Storheia (Norway), Saturday 17th August – Norway’s Odd Christian Eiking of Wanty-Groupe Gobert claimed his first win of the 2019 season on home soil as he clinched the queen stage of the Arctic Race of Norway atop the unprecedented and gruelling Storheia Summit. Second on the line, French national champion Warren Barguil from Arkéa-Samsic took the overall lead with a slim advantage of three seconds over Kazakhstan national champion Alexey Lutsenko. A tight finish is expected in the conclusive stage in Narvik!

1 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 4:07:32
2 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:00:05
3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:13
4 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:17
5 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
6 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:00:23
7 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:00:32
8 Simon Carr (GBr) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:36
9 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
10 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team
GC:
1 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 4:07:32
2 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:17
3 Simon Carr (GBr) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:36
4 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:47
5 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:58
6 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
7 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team
8 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop 0:01:09
9 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 0:01:22
10 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:25