Kristoff chiude da padrone al Tour des Fjords: vince tre tappe e la classifica finale

STAVANGER (NORVEGIA) – Si chiude in gloria per Alexander Kristoff e il Team Katusha l’edizione 2016 del Tour des Fjords. Il norvegese sulle strade di casa ha vinto tre delle cinque tappe, la classifica generale finale e la maglia della classifica a punti.
Nella tappa conclusiva, oggi, ha preceduto in volata il compagno di colori Michael Mørkøv, che lo aveva pilotato per la vittoria, e terzo Kristoffer Halvorsen del Team Joker-Byggtorget.
Kristoff ha vinto la classifica generale finale con 30 secondi di vantaggio su Michael Schar (BMC) e Nick van der Lijk del Roompot-Oranje Peloton. Con quello di oggi diventano 25 le vittorie stagionali del Team Katusha.

CLASSIFICA GENERALE FINALE:
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 21:39:55
2 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:30
3 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
4 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team 0:00:32
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:33
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
7 Bjørn Tore Hoem (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget 0:01:10
8 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:01:15
9 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff 0:01:26
10 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 0:01:30
ORDINE D’ARRIVO 1/A TAPPA:
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 3:27:18
2 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:03
3 August Jensen (Nor) Team Coop-Øster Hus 0:00:06
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
5 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
6 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth
7 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
8 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
9 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
10 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget
ORDINE D’ARRIVO 2/A TAPPA:
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:46:57
2 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
3 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
4 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group
5 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth
6 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
7 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
9 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
10 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
ORDINE D’ARRIVO 3/A TAPPA:
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5:38:58
2 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
3 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
5 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
7 Cees Bol (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
8 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:46
9 Fridtjof Roinas (Nor) Team Sparebanken Sør
10 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
ORDINE D’ARRIVO 4/A TAPPA:
1 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 4:00:14
2 Bjørn Tore Hoem (Nor) Team Joker Byggtorget
3 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:00:03
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
5 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
7 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
8 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Tinkoff Team
9 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
ORDINE D’ARRIVO 5/A TAPPA: 
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 3:47:01
2 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
3 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Joker-Byggtorget
4 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
5 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff
6 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
8 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group
9 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
10 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton