Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 22, 2021

Tour of Norway 2021 – Stage 4 – Hinna Park – Stavanger : 156,5 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) claimed the first stage race victory of his professional career taking home the overall title in the Tour of Norway after winning the first two stages.

The British rider topped Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) by 15 seconds with Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) in third at 25 seconds.

“This is my first GC win and it definitely wasn’t an easy one,” Hayter said after successfully defending his lead for three stages.

“The first two days I got an advantage and then defending it on stage 3 was the hardest day of all of them. It’s not been an easy race. I really enjoyed this race. The weather has been amazing, the views have been amazing and the race has been great.”

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Matthew Walls took the first victory of his professional career in the final sprint stage to Stavanger, beating former world champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Daniel Hoelgaard (Uno-X).

“I am super happy with my first pro victory today,” Walls said. “Big thanks to the whole team and especially Nils for the perfect leadout over the last couple of kilometers. I was not quite sure how my shape is going to be after the Olympics and I did not expect anything here but I am more than happy that it worked out and I could finish it off!”

Results :
1 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:25:16
2 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
3 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
4 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
5 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
7 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
8 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
9 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
10 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

Final General Classification :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 15:15:00
2 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:15
3 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:25
4 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:33
5 James Shaw (GBr) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
6 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop
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