Important date in Northern Europe with the Tour of Norway 2024. The short Scandinavian stage race, also in the Pro.Series category, will be held between Thursday, May 23, and Sunday, May 26, and will be a significant opportunity for some of the week-long race specialists to go after significant success. The Norwegian competition will take place in the central-southern part of the Nordic national team and will see seven WorldTour formations, six Professional category teams (none Italian), three Continental level entities and the Norwegian selection in action. Up for grabs is the place on the Roll of Honor next to that occupied by Ben Tulett, winner in 2023.

Tour of Norway 2024, Route

It begins with a moveable stage with an explosive finale, starting in Voss and finishing atop the Voss Resort after 141 kilometers and an elevation gain of 2,400 meters. Three mountain grand prix are scheduled in the second half of this opening stage, which are sure to make selection in the peloton. The final finish, where we are likely to see a tight sprint among the best climbers, is put at the end of a tough 3.9-kilometer climb with an average gradient of 5.8 percent.

Also very suitable for climbers will be the second stage, the very long Odda – Gullingen, which at 206 kilometers will be the longest of this edition. The elevation profile will be slightly jagged for the vast majority of the route, with only one official third-category Gpm placed at the halfway point. The road will begin to steepen sharply when it is 5.5 kilometers to the finish line. The final climb will be tough and selective, and will in fact have an average gradient of 8.8 percent with long stretches even over 10 percent.

The third stage of this Tour of Norway 2024 will be the only one in which we are likely to see a bunch sprint. The 178 kilometers between Sola and Egersund will have only 1,300 meters of elevation gain, much of it concentrated in the only Gpm of the day. This second-category climb along 6.4 kilometers at 3.1 percent should not create too many problems for the sprinters in the peloton, partly because it is located more than 60 kilometers from the finish line. The last 25 kilometers will be slightly jagged, but the sprinters’ teams should be able to keep the race closed until the final sprint.

The final fraction takes in the usual undulating circuit around the city of Stavanger. This year there will be five laps to complete while there will be six climbs to the Grisabakken climb, only 600 meters long but with an average gradient of 7.5 percent. It will be a short but very intense stage, with only 124 kilometers in length but very few meters totally flat and a total of 1,500 meters of positive elevation gain. The finish of the last climb will be only 7 kilometers from the finish line. A perfect distance for attackers and finisseurs.

Tour of Norway 2024, Stages

Stage 1 (23/05): Voss – Voss Resort (142 km)
Stage 2 (24/05): Odda – Gullingen (206 km)
Stage 3 (25/05): Sola – Egersund (173.1 km)
Stage 4 (26/05): Stavanger – Stavanger (123.8 km)

Tour of Norway 2024, Participants

INEOS GRENADIERS
1 Ethan Edward HAYTER
2 Andrew AUGUST
3 Kim Alexander HEIDUK
4 Salvatore PUCCIO
5 Oscar RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA
6 Elia VIVIANI

ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
11 Juri HOLLMANN
12 Jason OSBORNE
13 Axel LAURANCE
14 Luca VERGALLITO
15 Ramses DEBRUYNE
16 Toon VANDEBOSCH

BORA – HANSGROHE
21 Alexander HAJEK
22 Emil HERZOG
23 Jordi MEEUS
24 Cesare BENEDETTI
25 Ben ZWIEHOFF

INTERMARCHE-WANTY
31 Huub ARTZ
32 Francesco BUSATTO
33 Gerben KUYPERS
34 Lorenzo ROTA
35 Rein TAARAMÄE
36 Gijs VAN HOECKE

LIDL-TREK
41 Dario CATALDO
42 Fabio FELLINE
43 Jacopo MOSCA
44 Thibau NYS
45 Natnael TESFAZION
46 Mathias VACEK

TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
51 Pavel BITTNER
52 Romain COMBAUD
53 Sean FLYNN
54 Tim NABERMAN
55 Timo ROOSEN
56 Martijn TUSVELD

TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
61 Per Strand HAGENES
62 Tijmen GRAAT
63 Koen BOUWMAN
64 Menno HUISING
65 Bart LEMMEN
66 Wout VAN AERT

BINGOAL WB
71 Sasha WEEMAES
72 Floris DE TIER
73 Lucas JACQUES
74 Lennert TEUGELS
75 Marco TIZZA
76 Loïc VLIEGEN

Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
81 Carl Fredrik HAGEN
82 Negasi Haylu ABREHA
83 Walter CALZONI
84 Marcel CAMPRUBI PIJUAN
85 Filippo CONCA
86 Kamil MALECKI

TDT-UNIBET
91 Owen GELEIJN
92 Baptiste HUYET
93 Jelle JOHANNINK
94 Adrien MAIRE
95 Abram STOCKMAN
96 Adam ŤOUPALÍK

TEAM FLANDERS – BALOISE
101 Kamiel BONNEU
102 Arno CLAEYS
103 Lars CRAPS
104 Elias MARIS
105 Vincent VAN HEMELEN
106 Dylan VANDENSTORME

TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
111 Marco BRENNER
112 Jacob ERIKSSON
113 Lucas ERIKSSON
114 Sébastien REICHENBACH
115 Hannes WILKSCH
116 Luc WIRTGEN

UNO-X MOBILITY
121 Alexander KRISTOFF
122 Idar ANDERSEN
123 Fredrik DVERSNES
124 Magnus Cort NIELSEN
125 Ådne HOLTER
126 Anders SKAARSETH

ATT INVESTMENTS
131 Karel CAMRDA
132 Jakub OTRUBA
133 Filip ŘEHA
134 Matthias SCHWARZBACHER
135 Matúš ŠTOČEK
136 Šimon VANÍČEK

PROJECT ECHELON RACING
141 Samuel BOARDMAN
142 Laurent GERVAIS
143 Scott MCGILL
144 Brendan RHIM
145 Hugo SCALA JR.
146 Tyler STITES

TEAM COOP – REPSOL
151 André DREGE
152 Storm INGEBRIGTSEN
153 Kalle Petter Brodahl KVAM
154 Johan RAVNØY
155 Halvor Utengen SANDSTAD
156 Anton H STENSBY

NATIONAL TEAM NORWAY
161 Eirik Vang AAS
162 Trym BRENNSÆTER
163 Henrik Teslo FJELLHEIM
164 Simen EVERTSEN-HEGREBERG
165 Jesper STIANSEN
166 Kristoffer SKJERPING