2016 Tour of Norway

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]

2016 Tour of Norway
2016 UCI Europe Tour
The start of the first stage
Race details
Dates18–22 May 2016
Stages5
Distance888.5 km (552.1 mi)
Results
Winner  Pieter Weening (NED) (Roompot–Oranje Peloton)
  Second  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Qhubeka Assos)
  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)
  Team Norway U23 (national team)

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.
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