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June 1, 2025
14th Tour of Norway 2025 🇳🇴 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 4 – Stavanger – Stavanger : 130 km
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway.
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June 1, 2025
14th Tour of Norway 2025 🇳🇴 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 4 – Stavanger – Stavanger : 130 km
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway. The race is ranked 2.HC on the UCI Europe Tour, and is part of the new UCI ProSeries since 2020. From the 2019 season the race merged with Tour des Fjords to form a new six day stage race that covers all of the southern counties of Norway; the race had previously only been held in Eastern Norway.
Young British star Matthew Brennan has continued his relentless run of non-stop success in 2025 with the final stage and overall victory in the Tour of Norway.
Brennan clinched the last day’s victory, an undulating 130 kilometre stage starting and finishing in Stavanger, in a sprint ahead of veteran local star Alexandr Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) – still searching for an elusive 100th career win before he ends his career this winter – and Picnic-PostNL’s Tobias Lund Andresen.
In the tightly fought GC battle, meanwhile overall Brennan finished 28 seconds ahead of Victor Langelotto (Ineos Grenadiers) and 39 seconds up on Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). He also picked up the points and, of course, the best young rider classifications.
Already a winner on the Tour of Norway’s stage 2, the Visma-Lease a Bike racer has now racked up no less than eight victories in his debut pro season. On what is already a red letter day for his team, his latest two triumphs have come just hours before his teammate and fellow Briton Simon Yates conquers the 2025 Giro d’Italia overall.
“It was really hectic in the final,” Brennan said in comments reported in Sporza as he savoured the first stage race overall victory of his pro career.
“I knew I had to be well-positioned, otherwise I had no chance of winning. I used a few other riders because I knew there was a headwind.
“This is my first stage race win and I will remember it forever. Without the other guys, this would not have been possible. I am very happy with how it went.”
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Final General Classification :