The startlist of the Tour of Norway this year features a special presence. Wout van Aert headlines the nordic race which will take place from the 23rd to the 26th of May, simultaneous to the Giro d'Italia.
The preliminary startlist features: Wout van Aert, Koen Bouwman, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Alexander Kristoff, Thibau Nys, Natnael Tesfatsion, Pavel Bittner, Axel Laurance, Lorenzo Rota, Ethan Hayter, Elia Viviani and Jordi Meeus.
INEOS Grenadiers
1 Hayter, Ethan
2 August, AJ
3 Heiduk, Kim
4 Puccio, Salvatore
5 Rodríguez, Oscar
6 Viviani, Elia
Alpecin - Deceuninck
11 Hollmann, Juri
12 Osborne, Jason
13 Laurance, Axel
14 Vergallito, Luca
15 Debruyne, Ramses
16 Vandebosch, Toon
BORA - hansgrohe
21 Hajek, Alexander
22 Herzog, Emil
23 Meeus, Jordi
24 Benedetti, Cesare
25 Zwiehoff, Ben
Intermarché - Wanty
31 Artz, Huub
32 Busatto, Francesco
33 Kuypers, Gerben
34 Rota, Lorenzo
35 Taaramäe, Rein
36 Hoecke, Gijs Van
Lidl - Trek
41 Cataldo, Dario
42 Felline, Fabio
43 Mosca, Jacopo
44 Nys, Thibau
45 Tesfazion, Natnael
46 Vacek, Mathias
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
51 Bittner, Pavel
52 Combaud, Romain
53 Flynn, Sean
54 Naberman, Tim
55 Roosen, Timo
56 Tusveld, Martijn
Team Visma - Lease a Bike
61 Hagenes, Per Strand
62 Graat, Tijmen
63 Bouwman, Koen
64 Huising, Menno
65 Lemmen, Bart
66 Aert, Wout van
Bingoal WB
71 Weemaes, Sasha
72 Tier, Floris De
73 Jacques, Lucas
74 Teugels, Lennert
75 Tizza, Marco
76 Vliegen, Loïc
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
81 Hagen, Carl Fredrik
82 Abreha, Negasi Haylu
83 Calzoni, Walter
84 Camprubi, Marcel
85 Conca, Filippo
86 Małecki, Kamil
TDT-Unibet
91 Geleijn, Owen
92 Huyet, Baptiste
93 Johannink, Jelle
94 Maire, Adrien
95 Stockman, Abram
96 Toupalík, Adam
Team Flanders - Baloise
101 Bonneu, Kamiel
102 Claeys, Arno
103 Craps, Lars
104 Maris, Elias
105 Hemelen, Vincent van
106 Vandenstorme, Dylan
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
111 Brenner, Marco
112 Eriksson, Jacob
113 Eriksson, Lucas
114 Reichenbach, Sébastien
115 Wilksch, Hannes
116 Wirtgen, Luc
Uno-X Mobility
121 Kristoff, Alexander
122 Andersen, Idar
123 Dversnes, Fredrik
124 Cort Nielsen, Magnus
125 Holter, Ådne
126 Skaarseth, Anders
ATT Investments
131 Camrda, Karel
132 Otruba, Jakub
133 Reha, Filip
134 Schwarzbacher, Matthias
135 Stoček, Matúš
136 Vaníček, Šimon
Project Echelon Racing
141 Boardman, Samuel
142 Gervais, Laurent
143 McGill, Scott
144 Rhim, Brendan
145 Scala Jr, Hugo
146 Stites, Tyler
Team Coop - Repsol
151 Drege, André
152 Ingebrigtsen, Storm
153 Kvam, Kalle
154 Ravnøy, Johan
155 Sandstad, Halvor Utengen
156 Stensby, Anton
Norwegian National Team
161 Aas, Eirik Vang
162 Brennsæter, Trym
163 Fjellheim, Henrik Teslo
164 Evertsen-Hegreberg, Simen
165 Stiansen, Jesper
166 Skjerping, Kristoffer
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We've got some big names coming!🤩 Among others are: Wout van Aert🇧🇪 Alexander Kristoff 🇳🇴 Magnus Cort🇩🇰 Thibau Nys 🇧🇪 Ethan Hayter🇬🇧 Joshua Tarling 🇬🇧 #ToN24 #repsolnorge 📸 Visma | Lease a Bike
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