Tour of Norway 2024, May 23-26

[Lequack]

Wout comes back from injury! And he will be against another Belgian that has been flying, Thibau Nys. Who will be the best Belgian?

Notable allround/GC mentions: Wout, Nys, Hayter, Bouwman
Notable sprinters: Kristoff, Meeus, Viviani

Tour of Norway 2024

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Forside|Tour of Norway

Tour of Norway. Verdens beste syklister i verdens vakreste omgivelser.23. - 26. mai 2024

www.tourofnorway.no

Live video stream available on Eurosport/GCN alternative.

Full startlist:

Startlist for Tour of Norway 2024

Competing teams and riders for Tour of Norway 2024. Top competitors are Wout van Aert, Alexander Kristoff and Alexander Kristoff.

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[Lequack]

Today finishes with a mountain top finish. Can Wout do anything again the new Remco, Thibau Nys?
PS: It's 23km to go at the moment.

 

[Lequack]

There is also a stram without commentators here (or Eurosport & whatever the next GCN is):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMaiuTl2x7A

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Van Aert will either finish 2nd or 60th, no in between

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Aert will either finish 2nd or 60th, no in between

So, 1st or 61st are also options?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So, 1st or 61st are also options?

No, it‘s either/or, but I‘ll allow places below 60th.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, it‘s either/or, but I‘ll allow places below 60th.

1st also isn't between 2nd and 60th.
Source: My brilliant numerical skills!

 

[Lequack]

Where is the best Norwegian, Tobias Halland Johannessen, or his buddy Andreas Leknessund?

 

[Lequack]

I think Magnus Cort in good form can win this stage.

 

[Lequack]

Wout is done?

 

[RedheadDane]

I think Magnus Cort in good form can win this stage.

But is he in good form?

 

[RedheadDane]

Nys and Vacek has left the building!

 

[Norbea]

Where is the best Norwegian, Tobias Halland Johannessen, or his buddy Andreas Leknessund?

THJ had to pull out because of an issue with his knee

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Trek and Nys just too good.

Laurance also surprisingly strong given how hard it was. Van Aert, otoh, has a lot of work to do, yes the Tour is 1.5 months away but this is also the worst he's looked in years.

 

[Norbea]

Nys wins ahead of Holter

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not sure if that's Vacek and Nys or Majka and Pogačar. Mainly because my stream crashed.

 

[Didinho]

Laurence 3th I believe.

What a leadout.

 

[Lequack]

Basically UnoX leadout went too fast and broke away with Nys and Vacek.

 

[Berniece]

Nice one from Nys, a shame they didn’t ride the Giro with him this year. Vuelta is probably too late in the season and conflicts with his CX preparations

 

[Tim Cahill]

UNO-X leaving the man who looks like he won a competition to join Jumbo Visma on the back of a cereal packet, Bart Lemon to do the entire chase.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lovely top 22 for forum favourite and British semi-cyclist Ethan Hayter!

 

[ingsve]

Some questionable riding from UNO-X and Dversnes who set the tempo with 2 Trek on his wheel and then only the 2 Trek could follow and Dversnes just stopped puling. He needs to have his team mates on his wheel when he sets the pace like that. No he just set Trek up for the win.

 

[Norbea]

This looked really good for Uno-X until Dversnes pulled too hard.

 

[Lequack]

So what does this tell us about Wout's form? Can he build up until the Tour?

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Nys to UAE when?

It is easier for them to just extend Hirschi if they need 2.pro and 1.1 merchant