Giovanni Lonardi (Team Polti VisitMalta) won the opening stage of the Arctic Race of Norway in Myre on Thursday, taking the sprint from Jason Tesson and Riley Pickrell after 181.9km from Evenes at an average of 44.477km/h.Five riders went clear from the start of the 13th editions first stage and were caught with 3km remaining. Lonardi takes the Midnight Sun jersey as race leader, the third Italian to lead the race, with Tesson four seconds back and Teodor De Luca third at the same time.It is Lonardis first win of the year, Italys fourth at the Arctic Race, and a first here for Polti VisitMalta on their debut appearance. Morthen Wang Baksaas (Lucky Sport) takes the Northern Lights jersey as mountains leader, the tenth Norwegian to wear it. De Luca leads the young riders, NSN Cycling Team the teams standings, and Eirik Vang Aas was named most active rider.Dillon Corkery was the sole Irish rider in action, finishing 31st in the bunch and sitting 34th overall at 10 seconds.Stage 2 on Friday finishes in Andenes, where another sprint is expected.Our RidersIRLIrish Riders Stage 1Thu 13 August 2026 Evenes Myre 181.9km31Dillon CORKERYTeam Picnic PostNL 34th overall, +0:10s.t.Stage 1 ResultStage 1 Result show all 108STGStage 1 ResultArctic Race Of Norway 2026 108 riders1Giovanni LONARDITeam Polti VisitMalta4:05:232Jason TESSONTotalEnergiess.t.3Riley PICKRELLModern Adventure Pro Cyclings.t.4Erlend BLIKRAUno-X Mobilitys.t.5Ethan VERNONNSN Cycling Teams.t.6Nikiforos ARVANITOUXDS Astana Teams.t.7Lionel TAMINIAUXLotto Intermarchs.t.8Vilmer EKMANLotto Intermarchs.t.9Mathieu KOCKELMANNLucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.10Emls LIEPIPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.11Brody MCDONALDModern Adventure Pro Cyclings.t.12Joseba LPEZCaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.13Henrik Eckmann FARSTADVOLLLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.14Artm FOFONOVXDS Astana Teams.t.15Anders FOLDAGERTeam Jayco AlUlas.t.16Gotzon MARTNEuskaltel Euskadis.t.17Rotem TENENSN Cycling Teams.t.18Kiaan WATTSNSN Cycling Teams.t.19Casper VAN UDENCaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.20Iker VILLARTeam Picnic PostNLs.t.21Artuur TORNEYTeam Flanders Baloises.t.22Ronan AUGUnibet Rose Rocketss.t.23Xabier BERASATEGIEuskaltel Euskadis.t.24Andreas FLAATTENLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.25Lorrenzo MANZINTotalEnergiess.t.26Marc RUBIROLACaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.27Darren VAN BEKKUMXDS Astana Teams.t.28Tobias Risan NAKKENTeam Drali Repsols.t.29Robbe DHONDTTeam Picnic PostNLs.t.30Simen EVERTSEN-HEGREBERGLucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.31Dillon CORKERYTeam Picnic PostNLs.t.32Alex DAZCaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.33Henrik PEDERSENUno-X Mobilitys.t.34Mirco MAESTRITeam Polti VisitMaltas.t.35Hamish MCKENZIETeam Jayco AlUlas.t.36Aksel LAFORCETeam Ringerikes.t.37Michiel LAMBRECHTTeam Flanders Baloises.t.38Sander GRANBERGTeam Drali Repsols.t.39Felix ENGELHARDTTeam Jayco AlUlas.t.40Fabio CHRISTENPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.41Guillermo Thomas SILVAXDS Astana Teams.t.42Alessandro PINARELLONSN Cycling Teams.t.43Karl Emil KJELDSANDTeam Drali Repsols.t.44Joel NICOLAUCaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.45Wout POELSUnibet Rose Rocketss.t.46Jon AGIRREEuskaltel Euskadis.t.47Ward VANHOOFTeam Flanders Baloises.t.48Lennert VAN EETVELTLotto Intermarchs.t.49Teodor DE LUCALucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.50Victor VERCOUILLIETeam Flanders Baloises.t.51Christian Alexander KLUNDTeam Ringerikes.t.52Herman Emil ERIKSENLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.53Johannes KULSETUno-X Mobilitys.t.54Marco SCHRETTLXDS Astana Teams.t.55Dario GIULIANOTeam Polti VisitMaltas.t.56Ludovico CRESCIOLITeam Polti VisitMaltas.t.57Hugo LENNARTSSONLucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.58Louis SUTTONEuskaltel Euskadis.t.59Mark DONOVANPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.60Vincent VAN HEMELENTeam Flanders Baloises.t.61Peder Wettre ANDREASSENTeam Ringerikes.t.62Alessandro COVITeam Jayco AlUlas.t.63Axel KLLBERGLucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.64Thomas ERIKSENLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.65Toralf Rydningen MARTINSENTeam Drali Repsols.t.66Thomas BONNETTotalEnergiess.t.67Joris DELBOVETotalEnergiess.t.68Odd Christian EIKINGUnibet Rose Rocketss.t.69Sven Erik BYSTRMUno-X Mobilitys.t.70Cole KESSLERModern Adventure Pro Cyclings.t.71Felix RN-KRISTOFFLotto Intermarchs.t.72Elias MARISTeam Flanders Baloises.t.73Kevin Andre Sandli MESSELTeam Ringerikes.t.74Martin TJTTAUno-X Mobilitys.t.75Owen GELEIJNUnibet Rose Rocketss.t.76Samuel LEROUXTotalEnergiess.t.77Cedrik Bakke CHRISTOPHERSENUnibet Rose Rocketss.t.78Georg Rydningen MARTINSENTeam Drali Repsols.t.79Magnus KULSETTeam Ringerikes.t.80Nicols ALUSTIZAEuskaltel Euskadis.t.81Even THORVALDSENLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.82Damien HOWSONPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.83Thomas GACHIGNARDTotalEnergiess.t.84Halvor DOLVENLotto Intermarchs.t.85Matteo BADILATTIPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.86Sbastien GRIGNARDLotto Intermarchs.t.87Andrea MIFSUDTeam Polti VisitMaltas.t.88Dion SMITHNSN Cycling Teams.t.89Joseph PIDCOCKPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Teams.t.90Oscar AMEYNSN Cycling Teams.t.91dne HOLTERUno-X Mobilitys.t.92Anton KUZMINXDS Astana Teams.t.93Sebastian BERWICKCaja Rural Seguros RGAs.t.94Christopher JUUL-JENSENTeam Jayco AlUlas.t.95Andrea PIETROBONTeam Polti VisitMaltas.t.96Morthen Wang BAKSAASLucky Sport Cycling Teams.t.97Mark STEWARTModern Adventure Pro Cyclings.t.98Ludvik HOLSTADTeam Ringerikes.t.99Henrik Teslo FJELLHEIMLillehammer CK Continental Teams.t.100Ezra CAUDELLModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:47101Byron MUNTONModern Adventure Pro Cycling*0:00102Karsten Larsen FELDMANNUnibet Rose Rockets*,,103Eirik VANG AASTeam Drali Repsol*,,104Bert BOLLETeam Picnic PostNL*,,105Paul HENNEQUINEuskaltel Euskadi*,,106Alexy FAURE PROSTTeam Picnic PostNL*,,107Oliver BLEDDYNTeam Jayco AlUla2:59108Bjorn KOERDTTeam Picnic PostNL*0:00Classifications After Stage 1General Classification show all 108GCGeneral ClassificationArctic Race Of Norway 2026 108 riders1Giovanni LonardiTeam Polti VisitMalta4:05:132Jason TessonTotalEnergies0:043Luca Teodor DeLucky Sport Cycling Team0:044Riley PickrellModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:065Victor VercouillieTeam Flanders Baloise0:066Ludvik HolstadTeam Ringerike0:087Erlend BlikraUno-X Mobility0:108Ethan VernonNSN Cycling Team0:109Nikiforos ArvanitouXDS Astana Team0:1010Lionel TaminiauxLotto Intermarch0:1011Mathieu KockelmannLotto Intermarch0:1012Vilmer EkmanLucky Sport Cycling Team0:1013Emls LiepiPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1014Brody McDonaldModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:1015Joseba LpezCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1016Henrik Eckmann FarstadvollLillehammer CK Continental Team0:1017Artm FofonovXDS Astana Team0:1018Anders FoldagerTeam Jayco AlUla0:1019Gotzon MartnEuskaltel Euskadi0:1020Rotem TeneNSN Cycling Team0:1021Kiaan WattsNSN Cycling Team0:1022Iker VillarCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1023Uden Casper vanTeam Picnic PostNL0:1024Artuur TorneyTeam Flanders Baloise0:1025Ronan AugUnibet Rose Rockets0:1026Xabier BerasategiEuskaltel Euskadi0:1027Andreas FlaattenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:1028Lorrenzo ManzinTotalEnergies0:1029Marc RubirolaCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1030Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team0:1031Tobias Risan NakkenTeam Drali Repsol0:1032Robbe DhondtTeam Picnic PostNL0:1033Simen Evertsen-HegrebergLucky Sport Cycling Team0:1034Dillon CorkeryTeam Picnic PostNL0:1035Alex DazCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1036Henrik PedersenUno-X Mobility0:1037Mirco MaestriTeam Polti VisitMalta0:1038Hamish McKenzieTeam Jayco AlUla0:1039Aksel LaforceTeam Ringerike0:1040Michiel LambrechtTeam Flanders Baloise0:1041Sander GranbergTeam Drali Repsol0:1042Felix EngelhardtTeam Jayco AlUla0:1043Fabio ChristenPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1044Guillermo Thomas SilvaXDS Astana Team0:1045Alessandro PinarelloNSN Cycling Team0:1046Karl Emil KjeldsandTeam Drali Repsol0:1047Joel NicolauCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1048Wout PoelsUnibet Rose Rockets0:1049Jon AgirreEuskaltel Euskadi0:1050Ward VanhoofTeam Flanders Baloise0:1051Eetvelt Lennert VanLotto Intermarch0:1052Christian Alexander KlundTeam Ringerike0:1053Herman Emil EriksenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:1054Johannes KulsetUno-X Mobility0:1055Marco SchrettlXDS Astana Team0:1056Dario GiulianoTeam Polti VisitMalta0:1057Ludovico CrescioliTeam Polti VisitMalta0:1058Hugo LennartssonLucky Sport Cycling Team0:1059Louis SuttonEuskaltel Euskadi0:1060Mark DonovanPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1061Hemelen Vincent VanTeam Flanders Baloise0:1062Peder Wettre AndreassenTeam Ringerike0:1063Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla0:1064Axel KllbergLucky Sport Cycling Team0:1065Thomas EriksenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:1066Toralf Rydningen MartinsenTeam Drali Repsol0:1067Thomas BonnetTotalEnergies0:1068Joris DelboveTotalEnergies0:1069Odd Christian EikingUnibet Rose Rockets0:1070Sven Erik BystrmUno-X Mobility0:1071Cole KesslerModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:1072Felix rn-KristoffLotto Intermarch0:1073Elias MarisTeam Flanders Baloise0:1074Kevin Andre Sandli MesselTeam Ringerike0:1075Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility0:1076Owen GeleijnUnibet Rose Rockets0:1077Samuel LerouxTotalEnergies0:1078Cedrik Bakke ChristophersenUnibet Rose Rockets0:1079Georg Rydningen MartinsenTeam Drali Repsol0:1080Magnus KulsetTeam Ringerike0:1081Nicols AlustizaEuskaltel Euskadi0:1082Even ThorvaldsenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:1083Damien HowsonPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1084Thomas GachignardTotalEnergies0:1085Halvor DolvenLotto Intermarch0:1086Matteo BadilattiPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1087Sbastien GrignardLotto Intermarch0:1088Andrea MifsudTeam Polti VisitMalta0:1089Dion SmithNSN Cycling Team0:1090Joseph PidcockPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:1091Oscar AmeyNSN Cycling Team0:1092dne HolterUno-X Mobility0:1093Anton KuzminXDS Astana Team0:1094Sebastian BerwickCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:1095Christopher Juul-JensenTeam Jayco AlUla0:1096Andrea PietrobonTeam Polti VisitMalta0:1097Morthen Wang BaksaasLucky Sport Cycling Team0:1098Mark StewartModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:1099Henrik Teslo FjellheimLillehammer CK Continental Team0:10100Byron MuntonModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:10101Karsten Larsen FeldmannUnibet Rose Rockets0:10102Aas Eirik VangTeam Drali Repsol0:10103Bert BolleTeam Picnic PostNL0:10104Paul HennequinEuskaltel Euskadi0:10105Prost Alexy FaureTeam Picnic PostNL0:10106Bjorn KoerdtTeam Picnic PostNL0:10107Ezra CaudellModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:57108Oliver BleddynTeam Jayco AlUla3:09PTSPoints ClassificationGreen jersey after stage 11Giovanni LONARDITeam Polti VisitMalta25 pts2Jason TESSONTotalEnergies20 pts3Riley PICKRELLModern Adventure Pro Cycling16 ptsKOMMountains ClassificationNorthern Lights jersey Arctic Race Of Norway 20261Morthen Wang BAKSAASLucky Sport Cycling Team8 pts2Eirik VANG AASTeam Drali Repsol7 pts3Ludvik HOLSTADTeam Ringerike2 pts4Henrik Teslo FJELLHEIMLillehammer CK Continental Team1 ptYoung Rider Classification show all 67YTHYoung Rider ClassificationArctic Race Of Norway 2026 67 riders1Luca Teodor DeLucky Sport Cycling Team4:05:172Riley PickrellModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:023Victor VercouillieTeam Flanders Baloise0:024Nikiforos ArvanitouXDS Astana Team0:065Mathieu KockelmannLotto Intermarch0:066BrodyModern Adventure Pro Cycling McDonaldLucky Sport Cycling Team0:067VilmerLucky Sport Cycling Team EkmanModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:068Henrik Eckmann FarstadvollLillehammer CK Continental Team0:069Artm FofonovXDS Astana Team0:0610Anders FoldagerTeam Jayco AlUla0:0611Rotem TeneNSN Cycling Team0:0612Kiaan WattsNSN Cycling Team0:0613Iker VillarCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:0614Uden Casper vanTeam Picnic PostNL0:0615Artuur TorneyTeam Flanders Baloise0:0616Ronan AugUnibet Rose Rockets0:0617Andreas FlaattenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:0618Marc RubirolaCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:0619Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team0:0620Tobias Risan NakkenTeam Drali Repsol0:0621Robbe DhondtTeam Picnic PostNL0:0622Simen Evertsen-HegrebergLucky Sport Cycling Team0:0623Alex DazCaja Rural Seguros RGA0:0624Henrik PedersenUno-X Mobility0:0625Hamish McKenzieTeam Jayco AlUla0:0626Aksel LaforceTeam Ringerike0:0627Michiel LambrechtTeam Flanders Baloise0:0628Sander GranbergTeam Drali Repsol0:0629Fabio ChristenPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:0630Guillermo Thomas SilvaXDS Astana Team0:0631Alessandro PinarelloNSN Cycling Team0:0632Karl Emil KjeldsandTeam Drali Repsol0:0633Eetvelt Lennert VanLotto Intermarch0:0634Christian Alexander KlundTeam Ringerike0:0635Herman Emil EriksenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:0636Johannes KulsetUno-X Mobility0:0637Marco SchrettlXDS Astana Team0:0638Dario GiulianoTeam Polti VisitMalta0:0639Ludovico CrescioliTeam Polti VisitMalta0:0640Hugo LennartssonLucky Sport Cycling Team0:0641Louis SuttonEuskaltel Euskadi0:0642Peder Wettre AndreassenTeam Ringerike0:0643Axel KllbergLucky Sport Cycling Team0:0644Thomas EriksenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:0645Toralf Rydningen MartinsenTeam Drali Repsol0:0646Cole KesslerModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:0647Felix rn-KristoffLotto Intermarch0:0648Kevin Andre Sandli MesselTeam Ringerike0:0649Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility0:0650Owen GeleijnUnibet Rose Rockets0:0651Cedrik Bakke ChristophersenUnibet Rose Rockets0:0652Georg Rydningen MartinsenTeam Drali Repsol0:0653Nicols AlustizaEuskaltel Euskadi0:0654Even ThorvaldsenLillehammer CK Continental Team0:0655Halvor DolvenLotto Intermarch0:0656Joseph PidcockPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:0657Oscar AmeyNSN Cycling Team0:0658Morthen Wang BaksaasLucky Sport Cycling Team0:0659Henrik Teslo FjellheimLillehammer CK Continental Team0:0660Karsten Larsen FeldmannUnibet Rose Rockets0:0661Aas Eirik VangTeam Drali Repsol0:0662Bert BolleTeam Picnic PostNL0:0663Paul HennequinEuskaltel Euskadi0:0664Prost Alexy FaureTeam Picnic PostNL0:0665Bjorn KoerdtTeam Picnic PostNL0:0666Ezra CaudellModern Adventure Pro Cycling0:5367Oliver BleddynTeam Jayco AlUla3:05TEAMTeams ClassificationArctic Race Of Norway 2026 18 riders1NSN Cycling Team12:16:092XDS Astana Team0:003Caja Rural Seguros RGA0:004Lotto Intermarch0:005Team Picnic PostNL0:006Modern Adventure Pro Cycling0:007Euskaltel Euskadi0:008Lucky Sport Cycling Team0:009Lillehammer CK Continental Team0:0010Team Jayco AlUla0:0011Team Polti VisitMalta0:0012Uno-X Mobility0:0013TotalEnergies0:0014Team Flanders Baloise0:0015Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:0016Team Drali Repsol0:0017Unibet Rose Rockets0:0018Team Ringerike0:00: by ASO [See image gallery at www.irishcyclingnews.com]