Silvan Dillier (BMC Racing Team) won the final stage of the Arctic Race of Norway but the day really belonged to Rein Taaramäe (Astana), who attacked inside the final 25 kilometres and dislodged overnight leader Ben Hermans (BMC).
The Astana rider started the stage seven seconds down in the overall but, along with teammate Tanel Kangert, Dillier and llnur Zakarin (Katusha), he opened up an unbridgeable gap on the final circuits of the stage.
Hermans was left isolated and was unable to close the gap with Taaramäe in particular helping the lead push out towards 50 seconds. Dillier marked the move and won the sprint to give BMC something to smile about, while Zakarin finished second and Taaramae third.
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The Estonian sealed the overall with Dillier at 8 seconds and Zakarin at 31.
How it unfolded
The peloton was still together at the first intermediate sprint with points leader Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) coming out on top ahead of Maximilian Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka), who still had slim hopes of winning the overall in the race.
It wasn't long before a group of seven riders formed with Reidar Borgersen (Joker), Maxime Cam (Bretagne-Séché Environnement), Filip Eidsheim (FixIT.no), Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling), Robert Förster (UnitedHealthcare), Gert Joeaar (Cofidis) and Ramon Sinkeldam (Giant-Alpecin) going clear. They took their time to establish a lead but were able to push out to over three minutes with 100 kilometres remaining.
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