Ok, so we’re not going to create a race thread for ALL races this year, especially since we’re only about 10 people reading here :)
This thread is available for you to write about all the races which don’t have a race thread.
Ok, so we’re not going to create a race thread for ALL races this year, especially since we’re only about 10 people reading here :)
This thread is available for you to write about all the races which don’t have a race thread.
Arctic race of Norway 🇳🇴 13–16/8/2026
This ProSeries race in 4 stages (I thought there used to be 1 or 2 more days, but in fact it always was 4 stages) does not leave this year the islands west of Narvik (Vesterolen, Innœya).
The official profiles (produced by the same company owning the Tour de France, Dauphiné and Paris–Nice) are utterly useless, so I’ll just describe them in words, as a few of them will suffice: the race is almost all flat with a few small hills here and there, the first 2 stages have a flat finish, and the last 2 finish on ‘top’ with climbs for long punchers. Stage #3 has the hardest finish, while the finish at stage #4 (Narvik) is preceded by a succession of really tiny hills.
PCS profile
PCS startlist, massively incomplete just 2 days before the start (because there is nothing at all on the official website…)
Official website
Last year saw Corbin Strong (🇳🇿 IPT) unexpectedly beat Tom Pidcock (🇬🇧 Q36.5) for GC. It was also the theatre of the last stage victory of the 38 y.o. Alexander Kristoff (🇳🇴 Uno-X).
I always forget how hard the final part is. Several riders do too 😉