Arctic Race of Norway

Arctic Race of Norway
Race details
Date August
Region Norway
English name Arctic Race of Norway
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
Organiser Amaury Sport Organisation
Race director Claude Rach
History
First edition 2013 (2013)
Editions 6 (as of 2018)
First winner  Thor Hushovd (NOR)
Most recent  Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)

The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arctic Race of Norway (AS).[1][2]

The race is an official UCI-sponsored event,[3] and has been placed as part of the Europe Tour. The first two editions were rated as 2.1 events. From 2015 it was rated as a 2.HC event.[4]

Winners

Rider Team
2013 Norway Thor Hushovd (NOR) BMC Racing Team
2014 Netherlands Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling
2015 Estonia Rein Taaramäe (EST) Astana
2016 Italy Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Sky
2017 Belgium Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team
2018 Russia Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) Astana

References

  1. ASO announces a new event, the Arctic Race of Norway
  2. Creation of the Arctic Race of Norway: a new race at the heart of unique sceneries - News pre-race - Tour de France 2013
  3. Arctic Tour of Norway blir en realitet til neste år
  4. "Arctic Race of Norway 2015 - General classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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