2019 Arctic Race of Norway

The 2019 Arctic Race of Norway was a four-stage cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 15 and 18 August. It was the seventh edition of the Arctic Race of Norway and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.^[1]

2019 Arctic Race of Norway

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	15–18 August 2019
Stages	4
Distance	687 km (426.9 mi)
Winning time	14h 59' 27"
Results
Winner  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana)   Second  Warren Barguil (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic)   Third  Krists Neilands (LAT) (Israel Cycling Academy) Points  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana) Mountains  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) (Wanty–Gobert) Youth  Krists Neilands (LAT) (Israel Cycling Academy)   Team Astana
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Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	August 15	Å to Leknes	181 km (112.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
2	August 16	Henningsvær to Svolvær	164 km (101.9 mi)		Flat stage	Bryan Coquard (FRA)
3	August 17	Sortland to Melbu (Storheia Summit)	176.5 km (109.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)
4	August 18	Lødingen to Narvik	165.5 km (102.8 mi)		Flat stage	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)
Total		687 km (426.9 mi)

Teams

Twenty teams of up to six riders were invited to take part in the race. Of these teams, four were UCI WorldTeams, thirteen were UCI Professional Continental teams, and three were UCI Continental teams.^[3][4][5]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Katusha–Alpecin

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Arkéa–Samsic
• Cofidis
• Corendon–Circus
• Delko–Marseille Provence
• Euskadi–Murias
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Rally UHC Cycling
• Riwal Readynez
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Total Direct Énergie
• Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
• Wallonie Bruxelles
• Wanty–Gobert

UCI Continental Teams

• Joker Fuel of Norway
• Team Coop
• Uno-X Norwegian Development Team

Stages

Stage 1

15 August 2019 – Å to Leknes, 181 km (112.5 mi)^[6]

Stage 1 result[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 3h 45' 14" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 4  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 5  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 6  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 7  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Team Dimension Data + 0" 8  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 0" 9  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 0" 10  Franck Bonnamour (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 3h 45' 04" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 3" 3  Danny van Poppel (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 4" 4  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Gobert + 5" 5  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 6" 6  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 7  Magnus Cort (DEN) Astana + 8" 8  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 9" 9  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10" 10  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10"

Stage 2

16 August 2019 – Henningsvær to Svolvær, 164 km (101.9 mi)^[9]

Stage 2 result[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels 3h 31' 11" 2  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 0" 3  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  August Jensen (NOR) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 5  Louis Bendixen (DEN) Team Coop + 0" 6  Herman Dahl (NOR) Joker Fuel of Norway + 0" 7  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Wallonie Bruxelles + 0" 8  Nathan Haas (AUS) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 0" 9  Christophe Noppe (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 10  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 7h 16' 09" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 9" 3  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 9" 4  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Gobert + 11" 5  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 12" 6  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 7  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 13" 8  Magnus Cort (DEN) Astana + 14" 9  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 16" 10  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 16"

Stage 3

17 August 2019 – Sortland to Melbu (Storheia Summit), 176.5 km (109.7 mi)^[12]

Stage 3 result[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Gobert 4h 07' 32" 2  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 5" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 13" 4  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 17" 5  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 17" 6  Hugo Houle (CAN) Astana + 23" 7  Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) Team Dimension Data + 32" 8  Simon Carr (GBR) Delko–Marseille Provence + 36" 9  Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR) Riwal Readynez + 36" 10  Magnus Cort (DEN) Astana + 36"

General classification after Stage 3[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 11h 23' 56" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 3" 3  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 15" 4  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 18" 5  Hugo Houle (CAN) Astana + 30" 6  Magnus Cort (DEN) Astana + 35" 7  Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR) Riwal Readynez + 37" 8  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Team Dimension Data + 48" 9  Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 48" 10  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 52"

Stage 4

18 August 2019 – Lødingen to Narvik, 165.5 km (102.8 mi)^[15]

Stage 4 result[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 3h 35' 32" 2  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 3" 4  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 4" 5  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 4" 6  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 4" 7  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Team Dimension Data + 4" 8  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 4" 9  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 4" 10  Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR) Riwal Readynez + 4"

General classification after Stage 4[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana 14h 59' 27" 2  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 1" 3  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Cycling Academy + 19" 4  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 23" 5  Hugo Houle (CAN) Astana + 40" 6  Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR) Riwal Readynez + 42" 7  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 43" 8  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 51" 9  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Team Dimension Data + 53" 10  Steve Cummings (GBR) Team Dimension Data + 1' 12"

Classifications

The race included four main classifications: the general classification (represented by a yellow and orange jersey), the points classification (represented by a green jersey), the mountains classification (represented by a salmon jersey) and the youth classification (represented by a white jersey). There was also an award for the most aggressive rider on each stage and a team classification.^[18]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification	Combativity award
1	Mathieu van der Poel	Mathieu van der Poel	Mathieu van der Poel	Steve Cummings	Mathieu van der Poel	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	Alexey Lutsenko
2	Bryan Coquard						Erik Resell
3	Odd Christian Eiking	Warren Barguil			Krists Neilands	Astana	Erlend Blikra
4	Markus Hoelgaard	Alexey Lutsenko	Alexey Lutsenko	Odd Christian Eiking			Jonas Iversby Hvideberg
Final		Alexey Lutsenko	Alexey Lutsenko	Odd Christian Eiking	Krists Neilands	Astana	not awarded

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1-10)^[16][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	14h 59' 27"
2	Warren Barguil (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 1"
3	Krists Neilands (LAT)	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 19"
4	Lilian Calmejane (FRA)	Total Direct Énergie	+ 23"
5	Hugo Houle (CAN)	Astana	+ 40"
6	Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR)	Riwal Readynez	+ 42"
7	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	+ 43"
8	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 51"
9	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 53"
10	Steve Cummings (GBR)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 12"

Points classification

Final points classification (1-10)^[16][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	30
2	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	27
3	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	25
4	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels	24
5	Warren Barguil (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	23
6	Krists Neilands (LAT)	Israel Cycling Academy	18
7	Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)	Wanty–Gobert	15
8	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	15
9	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	14
10	Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)	Wanty–Gobert	10

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1-10)^[16][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)	Wanty–Gobert	20
2	Steve Cummings (GBR)	Team Dimension Data	12
3	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	11
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)	Team Dimension Data	10
5	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	10
6	Warren Barguil (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	8
7	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	5
8	Lilian Calmejane (FRA)	Total Direct Énergie	5
9	Lucas Eriksson (SWE)	Riwal Readynez	5
10	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	4

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification after stage 4 (1-10)^[16][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Krists Neilands (LAT)	Israel Cycling Academy	14h 59' 46"
2	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	+ 24"
3	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 32"
4	Lucas Eriksson (SWE)	Riwal Readynez	+ 1' 01"
5	Benjamin Declercq (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 1' 28"
6	Brandon McNulty (USA)	Rally UHC Cycling	+ 2' 47"
7	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	+ 3' 46"
8	Franck Bonnamour (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 6' 12"
9	Jordi Warlop (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 7' 08"
10	Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 16' 37"

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1-10)^[16][19]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Astana	45h 02' 14"
2	Riwal Readynez	+ 2' 13"
3	Total Direct Énergie	+ 14' 34"
4	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 14' 56"
5	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 15' 26"
6	Team Dimension Data	+ 22' 46"
7	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 28' 36"
8	Team Katusha–Alpecin	+ 28' 59"
9	Wanty–Gobert	+ 36' 40"
10	Cofidis	+ 38' 08"