News in brief: John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) missed his first win of the season by a hair's breadth at the Arctic Race of Norway that started yesterday - a technical defect thwarted his hopes of victory and so he had to let local hero Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) go first.
The events of the stage as a video summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PEQAp7GZs
Final result of stage #1 Arctic Race of Norway
| PLATZ | Driver | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alexander kristoff | NOR | Team Katusha | 04:10:02 |
| 2 | John Degenkolb | GER | Team Giant Alpecin | |
| 3 | Danny van Poppel | NED | TeamSky | |
| 4 | Moreno Hofland | NED | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 5 | Danilo Napolitano | ITA | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 6 | Niccolo Boniface | ITA | Trek-Segafredo | |
| 7 | Ruslan Tleubayev | KAZ | Team Astana | |
| 8 | Rasmus Tiller | NOR | Team Ringeriks - Strength | |
| 9 | Daniel Oss | ITA | BMC Racing Team | |
| 10 | Gianni moscon | ITA | TeamSky |