Cyclingfever.com offentliggjorde i natt den komplette rytterlisten til Arctic Race of Norway. Bodøsyklisten August Jensen er ikke overraskende med på laget til ØsterHus Ridley. De store navnene uteblir imidlertid fra listen foruten de tre profilerte norske rytterne Thor Hushovd, Alexander Kristoff og Lars Petter Nordhaug. De er alle klar til rittet.
I går vant Hushovd en etappe i Polen Rundt. Om en drøye uke stiller Thor Hushovd til start i Arctic Race of Norway.
Torsdag 8. august er det rittstart i Bodø for den første utgaven av rittet. Etter å ha vært innom både Lofoten og Vesterålen kjører vinneren av den fjerde og siste etappen over mål søndag ettermiddag i Harstad.
- En hel sykkelverden vil ha sine øyne rettet mot et av verdens vakreste områder disse dagene, skriver arrangøren.
Her er den komplette listen (ifølge Cyclingfever.com):
ACCENT JOBS - WANTY
Steven CAETHOVEN, Belgium
Davy COMMEYNE, Belgium
Thomas DEGAND, Belgium
Jérôme GILBERT, Belgium
VAN Kevin MELSEN, Belgium
Nicolas VOGONDY, France
BELKIN PROCYCLING TEAM
Jetse BOL, Netherlands
Rick FLENS, Netherlands
Moreno HOFLAND, Netherlands
Paul MARTENS, Germany
Lars Petter NORDHAUG, Norway
Sep VANMARCKE, Belgium
BIGMAT - AUBER 93
Romain BACON, France
Flavien DASSONVILLE, France
Benoit DRUJON, France
Mathieu DRUJON, France
Théo VIMPERE, France
Yannis YSSAAD, France
BMC RACING TEAM
Adam BLYTHE, United Kingdom
Silvan DILLIER, Switzerland
Thor HUSHOVD, Norway
Martin KOHLER, Switzerland
Sebastian LANDER, Denmark
Dominik NERZ, Germany
CHAMPION SYSTEM PRO CYCLING TEAM
Clinton Robert AVERY, New Zealand
Zachary BELL, Canada
Matthias FRIEDEMANN, Germany
Mart OJAVEE, Estonia
Dion SMITH, New Zealand
Kin San WU, Hong Kong
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
Florent BARLE, France
Edwig CAMMAERTS, Belgium
Jan GHYSELINCK, Belgium
Gert JOEAAR, Estonia
Arnaud LABBE, France
Louis VERHELST, Belgium
CRELAN - EUPHONY
Frédéric AMORISON, Belgium
Sébastien DELFOSSE, Belgium
Gilles DEVILLERS, Belgium
Baptiste PLANCKAERT, Belgium
Klaas SYS, Belgium
Maxime VANTOMME, Belgium
FROY - BIANCHI
Oddbjorn Klomsten ANDERSEN, Norway
Henrik EVENSEN, Norway
Sigurd NESSET, Norway
Tord Andre SUNDHAGEN, Norway
Halvor Landmark TANDREVOLD, Norway
Trond TRONDSEN, Norway
JOKER MERIDA
Vegard BREEN, Norway
Vegard Robinson BUGGE, Norway
Audun Brekke FLOTTEN, Norway
Christer JENSEN, Norway
Stian REMME, Norway
Kristoffer SKJERPING, Norway
KATUSHA TEAM
Maxim BELKOV, Russia
Marco HALLER, Austria
Mikhail IGNATIEV, Russia
Alexander KRISTOFF, Norway
Timofey KRITSKIY, Russia
Rüdiger SELIG, Germany
ONECO - TREK CYCLING TEAM
Jon Einar BERGSLAND, Norway
Magnus BORRESEN, Norway
Krister HAGEN, Norway
Phan Age HAUGARD, Norway
Oystein Stake LAENGEN, Norway
Andreas LANDA, Norway
RINGERIKS - KRAFT LOOK
Hakon Frengstad BERGER, Norway
Thomas Nesset BRAHUSHI, Norway
Marius HAFSAS, Norway
Sindre Eid HERMANSEN, Norway
Max Emil Boholm KORNER, Norway
Øivind LUKKEDAHL, Norway
TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO
Jonas AHLSTRAND, Sweden
Nikias ARNDT, Germany
Thierry HUPOND, France
Tobias LUDVIGSSON, Sweden
Ramon SINKELDAM, Netherlands
Tom STAMSNIJDER, Netherlands
TEAM EUROPCAR
Sébastien, France
HUREL, Tony France
JEROME, Vincent France
LAMOISSON, Morgan France
NAULLEAU, Bryan France
TULIK Angelo, France
TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
DOWNING Russel,United Kingdom
EICHLER Markus, Germany
JARC Blaz, Slovenia
MATZKA Ralf, Germany
SCHWARZMANN Michael, Germany
THWAITES Scott, United Kingdom
TEAM OSTER HUS - RIDLEY
BLIKRA Haavard, Norway
BYSTROM Sven Erik, Norway
DYRNES Kristian, Norway
EIDSHIEM Filip, Norway
GALTA Frederik Strand, Norway
JENSEN August, Norway
TEAM PEOPLE4YOU - UNAAS CYCLING
LINDAU Philip, Sweden
LUDVIGSSON Fredrik, Sweden
NORDAL Magnus, Norway
OLSSON Michael Einar, Sweden
POLDER Robert, Sweden
RINGHEIM Jo Kogstad, Norway
TEAM PLUSSBANK
ERLAND Andreas, Norway
HOEM Bjørn Tore Nilsen, Norway
HOLST ENGER Sondre, Norway
JANSEN GRØNDAHL Amund, Norway
LARSEN Thomas, Norway
LUNKE Sindre, Norway
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
DE BUYST Jasper, Belgium
HELVEN Sander, Belgium
NEIRYNCK Stijn, Belgium
VAN ASBROECK Tom, Belgium
VAN HECKE Preben, Belgium
WAEYTENS Zico, Belgium
VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
LAMMERTINK Maurits, Netherlands
MARKUS Barry, Netherlands
MOL Wouter, Netherlands
RUYGH Rob, Netherlands
VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert, Netherlands
VAN POPPEL Boy