2023 Arctic Race of Norway

The 2023 Arctic Race of Norway was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 20 August 2023. It was the tenth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway, which was rated as a 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar.

2023 Arctic Race of Norway

2023 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	17 – 20 August 2023
Stages	4
Distance	663 km (412.0 mi)
Winning time	15h 38' 06"
Results
Winner  Stephen Williams (GBR) (Israel–Premier Tech)   Second  Christian Scaroni (ITA) (Astana Qazaqstan Team)   Third  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) (Team dsm–firmenich) Points  Clément Champoussin (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic) Mountains  Vincent Van Hemelen (BEL) (Team Flanders–Baloise) Youth  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) (Team dsm–firmenich)   Team Israel–Premier Tech
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Teams

Six UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, three UCI Continental teams, and one national team made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• Arkéa–Samsic
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Cofidis
• Lidl–Trek
• Team dsm–firmenich
• Team Jayco–AlUla

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Burgos BH
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Human Powered Health
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Groupama–FDJ Continental Team
• Team Coop–Repsol
• Trinity Racing

National Teams

• Norway

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	17 August	Kautokeino to Alta	171 km (106 mi)		Flat stage	Alberto Dainese (ITA)
2	18 August	Alta to Hammerfest	153.5 km (95.4 mi)		Flat stage	Michele Gazzoli (ITA)
3	19 August	Hammerfest to Havøysund summit	167 km (104 mi)		Hilly stage	Stephen Williams (GBR)
4	20 August	Kvalsund to Nordkapp	171.5 km (106.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Clément Champoussin (FRA)
Total			663 km (412 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

17 August 2023 – Kautokeino to Alta, 171 km (106 mi)^[2]

Stage 1 Result[3][4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich 4h 06' 07" 2  Noah Hobbs (GBR) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team + 0" 3  Clément Champoussin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 4  Marc Brustenga (ESP) Lidl–Trek + 0" 5  Antonio Angulo (ESP) Burgos BH + 0" 6  Kévin Ledanois (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 7  August Jensen (NOR) Human Powered Health + 0" 8  Martin Urianstad (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 10  Colin Joyce (USA) Human Powered Health + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[3][4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich 4h 05' 57" 2  Noah Hobbs (GBR) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team + 4" 3  Lewis Bower (NZL) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team + 4" 4  Clément Champoussin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 6" 5  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 7" 6  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 8" 7  Fergus Browning (AUS) Trinity Racing + 8" 8  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 9" 9  Marc Brustenga (ESP) Lidl–Trek + 10" 10  Antonio Angulo (ESP) Burgos BH + 10"

Stage 2

18 August 2023 – Alta to Hammerfest, 153.5 km (95.4 mi)^[5]

Stage 2 Result[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Michele Gazzoli (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team 3h 28' 35" 2  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 3  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Cofidis + 0" 4  Thibaud Gruel (FRA) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team + 0" 5  Milan Fretin (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0" 6  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 7  Elias Maris (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0" 8  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 10  André Drege (NOR) Team Coop–Repsol + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Noah Hobbs (GBR) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team 7h 34' 31" 2  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich + 1" 3  Michele Gazzoli (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 1" 4  Lewis Bower (NZL) Groupama–FDJ Continental Team + 3" 5  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 4" 6  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Cofidis + 7" 7  André Drege (NOR) Team Coop–Repsol + 8" 8  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 8" 9  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 9" 10  Fergus Browning (AUS) Trinity Racing + 9"

Stage 3

19 August 2023 – Hammerfest to Havøysund summit, 167 km (104 mi)^[8]

Stage 3 Result[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech 4h 02' 58" 2  Clément Champoussin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 3  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 4  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 6  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0" 7  Matthew Dinham (AUS) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 8  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 9  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 10  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 7"

General classification after Stage 3[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech 11h 37' 28" 2  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 1" 3  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 9" 4  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team dsm–firmenich + 11" 5  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 12" 6  Matthew Dinham (AUS) Team dsm–firmenich + 12" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 12" 8  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 12" 9  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 19" 10  Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR) Team Coop–Repsol + 20"

Stage 4

20 August 2023 – Kvalsund to Nordkapp, 171.5 km (106.6 mi)^[11]

Stage 4 Result[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Clément Champoussin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 4h 00' 38" 2  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Norway + 0" 3  Michele Gazzoli (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 4  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Matthew Dinham (AUS) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 6  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 7  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0" 8  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 9  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 10  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech 15h 38' 06" 2  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 1" 3  Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team dsm–firmenich + 9" 4  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 9" 5  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 11" 6  Matthew Dinham (AUS) Team dsm–firmenich + 12" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 12" 8  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 12" 9  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 19" 10  Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR) Team Coop–Repsol + 20"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Alberto Dainese	Alberto Dainese	Alberto Dainese	Vincent Van Hemelen	Alberto Dainese	Arkéa–Samsic	Johan Ravnøy
2	Michele Gazzoli	Noah Hobbs	Noah Hobbs		Noah Hobbs	Astana Qazaqstan Team	not awarded
3	Stephen Williams	Stephen Williams	Christian Scaroni		Tobias Halland Johannessen	Israel–Premier Tech	Vincent Van Hemelen
4	Clément Champoussin		Clément Champoussin		Kevin Vermaerke		Christian Scaroni
Final		Stephen Williams	Clément Champoussin	Vincent Van Hemelen	Kevin Vermaerke	Israel–Premier Tech	not awarded

Classification standings

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

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Stephen Williams (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	15h 38' 06"
2	Christian Scaroni (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 1"
3	Kevin Vermaerke (USA)	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 9"
4	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 9"
5	Dylan Teuns (BEL)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 11"
6	Matthew Dinham (AUS)	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 12"
7	Guillaume Martin (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 12"
8	Roger Adrià (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 12"
9	Kamiel Bonneu (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 19"
10	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR)	Team Coop–Repsol	+ 20"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	36
2	Christian Scaroni (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	27
3	Noah Hobbs (GBR)	Groupama–FDJ Continental Team	26
4	Michele Gazzoli (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	24
5	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	20
6	Stephen Williams (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	18
7	Alberto Dainese (ITA)	Team dsm–firmenich	15
8	Kevin Vermaerke (USA)	Team dsm–firmenich	12
9	Dylan Teuns (BEL)	Israel–Premier Tech	12
10	Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)	Norway	12

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Vincent Van Hemelen (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	26
2	Johan Ravnøy (NOR)	Team Coop–Repsol	9
3	Stephen Williams (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	6
4	Walter Calzoni (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6
5	Lewis Bower (NZL)	Groupama–FDJ Continental Team	6
6	Fergus Browning (AUS)	Trinity Racing	6
7	Michel Ries (LUX)	Arkéa–Samsic	5
8	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (DEN)	Team Coop–Repsol	4
9	Asbjørn Hellemose (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	4
10	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	4

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Kevin Vermaerke (USA)	Team dsm–firmenich	15h 38' 15"
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 0"
3	Matthew Dinham (AUS)	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 3"
4	Roger Adrià (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 3"
5	Kamiel Bonneu (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 10"
6	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR)	Team Coop–Repsol	+ 11"
7	Liam Johnston (AUS)	Trinity Racing	+ 14"
8	Asbjørn Hellemose (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	+ 18"
9	Louis Barré (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 19"
10	Elias Maris (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 22"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Israel–Premier Tech	46h 55' 54"
2	Cofidis	+ 1' 02"
3	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 14"
4	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 45"
5	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 50"
6	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 2' 29"
7	Burgos BH	+ 3' 53"
8	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 4' 02"
9	Team Coop–Repsol	+ 8' 05"
10	Bingoal WB	+ 9' 05"