photo credit @ Katusha
Highlights from stage 2 of the 2015 Tour of Norway
Thursday saw a very active start to Stage 2 of the Tour of Norway but due to a strong headwind, it was difficult for any riders to escape. The pace was so high that it split the peloton, but still no riders were able to get free. Finally, a kilometer before the day’s first intermediate sprint, a five-man break got clear. The group built a maximum gap of five minutes on the 193-km stage. The first rider fell back to the peloton as they reached the Category 3 climb situated 21 km from the finish. With 6.5 km remaining, the four remaining escapees were reeled in. Numerous attacks followed on the run into Langesund, but the race ended in a bunch sprint with Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha) winning for the second consecutive day.
Top 20 Finishers
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5:05:33 2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 4 André Looij (Ned) Team Roompot 5 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 7 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 8 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka 10 Amund Groendahl Jansen (Nor) Team Joker 11 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 12 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Riwal Platform Cycling Team 13 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Team Roompot 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 15 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 17 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 19 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot 20 Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus
General Classification
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 9:47:18 2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:08 3 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Joker 0:00:14 4 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 5 Oscar Landa (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 0:00:15 6 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:16 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka 8 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Team Joker 0:00:17 9 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:20 10 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 11 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Riwal Platform Cycling Team 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 14 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 15 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Team Coop-Oster Hus 16 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 18 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 19 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 20 Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
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