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Arctic Race of Norway – 4. Etappe und Endstand:

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Kvalsund – Nordkapp – 171Km

1 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 04:00:38
2 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:00
3 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
6 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
8 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
11 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
12 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
14 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:00
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 15:38:06
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:09
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:11
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:19
10 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
11 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
12 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
13 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
14 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams conquers the Arctic

Israel-Premier Tech’s Stephen Williams won the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway by only one second over Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni, emulating the minimal gap that allowed Alexey Lutsenko to claim the 2019 title with Warren Barguil as the runner-up. Team dsm-firmenich’s Kevin Vermaerke stood third on the final podium, taking advantage of the bonus seconds he scored at the beginning of this beautiful final stage that finished in the breath-taking North Cape, one of the northernmost spots in Europe. Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was the fastest in the uphill sprint that settled the day, defeating Norwegian National Team’s Odd Christian Eiking and Astana Qazaqstan’s Michele Gazzoli.

106 riders took the start in the fourth and final stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Kvalsund and the North Cape over 171,4 kilometres, at 13:40. There was some fast racing to begin, as none of the attackers was able to go clear ahead of the Skaidi (IS, km 21,1) intermediate sprint on which Noah Hobbs (Groupama-FDJ Continental) took three bonus seconds ahead of Kevin Vermaerke (Team dsm-firmenich) and Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), who in turn collected two and one. A few minutes later, Human Powered Health’s Sebastian Schonberger was first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 23,4).

A big breakaway day

A 19-strong group tried to escape from the peloton after 31 kilometres, with Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma) or Andre Drege (Coop-Repsol) amongst many others. They were not given much leeway, though, and their attempt got shut down after an intense chase. 68 kilometres into the race, a group of 15 managed to really establish itself at the head of the race. Jonas Hvideberg (Team dsm-firmenich), Hugo Toumire (Cofidis), Ludvik Holstad, Iver Knotten (Norwegian National Team), August Jensen, Kristian Aasvold (Human Powered Health), Alessandro Verre (Arkea-Samsic), Walter Calzoni (Q36.5), Frederik Dversnes (Uno-X), Kevin Colleoni (Jayco-AlUla), Pablo Carrascosa (Equipo Kern Pharma), Lennert Teugels (Bingoal WB), Rodrigo Alvarez (Burgos BH), Tobias Nakken (Trinity Racing) and the aforementioned Hobbs were the ones to put some daylight between themselves and the peloton led by Israel-Premier Tech and Astana Qazaqstan, opening a gap that peaked at 2’45” with 70 kilometres left to race.

Hobbs claims all the intermediate sprints

Midnight Sun jersey wearer during stage 3 Noah Hobbs led the way through Hjelness (IS, km 109,1) as Nakken got dropped from the break. The Groupama-FDJ Continental rider was also first across Storbukt (IS, km 139,9), at which point the gap had dropped down to 1’45”. The riders thus entered the final thirty kilometres of the race, on which three classified climbs including the summit finish at the Nordkapp (the iconic North Cape) were to decide this 10th edition of the Arctic Race of Norway.

Calzoni nearly makes it

As soon as the peloton hit the first slopes of the climb to Skipsfjord Summit (KOM, km 150,2), Cofidis and Arkea-Samsic took the helm of the peloton, reducing it to 50 riders as the break was whittled down to just six members: Hvideberg, Calzoni, Knotten, Jensen, Dversnes and Teugels. The Human Powered Health rider was first across the summit, where the peloton trialled behind the front of the race by 1’20”. The race heated up during the climb to Vestfjlordfjellet Summit (KOM, km 165), with Calzoni cresting it first as he was the last of the men of the breakaway not to be reeled in by the main group. The Italian rider kept his solo effort and managed to reach the last kilometre with a slight gap over the favourites, who were attacking left and right behind. There was no happy ending for Calzoni, though, as he was caught in the final ramp with 200 meters to go. The Israel-Premier Tech team launched the sprint, yet Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was quicker than the other contenders and managed to claim his first victory of the season. The Israeli team still had a reason to smile as their Stephen Williams kept the Midnight Sun jersey and was crowned as overall winner of the event.

Arctic Race of Norway – 3. Etappe:

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Hammerfest – Havøysund – 167 Km

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 04:02:58
2 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
3 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
6 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
7 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:07
11 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:08
12 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:08
13 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:11
14 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:16
15 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:16

Gesamt:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 11:37:28
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:11
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:12
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
10 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
11 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
12 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
14 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams claims the win in Havoysund after ferocious race

The grueling weather conditions didn’t keep the peloton of the Arctic Race of Norway from putting quite a show on in the third stage of the 10th edition of this beautiful event. Several long-range attacks took place, with an excellent breakaway led by Peacock jersey wearer Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise) as the highlight. It all came down to an uphill sprint in the final climb to Havoysund, though. Great Britain’s Stephen Williams took both the stage win and the Midnight Sun jersey, overtaking Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni (3rd at the finish line) in the provisional GC by just one second. Runner-up to Williams in the fight for the stage was Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin. The overall victory is still up for grabs in the fourth and last stage to Nordkapp – the iconic North Cape.

106 riders took the start in the third stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Hammerfest and Havoysund over 167 kilometres, at 14:00. After a few attacks, six riders went clear 5 kilometres into the race: Ulrik Tvedt (Norwegian National Team), Paul Double (Human Powered Health), Michel Ries (Arkea-Samsic), KOM classification leader Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise), Karsten Larsen Feldmann and Anton Stensby (Coop-Repsol). At kilometre 28, they clocked an advantage of 4’00” over a peaceful bunch that rode at a steady pace, marshalled by Groupama-FDJ Continental.

Van Hemelen secures his Peacock jersey

Stensby led the way through both Skaidi (IS, km 52,5) and Lillefjord (IS, km 110,5), while Van Hemelen secured his Peacock jersey by being first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 54,6). The advantage of the front group had increased up to 5’00” with 72 kilometres to go. With 65 remaining, Israel-Premier Tech, Astana Qazaqstan and Uno-X joined race leader Noah Hobbs’ teammates at the helm of the peloton and tried to launch echelons taking advantage of a crosswinds section. Their first efforts were fruitless, yet their second attempt with 40 kilometres to go did indeed whittle the main group down to 35 riders. Many of them unsuccessfully tried to power away from this reduced bunch in the following kilometres. Meanwhile, Double was dropped from the break as Van Hemelen passed first through Kirkedalen Summit (KOM, km 134,5), where the gap for the five remaining men at the front was down to just 1’35”.

Israel-Premier Tech went for it

An unfortunate crash with 28 to go took Astana Qazaqstan’s Gianmarco Garofoli out of contention while riding in the main group. Stensby was once again first in the last intermediate sprint of the day at Selvika (IS, km 148,4). The climb to Selvika Summit (KOM, km 153,1) left Van Hemelen alone in the lead with just 10” over the 30-strong favourites group. The Belgian rider was a caught at the base of the 2,2-kilometre race-defining climb to Havoysund by the chasing group, led by Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X. Israel’s Dylan Teuns hit the afterburners with 350 meters to go, opening the sprint for his teammate Stephen Williams to power past everyone from the second row of the group and claim both his first victory of the season and the Midnight Sun jersey.

Deutschland Tour lässt ein Sekundenspiel erwarten

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Am kommenden Mittwoch, den 23. August, startet die Deutschland Tour 2023. 732 Rennkilometer legen die Profis in diesem Jahr auf dem Weg von St. Wendel nach Bremen zurück. Die fünf Renntage lassen erneut ein spannendes Sekundenspiel erwarten.

Gleich zum Auftakt wird der Kampf um jede einzelne Sekunde entfacht. Ein nur 2,3 Kilometer kurzes, aber kurvenreiches Einzelzeitfahren durch die Innenstadt von St. Wendel bringt die Topprofis nah zu den Zuschauern. Im vergangenen Jahr waren es weniger als zwei Sekunden, die über das erste Führungstrikot entschieden haben.

Auch den zweiten Renntag verbringen die Profis im Saarland. Doch für den Führenden wird es kein Tag zum Ausruhen. Auf dem Weg von St. Wendel nach Merzig bieten welliges Terrain, viele Richtungswechsel und eine knackige Zielrunde viele Gelegenheiten für Angriffe. Dazu werden wertvolle Bonussekunden vergeben. Erinnerungen an 2018 werden wach, als ein kleines Favoritenfeld den Tagessieg in Merzig unter sich ausmachte.

Der 25. August steht im Deutschland Tour-Kalender als Etappe der Superlative. Zwischen Kassel und Winterberg wird die 200-Kilometer-Grenze geknackt – der längste Tagesabschnitt in diesem Jahr. Dazu gibt es die meisten Höhenmeter (2.950) und den höchsten Punkt der diesjährigen Tour (766 m). Auch die letzten fünf Kilometer bis zum Ziel führen nur bergauf. Für viele Fahrer bietet dieser Klassikertag eine weitere Gelegenheit, Sekunden gutzumachen.

Die dritte Etappe scheint auf dem Papier leichter: weniger Kilometer, weniger Höhenmeter. Doch die nackten Zahlen dieser reinen NRW-Etappe täuschen. Im Profil sind kurze steile Anstiege versteckt. Sei es die berühmt-berüchtigte „Eule“ gleich nach dem Start in Arnsberg oder zum Sender Langenberg zur Halbzeit. Wer die Deutschland Tour 2023 gewinnen möchte, wird spätestens am Samstag Akzente setzen. In Essen fällt eine Vorentscheidung zum Gesamtsieg.

Hannover läutet das große Finale der Rundfahrt ein. Am Schlusstag verspricht das flache Terrain Niedersachsens einen Abschluss für die Sprinter. Vorbei am Weserstadion und der Bremer Altstadt geht es zum Zielgebiet in der Überseestadt. Die erste Zielpassage gibt den Sprinterteams Gelegenheit, das Finale zu begutachten. Drei Runden später steht fest, wer die Deutschland Tour 2023 gewinnt.

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Arctic Race of Norway – 1. und 2. Etappe:

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Kautokeino – Alta – 171 Km

1 DAINESE Alberto ITA Team dsm-firmenich 04:06:07
2 HOBBS Noah GBR Groupama-FDJ Conti 00:00
3 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
4 BRUSTENGA Marc ESP Lidl-Trek 00:00
5 ANGULO Antonio ESP Burgos-BH 00:00
6 LEDANOIS Kevin FRA Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
7 JENSEN August NOR Human Powered Health 00:00
8 BUGGE Martin Urianstad NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
9 TIZZA Marco ITA Bingoal WB 00:00
10 JOYCE Colin USA Human Powered Health 00:00
11 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:00
12 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
13 FRETIN Milan BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
14 FEDELI Alessandro ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
15 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:00

2. Etappe: Alta – Hammerfest – 153 Km

1 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 03:28:35
2 SCARONI Christian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
3 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:00
4 GRUEL Thibaud FRA Groupama-FDJ Conti 00:00
5 FRETIN Milan BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
6 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
7 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
8 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
9 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
10 DREGE André NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:00

Gesamt:

1 HOBBS Noah GBR Groupama-FDJ Conti 07:34:31
2 DAINESE Alberto ITA Team dsm-firmenich 00:01
3 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
4 BOWER Lewis NZL Groupama-FDJ Conti 00:03
5 SCARONI Christian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:04
6 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:07
7 DREGE André NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:08
8 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:08
9 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:09
10 BROWNING Fergus AUS Trinity Racing 00:09
11 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:10
12 GAROFOLI Gianmarco ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:10
13 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:10
14 FRETIN Milan BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:11
15 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:11

Astana Qazaqstan’s festival in Hammerfest

Grim weather conditions, with bouts of rain and strong winds, were the main players in the second stage of the 10th edition of the Arctic Race of Norway. Uno-X Pro Cycling Team did its best to tear the race apart by launching echelons, yet the pack got back together with 40 kilometres to go and it all came down to an uphill sprint in Hammerfest. It was there that Astana Qazaqstan executed a perfectly timed sprint to score a one-two with Italian riders Michele Gazzoli and Christian Scaroni, while Cofidis’ Jonathan Lastra completed the stage podium. The Midnight Sun jersey that distinguishes the GC leader is now on the shoulders of Noah Hobbs (Groupama-FDJ Continental), who was fast and wise enough to claim five bonus seconds in the intermediate sprints spread over the stage in order to dethrone Team dsm-firmenich’s Alberto Dainese.

106 riders took the start in second stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Alta and Hammerfest over 153,4 kilometres, at 14:25. As the red flag dropped, six riders went on the attack to create the day’s first breakaway: Peder Antoni Gravas (Norwegian National Team), Gianmarco Garofoli (Astana Qazaqstan), Johan Ravnoy (Team Coop-Repsol), Camilo Gomez (Trinity Racing Team), Ronan Augé (Groupama-FDJ Continental) and Vincent van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise). The latter was sporting the Peacock jersey and immediately took on the duty of collecting points for the Mountains classification in order to keep it for another day, cresting in first position both the Raipas Summit (KOM, km 9,7) and the Sarves Summit (Super KOM, km 28,2). Meanwhile, Augé led the way through Milstrand (IS, km 19,7).

Wind creates chaos

Van Hemelen was second to Ravnoy atop the Stokkedalen Summit (KOM, km 42,4), where the breakaway recorded a gap of 4’10” on its favor over the peloton. Said gap would immediately drop down to nothing as racing sped up behind due to the possibility of echelons that did indeed materialize as the riders hit a long, straight stretch of road with 92 kilometres to go. A group of 30 riders went clear in a skirmish led by Uno-X and and echoed by Jayco-AlUla and Team dsm-firmenich, reeling in the break 10 kilometres later. A change of the direction of the course meant the sidewind turned into headwind, thus enabling several groups to bridge back to the head of the race with 40 kilometres left to race, just ahead of the intermediate sprint in Kvalsund (IS, km 118,2) on which Andre Drege (Coop-Repsol) took three bonus seconds ahead of Noah Hobbs (Groupama-FDJ Continental) and Kevin Vermaerke (Team dsm-firmenich), who in turn collected 2” and 1”.

Hobbs takes the Midnight Sun jersey

The peloton was held back by the wind in the final kilometres. Hobbs came first across Akkarfjord (IS, km 142,3), claiming three bonus seconds that would enable him to become GC leader after the stage, as most of the other riders bid their time waiting for the uphill finish in Hammerfest. The road started to rise with 1,7 kilometres to go. Groupama-FDJ Continental, Jayco-AlUla and Flanders-Baloise drove the run in to the finish before Astana Qazaqstan took the win by storm, with Christian Scaroni leading out Michele Gazzoli for an outstanding one-two.

LA Vuelta 23: REMCO & CO, IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME

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Remco Evenepoel, the defending champion of La Vuelta, has changed his race programme in order to defend his title, and at the very start of the 2023 season it was not expressly planned that Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal would be at the official start in Barcelona either, unlike Richard Carapaz who was due to go there after the Tour de France. Faced with the Jumbo-Visma duo of Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard, for whom everything went as they wished at the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, four other Grand Tour winners are preparing for La Vuelta.
There were eight of them in Utrecht last year: already Roglic and Carapaz, Jai Hindley, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Simon Yates, Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde and Chris Froome, but the last three had excluded themselves from the list of favourites, as they were rather in the twilight of their careers, even if the Briton wasn’t within two months of his sporting retirement like the Italian and the Spaniard.
Evenepoel’s career plan was all mapped out: La Vuelta 22, Giro d’Italia 2023, Tour de France 2024 (with a Monaco-Nice time trial as a conclusion, on the Belgian national day). This fine schedule was disrupted by a Covid-19 infection halfway through the Giro, when he had just reclaimed the pink jersey thanks to a narrower-than-usual time trial victory.

Less than a week after his withdrawal, Patrick Lefévère ruled out the possibility of taking part in another Grand Tour this year, due to a lack of time to prepare for the Tour de France and because “nobody would accept any result from him other than the final victory in La Vuelta because he’s already won it”, argued the manager of Soudal-Quick Step, who has since changed his mind under pressure from his protégé, who on 10 July told his fans: “See you in Barcelona”. “When I see the level at which he has returned and the desire he shows, I can only grant his request,” explained the Belgian. “Remco wants to take on big challenges.” And he lives in Spain now, in the Community of Valencia.

The cycling calendar meant that he was the world champion just over ten months instead of twelve, between his triumph in Australia, after La Vuelta 22, and his twenty-fifth place in Scotland on a circuit hardly suited to him, following his third title in the San Sebastian Classic. Unless he takes a distinctive jersey at the end of the inaugural team time trial, he will wear the Belgian champion’s jersey for Elite road racing for the first time at the start of stage 2 in Mataró on August 27.

Like Evenepoel, Thomas had the Giro as his main objective for 2023 after having occupied every podium place in the Tour de France: first in 2018, second in 2019, third in 2022. In the time trial on the eve of the grand finale in Rome, he cruelly lost the pink jersey he had been wearing since Remco’s withdrawal, with the exception of a two-day interlude by Bruno Armirail, to Primoz Roglic by just fourteen seconds. After speculating about a rematch at the La Vuelta two days after the Giro, the Welshman made his participation official on 22 June, in the Watts Occurring podcast that he hosts with team-mate Luke Rowe.
His one and only appearance in the Spanish three-week race was not a memorable one, given that he has eighteen Grand Tours to his name. That was in 2015. As he did then in the Tour de France at the time, he had to ride at the service of Chris Froome, who suffered a fractured foot mid-race in Andorra, but he didn’t find any space to express himself after that, with his best place being twelfth in the Burgos time trial, 2’28’’ behind Tom Dumoulin (and 69th in the final overall classification).
Aged 37, Thomas knows his time is running out and if he returns to La Vuelta, it’s with the feeling that he hasn’t yet explored all the possibilities professional cycling has on offer. He has geared up seriously, both at altitude and at the Tour of Poland (third in the time trial held as a test before the world championship).
Geraint Thomas hasn’t raced a Grand Tour with Egan Bernal since the 2019 Tour de France, where they finished second and first respectively. The year before, when he joined Team Sky, the Colombian was possibly due to make his three-week race debut at La Vuelta 18, as was only logical in the promising career of a climber from the Andes mountain range, but after his victory in the Tour of California in May, the British team, fearing a shortage of mountain power while Chris Froome was struggling at the Giro, which he ended up winning, selected him for the Tour de France. And he proved invaluable to Thomas!

Since then, the prodigy from Zipaquirá has won the 2021 Giro, from which he hadn’t fully recovered when he took part in La Vuelta 21 two and a half months later: sixth overall, still 13’27’’ down on Roglic, and his best stage finish was fourth on the Alto del Gamoniteiru. He even lost the white jersey of best young rider at the very end, overtaken by the late Gino Mäder. He is still in the process of rebuilding his body and his shape after his terrible accident in January 2022. After finishing 36th in the recent Tour de France, he concluded positively: “The race pace I picked would have been impossible to reach in training.” As a result, he declared himself highly motivated for a return to La Vuelta, while remaining cautious about his performance targets.
Of the six Grand Tour winners who have expressed their intention to take part in La Vuelta 23, Richard Carapaz is the only one, along with Roglic, to have already been on the podium in all three: winner of the Giro in 2019 and second in 2022, second in La Vuelta 20 and third in the Tour de France 2021. Last year, after a tricky start to the Spanish race, he shifted his ambitions to stage wins (three) and inherited the blue polka-dot jersey after Jay Vine crashed.
As soon as he joined the EF Education-EasyPost team last winter, he scheduled two Grand Tours. La Vuelta remains his only chance of doing one and finishing on a Grand Tour podium for the fifth year in a row, as he crashed on stage 1 of the Tour de France at the same time as Enric Mas on the descent of El Vivero in Bilbao. He returned to Ecuador to treat a small fracture in his kneecap. His entire 2023 season will be decided from Barcelona to Madrid.

Arctic Race of Norway 2023

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Key points:
• The Arctic Race of Norway is returning to the Arctic Circle for its decennial edition, which will build up to a nail-biting finish on North Cape.
• The 2022 champion, Andreas Leknessund, is ready to mount a title defence after a stint in the maglia rosa in the Giro d’Italia.
• Eight Tour de France teams will vie for victory from 17 to 20 August.

The tenth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway is going back to its roots with a route drawn entirely above the Arctic Circle and a finale on North Cape. After winning the event in 2022, the budding talent Andreas Leknessund is hell-bent on making it two in a row in the same epic venue where fellow Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug was crowned in 2014.

Six UCI WorldTeams are entering the race with a wide range of targets on their radar. Even without their French puncher Victor Lafay, who dazzled on the roads of Norway last year and recently stole the show in the Tour de France, Cofidis can rely on their leader Guillaume Martin, tenth in the last Grande Boucle. The Norwegian reigning champion, Andreas Leknessund, can tap the power of his reliable DSM–Firmenich team in his bid for glory on home turf. The Dutch squad’s roster also includes Matthew Dinham, the breakout performer of the Worlds in Glasgow, and Alberto Dainese, who clinched a sprint victory in the Giro d’Italia earlier this year. Australia-based Jayco AlUla will also be in the mix with the tough-as-nails Armund Jansen and the Italian climber Alessandro De Marchi, who has three Vuelta stage wins to his name. Lidl–Trek are expected to throw their weight behind the 2018 runner-up, Markus Hoelgaard, without forgetting the young Filippo Baroncini, U23 road world champion in 2021, in their first participation in the race.

The UCI ProTeams are determined to crash the party with their own famous riders. Israel–Premier Tech spells trouble for the rest of the peloton, with Dylan Teuns (winner of the 2017 Arctic Race of Norway) throwing his hat in the ring for GC. Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team are counting on fast men such as Kamil Małecki and the mountain maniac Carl Fredrik Hagen to make an impression in their race debut. The local Uno-X Pro Cycling Team is lining up with the big-engined two-time Norwegian champion Rasmus Tiller and with the danish Jonas Gregaard Wilsly, a climber who featured in several exciting breakaways in the Tour de France and win the polka-dot jersey at Paris-Nice earlier in the season. Norway will also be represented by its youthful national team, spearheaded by Odd Christian Eiking, who gallantly defended his red jersey in the Vuelta for seven days.

18 teams, main contenders

Australia
Team Jayco AlUla: De Marchi (ITA), Jansen (NOR), Quick (AUS) and Štybar (CZE)

Belgium
Bingoal–WB: Guerin (FRA)
Team Flanders–Baloise: Bonneu (BEL)

Spain
Burgos BH: Navarro (ESP) and Barthe (FRA)
Equipo Kern Pharma: Adrià and Arrieta (ESP)

United States
Human Powered Health: Aasvold, Jensen (NOR) and Double (GBR)
Lidl–Trek: Hoelgaard (NOR), Tolhoek (NED) and Baroncini (ITA)

France
Cofidis: Martin (FRA) and Geschke (GER)
Groupama–FDJ: Gruel (FRA)
Team Arkéa–Samsic: Champoussin (FRA) and Verre (ITA)

Israel
Israel–Premier Tech: Teuns (BEL) and Impey (RSA)

Kazakhstan
Astana Qazaqstan Team: Scaroni (ITA) and Zeits (KAZ)

Norway
Norwegian national team: Eiking (NOR)
Team Coop–Repsol: Christophersen (NOR)
Uno X-Pro Cycling Team: Dversnes, Tiller (NOR) and Wilsly (DEN)

Netherlands
Team DSM–Firmenich: Leknessund (NOR), Dainese (ITA), Dinham (AUS) and Vanhoucke (BEL)

United Kingdom
Trinity Racing: Johnston (AUS)

Switzerland:
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team: Hagen (NOR) and Małecki (POL)

Zwei Wochen bis zur Deutschland Tour: Top-Besetzung hat sich angekündigt

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Am 23. August beginnt die Deutschland Tour 2023 mit einem Prolog in St. Wendel und bereits jetzt wächst die Vorfreude. Die 20 Mannschaften, darunter 14 Teams der diesjährigen Tour de France, haben ihre vorläufigen Starter angemeldet. Mit dabei: vier Etappensieger und das gesamte Podium des vergangenen Jahres.

Deutschlandpremiere gleich beim kurzen Auftaktzeitfahren: Nils Politt (BORA – hansgrohe) präsentiert sich zum ersten Mal auf heimischen Straßen im neuen Zeitfahrmeister-Outfit. Vor 12 Monaten musste er sich im Prolog knapp geschlagen geben – vielleicht beflügelt ihn diesmal der Meistertitel auf der kurvenreichen Schleife durch die Innenstadt von St. Wendel. In jedem Fall werden nur Sekunden auf den 2,3 Kilometern über den ersten Tagessieg entscheiden und die Konkurrenz ist zahlreich. Mit Maximilian Schachmann, Deutschland Tour-Etappensieger von 2018, kommt sie sogar aus dem eigenen Team.

Auch die drei Fahrer, die den Gesamtsieg der Deutschland Tour unter sich ausgemacht haben, haben sich für den diesjährigen Klassiker-Parcours angekündigt: Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Gesamtsieger der Deutschland Tour 2022 und Tour de France-Dritter, Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Zweiter im vergangenen Jahr und Etappensieger der Tour de France, sowie Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar Team) können sich bereits am ersten Tag eine gute Ausgangsposition für die Gesamtwertung sichern. Oder gelingt Tour-Etappensieger und Ex-Weltmeister Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) in St. Wendel ein Coup?

Wie Yates und Bilbao haben auch Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny) und Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) Etappen der Deutschland Tour 2022 gewonnen. Der Norweger war bei jeder der drei vergangenen Austragungen erfolgreich und möchte seine Serie fortsetzen. In die Tagesentscheidungen werden neben Sam Bennett (BORA – hansgrohe) auch die deutschen Fahrer um Max Kanter (Movistar Team), Marius Mayrhofer (Team dsm – firmenich), Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) und Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) eingreifen. Während Ackermann bereits 2019 und 2021 erfolgreich war, war Bauhaus mehrfach Etappenzweiter und hat noch eine Rechnung mit der Heimat-Rundfahrt offen.

Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) glänzte in den letzten beiden Jahren als bester Nachwuchsfahrer der Deutschland Tour. Aktuell fährt er die bisher stärkste Saison seiner Karriere, die fast mit einem Etappensieg bei der Tour de France gekrönt wurde. Mit diesem Selbstbewusstsein und Rückenwind reist er zur Deutschland Tour. An der Seite von Rick Zabel gibt Chris Froome nach 2021 ein Comeback in Deutschland. Israel – Premier Tech hat den vierfachen Tour de France-Sieger zusammen mit den Routiniers Jakob Fuglsang und Domenico Pozzovivo nominiert. Das routinierte Trio blickt zusammen auf nicht weniger als 50 Profisaisons.

Neben den etablierten Namen der Szene werden die deutschen Talente die fünf Renntage durch die Heimat nutzen, um auf sich aufmerksam zu machen. Für Fahrer, wie Johannes Adamietz (Lotto Dstny) war eine erfolgreiche Deutschland Tour das Sprungbrett zum Profivertrag. Die deutschen Continental-Teams bieten gleich 22 deutschen Fahrern Gelegenheit, sich zu präsentieren – darunter Tobias Nolde (P&S Benotti), Führender der Rad-Bundesliga.

Die Liste der 120 Starter ist vorläufig. Alle Mannschaften können in den kommenden zwei Wochen Änderungen an ihrem Kader vornehmen. Die finale Startliste wird am 23. August bestätigt.

Ausgewählte Fahrer der Deutschland Tour 2023:

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin – Deceuninck | Quinten Hermans, Alexander Krieger
• Bahrain Victorious | Pello Bilbao, Phil Bauhaus
• Bora – hansgrohe | Nils Politt, Maximilian Schachmann
• Ineos Grenadiers | Ethan Hayter, Michal Kwiatkowski
• Intermarché – Circus – Wanty | Lilian Calmejane, Georg Zimmermann
• Lidl – Trek | Mads Pedersen, Natnael Tesfatsion
• Movistar Team | Ruben Guerreiro, Max Kanter
• Soudal Quick-Step | Mauro Schmid, Jannik Steimle
• Team dsm – firmenich | Marius Mayrhofer, Kevin Vermaerke
• UAE Team Emirates | Pascal Ackermann, Adam Yates

UCI ProTeams

• Israel – Premier Tech | Chris Froome, Rick Zabel
• Lotto Dstny | Johannes Adamietz, Caleb Ewan
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | Matteo Moschetti, Nickolas Zukowsky
• TotalEnergies | Mathieu Burgaudeau, Anthony Turgis
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team | Arvid de Kleijn, Mika Heming
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | Alexander Kristoff, Rasmus Tiller

UCI Continental Teams

• Bike Aid | Vinzent Dorn, Dawit Yemane
• P&S Benotti | Tobias Nolde, Jannis Peter
• rad-net Oßwald | Vincent John, Tobias Müller
• Saris Rouvy Sauerland Team | Dominik Bauer, Silas Koech

Die Streckendetails der Deutschland Tour stehen fest

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Der August ist der Deutschland Tour-Monat. Am 23. August treffen sich die Topstars der Szene im saarländischen St. Wendel zum kurzen Auftaktzeitfahren. Danach fahren die Profis auf 732 Kilometern durch fünf Bundesländer bis zum großen Finale am 27. August in Bremen. Neben dem Spitzensport warten viele attraktive Mitmachangebote in den Etappenorten auf die Radsport-Fans.

Die Strecke der Deutschland Tour bietet den Fans auch in diesem Jahr viele Hotspots. Zwischen den Etappenorten sorgen acht Bergwertungen und acht Sprintwertungen sowie die tägliche Bonuswertung für sportliche Spannung. Mit fast 3.000 Höhenmetern stellt die zweite Etappe nach dem Start in Kassel die größte Herausforderung dar – inklusive dem höchsten Punkt der diesjährigen Rundfahrt auf 766 Metern kurz vor dem Ziel in Winterberg. Dagegen fällt der Schlusstag zwischen Hannover und Bremen mit nur 280 Höhenmetern flach aus.

Bereits jetzt können Fans ihren Besuch der Deutschland Tour perfekt planen. Für jede Etappe stehen die Detailkarten, Zeitpläne und GPS-Dateien auf deutschland-tour.com zum Download bereit.

Newcomer Tour für die Juniorinnen
Der Samstag der Deutschland Tour (26. August) bietet auch dem weiblichen Radsport-Nachwuchs wieder eine große Bühne. Für die Juniorinnen der U17-Kategorie wird ein Rundstreckenrennen in Essen veranstaltet. 25 Runden à 1,7 Kilometer rund um das Veranstaltungsgelände an der Huyssenallee bringen den Zuschauenden großen Sport ganz nah.

Mitmachprogramm bei der Deutschland Tour
Wer an den Strecken nicht nur zuschauen, sondern beim Besuch in den Etappenorten auch selbst Rad fahren möchte, meldet sich bei den vielen Mitmachangeboten an.
In jedem Zielort (St. Wendel, Merzig, Winterberg, Essen, Bremen) wird die TK Ride Tour angeboten. Die Ausfahrt zum Mitfahren ist komplett kostenlos. Alle sind am Tag der Deutschland Tour willkommen, miteinander Rad zu fahren – ganz egal mit welchem Fahrrad. Wer mitfahren möchte, meldet sich auf ride.deutschland-tour.com an und bringt das eigene Fahrrad sowie einen Helm für die Ausfahrt mit.

Die Jüngsten begeistert die „kinder Joy of Moving mini tour“ mit Laufradrennen, Bike Parade und großer Fahrrad-Erlebniswelt. In allen Zielorten sind die Kleinsten beim Laufradrennen gefragt: Kinder zwischen zwei und fünf Jahren stellen auf der Zielgeraden des Profi-Rennens ihr Können unter Beweis. Bei der Bike Parade können sich die Kids zwischen sechs und zwölf Jahren vom jubelnden Publikum am Streckenrand feiern lassen. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos und die Teilnehmerzahl begrenzt. Hierfür erfolgt die Anmeldung auf kinderjoyofmoving.de.

TK Cycling Tour läutet das große Finale in Bremen ein
Der große Finalsonntag der Deutschland Tour beginnt mit den Radfans, die selbst fahren. Aus zwei flachen Strecken können sie wählen. Sowohl die lange „Weserrunde“ (106 Kilometer) als auch die kürzere „Bremer Runde“ (66 Kilometer) starten am Weserstadion. Auf abgesperrten Straßen führen beide Kurse aus der Hansestadt durch Niedersachsen und wieder zurück nach Bremen. In der Überseestadt werden alle Teilnehmenden der TK Cycling Tour auf der Zielgerade in der Konsul-Smidt-Straße von den jubelnden Fans empfangen. Wer sich das einmalige Bremer Raderlebnis nicht entgehen lassen möchte, bucht den Startplatz auf cycling.deutschland-tour.com.

Tour de Pologne – 7. Etappe:

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Zabrze – Kraków – 167 Km

In einem heiß umgekämpften Zwischensprint wurde die Polen Rundfahrt im Sekundenpoker entschieden.
Die beiden Mannschaften Bahrain Victorious und UAE Team Emirates machten im Vorfeld klar, dass bei diesem Zwischensprint die Rundfahrt zwischen Mohoric und Almeida entschiden werden soll und die restlichen Teams sich raushalten sollen.
Letztendlich hatte Mohoric knapp die Nase vorne und gewann so die Rundfahrt, vor und nach dem Sprint gaben sich die Konkurrenten die Hände, ihre Teams waren in der Wahl der Mittel nicht gerade zimperlich.
Nach dem Zwischensprint war dann der Kampf für den Etappensieg für die anderen Teams freigegeben.
Team BORA-hansgrohe spielte dabei nach dem vorherigen Ausstieg von Sam Bennett keine große Rolle.

1 MERLIER Tim BEL Soudal Quick-Step 03:28:44
2 DE KLEIJN Arvid NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
3 GAVIRIA Fernando COL Movistar Team 00:00
4 THIJSSEN Gerben BEL Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:00
5 PENHOËT Paul FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
6 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw POL Human Powered Health 00:00
7 GAUTHERAT Pierre FRA AG2R Citroën Team 00:00
8 SELIG Rüdiger GER Lotto Dstny 00:00
9 MOSCHETTI Matteo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
10 PASQUALON Andrea ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:00
11 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
12 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:00
13 VAN DER SANDE Tosh BEL Jumbo-Visma 00:00
14 MARECZKO Jakub ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
15 VAN DEN BERG Marijn NED EF Education-EasyPost 00:00

Endstand:

1 MOHORIC Matej SLO Bahrain Victorious 26:17:48
2 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:01
3 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL INEOS Grenadiers 00:17
4 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:22
5 CATTANEO Mattia ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:41
6 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:42
7 DUNBAR Edward IRL Team Jayco-AlUla 00:55
8 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:58
9 BATTISTELLA Samuele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 01:00
10 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich 01:07
11 MONIQUET Sylvain BEL Lotto Dstny 01:07
12 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 01:13
13 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 01:26
14 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA INEOS Grenadiers 01:27
15 VAN EETVELT Lennert BEL Lotto Dstny 01:29

Tour de Pologne – 6. Etappe:

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Katowice – Katowice – ITT – 16,6 Km

1 CATTANEO Mattia ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:19:10
2 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:13
3 THOMAS Geraint GBR INEOS Grenadiers 00:14
4 FISHER-BLACK Finn NZL UAE Team Emirates 00:16
5 WELLENS Tim BEL UAE Team Emirates 00:17
6 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:18
7 VAUQUELIN Kévin FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:18
8 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL INEOS Grenadiers 00:21
9 FOSS Tobias NOR Jumbo-Visma 00:21
10 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:24
11 MOHORIC Matej SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:25
12 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA INEOS Grenadiers 00:27
13 HEPBURN Michael AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:30
14 BISSEGGER Stefan SUI EF Education-EasyPost 00:31
15 ARENSMAN Thymen NED INEOS Grenadiers 00:35
16 CARUSO Damiano ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:35
17 CERNÝ Josef CZE Soudal Quick-Step 00:38
18 HEIDUK Kim GER INEOS Grenadiers 00:39
19 KÄMNA Lennard GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:39
20 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 00:40

Gesamt:

1 MOHORIC Matej SLO Bahrain Victorious 22:49:07
2 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:00
3 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL INEOS Grenadiers 00:14
4 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:19
5 CATTANEO Mattia ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:38
6 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:39
7 DUNBAR Edward IRL Team Jayco-AlUla 00:52
8 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:55
9 BATTISTELLA Samuele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:57
10 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich 01:04
11 MONIQUET Sylvain BEL Lotto Dstny 01:04
12 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 01:10
13 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 01:23
14 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA INEOS Grenadiers 01:24
15 VAN EETVELT Lennert BEL Lotto Dstny 01:26

Tour de Pologne – 4. Etappe:

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Strzelin – Opole – 199 Km

1 KOOIJ Olav NED Jumbo-Visma 04:23:15
2 VAN DEN BERG Marijn NED EF Education-EasyPost 00:00
3 MOSCHETTI Matteo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
4 WALSCHEID Max GER Cofidis 00:00
5 BENNETT Sam IRL BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
6 MARECZKO Jakub ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
7 MERLIER Tim BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
8 DE KLEIJN Arvid NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
9 TAMINIAUX Lionel BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
10 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:00

Gesamt:

1 MOHORIC Matej SLO Bahrain Victorious 17:38:11
2 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:10
3 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:10
4 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL INEOS Grenadiers 00:12
5 DUNBAR Edward IRL Team Jayco-AlUla 00:20
6 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:20
7 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich 00:20
8 BATTISTELLA Samuele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:20
9 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:20
10 MONIQUET Sylvain BEL Lotto Dstny 00:20
11 VAN EETVELT Lennert BEL Lotto Dstny 00:31
12 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:31
13 CONCI Nicola ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:34
14 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:34
15 VENDRAME Andrea ITA AG2R Citroën Team 00:46