Arctic Race of Norway 2018 16 - 19 August

[Robert5091]

Arctic Race of Norway 2018 - home website in English (also in French & suprisingly Norwegian )
https://www.arctic-race-of-norway.com/en/

Thursday 16 th to Sunday 19 th August

Stage 1 Vadsø to Kirkenes 184 km

 

[Robert5091]

Latest start list of riders at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/arctic-race-of-norway/2018/startlist

BMC, Astana & Katusha are the big names plus how will Team Coop do after 45C in Portugal last week to 15C in the north of Norway.

 

[Tim Booth]

Re:

Latest start list of riders at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/arctic-race-of-norway/2018/startlist

BMC, Astana & Katusha are the big names plus how will Team Coop do after 45C in Portugal last week to 15C in the north of Norway.

start list needs updating, for instance Astana gave their selection on Monday (no Fraile)
http://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1028987895821086721
and Rally are also taking Colin Joyce
http://rallycycling.com/news/venturing-into-the-arctic-circle/

 

[Robert5091]

Official Twitter feed (In English!) with latest team news etc.
https://twitter.com/ArcticRaceofN

 

[FilipeFD]

how is this race made, logistically i mean

the cities are small and i dont imagine they having enough hotels for all teams and organizers staff

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

how is this race made, logistically i mean

the cities are small and i dont imagine they having enough hotels for all teams and organizers staff

There is a lot of tourism on the Norwegian coast, so they probably do have the hotels and the race exists to advertise the region to more tourists.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They utilise cruise ships for a lot of the logistics.

 

[FilipeFD]

that was my first thought, but now i have it confirmed. thanks

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

They utilise cruise ships for a lot of the logistics.

That makes sense, as lots of the tourism there generally is cruises.

 

[roundabout]

Re:

that was my first thought, but now i have it confirmed. thanks

KIRKENES
Scandic Hotel Kirkenes
Kongensgate 1-3
9900 Kirkenes
Tel.: +47 78 99 59 00
E-mail: kirkenes@scandichotels.com
BMC RACING TEAM
CORENDON - CIRCUS
HOLOWESKO / CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE
RESOURCES
ISRAËL CYCLING ACADEMY
SPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
TEAM FORTUNEO - SAMSIC
VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB
Thon Hotel Kirkenes
Johan Knudtzens gate 11
9900 Kirkenes
Tel.: +47 78 97 10 50
E-mail: kirkenes@olavthon.no
ASTANA PRO TEAM
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM
DIRECT ENERGIE
RALLY CYCLING
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
UNO - X NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT TEAM
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
WB AQUA PROTECT VERANCLASSIC
Kirkenes Hotell
Dr. Wessels gate 3
9900 Kirkenes
Tel.: +47 78 99 86 00
E-mail: kirkenes.hotell@yahoo.com
JOKER ICOPAL
TEAM COOP

HONNINGSVÅG
Scandic Hotel Honningsvåg
Nordkappgata 4
9750 Honningsvåg
Tel: +47 78 47 72 20
E-mail: honningsvaag@scandichotels.com
ASTANA PRO TEAM
BMC RACING TEAM
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
JOKER ICOPAL
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
TEAM FORTUNEO - SAMSIC
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
SPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
Scandic Hotel Nordkapp
Skipsfjorden
9750 Honningsvåg
Tel.: +47 78 47 72 60
E-mail: nordkapp@scandichotels.com
CORENDON - CIRCUS
DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM
DIRECT ENERGIE
HOLOWESKO / CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE
RESOURCES
ISRAËL CYCLING ACADEMY
RALLY CYCLING
TEAM COOP
UNO - X NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT TEAM
VITAL CONCEPT CLUB
WB AQUA PROTECT VERANCLASSIC

etc

it's all in the roadbook

 

[Robert5091]

WTF is Didi doing in Kirkenes? Keep warm!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1029738862770356224

 

[DNP-Old]

Ah, didn't know there was a race thread. Anyway, echelons, with 100k to go.

 

[Pricey_sky]

This finishing circuit is great, a really steep climb inside the final k, with a tight hairpin that leads on to it.

 

[DNP-Old]

Mathieu wasn't going to be denied today.

 

[Scarponi]

Crash on an uphill
Climb

 

[Pricey_sky]

Don’t get too cocky Van Der Poel, almost binned it while celebrating the win.

 

[Flamin]

Hehe, MVDP too easy.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Nice win, but it was also tailor-made for him. A shame Jensen had a mechanical with 8 k to go. I also hope those stuck behind the crash will get same time, but I'm not quite familiar with the rules in that area?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[yaco]

To convince Van der Poel to ride full-time on the road.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This guy is nigh on impossible to beat on a hill finish like this one.

 

[Flamin]

Re:

This guy is nigh on impossible to beat on a hill finish like this one.

Many WT riders are in this field.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I guess you are being sarcastic, and I know the field isn't much. But I'm telling you even in a full on WT field there will be very few who can beat MvdP on such a particular finish as this.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

I guess you are being sarcastic, and I know the field isn't much. But I'm telling you even in a full on WT field there will be very few who can beat MvdP on such a particular finish as this.

Definitely true. Maybe Sagan, Alaphilippe and Valverde, maybe not even him.

We need it to be measured out soon.

 

[Flamin]

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I guess you are being sarcastic, and I know the field isn't much. But I'm telling you even in a full on WT field there will be very few who can beat MvdP on such a particular finish as this.

I'm willing to believe he can crack the top-5 on a very good day, not that he's nigh on impossible to beat. Not until I see him actually beat a top quality puncheur.