Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 21, 2021

Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 3 – Jørpeland – Jørpeland : 159,9 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.

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) won stage 3 of the Tour of Norway, winning with a long sprint ahead of a reduced bunch including a number of major rivals.

Pedersen made a late-race solo attack but was reeled in. Yet he had enough power and strength left to then win the rising sprint in Jorpeland.

Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) was second and Like Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) finished third.

“We had some stop and goes in the last 60km and with 20km to go, it was a good moment to attack over the small climb, and I got a good gap,” Pedersen said.

“The guys behind, Jumbo-Visma, didn’t agree and they pulled to catch me, and they did. I was suffering like a pig in the last five kilometres but my teammates did a good job to keep me out of trouble, and they believed in me and my sprint. I’m just happy that I could finish it off.”

Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) finished fourth after Ineos Grenadiers worked hard to defend his race lead against Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Teunissen as the race heads into the final stage 4 on Sunday. Hayter leads Schelling by 15 seconds, with Teunissen at 25 seconds.

Stage 3 was 160km to and from Jorpeland that included two categorised climbs; Hjelmmeland (65km) at 4.8km with a gradient of 6.4 per cent and Heggheim (100km) at 1.6kmm and average grade of 8.3 per cent.

A breakaway formed in the opening kilometres of the race to include Sébastien Grignard (Lotto Soudal), Aaron Verwilst (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Dare Development Team), Mads Rahbek (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm), and James Fouché (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy).

Their gap was reduced to 30 seconds by the time they reached the second categorised ascent at Heggheim. From the main field behind, riders lost contact and the reduced bunch included many of the main overall contenders, including overall race leader Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers).

The breakaway riders were reeled in during the final kilometres that led to a counter attack by Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), who gained a slim eight seconds gap with 16km to go and increased to 25 seconds with 10km to go. However, his efforts were short-lived as the teams pushed over the last climb on route to bring him back into the fold.

The reduced field contested the sprint, and to everyone’s surprise, it was Pedersen who stormed across the line first to take the stage victory in Jorpeland.

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

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 11:49:44
2 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:15
3 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:25
4 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop 0:00:33
5 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
6 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
7 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
8 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
9 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:35
10 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:41
11 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
12 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:44
13 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:46
14 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
15 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:00:50
16 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:52
17 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
18 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:00:53
19 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop 0:00:55
20 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
21 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
22 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
23 Jeppe Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:00:58
24 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:01
25 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:05
26 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:01:12
27 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:22
28 Meindert Weulink (Ned) Abloc CT
29 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:29
30 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team 0:01:31
31 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:01:41
32 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:56
33 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:17
34 Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:03
35 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:01
36 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:18
37 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:07:57
38 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:03
39 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:10:20
40 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop 0:10:30
41 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:13
42 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:46
43 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:13:49
44 Antoine Berlin (Mon) Global 6 Cycling 0:14:28
45 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:14:30
46 Leo Hayter (GBr) Team DSM 0:14:33
47 Michal Paluta (Pol) Global 6 Cycling 0:14:47
48 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:49
49 Szymon Tracz (Pol) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:15:06
50 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:15:13
51 Robin Meyer (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:15:15
52 Oscar Onley (GBr) Team DSM 0:15:23
53 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:16:16
54 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:16:33
55 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:17:35
56 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:18:46
57 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:56
58 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:19:06
59 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Global 6 Cycling 0:19:40
60 Logan Currie (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:20:30
61 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:20:40
62 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:21:04
63 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:21:07
64 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:21:33
65 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team 0:22:10
66 James Mitri (NZl) Global 6 Cycling 0:22:23
67 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:22:27
68 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti
69 Ollie Jones (NZl) Global 6 Cycling 0:22:31
70 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Abloc CT
71 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:22:37
72 Stein-Erik Eriksen (Nor) Team Coloquick 0:22:41
73 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop
74 Stijn Appel (Ned) Abloc CT
75 Aden James Paterson (Aus) Abloc CT 0:22:48
76 Martin Pluto (Lat) Abloc CT 0:22:56
77 Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing 0:23:36
78 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop 0:23:38
79 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:23:46
80 Olav Hjemsæter (Nor) Team Coop 0:23:56
81 Bodi del Gorsso (Ned) Abloc CT 0:24:04
82 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:09
83 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing 0:24:11
84 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:24:14
85 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
86 Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing 0:24:22
87 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:24:31
88 Iver Johan Knotten (Nor) Nippo-Provence-PTS Conti 0:24:45
89 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:25:02
90 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:25:46
91 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:02
92 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:27:41
93 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing 0:28:15
94 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:28:29
95 Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:29:01
96 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:23
97 Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 0:29:49
98 Charles Page (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling 0:29:52
99 Emil Iwersen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:30:43
100 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:30:44
101 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:34:27
102 Dan Erik Hansen (Nor) Global 6 Cycling 0:35:33
103 Christian Kjeldsen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:35:53
104 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:36:32
105 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:31