2015 Tour of Norway May 20-24 (2.HC)

[neineinei]

Stage 1, May 20: Årnes-Sarpsborg (185 km)

Stage 2, May 21: Drammen-Langesund (199 km)

Stage 3, May 22: Skien-Rjukan (185 km)

Stage 4, May 23: Rjukan-Geilo (167 km)

Stage 5: May 24: Flå-Eggemoen (Hønefoss) (175 km)

On stages 3 and 4 they move further west than recent editions, which means higher altitude. Stage 3 has a 11 km 7% climb and a challenging descent to Rjukan.

Teams/Riders:

Team Katusha
1 Kristoff, Alexander
2 Bystrøm, Sven Erik
3 Guarnieri, Jacopo
4 Haller, Marco
5 Kozontsjuk, Dmitrij
6 Silin, Egor

MTN-Qhubeka
11 Boasson Hagen, Edvald
12 Dougall, Nicolas
13 Jim, Songezo
14 Pauwels, Serge
15 Thomson, Jay
16 Venter, Jaco

Team Sky
21 Nordhaug, Lars Petter
22 Earle, Nathan
23 Fenn, Andrew
24 Lopez Garcia, David
25 Sutton, Christopher

Trek Factory Team
31 Jungels, Bob
32 Mollema, Bauke
33 Popovych, Yaroslav
34 Rast, Gregory
35 Schleck, Fränk
36 Steegmans, Gert

Lotto – Soudal
41 Breen, Vegard
42 De Bie, Sean
43 Ligthart, Pim
44 Vallee, Boris
45 Van Der Sande, Tosh
46 Vanendert, Dennis

Orica – GreenEdge
51 Blythe, Adam
52 Docker, Mitchell
53 Ewan, Caleb
54 Hayman, Mathew
55 Keukeleire, Jens
56 Santaromita, Ivan

Tinkoff-Saxo
61 Brutt, Pavel
62 Hansen, Jesper
63 Petrov, Evgeni
64 Sagan, Juraj
65 Sørensen, Chris-Anker
66 Trusov, Nikolay

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
71 Fernando Grijalba
72 Bilbao, Peio
73 Madrazo Ruiz, Angel
74 Molina, Antonio
75 Txurruka, Amets
76 Vilela, Ricardo

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
81 Brozyna, Piotr
82 Cerny, Josef
83 Hirt, Jan
84 Adrian Kurek
85 Rebellin, Davide
86 Schumacher, Stefan

CULT Energy Pro Cycling
91 Gerdemann, Linus
92 Guldhammer, Rasmus
93 Hnik, Karel
94 Larsson, Gustav Erik
95 Reihs, Michael
96 Wegmann, Fabian

Roompot Oranje Peloton
101 Honig, Reinier
102 Hoogerland, Johnny
103 Kerkhof, Tim
104 Kreder, Michel
105 Looij, André
106 van Empel, Etienne

Team Novo Nordisk
110 Clancy, Stephen
111 de Keijzer, Gerd
112 Glasspool, James
113 Lefrancois, Nicolas
114 Verschoor, Martijn
115 Williams, Christopher

Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
121 De Ketele, Kenny
122 Jacobs, Pieter
123 Lietaer, Eliot Helven, Sander
124 Salomein, Jarl
125 Sprengers, Thomas
126 Vanoverberghe, Arthur

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
131 Baugnies, Jerome
132 De Greef, Francis
133 Eijssen, Yannick
134 Minnaard, Marco
135 Seynaeve, Lander
136 Van Melsen, Kevin

Riwal Platform Cycling Team
141 Aistrup, Nikola
142 Brøchner, Nicolai
143 Bækhøj Halvorsen, Emil
144 Herbek Grøn, Martin
145 Mygind, Rasmus
146 Øllegaard, Morten

Team Tre Berg – Bianchi
151 Balck, Sebastian
152 Eriksson, Lucas
153 Fåglum-Karlsson, Marcus
154 Höög, Gustav
155 Magnusson, Kim
156 Wetterhall, Alexander

Team Joker
161 Eiking, Odd Christian
162 Hoem, Bjorn Tore
163 Jansen, Amund Grøndahl
164 Laengen, Vegard Stake
165 Lunke, Sindre Skjostad
166 Skaarseth, Anders

Team Coop-Øster Hus
171 Galta, Frederik
172 Hagen, Krister
173 Hoelgaard, Markus
174 Jacobsen, Tormod Hausken
175 Landa, Oscar
176 Jensen, August

Team FixIT.no
181 Austevoll, Ole Andre
182 Eidsheim, Fillip
183 Gjølberg, Adrian
184 Hafsås, Marius
185 Rege, Even
186 Løvik, Åsmund

Team Ringeriks-Kraft
191 Kleiven, Njål Eivind
192 Kørner, Max Emil
193 Lukkedal, Øyvind
194 Forfang, Ole
195 Wilmann, Frederik
196 Wormsen, Kristoffer Sommer

Team Sparebanken Sør
201 Aasvold, Kristian
202 Bugge, Vegard Robinson
203 Erland, Andreas
204 Morland, Morten
205 Hagen, Carl Fredrik
206 Vangstad, Andreas

Website: http://www.tourofnorway.com/wp/eng/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tourofnorway

(riders updated Tuesday evening, all teams confirmed. from: http://www.procycling.no/startliste-tour-of-norway/)

 

[jens_attacks]

Live broadcast?

 

[neineinei]

Re:

Live broadcast?

It was on Eurosports early list (http://tv.eurosport.no/sykkel/heftig-sykkelprogram-p%C3%A5-eurosport_sto4674496/story.shtml) and on the race website they list Eurosport as broadcaster, but there is no trace of it on the Eurosport schedule for the upcomming days.

It is broadcasted live in Norway by TV2.

 

[jens_attacks]

thanks
i hope i can watch it live to see nordhaug killing it on stage 3
profile of that nice climb plz?

 

[jens_attacks]

actually caja rural winning an arctic race would be much cooler.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Would be nice if Boasson Hagen has recovered fully and does well here. He was looking decentish in the spring. It would be nice to see some old school Boasson Hagen doing well in races like this and going stage hunting in the TDF.

 

[Flamin]

Kristoff back to racing, nice. I missed this über beast.

 

[Bushman]

The route looks very good. Hopefully we will get some interesting racing.

 

[Velolover2]

Nordhaug for overall.

 

[Velolover2]

Nice mountain at stage 3, 11k at 7%. That's a hard one.

 

[neineinei]

The weather can be a problem for Friday's stage. The road was closed today:

They have an alternative route planned.

http://www.procycling.no/sno-truer-tour-of-norway-ga-opp-broyting-tre-dager-for-start/

 

[BigMac]

This will be nice. Bob Jungels.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hopefully the stage can go ahead, as this is a much nicer route than they've presented in the past. The puncheur finish in stage 4 could be interesting as well. I wonder how well Omar Fraile's form is holding, if he's still got his late April-early May form he could be dangerous. Is Ole Forfang related to the ski jumpers?

 

[classicomano]

Re:

Nice mountain at stage 3, 11k at 7%. That's a hard one.

Mollema it is then.

 

[neineinei]

Re:

Hopefully the stage can go ahead, as this is a much nicer route than they've presented in the past. The puncheur finish in stage 4 could be interesting as well. I wonder how well Omar Fraile's form is holding, if he's still got his late April-early May form he could be dangerous. Is Ole Forfang related to the ski jumpers?

Unfortunatly, when Caja Rural's confirmed line up was posted, Omar Fraile wasn't included anymore.

Don't know anything about Forfang's family...seems this one is from Oslo while the ski jumpers are from Tromsø. Could still be related of course, it is not a very common family name.

 

[markene2]

Re:

Hopefully the stage can go ahead, as this is a much nicer route than they've presented in the past. The puncheur finish in stage 4 could be interesting as well. I wonder how well Omar Fraile's form is holding, if he's still got his late April-early May form he could be dangerous. Is Ole Forfang related to the ski jumpers?

I highly doubt it. Never heard it meantioned in the papers or media here. As neinei says, Oslo and Tromsø, a great distance between them.

Anyway, seems like a cool route, hope Wilmann can do well!

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Nice mountain at stage 3, 11k at 7%. That's a hard one.

Mollema it is then.

I honestly don't think he can drop Nordhaug. You'll be surprised by the level of his fitness. He won Tour of Yorkshire and this is his "home race" after all.

 

[Tank Engine]

Nordhaug for this

 

[maltiv]

Both Sky and MTN send really weak teams here, so it should be difficult for them to control the race. Meanwhile, Team Joker has an insanely strong team. It will particularly be interesting to see how Eiking and Lunke rides. Hoem and Stake Laengen are also strong climbers.

Eiking has been quite impressive this year, even if he's a climber/puncheur he has placed top 3 in several bunch sprints, and should be in top shape for this one.

 

[Jagartrott]

Chance of snow in Norwegian mountains in May? Madness!
Seriously though, if you bring a 1300 m coll in the route in Norway in this season, the chances it not being raced are a bit more than 5 or 10%.

It's snowing at 1200 m in the Alps as we speak, so no-one should be surprised about cancellations of a route at the same elevation 2000 km more north.
http://nl.bergfex.com/scuol/webcams/c3516/

 

[Ruvu75]

http://m.yr.no/place/Norway/Telemark/Hjartdal/Gaustar%C3%A5en/long.html

0 degrees and possible snow on friday between 12:00 and 18:00
Guess that will be more then enough reason to skip the mountain

 

[neineinei]

Break: Molina (Caja Rural), Aistrup (Riwal), Balck (Tre Berg), Laengen (Joker) and Landa (Coop). 3:15 gap.

Inevitable joke: The Landas are on fire these days.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

Break: Molina (Caja Rural), Aistrup (Riwal), Balck (Tre Berg), Laengen (Joker) and Landa (Coop). 3:15 gap.

Inevitable joke: The Landas are on fire these days.

Except that neither are winning anything.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

47km to go.

stream: http://www.yopika.tv/20150520/v-haha_sport_9_name-1075736-555ba57a76d117.96827505.html

 

[Pulp]

This break is gonna go in.