2021 Tour of Norway

The 2021 Tour of Norway was a men's road cycling stage race which took place from 19 to 22 August 2021. It was the 10th edition of the Tour of Norway, which was rated as a 2.Pro event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.[3] This edition was the race's first in the UCI ProSeries; the 2020 edition was expected to feature in the inaugural UCI ProSeries but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

2021 Tour of Norway
2021 UCI Europe Tour
2021 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates19 – 22 August 2021[lower-alpha 1]
Stages4
Distance653.5 km (406.1 mi)
Winning time15h 15' 00"
Results
Winner  Ethan Hayter (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)
  Second  Ide Schelling (NED) (Bora–Hansgrohe)
  Third  Mike Teunissen (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
Points  Mike Teunissen (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
Mountains  Anthon Charmig (DEN) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
Youth  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) (Trek–Segafredo)
  Team Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

The race was originally six stages long and scheduled to be held from 19–24 May, but it was later reduced to four stages and scheduled to begin instead on 21 May.[1][2] However, on 16 April, the shortened race was postponed to 19–22 August due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.[5]

Teams

Seven of the 19 UCI WorldTeams, two UCI ProTeams, and ten UCI Continental teams made up the nineteen teams that participated in the race.[6][7] Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise, with five riders, was the only team to not enter a full squad of six riders. 113 riders started the race, of which 104 finished.[8][9]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

Schedule
Stage characteristics and winners[10]
Stage Date Route Distance Type Stage winner
1 19 August Egersund to Sokndal 150 km (93 mi) Hilly stage  Ethan Hayter (GBR)
2 20 August Sirdal to Sirdal 187 km (116 mi) Flat stage  Ethan Hayter (GBR)
3 21 August Jørpeland to Jørpeland 160 km (99 mi) Flat stage  Mads Pedersen (DEN)
4 22 August Stavanger to Stavanger 156.5 km (97.2 mi) Hilly stage  Matthew Walls (GBR)
Total 653.5 km (406.1 mi)

Stages

Stage 1
19 August 2021 – Egersund to Sokndal, 150 km (93 mi)[11][12]
Stage 1 Result[13][14]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 3h 44' 30"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1"
3  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 11"
4  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 13"
5  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 13"
6  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Ineos Grenadiers + 13"
7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13"
8  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 13"
9  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 13"
10  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 13"
General classification after Stage 1[13][14]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 3h 44' 20"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5"
3  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 17"
4  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 23"
5  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 23"
6  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Ineos Grenadiers + 23"
7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 23"
8  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 23"
9  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 23"
10  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 23"

Stage 2
20 August 2021 – Sirdal to Sirdal, 187 km (116 mi)[15][16]
Stage 2 Result[17][18]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 16' 32"
2  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"
4  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
5  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 0"
6  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 0"
7  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 0"
8  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0"
9  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 0"
10  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Riwal Cycling Team + 0"
General classification after Stage 2[17][18]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 8h 00' 42"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 15"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 29"
4  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 33"
5  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 33"
6  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 33"
7  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 33"
8  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 33"
9  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 35"
10  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 41"

Stage 3
21 August 2021 – Jørpeland to Jørpeland, 160 km (99 mi)[19][20]
Stage 3 Result[21][22]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo 3h 49' 02"
2  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 0"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"
4  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0"
5  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0"
6  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 0"
7  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"
8  Nils Politt (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
9  Cédric Beullens (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"
10  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
General classification after Stage 3[21][22]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 11h 49' 44"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 15"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25"
4  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 33"
5  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 33"
6  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 33"
7  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 33"
8  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 33"
9  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 35"
10  Romain Combaud (FRA) Team DSM + 41"

Stage 4
22 August 2021 – Stavanger to Stavanger, 156.5 km (97.2 mi)[23][24]
Stage 4 Result[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Matthew Walls (GBR) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 25' 16"
2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0"
3  Daniel Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0"
4  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"
5  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"
6  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 0"
7  Nils Broge (DEN) BHS–PL Beton Bornholm + 0"
8  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0"
9  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Riwal Cycling Team + 0"
10  Cédric Beullens (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"
General classification after Stage 4[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 15h 15' 00"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 15"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25"
4  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 33"
5  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 33"
6  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 33"
7  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 33"
8  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 33"
9  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 35"
10  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 41"

Classification leadership table
Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
 Points classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Team classification
1 Ethan Hayter Ethan Hayter Ethan Hayter Ethan Hayter Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Ineos Grenadiers
2 Ethan Hayter Anthon Charmig Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
3 Mads Pedersen
4 Matthew Walls Mike Teunissen
Final Ethan Hayter Mike Teunissen Anthon Charmig Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
  • On stages 2 and 3, Ide Schelling, who was second in the points classification, wore the dark blue jersey, because first-placed Ethan Hayter wore the orange jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Mike Teunissen wore the dark blue jersey on stage 4, and Anthon Charmig, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka-dot jersey on stage 2.

Final classification standings
Legend[27]
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)[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 15h 15' 00"
2  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 15"
3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25"
4  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 33"
5  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite + 33"
6  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop + 33"
7  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 33"
8  Lucas Eriksson (SWE) Riwal Cycling Team + 33"
9  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 35"
10  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 41"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 47
2  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 41
3  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 35
4  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 34
5  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe 32
6  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo 29
7  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) Team Coop 28
8  James Shaw (GBR) Ribble Weldtite 27
9  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates 24
10  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) UAE Team Emirates 18

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 22
2  Olav Hjemsæter (NOR) Team Coop 14
3  Nils Broge (DEN) BHS–PL Beton Bornholm 12
4  Mads Rahbek (DEN) BHS–PL Beton Bornholm 9
5  Emil Iwersen (DEN) BHS–PL Beton Bornholm 8
6  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 7
7  Aaron Verwilst (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 6
8  James Fouché (NZL) Black Spoke Pro Cycling 6
9  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe 5
10  Julian Mertens (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 5

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)[25][26]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo 15h 15' 33"
2  Mark Donovan (GBR) Team DSM + 20"
3  Joshua Kench (NZL) Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 47"
4  Meindert Weulink (NED) Abloc CT + 49"
5  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 1' 10"
6  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) UAE Team Emirates + 2' 12"
7  Sébastien Grignard (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 13' 42"
8  Ward Vanhoof (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 13' 57"
9  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team DSM + 15' 03"
10  Frederik Jensen (DEN) BHS–PL Beton Bornholm + 21' 34"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)[25][26]
Rank Team Time
1 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 45h 46' 58"
2 Riwal Cycling Team + 16"
3 Team DSM + 39"
4 Ineos Grenadiers + 2' 29"
5 Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 3' 28"
6 UAE Team Emirates + 3' 30"
7 Team Coop + 8' 16"
8 Team Jumbo–Visma + 8' 56"
9 Lotto–Soudal + 15' 28"
10 Trek–Segafredo + 16' 19"

Notes
  1. The race was originally scheduled for 19 to 24 May, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be postponed, shortened, and rescheduled.[1][2]

References
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  12. Roadbook 2021, pp. 12–17.
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