

“It was a hard day. I felt alright at times and then was suffering on certain sections, but I think everyone was because it was a hard day. The breakaway were really strong. It worked out in the finish. It came down to a sprint between me and Ide. I can’t believe it,” Hayter said.

“I saw Ide lining up and when he went I hesitated a bit but then jumped after him and there was no one behind us. He was going really well. I think the rode for GC time, which was perfect for me.

“I just got a silver medal at the Olympics, so I’m going quite well, but I had a few days off and a couple of good days of training, which set me up well for a hard race today.”

Results :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 3:44:30
2 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:01
3 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:11
4 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:13
5 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
6 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
8 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop
9 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
10 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
11 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:16
12 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:21
13 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
14 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
15 Antoine Berlin (Mon) Global 6 Cycling 0:00:24
16 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
17 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:26
18 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop
19 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
20 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
21 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
22 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
23 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
24 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
25 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:32
26 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
27 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
28 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:38
29 Jeppe Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick
30 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:43
31 Michal Paluta (Pol) Global 6 Cycling
32 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:52
33 Oscar Onley (GBr) Team DSM 0:01:02
34 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop
35 Meindert Weulink (Ned) Abloc CT
36 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal
37 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
38 Szymon Tracz (Pol) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
39 Robin Meyer (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
40 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
41 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
42 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
43 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:01:16
44 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:18
45 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:01:34
46 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:02:45
47 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:21
48 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
49 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
50 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
52 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
53 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
54 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Global 6 Cycling
55 Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
56 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team 0:05:14
57 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
58 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
59 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:39
60 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:07:04
61 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:06
62 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
63 James Mitri (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
64 Stein-Erik Eriksen (Nor) Team Coloquick
65 Olav Hjemsæter (Nor) Team Coop
66 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
67 Xandres Vervloesem (Bel) Lotto Soudal
68 Aden James Paterson (Aus) Abloc CT
69 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
70 Ollie Jones (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
71 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
72 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
73 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
74 Stijn Appel (Ned) Abloc CT
75 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Abloc CT
76 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
77 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop
78 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop
79 Leo Hayter (GBr) Team DSM 0:08:23
80 Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing
81 Logan Currie (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:08:26
82 Martin Pluto (Lat) Abloc CT 0:08:31
83 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:32
84 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
85 Emil Iwersen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
86 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
87 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
88 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
89 Iver Johan Knotten (Nor) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
90 Bodi del Gorsso (Ned) Abloc CT 0:09:39
91 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing 0:10:01
93 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:16
94 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
95 Charles Page (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
96 Simon Wilson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
97 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing
98 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing
99 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:25
100 James Oram (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
101 Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:34
102 Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:13:56
103 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:41
104 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
105 Christian Kjeldsen (Den) Team Coloquick
106 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:19
107 Oliver Frederiksen (Den) Team Coloquick
108 Dan Erik Hansen (Nor) Global 6 Cycling 0:16:56
109 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:41
110 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
111 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:22:15
DNF Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
DNF Fintan Ryan (Irl) Evopro Racing

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 3:44:20
2 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:05
3 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:17
4 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:23
5 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
6 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
8 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop
9 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
10 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
11 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:26
12 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:31
13 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
14 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
15 Antoine Berlin (Mon) Global 6 Cycling 0:00:34
16 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
17 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:36
18 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop
19 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
20 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
21 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
22 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
23 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
24 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
25 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:42
26 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
27 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
28 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:48
29 Jeppe Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick
30 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:53
31 Michal Paluta (Pol) Global 6 Cycling
32 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:02
33 Oscar Onley (GBr) Team DSM 0:01:12
34 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop
35 Meindert Weulink (Ned) Abloc CT
36 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal
37 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
38 Szymon Tracz (Pol) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
39 Robin Meyer (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
40 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
41 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
42 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
43 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:01:26
44 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:28
45 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:01:44
46 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:02:55
47 Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:25
48 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Global 6 Cycling 0:04:29
49 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:31
50 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
52 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
53 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
54 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
55 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
56 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team 0:05:21
57 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:05:24
58 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
59 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:49
60 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:07:13
61 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:16
62 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
63 James Mitri (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
64 Stein-Erik Eriksen (Nor) Team Coloquick
65 Olav Hjemsæter (Nor) Team Coop
66 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
67 Xandres Vervloesem (Bel) Lotto Soudal
68 Aden James Paterson (Aus) Abloc CT
69 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
70 Ollie Jones (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
71 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
72 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
73 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
74 Stijn Appel (Ned) Abloc CT
75 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Abloc CT
76 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
77 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop
78 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop
79 Leo Hayter (GBr) Team DSM 0:08:33
80 Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing
81 Logan Currie (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:08:36
82 Martin Pluto (Lat) Abloc CT 0:08:41
83 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:42
84 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
85 Emil Iwersen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
86 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
87 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
88 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
89 Iver Johan Knotten (Nor) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
90 Bodi del Gorsso (Ned) Abloc CT 0:09:49
91 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing 0:10:11
93 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:26
94 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
95 Charles Page (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
96 Simon Wilson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
97 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing
98 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing
99 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:35
100 James Oram (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
101 Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:44
102 Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:14:06
103 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:51
104 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
105 Christian Kjeldsen (Den) Team Coloquick
106 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:29
107 Oliver Frederiksen (Den) Team Coloquick
108 Dan Erik Hansen (Nor) Global 6 Cycling 0:17:06
109 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:51
110 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
111 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:22:25