Results Arctic Race of Norway 2026 Stage 4 - Cedrik Bakke Christophersen takes final stage as Guillermo Thomas Silva holds on to win general classification
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Cedrik Bakke Christophersen won the final stage of the 2026 Artic Race of Norway on Sunday, becoming the tenth-ever Norwegian winner at the race as he made a late move from the group of favourites to take victory. In the overall standings, race leader Guillermo Thomas Silva looked convincing as he held off challenges on a final climb to the finish.
The general classification was all to play for heading into the finale, with 11 other riders within a minute of race leader Silva. The XDS Astana rider was closely followed by pre-race favourite Lennart van Eetvelt while contenders such as Alessandro Pinarello, Seb Berwick, Rhobbe Dhondt and Felix Engelhardt all started the day within striking distance.
A final climb of 2.8 kilometers at an average gradient of 8 percent forming the perfect opportunity for an overall ambush, the scene was set for a big battle for both the stage and GC on the road to Narvik.
The peloton seemed content to let it all go down to the final kilometers as three riders went up the road and formed the day's breakaway. Uno-X Mobility duo Adne Holter and Henrik Pedersen were joined by Anders Foldanger.
Their gap grew to almost three minutes with just 40 kilometers to go, and would soon start coming down as the kilometers ticked away. Things steadily ramped up as their gap dropped below two minutes with 15 kilometers to go and three short uphill segments loomed before the final 3 kilometers of climbing.
Stage and general classification comes down to finale
As the ticker struck 10 kilometers, the break went on probation as the gap fell below a minute for the first time since early in the day. It may be August but temperatures dropped to below 14 degrees in the Northern race while the peloton turned up the heat at the bottom of the climb.
Catching the breakaway, Guillermo Thomas Silva came to the front to try and fend off attacks himself. Thomas Gachignard went solo as he made his move with just over two kilometers to go, building a gap of over ten seconds as he took advantage of his lower general classification standing.
Alessandro Covi began pulling in the peloton before Cedrik Bakke Christophersen made his move just after the flamme rouge, the Unibet Rose Rockets rider would then pass Gachignard and hold off the favourites behind to take the win.
Ludovico Crescioli finished in second, three seconds behind while Silva himself finished in third place, winning the general classification with a solid performance. With the rest of the favourites finishing on the same time as Crescioli and Silva, van Eeetvelt, Pinarello and Woet Poels are among the names to make the top ten.
Guillermo Thomas Silva
Results Arctic Race of Norway 2026 Stage 4
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