The Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step) won the first stage of the Tour of Norway as a puncher on Tuesday for his return to competition between Bergen and Voss, ahead of the Norwegian Tobias Johannessen. The 22-year-old great hope, winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April, waited for the last 200 meters of the final climb to Voss (2.7 km at 6.7%) to bring the blow and then resisted the return of the Norwegian, the other young talent of the same age.
The Spaniard Eduard Prades, winner of the 2018 edition, completes the podium. The second shortest stage of the event is scheduled for Wednesday with 123.8 kilometers and 2,421 meters of elevation gain between Ulvik and Geilo with only one listed climb (28.5 km at 4.3%).
Classification of the first stage of the Tour of Norway, disputed on Tuesday between Bergen and Voss: 1. Remco Evenepoel (BEL / QST), the 173.7 km in 4 h 21:31, an average of 39.829 km / h2. Tobias Johannessen (NOR/UNO) m. t.3. Eduard Prades (ESP / CJR) at 02.4. Luke Plapp (AUS/INE) 03.5. Ethan Hayter (GBR/INE) mr. t.
General classification (after one out of six stages):1. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/QST), 4:21:312. Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR/UNO) m. t.3. Eduard Prades (ESP / CJR) at 02.4. Luke Plapp (AUS/INE) 03.5. Ethan Hayter (GBR/INE) mr. t.
