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May 24, 2022
Tour of Norway 2022 – Stage 1 – Bergen – Voss : 173,6 km
The Tour of Norway is a six-day stage race that takes place in late May or early June each year,
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May 24, 2022
Tour of Norway 2022 – Stage 1 – Bergen – Voss : 173,6 km
The Tour of Norway is a six-day stage race that takes place in late May or early June each year, featuring a plethora of cycling stars both domestic and international. Promoted by its race organisers as “the world’s best riders in the world’s most beautiful surroundings”, it would be hard to disagree on the second point. Taking in luscious views of cascading gorges, mighty fjords, high mountains and remarkable beaches, the viewers are in for a treat whenever cycling heads to The Land of the Midnight Sun.
Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) claimed his fifth win of the season and his first after a month-long break on the opening day of the Tour of Norway.
The Belgian rider, whose last appearance was his victorious display at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 24, was the quickest in an uphill finish at Voss.
He beat Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X) to the line, with Eduard Prades (Caja Rural), who won this race in 2018, taking the final podium spot at two seconds.
The Ineos Grenadiers duo of Luke Plapp and Ethan Hayter, last year’s winner, rounded out the top 10 a further second back.
The 174km stage started out in Bergen and featured mostly flat terrain apart from a couple of short climbs, but the honours would come down to the punchy final climb. QuickStep and Uno-X combined to keep the day’s breakaway under control and the race was all together heading onto the haul to Voss, which measured 2.1km at a vicious average gradient of 8.4%.
Attacks came and went but it came down to a dash to the line, with Evenepoel strongest of the lot. After the top five came a larger nine-man group at five seconds, including Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers).
Results :
 claimed his fifth win of the season and his first after a month-long break on the opening day of the Tour of Norway.
The Belgian rider, whose last appearance was his victorious display at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 24, was the quickest in an uphill finish at Voss.
He beat Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X) to the line, with Eduard Prades (Caja Rural), who won this race in 2018, taking the final podium spot at two seconds.
The Ineos Grenadiers duo of Luke Plapp and Ethan Hayter, last year's winner, rounded out the top 10 a further second back.
The 174km stage started out in Bergen and featured mostly flat terrain apart from a couple of short climbs, but the honours would come down to the punchy final climb. QuickStep and Uno-X combined to keep the day's breakaway under control and the race was all together heading onto the haul to Voss, which measured 2.1km at a vicious average gradient of 8.4%.
Attacks came and went but it came down to a dash to the line, with Evenepoel strongest of the lot. After the top five came a larger nine-man group at five seconds, including Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers).
<strong>Results : </strong>
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