2017 Arctic Race of Norway

The 2017 Arctic Race of Norway is a four-stage cycling stage race taking place in Norway between 10 and 13 August. It is the fifth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.^[1]

2017 Arctic Race of Norway

2017 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	10–13 August
Stages	4
Winning time	15h 56' 15"
Results
Winner  Dylan Teuns (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)   Second  August Jensen (NOR) (Team Coop)   Third  Michel Kreder (NED) (Aqua Blue Sport) Points  Dylan Teuns (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) Mountains  Bernhard Eisel (AUT) (Team Dimension Data) Youth  Dylan Teuns (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)   Team Joker Icopal
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Race schedule

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	10 August	Engenes to Narvik	156.5 km (97 mi)		Hilly stage	Dylan Teuns (BEL)
2	11 August	Sjøvegan to Bardufoss Airport	184.5 km (115 mi)		Flat stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
3	12 August	Lyngseidet to Finnvikdalen	185.5 km (115 mi)		Hilly stage	August Jensen (NOR)
4	13 August	Tromsø to Tromsø	160.5 km (100 mi)		Hilly stage	Dylan Teuns (BEL)

Teams

21 teams were invited to take part in the race. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams; 12 were UCI Professional Continental teams; four were UCI Continental teams. Each team was allowed to enter six riders, three teams only entered five, therefore the peloton at the start of the race was made up of 123 riders.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Team Sunweb

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Aqua Blue Sport
• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Cofidis
• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
• Direct Énergie
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
• Fortuneo–Oscaro

UCI Continental teams

• Joker Icopal
• Team Coop
• Team FixIT.no
• Team Sparebanken Sør

Stages

Stage 1

10 August 2017 – Engenes to Narvik, 156.5 km (97.2 mi)

Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 3h 36' 14" 2  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop + 2" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2" 4  Olivier Pardini (BEL) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect + 2" 5  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) Joker Icopal + 2" 6  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Joker Icopal + 2" 7  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 2" 8  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 2" 9  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 2" 10  Fabien Grellier (FRA) Direct Énergie + 2" Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 3h 36' 04" 2  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop + 6" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 8" 4  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Joker Icopal + 11" 5  Olivier Pardini (BEL) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect + 12" 6  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) Joker Icopal + 12" 7  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 12" 8  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 12" 9  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 12" 10  Fabien Grellier (FRA) Direct Énergie + 12" Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 2

11 August 2017 – Sjøvegan to Bardufoss Airport, 184.5 km (114.6 mi)

Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin 4h 14' 20" 2  Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 4  Robin Stenuit (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 5  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie s.t. 6  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Joker Icopal s.t. 7  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROM) Nippo–Vini Fantini s.t. 8  Ivan Savitskiy (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo s.t. 9  Roy Jans (BEL) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect s.t. 10  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 7h 50' 23" 2  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2" 3  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 3" 4  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop + 7" 5  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 11" 6  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Joker Icopal + 12" 7  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 13" 8  Ivan Savitskiy (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 13" 9  Bjørn Tore Hoem (NOR) Joker Icopal + 13" 10  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 13" Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 3

12 August 2017 – Lyngseidet to Finnvikdalen, 185.5 km (115.3 mi)

Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop 4h 19' 05" 2  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 3  Dorian Godon (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 4  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport s.t. 5  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 6  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM s.t. 7  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 4" 8  Bjørn Tore Hoem (NOR) Joker Icopal + 4" 9  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) Joker Icopal + 4" 10  Jakub Kaczmarek (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 4" Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 12h 09' 22" 2  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop + 3" 3  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 17" 4  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 19" 5  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 19" 6  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 19" 7  Bjørn Tore Hoem (NOR) Joker Icopal + 23" 8  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) Joker Icopal + 23" 9  Amanuel Gebrezgabihier (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 29" 10  Jonas Koch (GER) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 33" Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 4

13 August 2017 – Tromsø to Tromsø, 160.5 km (99.7 mi)

Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 3h 47' 03" 2  Loïc Chetout (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 3  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 11" 4  Andriy Hrivko (UKR) Astana + 11" 5  Olivier Pardini (BEL) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect + 16" 6  Bjørn Tore Hoem (NOR) Joker Icopal + 16" 7  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 16" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 16" 9  Lawrence Naesen (BEL) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect + 16" 10  Amanuel Gebrezgabihier (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 16" Source: ProCyclingStats

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team 15h 56' 15" 2  August Jensen (NOR) Team Coop + 29" 3  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 43" 5  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 45" 4  Eliot Lietaer (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 45" 6  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 45" 7  Bjørn Tore Hoem (NOR) Joker Icopal + 49" 8  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) Joker Icopal + 49" 9  Amanuel Gebrezgabihier (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 55" 10  Andriy Hrivko (UKR) Astana + 57" Source: ProCyclingStats