Mathieu van der Poel produces incredible sprint in flying start to Arctic Race of Norway

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Mathieu van der Poel continued his winning streak in road racing four months after he last competed and bagged the Amstel Gold Race.

The Dutchman powered to victory from a 33-man leading group that contested stage 1 of the Arctic Race of Norway. His switch from mountain-biking has been impressive again.

Van der Poel topped Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma) and Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert) after 181 kilometers of racing from Å to Leknes.

“It was a very hard race, and the pace never really dropped”, said Van der Poel. “When I looked at my screen after three hours, the average pace was still 50km so it was full gas all day. I kind of like it like that.

“I was just waiting and trying to time my sprint perfectly, and I think I did that. It’s going to be very hard to defend the jersey but we’ll see.”

Arctic Race of Norway 2019 – stage 1 results (Å – Leknes):

1Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus)

3:45:14

2Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma)

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3Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert)

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4Benjamin Declercq (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)

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5Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy)

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6Jordi Warlop (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)

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7Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data)

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8Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X)

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9Alexey Lutsenko (Astana)

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10Franck Bonnamour (Arkéa Samsic)

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Arctic Race of Norway 2019 – general classification after stage 1:

1Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus)

3:45:14

2Alexey Lutsenko (Astana)

+03”

3Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma)

+04”

4Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert)

+05”

5Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X)

+06”

6Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Jumbo-Visma)

+07”

7Magnus Cort (Astana)

+08”

8Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy)

+09”

9Benjamin Declercq (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)

+10”

10Jordi Warlop (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)

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