Arctic Race of Norway 2025 (August 7-10)

[Barnacle Bill]

This year the race is centered on Troms County, north of the Arctic Circle. 18 teams will take part, including 6 WT teams. For those unfamiliar with it there's an 'Alpine Village' but don't expect HC climbs. Great scenery, but mutant sightings are rare. A rather unique atmosphere overall.

Thursday 7th August, stage 1: Borkenes (Kvæfjord) > Harstad, 182 km

Friday 8th August, stage 2: Tennevoll (Lavangen) > Sørreisa, 166,5 km

Saturday 9th August, stage 3: Husøy (Senja) > Målselv (Alpine village), 182.4 km

Sunday 10th August, stage 4: Tromsø > Tromsø, 135.3 km

Formers winners Andreas Leknessund, Alexander Kristoff and Dylan Teuns will return, along with forum-favourite mountain biker Tom Pidcock.

Australia:
Team Jayco AlUla : Eddie Dunbar (IRL), Davide De Pretto (ITA), Asbjorn Hellemose (DNK)

Belgium:
Intermarché – Wanty : Arne Marit (BEL), Lorenzo Rota (ITA)
Team Flanders – Baloise : Jonas Geens (BEL), Jules Hesters (BEL)

France:
Cofidis : Dylan Teuns (BEL), Jesus Herrada (ESP)
Arkea-B&B Hotels : Simon Guglielmi (FRA), Jenthe Biermans (BEL)
TotalEnergies : Pierre Latour (FRA), Mattéo Vercher (FRA)
Unibet Tietema Rockets : Jelle Johannink (NED), Lander Loockx (BEL)

Israel:
Israel – Premier Tech : Hugo Houle (CAN), Corbin John Strong (NZL)

Kazakstan:
XDS Astana Team : Clément Champoussin (FRA), Christian Scaroni (ITA)

Netherlands:
Team Picnic PostNL : Kevin Vermaerke (USA), Bjoern Koerdt (GBR)

Norway:
Uno-X Mobility : Andreas Leknessund (NOR), Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Norwegian Team : Sven Erik Bystrom (NOR), Tord Gudmestad (NOR)
Team Coop – Repsol : Anton H Stensby (NOR), Storm Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
Lillehammer CK Continental Team : Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (NOR), Ulrik Tvedt (NOR)

Spain:
Burgos-Burpellet-BH : Clément Alleno (FRA), Hugo De La Calle Arango (ESP)
Equipo Kern Pharma : Pau Miquel Delgado (ESP), Unai Iribar Jauregi (ESP)

Switzerland:
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team : Tom Pidcock (GBR), Mark Donovan (GBR)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team : Rick Pluimers (NED), Florian Stork (GER)

Official website of Arctic Race of Norway cycling race 2026

All informations of Arctic Race of Norway cycling race 2026

www.arctic-race-of-norway.com

 

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Looks like a decent parcours, with the new gravel stretch tomorrow and a pretty tough circuit on the final stage. Too bad we won't get arctic temperatures this time, though.

Today it starts with the same finish Kirstoff won in 2015, and he needs to do so again to get a bit closer to #100. But beating Corbin Strong in a late season uphill sprint is certainly no easy feat

View: https://youtu.be/CDvZ6JFi2Fw?t=95

 

[RedheadDane]

Team Jayco AlUla : Eddie Dunbar (IRL), Davide De Pretto (ITA), Asbjorn Hellemose (NOR)

Excuse me!

 

[tobydawq]

I wonder if they expect strikes from the timekeepers on stage 3.

At least in Danish, the name of the finishing place means 'do the measuring yourself'.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hey, @Armchair Cyclist. Maybe this could be stickied (and the outrageous mistake in the OP be fixed.)

 

[Barnacle Bill]

(and the outrageous mistake in the OP be fixed.)

I blame the official site, haha.

I've edited it - out of interest is DNK a better option than DEN (which I think the IOC use)?

 

[RedheadDane]

I blame the official site, haha.

You can't.

Profil of Asbjørn HELLEMOSE - TEAM JAYCO ALULA - Arctic Race of Norway 2025

Victories, podiums, all the information about the rider Asbjørn HELLEMOSE - TEAM JAYCO ALULA - Arctic Race of Norway 2025

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[Barnacle Bill]

First cod-related anecdote from Kirby...

 

[AmRacer]

I blame the official site, haha.

I've edited it - out of interest is DNK a better option than DEN (which I think the IOC use)?

DENmark is the official English name of the country

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Norway is on my bucket list. Pictures of that place make it look surreal.

 

[RedheadDane]

DENmark is the official English name of the country

DNK is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Denmark.
Very fancy.

 

[Norbea]

I wonder if they expect strikes from the timekeepers on stage 3.

At least in Danish, the name of the finishing place means 'do the measuring yourself'.

The rider in the breakaway right now in the green jersey (Martinsen) is one of two brothers in this race who is from the finishing place on stage 3. Målselv.

 

[RedheadDane]

The rider in the breakaway right now in the green jersey (Martinsen) is one of two brothers in this race who is from the finishing place on stage 3. Målselv.

Maybe one of them would like to get to the finish himself (komme til mål selv) on that stage...


Sorry... that was bad...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In Kvæfjord they've baked a giant cake made out of 7500 eggs. Crazy stuff, but a shame it isn't shaped to look like Dag Otto Lauritzen.

 

[RedheadDane]

In Kvæfjord they've baked a giant cake made out of 7500 eggs. Crazy stuff, but a shame it isn't shaped to look like Dag Otto Lauritzen.

What kind of cake? Pretty sure there was more in it than just 7500 eggs. A "cake" made of 7500 eggs is an omelette.

 

[Norbea]

Maybe one of them would like to get to the finish himself (komme til mål selv) on that stage...


Sorry... that was bad...

I guess it depends on how much he wants to arrive alongside his brother, but then again they are not from "mål sammen"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What kind of cake? Pretty sure there was more in it than just 7500 eggs. A "cake" made of 7500 eggs is an omelette.

A Kvæfjord cake. You're missing out by not watching Norwegian TV2.

Statsministeren fikk smake på rekordbakst: – Jeg elsker Kvæfjordkake

www.nrk.no

 

[Norbea]

What kind of cake? Pretty sure there was more in it than just 7500 eggs. A "cake" made of 7500 eggs is an omelette.

It is a Kvæfjord cake. Also know as "the best cake in the world". You need to separate the egg yolk to bake that cake. Someone had a lot work to do

I guess it is now also the biggest cake in the world

 

[RedheadDane]

It is a Kvæfjord cake. Also know as "the best cake in the world". You need to separate the egg yolk to bake that cake. Someone had a lot work to do

I guess it is now also the biggest cake in the world

Someone's a little biased, huh?
I think it was the biggest cake in the world.

Considering the weather, I'm expecting Ingebrigtsen to go solo soon.

 

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do they have enough of it left to replace the "get your weight in salmon" prize?

 

[RedheadDane]

do they have enough of it left to replace the "get your weight in salmon" prize?

It wasn't "your weight", for pro cyclists that's a ridiculously small amount of salmon.
It was 500 KG!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Someone's a little biased, huh?
I think it was the biggest cake in the world.

Considering the weather, I'm expecting Ingebrigtsen to go solo soon.

He won the KOM sprint, but Kern Pharma mean business today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Tactically perfect by Kern Pharma, amazing

 

[RedheadDane]

Strong sprint!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

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