Evenepoel takes overall title while Kristoff wins stage 6 at Tour of Norway

Remco Evenepoel won GC at 2022 Tour of Norway
Remco Evenepoel won GC at 2022 Tour of Norway (Image credit: Tour of Norway)

Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) won the sprint in his hometown of Stavenger on the final stage of the Tour of Norway.  

Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), who won three stages at the six-day stage race, held on to the overall title with Australian's Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) and Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) rounding out the overall podium. It was Evenepoel's ninth GC career victory, and second of the season, having won Volta ao Algarve earlier in 2022. He became the first Belgian winner of the Tour of Norway.

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Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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