2023 Tour of Norway

The 2023 Tour of Norway was a road cycling stage race that took place between 26 and 29 May 2023 in Norway. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and is the 12th edition of the Tour of Norway.^[1]

2023 Tour of Norway

2023 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	26–29 May 2023
Stages	3 + Prologue
Distance	409.5 km (254.5 mi)
Results
Winner  Ben Tulett (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Second  Magnus Sheffield (USA) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Third  Thibau Nys (BEL) (Trek–Segafredo) Points  Thibau Nys (BEL) (Trek–Segafredo) Mountains  Joel Nicolau (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) Youth  Ben Tulett (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Team EF Education–EasyPost
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Teams

8 of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, three UCI Continental teams, and the Norwegian national team made up the 19 teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Team DSM
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI ProTeams

• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Human Powered Health
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling
• Saint Piran
• Team Coop–Repsol

National Teams

• Norway

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
P	26 May	Bergen to Mount Fløyen	7.4 km (4.6 mi)		Mountain time trial	Ben Tulett (GBR)
1	27 May	Jondal Røldal to Hovden[N 1]	85.2 km (52.9 mi)		Intermediate stage	Mike Teunissen (NED)
2	28 May	Valle to Stavanger	165.7 km (103.0 mi)		Intermediate stage	Thibau Nys (BEL)
3	29 May	Stavanger to Stavanger	151.2 km (94.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Total			409.5 km (254.5 mi)

Stages

Prologue

26 May 2023 – Bergen to Mount Fløyen, 7.4 km (4.6 mi)^[4]

Prologue result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 14' 28" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 20" 4  Ådne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 27" 5  Mathias Vacek (CZE) Trek–Segafredo + 28" 6  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 30" 7  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 31" 8  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 31" 9  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 32" 10  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 32"

General classification after Prologue[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 14' 28" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 20" 4  Ådne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 27" 5  Mathias Vacek (CZE) Trek–Segafredo + 28" 6  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 30" 7  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 31" 8  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 31" 9  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 32" 10  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 32"

Stage 1

27 May 2023 – Jondal Røldal to Hovden^{[N 1]}, 85.2 km (52.9 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mike Teunissen (NED) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty 1h 58' 30" 2  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) Team DSM + 0" 3  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Robbe Ghys (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 8  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 9  Mick van Dijke (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10  Marijn van den Berg (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 2h 12' 58" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 20" 4  Ådne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 27" 5  Mathias Vacek (CZE) Trek–Segafredo + 28" 6  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 30" 7  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 31" 8  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 31" 9  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 32" 10  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 32"

Stage 2

28 May 2023 – Valle to Stavanger, 165.7 km (103.0 mi)^[4]

Stage 2 result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo 4h 18' 33" 2  Edward Planckaert (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 1" 3  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 4  Mick van Dijke (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1" 5  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 1" 6  Maurice Ballerstedt (GER) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 1" 7  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) Team DSM + 1" 8  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 9  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1" 10  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1"

General classification after Stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 6h 31' 28" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 5" 3  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 23" 4  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 24" 5  Ådne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 31" 6  Mathias Vacek (CZE) Trek–Segafredo + 32" 7  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 35" 8  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 35" 9  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 36" 10  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 36"

Stage 3

29 May 2023 – Stavanger to Stavanger, 151.2 km (94.0 mi)^[4]

Stage 3 result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 3h 19' 17" 2  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) Team DSM + 0" 3  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Madis Mihkels (EST) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 5  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 6  Tim van Dijke (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 7  Edward Planckaert (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 8  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 10  Vito Braet (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 9h 50' 45" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 5" 3  Thibau Nys (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 23" 4  Attila Valter (HUN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 24" 5  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 30" 6  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 31" 7  Ådne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 31" 8  Mathias Vacek (CZE) Trek–Segafredo + 32" 9  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 33" 10  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 36"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P	Ben Tulett	Ben Tulett	Ben Tulett	Ben Tulett	Ben Tulett	Ineos Grenadiers
1	Mike Teunissen		Magnus Sheffield	Magnus Sheffield
2	Thibau Nys		Thibau Nys	Joel Nicolau
3	Alexander Kristoff					EF Education–EasyPost
Final		Ben Tulett	Thibau Nys	Joel Nicolau	Ben Tulett	EF Education–EasyPost

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Tulett (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	9h 50' 45"
2	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 5"
3	Thibau Nys (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 23"
4	Attila Valter (HUN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 24"
5	Alexander Kamp (DEN)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 30"
6	Rune Herregodts (BEL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 31"
7	Ådne Holter (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 31"
8	Mathias Vacek (CZE)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 32"
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 33"
10	Marco Brenner (GER)	Team DSM	+ 36"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Thibau Nys (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	44
2	Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN)	Team DSM	37
3	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	32
4	Jordi Meeus (BEL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	32
5	Ben Tulett (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	30
6	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	30
7	Alexander Kamp (DEN)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26
8	Edward Planckaert (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	23
9	Attila Valter (HUN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	20
10	Mick van Dijke (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	19

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joel Nicolau (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	19
2	Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN)	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	15
3	Torbjørn Andre Røed (NOR)	Norway	13
4	Mathias Vacek (CZE)	Trek–Segafredo	9
5	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	9
6	Ben Tulett (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	8
7	Ådne Holter (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	7
8	Manuele Tarozzi (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	7
9	Dries De Pooter (BEL)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	7
10	Lorenzo Milesi (ITA)	Team DSM	6

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Tulett (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	9h 50' 45"
2	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 5"
3	Thibau Nys (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 23"
4	Mathias Vacek (CZE)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 32"
5	Marco Brenner (GER)	Team DSM	+ 36"
6	Lorenzo Milesi (ITA)	Team DSM	+ 49"
7	Axel Laurance (FRA)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 1' 06"
8	Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 15"
9	Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN)	Team DSM	+ 1' 31"
10	Madis Mihkels (EST)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 1' 39"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Team	Time
1	EF Education–EasyPost	29h 34' 30"
2	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 4"
3	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 8"
4	Team DSM	+ 12"
5	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 20"
6	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 01"
7	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 07"
8	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 1' 14"
9	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 1' 33"
10	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 54"

Notes

1. The distance originally was 206 km, but before the start of the stage, the distance was shortened to 85.2 km due to bad weather conditions.