Alexander Kristoff

At six, he moved from Oslo to Stavanger. His stepfather got him interested in cycling rather than football. He started riding for Stavanger SK. At 16 he won the Norwegian youth championship, and finished fourth in the Youth Olympics.^[3] He turned professional in 2006 for Glud & Marstrand Horsens. In 2007, he became Norwegian road champion at 19, beating Thor Hushovd in a sprint of four riders.^[4]

Katusha (2012-)

He won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2012 London Olympic Games.^[5]

In 2014 Kristoff won the Milan–San Remo beating Fabian Cancellara in the sprint. Later the same year Kristoff conceded two stage wins in the Tour the France making him runner up behind Peter Sagan in the Green Jersey Competition. Later this season Kristoff took another victory when he claimed the first place in the Vattenfall Cyclassics such as the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop in May. In total Kristoff took 14 victories in the 2014 season ranking him eight on the UCI World Tour.

In 2015, Kristoff had a very good start to his campaign by getting three stage victories on the Tour of Qatar, grabbing the sprints jersey in the process. He celebrated another stage victory soon afterward at the Tour of Oman. On March 1, he was outsprinted by Mark Cavendish and grabbed the second position of Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.^[6] He earned another sprint victory at Paris–Nice, while he was preparing himself for Milan–San Remo. He was looking for a repeat victory at that race, but John Degenkolb had the better of him in the sprint finish and he settled for a still prestigious second position.^[7] Still in the month of March, he went on to finish just shy of the podium in E3 Harelbeke, taking a fourth placing.^[8] He then participated to Three Days of De Panne, where he was part of a six-man breakaway on the first stage and won the sprint of the small group, while being lead-out by his teammate Sven Erik Bystrom.^[9] He reapeated the next day, this time using a bunch sprint to propel himself to victory.^[10] Kristoff also won stage 3a, a bunch sprint where he very slightly edged Andre Greipel by 3/10,000th of a second. With the bonus seconds awarded to him, he won the general classification too after finishing third of stage 3b, a short individual time trial.^[11] In April, Kristoff won the cobbled monument Tour of Flanders, the main goal of his spring season. With some 30 kilometers remaining Niki Terpstra attacked and only Kristoff went with him. The duo got a lead of 30 seconds with the remains of the lead group unable to catch them. Kristoff beat Terpstra in the two-man sprint, to take his biggest win so far.^[12] Three days later Kristoff won the sprinters semi-classic Scheldeprijs,^[13] becoming the first ever to win the Three Days of De Panne, Tour of Flanders and Scheldeprijs in the same season. Kristoff came in tenth at Paris–Roubaix, then took a break from racing.

He came back at the Tour of Norway, where he finished eighth overall while taking two stage successes.^[14] Shortly after, he participated to the Tour des Fjords where he dominated the sprints again by amassing three stage victories, the points classification jersey and a ninth overall position.^[15] He also won the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse by a whisker over Peter Sagan. Sagan got out of Kristoff's slipstream to try to out-sprint him in the final meters, but to no avail.^[16]

In 2016, he started his season with a hat-trick of stage wins at the flat Tour of Qatar, reaping second position in the overall classification to Mark Cavendish.^[17]

Palmarès

2006

Grenland GP

1st Stages 1 & 2

2007

1st

National Road Race Championships

2008

1st

National Criterium Championships

1st Stage 4 Ringerike GP

2nd Rogaland Grand Prix

2nd Porec Trophy

2009

1st

Under-23 National Road Race Championships

1st Stage 3 Ringerike GP

2nd Sandefjord Grand Prix

5th Overall Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste

5th La Côte Picarde

7th Druivenkoers Overijse

7th European Under 23 Road Race Championships

9th ZLM Tour

9th Porec Trophy

2010

3rd Philadelphia International Championship

4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

5th Grand Prix de Fourmies

7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

9th Paris–Bruxelles

10th Scheldeprijs

10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

2011

1st

National Road Race Championships

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

7th Scheldeprijs

7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

7th Paris–Bruxelles

7th London – Surrey Cycle Classic

2012

Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 3a

1st

Points classification

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

3rd

Summer Olympics: Men's Road Race

3rd Overall World Ports Classic

1st

Young rider classification

3rd National Road Race Championships

4th Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Stage 4

1st

Points classification

6th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2013

Tour of Norway

1st Stages 1, 2 & 5

1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse

2nd National Road Race Championships

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 3a

1st

Points classification

3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics

4th Overall Tour des Fjords

1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT)

1st

Points classification

4th Tour of Flanders

4th Brussels Cycling Classic

5th Scheldeprijs

8th Milan–San Remo

9th Paris–Roubaix

2014

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop

1st Vattenfall Cyclassics

Tour of Norway

1st Stages 1 & 5

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman

1st

Overall Tour des Fjords

1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

1st

Points classification

Tour de France

1st Stages 12 & 15

2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway

1st Stages 2^[18] & 4^[19]

1st

Points classification

5th Tour of Flanders

8th UCI World Tour

8th World Road Race Championships

8th GP Ouest-France

2015

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 3 Tour of Oman

1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice

1st

Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stages 1, 2 & 3a

1st

Points classification

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

Arctic Race of Norway

1st Stage 1

1st

Points classification

1st GP Ouest-France

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne^[20]

2nd Milan–San Remo

2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics

3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

1st

Points classification

3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

4th World Road Race Championships

4th E3 Harelbeke

8th Overall Tour of Norway

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st

Points classification^[21]

9th Gent–Wevelgem

9th Overall Tour des Fjords

1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

1st

Points classification

10th Paris–Roubaix

2016

1st Stages 3 & 6 Tour of Oman

1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop

2nd Overall Tour of Qatar

1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

1st

Points classification

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 1

4th Tour of Flanders

6th Milan–San Remo

Monuments results timeline

Monument	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Milan–San Remo	—	—	131	8	1	2	6
Tour of Flanders	—	—	15	4	5	1	4
Paris–Roubaix	DNF	DNF	57	9	DNF	10	48
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	—	—	—	—	—	—
World Road Race Championships	69	—	—	—	8	4

DNF = Did not finish
— = Did not compete

References

↑ "Kristoff signs for Katusha". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ Dagbladet Sportsmagasinet 29 August 2008. Alexander Kristoff. Page 8
↑ Yngstemann ble bestemann BT.no
↑ "Mark Cavendish's Olympic bid fails as Alexandre Vinokourov wins gold". Retrieved 2012-07-28.
↑ Benson, Daniel. "Cavendish sprints to Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne win". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
↑ "Results: 2015 Milano-Sanremo". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
↑ "Thomas solos away from Stybar to win E3 Harelbeke". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
↑ "Kristoff wins Driedaagse De Panne opener in Zottegem". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
↑ Emil Axelgaard (1 April 2015). "Kristoff makes it two in a row in De Panne". Cycling Quotes (CyclingQuotes.com 2013). Retrieved 1 April 2015.
↑ "Kristoff strikes again at Driedaagse de Panne". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
↑ Nigel Wynn (5 April 2015). "Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Flanders". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Sports & Leisure network). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
↑ Emil Axelgaard (8 April 2015). "Unstoppable Kristoff conquers Scheldeprijs". Cycling Quotes (CyclingQuotes.com 2013). Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ Jean-François Quénet (25 May 2015). "Tour of Norway: Kristoff wins stage 2". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
↑ Jean-François Quénet (29 May 2015). "Three in a row for Kristoff at Tour des Fjords". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
↑ "Kristoff claims Tour de Suisse stage 7 in long-range sprint". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
↑ Ryan, Barry (12 February 2016). "Kristoff repeats hat-trick of stage wins at Tour of Qatar". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
↑ O'Shea, Sadhbh (15 August 2014). "Kristoff wins sprint in Alta". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ "Kruijswijk wins the Arctic Race of Norway". cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ "Cavendish sprints to Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne win". cyclingnews.com. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ Quénet, Jean-François (25 May 2015). "Tour of Norway: Vangstad solos to victory on final day". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

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Riders on Team Katusha

Milan–San Remo winners

1900–1919	Lucien Petit-Breton (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Luigi Ganna (1909) Eugène Christophe (1910) Gustave Garrigou (1911) Henri Pélissier (1912) Odile Defraye (1913) Ugo Agostoni (1914) Ezio Corlaita (1915) (1916, not held) Gaetano Belloni (1917) Costante Girardengo (1918) Angelo Gremo (1919)

1920–1939	Gaetano Belloni (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921) Giovanni Brunero (1922) Costante Girardengo (1923) Pietro Linari (1924) Costante Girardengo (1925–1926) Pietro Chesi (1927) Costante Girardengo (1928) Alfredo Binda (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Alfredo Bovet (1932) Learco Guerra (1933) Jef Demuysere (1934) Giuseppe Olmo (1935) Angelo Varetto (1936) Cesare Del Cancia (1937) Giuseppe Olmo (1938) Gino Bartali (1939)

1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Pierino Favalli (1941) Adolfo Leoni (1942) Cino Cinelli (1943) (1944–1945, not held) Fausto Coppi (1946) Gino Bartali (1947) Fausto Coppi (1948–1949) Gino Bartali (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Loretto Petrucci (1952–1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Germain Derycke (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Miguel Poblet (1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Miguel Poblet (1959)

1960–1979	René Privat (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Emile Daems (1962) Joseph Groussard (1963) Tom Simpson (1964) Arie den Hartog (1965) Eddy Merckx (1966–1967) Rudi Altig (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Michele Dancelli (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Roger De Vlaeminck (1973) Felice Gimondi (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975–1976) Jan Raas (1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978–1979)

1980–1999	Pierino Gavazzi (1980) Alfons De Wolf (1981) Marc Gomez (1982) Giuseppe Saronni (1983) Francesco Moser (1984) Hennie Kuiper (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Erich Maechler (1987) Laurent Fignon (1988–1989) Gianni Bugno (1990) Claudio Chiappucci (1991) Sean Kelly (1992) Maurizio Fondriest (1993) Giorgio Furlan (1994) Laurent Jalabert (1995) Gabriele Colombo (1996) Erik Zabel (1997–1998) Andrei Tchmil (1999)

2000–2019	Erik Zabel (2000–2001) Mario Cipollini (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Óscar Freire (2004) Alessandro Petacchi (2005) Filippo Pozzato (2006) Óscar Freire (2007) Fabian Cancellara (2008) Mark Cavendish (2009) Óscar Freire (2010) Matthew Goss (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Gerald Ciolek (2013) Alexander Kristoff (2014) John Degenkolb (2015) Arnaud Démare (2016)

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)

2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016)

Norwegian National Road Race Champions (men)

1940–1959	Odd Westbye (1940) Leif Ekås (1946) Erling Kristiansen (1947) Per Thorkildsen (1948) Erling Kristiansen (1949) Arild Andersen (1950) Odd Berg (1951–1952) Erling Kristiansen (1953) Kjell Pedersen (1954) Odd Berg (1955) Kåre Vårvik (1956) Aage Kjelstrup (1957) Kjell Pedersen (1958) Trygve Lullau (1959)

1960–1979	Per Digerud (1960–1961) Fredrik Kveil (1962–1963) Per Digerud (1964) Cato Nordbeck (1965) Karl Helland (1966) Tore Milsett (1967–1968) Thorleif Andresen (1969) Tom Martin Biseth (1970) Thorleif Andresen (1971) Knut Knudsen (1972–1973) Tom Martin Biseth (1974) Svein Langholm (1975) Magne Orre (1976) Geir Digerud (1977–1979)

1980–1999	Jon Rangfred Hanssen (1980) Morten Sæther (1981) Ole Kristian Silseth (1982) Morten Sæther (1983) Dag Otto Lauritzen (1984) Atle Pedersen (1985–1986) Jørn Skaane (1987) Erik Johan Sæbø (1988) Finn Vegard Nordhagen (1989) Bjørn Stenersen (1990) Bo André Namtvedt (1991) Dag Erik Pedersen (1992) Johnny Sæther (1993) Steffen Kjærgaard (1994) Bo André Namtvedt (1995) Frode Flesjå (1996) Kurt Asle Arvesen (1997–1998) Svein Gaute Hølestøl (1999)

2000–2019	Rune Jogert (2000) Erlend Engelsvoll (2001) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2002) Gabriel Rasch (2003) Thor Hushovd (2004) Morten Christiansen (2005) Lars Petter Nordhaug (2006) Alexander Kristoff (2007) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2008–2009) Thor Hushovd (2010) Alexander Kristoff (2011) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2012) Thor Hushovd (2013) Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (2014) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2015)

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