Norwegian road bicycle racer (born 1987)
Alexander Kristoff
Kristoff in 2020
Full name Alexander Kristoff Born (1987-07-05 ) 5 July 1987 (age 36)
Oslo , NorwayHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
[1] Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
[1] Current team
Uno-X Mobility Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Sprinter Classics specialist 2006
Glud & Marstrand–Horsens 2007–2009
Maxbo–Bianchi 2010–2011
BMC Racing Team 2012–2017
Team Katusha
[2] 2018–2021
UAE Team Emirates
[3]
[4] 2022
Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
[5] 2023–
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 individual stages (
2014 ,
2018 ,
2020 )
Stage races
Three Days of De Panne (
2015 )
Tour of Norway (
2019 )
One-day races and Classics
European Road Race Championships (
2017 )
National Road Race Championships (2007, 2011)
Milan–San Remo (
2014 )
Tour of Flanders (
2015 )
Gent–Wevelgem (
2019 )
Hamburg Cyclassics (
2014 )
GP Ouest–France (
2015 )
Eschborn–Frankfurt (2014,
2016 ,
2017 ,
2018 )
Scheldeprijs (
2015 ,
2022 )
London–Surrey Classic (
2017 )
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2015, 2018, 2019)
Clásica de Almería (
2022 )
Circuit Franco-Belge (
2022 )
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987
[6] ) is a Norwegian professional
road bicycle racer , who currently rides for
UCI ProTeam
Uno-X Mobility .
[7] His biggest victories have been the
2014 Milan–San Remo and the
2015 Tour of Flanders among many other successes.
Career
Early career
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 National Road Race Championships in the youth category, and finished fourth at the
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival .
[8] He turned professional in 2006 for
Glud & Marstrand–Horsens . In 2007, he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships at 19, beating
Thor Hushovd in a sprint of four riders.
[9]
Katusha (2012–2017)
He won a bronze medal in the
road race at the 2012 London Olympic Games .
[10]
2014 season
Kristoff at the
Tour des Fjords in 2014
In 2014 Kristoff won
Milan–San Remo beating
Fabian Cancellara in the sprint. Later the same year Kristoff claimed two stage wins in the
Tour de France making him runner-up behind
Peter Sagan in the
points classification . Later in the season Kristoff took another victory when he claimed first place in the
Vattenfall Cyclassics , after a previous win on German soil in May at the
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz . In total Kristoff took 14 victories in the 2014 season ranking him eighth in points on the
2014 UCI World Tour season standings.
2015 season
Kristoff at the
2015 Scheldeprijs
In 2015, Kristoff had a very good start to his campaign by getting three stage victories at the
Tour of Qatar , grabbing the points classification jersey in the process. He celebrated another stage victory soon afterward at the
Tour of Oman . On 1 March, he was outsprinted by
Mark Cavendish and finished in second position at
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne .
[11] 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 second position.
[12] Still in the month of March, he went on to finish just shy of the podium in
E3 Harelbeke , taking fourth place.
[13] He then participated in the
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 Bystrøm .
[14] He repeated the next day, this time using a bunch sprint to propel himself to victory.
[15] Kristoff also won stage 3a,
[16] a bunch sprint where he very slightly edged
André Greipel by 0.0003 seconds. With the bonus seconds awarded to him, he won the general classification too after finishing third on stage 3b, a short individual time trial.
In April, Kristoff won the cobbled
monument
Tour of Flanders , the main goal of his spring season. With some 30 kilometres (19 miles) 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 up to that point.
[17] Three days later Kristoff won the sprinters' semi-classic
Scheldeprijs ,
[18] becoming the first rider to win the Three Days of De Panne, the Tour of Flanders and Scheldeprijs in the same season. Kristoff came in tenth at
Paris–Roubaix , and then took a break from racing. He came back at the
Tour of Norway , where he finished eighth overall while taking two stage successes.
[19] Shortly after, he participated in the
Tour des Fjords where he dominated the sprints again by amassing three stage victories, the points classification jersey and a ninth overall position.
[20] He also won the seventh stage of the
Tour de Suisse ahead of
Peter Sagan . Sagan got out of Kristoff's slipstream to try to out-sprint him in the closing stages, but to no avail.
[21]
2016 season
In 2016, he started his season with a hat-trick of stage wins at the flat
Tour of Qatar , finishing in second position in the overall classification to
Mark Cavendish .
[22]
2017 season
In August 2017, Kristoff won the men's road race at the
UEC European Road Championships in Denmark.
[23]
UAE Team Emirates (2018–2021)
Later in August 2017, it was confirmed that Kristoff had signed an initial two-year deal with
UAE Team Emirates starting from the 2018 season.
[24] He moved there with fellow Norwegian
Sven Erik Bystrøm .
[25]
2018 season
Kristoff started his first season with his new team at the
Dubai Tour . He followed this up with appearances at two more stage races in the Middle East.
[26] At the
Tour of Oman , he won the sixth and final stage.
[27] His second win of the season came in the opening stage of the
Abu Dhabi Tour .
[28] At the
Tour de France , he won the last stage in a sprint on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris.
2019 season
In June 2019, Kristoff extended his
UAE Team Emirates contract by a further two years, to the end of the 2021 season.
[29]
2020 season
In August, Kristoff won the opening stage of the
Tour de France , taking the yellow jersey as a result.
[30] The following day, he lost the jersey to
Julian Alaphilippe on a high mountain stage.
[31]
Personal life
Kristoff married Maren Kommedal at
Stavanger Cathedral in October 2014,
[32] and the couple have four children.
[33]
Major results
2005
2nd
Time trial , National Junior Road Championships
10th
Road race ,
UCI Juniors World Championships
2006
Grenland GP
1st Stages 1 & 2
2007 (1 pro win)
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
5th
Poreč Trophy
6th
Colliers Classic
2008
1st
Criterium, National Road Championships
1st Stage 4
Ringerike GP
2nd
Rogaland Grand Prix
2nd
Poreč Trophy
2009
1st
Road race , National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 3
Ringerike GP
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd Sandefjord Grand Prix
5th Overall
Tour de Bretagne
5th
La Côte Picarde
7th Road race,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
7th
Druivenkoers Overijse
9th
Poreč Trophy
9th
ZLM Tour
10th
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
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 (1)
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd
Grand Prix de Fourmies
5th
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
7th
Scheldeprijs
7th
Paris–Bruxelles
7th
London–Surrey Cycle Classic
7th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2012 (2)
Three Days of De Panne
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 3a
2nd
Grand Prix de Fourmies
3rd
Road race ,
Olympic Games
3rd
Road race , National Road Championships
3rd Overall
World Ports Classic
1st
Young rider classification
4th Overall
Danmark Rundt
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 4
6th
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
9th
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2013 (6)
Tour of Norway
1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
1st Stage 5
Tour de Suisse
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd Overall
Three Days of De Panne
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 3a
3rd
Vattenfall Cyclassics
4th Overall
Tour des Fjords
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3 (
TTT )
4th
Tour of Flanders
4th
Brussels Cycling Classic
5th
Scheldeprijs
8th
Milan–San Remo
9th
Paris–Roubaix
2014 (14)
1st
Overall
Tour des Fjords
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
1st
Vattenfall Cyclassics
Tour of Norway
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
Tour de France
1st Stages 12 & 15
1st Stage 2
Tour of Oman
2nd Overall
Arctic Race of Norway
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
5th
Tour of Flanders
8th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
8th
UCI World Tour
8th Overall
Three Days of De Panne
8th
GP Ouest–France
2015 (20)
1st
Overall
Three Days of De Panne
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3a
1st
Tour of Flanders
1st
GP Ouest–France
1st
Scheldeprijs
1st
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Arctic Race of Norway
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 1
Paris–Nice
1st Stage 7
Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 3
Tour of Oman
2nd
Milan–San Remo
2nd
Vattenfall Cyclassics
2nd
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd Overall
Tour of Qatar
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
3rd
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
4th
UCI World Tour
4th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
4th
E3 Harelbeke
8th Overall
Tour of Norway
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
9th Overall
Tour des Fjords
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
9th
Gent–Wevelgem
10th
Paris–Roubaix
2016 (13)
1st
Overall
Tour des Fjords
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
1st
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
Tour of Oman
1st Stages 3 & 6
1st Stage 1
Arctic Race of Norway
1st Stage 7
Tour of California
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd Overall
Tour of Qatar
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
2nd Overall
Three Days of De Panne
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd
Bretagne Classic
4th
Tour of Flanders
5th
EuroEyes Cyclassics
6th
Milan–San Remo
7th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2017 (9)
1st
Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
1st
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
1st
London–Surrey Classic
Tour of Oman
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1, 4 & 6
Étoile de Bessèges
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 2
1st
Points classification,
Tour of Britain
2nd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Bretagne Classic
3rd Overall
Three Days of De Panne
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 2
4th Overall
Arctic Race of Norway
1st Stage 2
4th
Milan–San Remo
4th
EuroEyes Cyclassics
5th
Tour of Flanders
7th
Münsterland Giro
2018 (5)
1st
Eschborn–Frankfurt
1st
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Stage 21
Tour de France
1st Stage 1
Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Stage 6
Tour of Oman
3rd
EuroEyes Cyclassics
4th
Milan–San Remo
6th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
9th Overall
Dubai Tour
2019 (7)
1st
Overall
Tour of Norway
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 5
1st
Gent–Wevelgem
1st
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Stage 1
Tour of Oman
1st Stage 1a
Okolo Slovenska
1st Stage 2
Deutschland Tour
3rd
Tour of Flanders
3rd
Eschborn–Frankfurt
4th Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
4th
EuroEyes Cyclassics
7th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
7th
London–Surrey Classic
7th
Brussels Cycling Classic
2020 (1)
Tour de France
1st
Stage 1
Held
after Stage 1
Held
after Stages 1 & 2
2nd
Clásica de Almería
3rd
Tour of Flanders
3rd
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2021 (2)
1st
Points classification,
Arctic Race of Norway
2nd
Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia
3rd Overall
Deutschland Tour
1st Stages 2 & 4
3rd
Eschborn–Frankfurt
5th
Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
6th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
2022 (5)
1st
Scheldeprijs
1st
Clásica de Almería
1st
Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stage 2
Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 6
Tour of Norway
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd
Grand Prix du Morbihan
3rd
Milano–Torino
3rd
Eschborn–Frankfurt
4th
Paris–Bourges
6th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
7th
Gooikse Pijl
8th
Road race ,
UEC European Road Championships
9th
Brussels Cycling Classic
10th
Tour of Flanders
10th
Hamburg Cyclassics
2023 (2)
1st Stage 1
Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 3
Tour of Norway
2nd Overall
CRO Race
1st
Points classification
2nd
Egmont Cycling Race
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
4th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th
Clásica de Almería
4th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
7th
Super 8 Classic
7th
Gooikse Pijl
2024
2nd
Trofeo Palma
10th
Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx
Classics results timeline
Major championship results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Giro d'Italia
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Tour de France
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130
114
139
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Vuelta a España
Has not contested during his career
Stages won
Points classification
Legend
1
Winner
2–3
Top three-finish
4–10
Top ten-finish
11–
Other finish
DNE
Did not enter
DNF-x
Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x
Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD
Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ
Disqualified
N/A
Race/classification not held
NR
Not ranked in this classification
References
^
a
b
"Alexander Kristoff – UAE team Emirates" . Archived from
the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2019 .
^
"Kristoff signs for Katusha" .
Cycling News . 20 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012 .
^
"UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa" .
Cyclingnews.com . 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020 .
^
"UAE Team Emirates" . UCI.org .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from
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^ Ryan, Barry (26 October 2021).
"Intermarché-Wanty bank on Kristoff's experience in 2022" .
Cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 23 December 2021 .
^
Alexander Kristoff at ProCyclingStats
^
"Uno – X Pro Cycling Team" . UCI.org .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
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Dagbladet Sportsmagasinet 29 August 2008. Alexander Kristoff. Page 8
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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"Kristoff: I know it's only for a day but I'll enjoy the yellow jersey at the Tour de France" .
Cyclingnews.com . 29 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020 .
^
"Tour de France: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 2" .
Cyclingnews.com . 30 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020 .
^ Gilje Grøndal, Kjell-Ivar (4 October 2014).
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