2016 Tour of Norway

2016 Tour of Norway

2016 UCI Europe Tour
The start of the first stage
Race details
Dates	18–22 May 2016
Stages	5
Distance	888.5 km (552.1 mi)
Results
Winner   Pieter Weening  (NED) (Roompot–Oranje Peloton)   Second   Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR) (Team Qhubeka NextHash)   Third   Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR) (IAM Cycling) Points   Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR) (IAM Cycling) Mountains   Mads Pedersen  (DEN) (Stölting Service Group) Youth   Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR) (Groupama–FDJ United)   Team Norway U23 (national team)
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The 6th edition of the Tour of Norway road cycling race took place from 18 to 22 May 2016. The race was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.HC. ^[1]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners ^{[2] [3]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	18 May	Drammen to Langesund	172.4 km (107.1 mi)		Flat stage	Steele Von Hoff  (AUS)
2	19 May	Kragerø to Rjukan	211.2 km (131.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Pieter Weening  (NED)
3	20 May	Rjukan to Geilo	168 km (104 mi)		Mountain stage	Mads Pedersen  (DEN)
4	21 May	Flå to Hønefoss Airport	173.2 km (107.6 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)
5	22 May	Drøbak to Sarpsborg	163.2 km (101.4 mi)		Flat stage	Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage leader	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Youth Classification	Team Classification
1	Steele Von Hoff	Steele Von Hoff	Steele Von Hoff	Håvard Blikra	Phil Bauhaus	Team Joker-Byggtorget
2	Pieter Weening	Pieter Weening		Pieter Weening	Odd Christian Eiking	Roompot–Oranje Peloton
3	Mads Pedersen		Pieter Weening	Mads Pedersen		Norway
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sondre Holst Enger
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Overall Winner		Pieter Weening	Sondre Holst Enger	Mads Pedersen	Odd Christian Eiking	Norway

Final standings

Legend

	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Points classification
	Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification		Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Pieter Weening  (NED)	Roompot–Oranje Peloton	22h 17' 20"
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)	Team Dimension Data	+ 23"
3	Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR)	Norway (national)	+ 33"
4	Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR)	Norway (national)	+ 55"
5	Sander Armée  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 57"
6	José Mendes  (POR)	Bora–Argon 18	+ 59"
7	Marco Minnaard  (NED)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 1' 02"
8	Eliot Lietaer  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 1' 19"
9	Pello Bilbao  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 1' 30"
10	August Jensen  (NOR)	Team Coop–Øster Hus	+ 1' 31"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR)	Norway (national)	55
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)	Team Dimension Data	53
3	Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR)	Norway (national)	36
4	Pieter Weening  (NED)	Roompot–Oranje Peloton	32
5	Lluís Mas  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	32
6	Sander Armée  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	30
7	Marco Minnaard  (NED)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	30
8	Tosh Van der Sande  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	24
9	August Jensen  (NOR)	Team Coop–Øster Hus	22
10	José Mendes  (POR)	Bora–Argon 18	20

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mads Pedersen  (DEN)	Stölting Service Group	30
2	Lluís Mas  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	26
3	Håvard Blikra  (NOR)	Team Coop–Øster Hus	23
4	Lukas Pöstlberger  (AUT)	Bora–Argon 18	17
5	Pieter Weening  (NED)	Roompot–Oranje Peloton	13
6	Cesare Benedetti  (ITA)	Bora–Argon 18	11
7	Sander Armée  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	11
8	Trond Trondsen  (NOR)	Team Sparebanken Sør	9
9	Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR)	Norway (national)	8
10	Øivind Lukkedahl  (NOR)	Team Coop–Øster Hus	8

Young riders classification (U23)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR)	Norway (national)	22h 18' 15"
2	Markus Hoelgaard  (NOR)	Team Joker Byggtorget	+ 52"
3	Lennard Kämna  (GER)	Stölting Service Group	+ 3' 15"
4	Anders Skaarseth  (NOR)	Team Joker Byggtorget	+ 3' 53"
5	Øivind Lukkedahl  (NOR)	Team Coop–Øster Hus	+ 4' 04"
6	Jonas Abrahamsen  (NOR)	Team Ringeriks–Kraft	+ 5' 10"
7	Lucas Eriksson  (SWE)	Team Tre Berg–Bianchi	+ 7' 46"
8	Dries Van Gestel  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 16' 38"
9	Marcus Fåglum  (SWE)	Team Tre Berg–Bianchi	+ 16' 48"
10	Mads Pedersen  (DEN)	Stölting Service Group	+ 18' 17"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	45h 40' 44"
2	Bora–Argon 18	+ 2' 51"
3	Norda–MG.K Vis Vega	+ 8' 26"
4	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 9' 39"
5	Team Katusha	+ 11' 12"
6	Adria Mobil	+ 12' 55"
7	Bardiani–CSF	+ 14' 05"
8	Tinkoff	+ 14' 34"
9	Amplatz–BMC	+ 20' 27"
10	Lampre–Merida	+ 24' 57"

References

1. "2016 Tour of Norway". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
2. "2016 Tour of Norway (2.1), Norway". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
3. "Tour of Norway 2016". Cycling News. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

External links

• Official website