Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

August 20, 2021

Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 2 – Sirdal (Tjørhomfjellet) – Sirdal (Tjørhomfjellet) : 185,3 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) took his second consecutive victory on stage 2 at the Tour of Norway. The overall race leader won the reduced field sprint on an uphill finish ahead of Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal) and Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma).

Hayter increased his lead in the overall classification and is now 15 seconds ahead of runner-up Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) and 29 seconds ahead of Teunissen.

“It was crazy coming into the end,” Hayter said. “I followed an attack, that was dangerous, but I thought that it would position me well for the last climb, even if it came back. I had to try to defend the jersey. Things got crazy when the catch was made and I was out of position but I think people started to die before the climb, and I found my way through, worked my way up, and kept my position, and slowly moved up and sprinted from 350m to go. It was just enough to win.”

The 185.3km race from Sirdal (Tjørhomfjellet) to Sirdal (Fidjeland) saw an early breakaway include Tobias Foss (Team Jumbo-Visma), Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Dare Development Team), Emil Schandorff Iwersen (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm), Christian Spang Kjeldsen (ColoQuick) and Olav Hjemsæter (Team Coop) that gained more than three minutes on the field.

The riders were reeled in along the final categorised climb that began at Goppedalsura (category 3) but the roads continued uphill until roughly 20km to go.

A new select group formed that included Hayter, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Mathias Bregnhøj (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm), Nils Lau Nyborg Broge (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm) and original breakaway rider Olav Hjemsæter (Team Coop) and held a slim seven seconds advantage with 10km to go, but the field was back together with 7km to the line.

Mark Donovan (Team DSM) and Julian Mertens (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) tried last-ditch attacks but they were short-lived.

Trek-Segafredo organised a lead-out in the closing kilometres, but on the uphill frenzy to the line, it was Hayter who was the fastest in Sirdal.

Results :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 4:16:32
2 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
3 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
4 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
6 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop
7 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
8 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
9 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
10 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
11 Jeppe Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick
12 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
13 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
15 Meindert Weulink (Ned) Abloc CT
16 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
17 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
18 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
19 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:08
20 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
21 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:09
22 Michal Paluta (Pol) Global 6 Cycling
23 Szymon Tracz (Pol) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
24 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
25 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop
26 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
27 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
29 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
30 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
31 Antoine Berlin (Mon) Global 6 Cycling
32 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
33 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
34 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
35 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
36 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
37 Robin Meyer (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:00:18
38 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:00:20
39 James Mitri (NZl) Global 6 Cycling 0:00:22
40 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:00:26
41 Oscar Onley (GBr) Team DSM
42 Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing
43 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
44 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:00:30
45 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal
46 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
47 Bodi del Gorsso (Ned) Abloc CT
49 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
50 Ollie Jones (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
51 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Abloc CT
52 Martin Pluto (Lat) Abloc CT
53 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:00:36
54 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing
55 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop 0:00:40
56 Stein-Erik Eriksen (Nor) Team Coloquick
57 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
58 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
59 Stijn Appel (Ned) Abloc CT
60 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:00:47
61 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
62 Aden James Paterson (Aus) Abloc CT
63 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:02
64 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing 0:01:04
65 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
66 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
67 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing
68 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:01:18
69 Iver Johan Knotten (Nor) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
70 Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing
71 Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:21
72 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Global 6 Cycling 0:01:26
73 Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:32
74 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop 0:01:37
75 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:01:45
76 Logan Currie (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
77 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:55
78 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
79 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
80 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
81 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
82 Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:01:58
83 Olav Hjemsæter (Nor) Team Coop
84 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:08
85 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
86 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:12
87 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
88 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:02:14
89 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
90 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:24
91 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
92 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
93 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
94 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
95 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop
96 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:02:26
97 Charles Page (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:02:41
98 Simon Wilson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:02:51
99 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:55
100 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:03:01
101 Oliver Frederiksen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:03:03
102 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:35
103 Dan Erik Hansen (Nor) Global 6 Cycling 0:04:42
104 Leo Hayter (GBr) Team DSM 0:05:50
105 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:51
106 Christian Kjeldsen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:07:18
107 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
108 Emil Iwersen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
109 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team 0:07:25

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 8:00:42
2 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:15
3 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:29
4 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:00:33
5 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop
6 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
7 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
8 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
9 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:35
10 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:41
11 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
12 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:42
13 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:44
14 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:46
15 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
16 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:00:50
17 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:52
18 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
19 Antoine Berlin (Mon) Global 6 Cycling 0:00:53
20 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
21 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:55
22 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop
23 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
24 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
26 Jeppe Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:00:58
27 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:01
28 Michal Paluta (Pol) Global 6 Cycling 0:01:12
29 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
30 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
31 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:22
32 Meindert Weulink (Ned) Abloc CT
33 Szymon Tracz (Pol) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:01:31
34 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
35 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:38
36 Robin Meyer (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:01:40
37 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:01:45
38 Oscar Onley (GBr) Team DSM 0:01:48
39 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:01:52
40 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:02
41 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:14
42 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:41
43 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:02:58
44 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:17
45 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop 0:03:46
46 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:05:11
47 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:21
48 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:05:31
49 Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:05:56
50 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Global 6 Cycling 0:06:05
51 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:36
52 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:07:02
53 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:05
54 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
55 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
56 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:07:29
57 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:07:32
58 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:07:58
59 James Mitri (NZl) Global 6 Cycling 0:08:48
60 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:08:52
61 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
62 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:08:56
63 Ollie Jones (NZl) Global 6 Cycling
64 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Abloc CT
65 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:09:02
66 Stein-Erik Eriksen (Nor) Team Coloquick 0:09:06
67 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop
68 Stijn Appel (Ned) Abloc CT
69 Aden James Paterson (Aus) Abloc CT 0:09:13
70 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
71 Martin Pluto (Lat) Abloc CT 0:09:21
72 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:30
73 Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing 0:10:01
74 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop 0:10:03
75 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:10:11
76 Olav Hjemsæter (Nor) Team Coop 0:10:21
77 Bodi del Gorsso (Ned) Abloc CT 0:10:29
78 Logan Currie (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:10:31
79 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:34
80 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:10:39
81 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
82 Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing 0:10:47
83 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:56
84 Iver Johan Knotten (Nor) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:11:10
85 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:11:27
86 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:11:47
87 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:11
88 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team 0:12:53
89 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:27
90 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:14:06
91 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing 0:14:12
92 Leo Hayter (GBr) Team DSM 0:14:33
93 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing 0:14:40
94 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:49
95 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:14:54
96 Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:15:26
97 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:48
98 Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:16:14
99 Charles Page (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:16:17
100 Simon Wilson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:16:27
101 Emil Iwersen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:17:08
102 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:09
103 Oliver Frederiksen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:18:42
104 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:52
105 Dan Erik Hansen (Nor) Global 6 Cycling 0:21:58
106 Christian Kjeldsen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:22:18
107 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:22:57
108 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:23:56
109 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:24:49
110 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:38:51