Having won their respective time trial titles earlier in the week, Dimension Data's trio of Daniel Teklehaimanot, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Kanstantsin Siutsou completed the double as they won the Eritrean, Norwegian and Belarus road race titles.
With his successful time trial defence on Thursday, Boasson Hagen lined up at the road race in Bodø and secured a consecutive double with Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) second at four seconds.
"It was an insanely fast race. Lillehammer Cycling Club was really good today, they raced like seasoned pros to control the race together with Coop. I couldn't have asked for more out of the Lillehammer boys. It was really awesome what they were able to do. In the final I just had to take it very long. I gave everything I could, there was nothing left that I could give so I am happy that it was enough," said Boasson Hagen.
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Named in Dimension Data's Tour de France long list, Boasson Hagen is likely to get the nod for his fifth start and aim to add to his two stages wins from 2011.
Teklehaimanot also secured a double success with the 27-year-old winning the road race 1:05 minutes ahead of Metkel Eyob (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) and Michael Habtom in Asmara. It was Teklehaimanot's third national title after his 2008 and 2012 successes.
"I am very happy for this victory. Today the race was really difficult though, it was a flat course so we had to be on the attack all day to make it hard. The Eritrean jersey is something I am really proud to wear and now, the team is not final, but it is possible that I can show the jersey off at the Tour de France on every stage and not just the time trial like last year," said Teklehaimanot who enjoyed a stint in the king of the mountains jersey on his Tour debut last year.
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