Volata potente, urlo di gioia e Kristoff regala all’UAE Team Emirates la 15^vittoria stagionale (foto @tourofnorway).
Il corridore scandinavo ha vinto la 5^tappa del Tour of Norway, Skien-Drammen di 159,7 km, precedendo allo sprint Alvaro Hodeg (Deceunick-Quick Step) e Kristoffer Halvorsen (Team Inos).
 
Il successo odierno ha proiettato Kristoff in testa alla classifica generale, con 1″ di vantaggio su Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) e 2″ su Edoardo Affini (Mitchelton-Scott), quando al termine del Tour of Norway manca una sola frazione, la Gran-Hønefoss di 175,1 km con un Gpm di 1^categoria (4,3 km al 4,3%) posto a 11,5 km dal traguardo.
 
La volata è stata dominata dal corridore dell’UAE Team Emirates, abile a sprigionare la sua potenza tenendo il lato sinistro della carreggiata, versante verso il quale svoltava leggermente la strada.
Meno semplice la gestione degli ultimi chilometri di gara, come spiegato dallo stesso Kristoff: “A 20 km al traguardo, una ventaglio ha spezzato il gruppo ma la squadra è stata prontissima a rimediare e a rientrare in gruppo, con il tempo giusto per impostare il lavoro di avvicinamento allo sprint. Ho iniziato la volata nelle posizioni di testa, trovando ottime gambe: sono molto orgoglioso per il successo, al quale si è aggiunta la maglia gialla di leader della classifica. Nell’ultima tappa proveremo a difenderci, non sarà facile, ma daremo il massimo.Ringrazio i miei compagni, sono stati fantastici nell’assistermi sulle salite e in ogni frangente delicato di corsa“.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:39:44
2 Alvaro José Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:00
3 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos 0:00:00
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
5 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:00
6 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:00
7 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
8 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
9 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
10 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
11 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
12 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
13 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
14 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:00
15 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:00
16 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
17 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
18 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
19 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:00:00
20 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
21 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:00
22 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
23 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:00
24 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:00
25 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:00:00
26 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:00
27 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:00
28 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
29 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:00:00
30 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
31 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:00
32 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:00
33 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:00
34 Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Team Coop 0:00:00
35 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
36 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
37 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
38 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
39 Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
40 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
41 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:00
43 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
44 Sander Armée (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
45 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:00:00
46 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
47 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
48 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:00
49 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:00:00
50 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:00
51 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:00
52 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
53 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
54 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:00
55 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
56 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:00
57 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
58 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
59 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:00
60 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
61 Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:00
62 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:00
63 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:22
64 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:37
65 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:00:39
66 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:50
67 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:01
68 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Dimension Data 0:01:08
69 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:16
70 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:38
71 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:01:59
72 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos 0:02:00
73 Gino Mäder (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:04:05
74 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:04:52
75 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:06:01
76 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:06:01
77 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:06:25
78 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:17
79 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Team Dimension Data 0:07:17
80 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:07:17
81 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:07:17
82 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:17
83 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data 0:07:17
84 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:07:17
85 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:07:17
86 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:13:40
87 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:13:40
88 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek - Segafredo 0:13:40
89 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:13:40
90 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop 0:13:40
91 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:13:40
92 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop 0:13:40
93 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:13:40
94 Andre Sotberg (Nor) Team Coop 0:13:40
95 Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:13:40
96 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:13:40
97 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop 0:13:40
98 Alan Banaszek (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:13:40
99 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:40
100 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop 0:13:40
101 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:14:55
102 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:14:55
103 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:14:55
104 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:14:55
DNF Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
DNF James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
DNF Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek - Segafredo
DNF Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott
DNF Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
DNF Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence
DNS Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rou) Delko Marseille Provence

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 21:17:22
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Dimension Data 0:00:01
3 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:02
4 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos 0:00:09
5 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:09
6 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:11
7 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:12
8 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:12
9 Sander Armée (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:12
10 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:00:14
11 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:16
12 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:16
13 Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb 0:00:16
14 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:16
15 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:17
16 Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Team Coop 0:00:18
17 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:19
18 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:19
19 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:19
20 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:19
21 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:19
22 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:19
23 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:19
24 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:19
25 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:19
26 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:19
27 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:19
28 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:19
29 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:19
30 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
31 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:19
32 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:19
33 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:19
34 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:00:19
35 Andreas Vangstad (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:00:20
36 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:00:25
37 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:00:26
38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:00:26
39 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:26
40 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:26
41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:26
42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:26
43 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:26
44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:26
45 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
46 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:42
47 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:57
48 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:40
49 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:04:41
50 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:04:45
51 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Dimension Data 0:05:30
52 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:06:01
53 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek - Segafredo 0:06:13
54 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First 0:07:13
55 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:07:13
56 Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:07:20
57 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:07:26
58 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:07:35
59 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:07:44
60 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:07:55
61 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:08:09
62 Alvaro José Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:08:12
63 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:08:21
64 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team 0:08:33
65 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:08:57
66 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:09:02
67 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:29
68 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos 0:10:35
69 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:11:24
70 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:13:18
71 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:13:42
72 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop 0:13:59
73 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:14:32
74 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Team Dimension Data 0:14:37
75 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:14:52
76 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:16:04
77 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop 0:16:20
78 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:16:25
79 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:39
80 Gino Mäder (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:16:41
81 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:45
82 Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:21:10
83 Louis Bendixen (Den) Team Coop 0:21:49
84 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:23:24
85 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:23:24
86 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Roompot - Charles 0:23:29
87 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:24:15
88 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:24:30
89 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data 0:24:43
90 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Joker Fuel of Norway 0:25:27
91 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek - Segafredo 0:27:11
92 Alan Banaszek (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:27:16
93 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:31
94 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:28:40
95 Andre Sotberg (Nor) Team Coop 0:29:56
96 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:31:50
97 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop 0:33:20
98 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:34:34
99 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:35:40
100 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:36:00
101 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkéa - Samsic 0:37:22
102 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:43:30
103 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:45:39
104 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:58:45