Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) wygrał trzeci etap i został nowym liderem wyścigu Arctic Race of Norway.
Trzeci etap norweskiego wyścigu prowadził z Finnsnes do Målselv i liczył ponad 184 kilometry. Dzisiaj kolarze mieli przed sobą najtrudniejszy odcinek. Czekało na nich pięć oznaczonych podjazdów, w tym finałowy na metę Fjellandsby summit (3,7 km długości; średnie nachylenie 7,7 %).
W ucieczkę zabrali się: Julien Duval (AG2R Citroën Team), Jens Reynders (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Martin Laas (BORA – hansgrohe), Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel – Euskadi) i Fredrik Dversnes (Team Coop).
Ich najwyższa przewaga oscylowała wokół trzech minut.
⏱The gap to the peloton is at 2'13" as we approach the first categorised climb.#ArcticRace pic.twitter.com/23exI8LEwQ
— Arctic Race of Norway (@ArcticRaceofN) August 7, 2021
Na górskich premiach brylował Dversnes, który wygrał cztery razy i umocnił się na prowadzeniu w klasyfikacji. Peleton prowadzili głównie kolarze reprezentacji Norwegii i Uno-X Pro Cycling Team.
7 kilometrów przed metą na czele zostali już tylko Dversnes, Reynders i Mikel Azparren, ale ich przewaga wynosiła już tylko niespełna pół minuty.
Finałowy podjazd rozpoczęli na czele Mikel Azparren i Dversnes, ale peleton był już bardzo blisko. Zostali oni doścignięci na 3300 metrów przed metą. Na samotny atak po chwili zdecydował się jeden z kolarzy Euskaltel, ale szybko został doścignięty.
W czołówce jechało około 20 kolarzy, a kilka sekund tracił do nich lider wyścigu Alexander Kristoff (reprezentacja Norwegii). Kilometr przed metą zaatakował Victor Lafay (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), ale dojechali do niego Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) i Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux).
Najwięcej sił z tej trójki zachował Ben Hermans i to on cieszył się z etapowego zwycięstwa i koszulki lidera wyścigu. Drugi był Odd Christian Eiking, a trzeci Victor Lafay.
Wyniki trzeciego etapu:
| 1 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 04:14:28 |
| 2 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 3 | Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 4 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:12 |
| 5 | Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Delko | 00:00:19 |
| 6 | Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop | |
| 7 | Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
| 8 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 9 | Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
| 10 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:00:22 |
| 11 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 12 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:24 |
| 13 | Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Team Coop | 00:00:26 |
| 14 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:00:41 |
| 15 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:47 |
| 17 | Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies | 00:00:53 |
| 18 | Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB | 00:00:55 |
| 19 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:00:57 |
| 20 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:00:59 |
| 21 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko | 00:01:00 |
| 22 | Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:01:02 |
| 23 | Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:01:03 |
| 24 | Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:05 |
| 25 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 26 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
| 27 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 28 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:01:11 |
| 29 | Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:01:13 |
| 30 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | 00:01:17 |
| 31 | Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | 00:01:30 |
| 32 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:01:32 |
| 33 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:01:34 |
| 34 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 35 | Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 36 | Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko | 00:01:47 |
| 37 | Tore Andre Aase Vabø (Nor) Team Coop | 00:01:51 |
| 38 | Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 39 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies | 00:02:05 |
| 40 | Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 00:02:06 |
| 41 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 00:02:20 |
| 42 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 43 | Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 44 | Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 45 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 46 | Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:02:29 |
| 47 | Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:02:59 |
| 48 | Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:03:09 |
| 49 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:03:28 |
| 50 | Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 51 | Rodrigo Alvarez (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
| 52 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Delko | 00:03:31 |
| 53 | Andre Drege (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:03:39 |
| 54 | Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:03:44 |
| 55 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:03:47 |
| 56 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies | 00:04:03 |
| 57 | Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 58 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:04:06 |
| 59 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:04:07 |
| 60 | Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:04:09 |
| 61 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:04:38 |
| 62 | Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 63 | Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:04:44 |
| 64 | Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 65 | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 66 | Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 00:05:01 |
| 67 | Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
| 68 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:05:20 |
| 69 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:05:31 |
| 70 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop | 00:05:40 |
| 71 | Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop | |
| 72 | Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:05:42 |
| 73 | Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop | |
| 74 | Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:05:46 |
| 75 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis | 00:06:06 |
| 76 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 77 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 78 | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 79 | Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 80 | Luca Coati (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash | |
| 81 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 82 | Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 83 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 84 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis | |
| 85 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 86 | Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 87 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies | |
| 88 | Lubomir Petrus (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 89 | Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
| 90 | Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 91 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 92 | Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 93 | Harry Tanfield (GBr) Qhubeka NextHash | |
| 94 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 95 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 96 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 97 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 98 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 99 | Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko | 00:07:06 |
| 100 | Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:07:54 |
| 101 | Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 102 | Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Delko | 00:08:11 |
| 103 | Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 104 | Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
| 105 | Ådne Holter (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:08:34 |
| 106 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:08:50 |
| DNS | Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies | |
| DNS | André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis |
Klasyfikacja generalna po trzecim etapie:
| 1 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 11:22:03 |
| 2 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 00:00:04 |
| 3 | Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis | 00:00:06 |
| 4 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:20 |
| 5 | Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Team Coop | 00:00:26 |
| 6 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 00:00:28 |
| 7 | Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Delko | 00:00:29 |
| 8 | Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
| 9 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 00:00:32 |
| 10 | Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Team Coop | 00:00:36 |
| 11 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:00:50 |
| 12 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:52 |
| 13 | Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:00:55 |
| 14 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:00:57 |
| 15 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:01:03 |
| 16 | Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies | |
| 17 | Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 18 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:04 |
| 19 | Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB | 00:01:05 |
| 20 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:01:07 |
| 21 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:01:09 |
| 22 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 23 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko | 00:01:10 |
| 24 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:01:15 |
| 25 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 26 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:01:21 |
| 27 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | 00:01:27 |
| 28 | Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:01:30 |
| 29 | Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:01:39 |
| 30 | Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:01:41 |
| 31 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 00:01:43 |
| 32 | Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:01:44 |
| 33 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:01:58 |
| 34 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:02:08 |
| 35 | Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 00:02:16 |
| 36 | Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko | 00:02:23 |
| 37 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 00:02:26 |
| 38 | Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:02:27 |
| 39 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies | 00:02:41 |
| 40 | Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:02:48 |
| 41 | Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:03:51 |
| 42 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:03:56 |
| 43 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Delko | 00:03:59 |
| 44 | Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | 00:04:07 |
| 45 | Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:04:12 |
| 46 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies | 00:04:13 |
| 47 | Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 48 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:04:42 |
| 49 | Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:04:54 |
| 50 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:04:57 |
| 51 | Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 00:05:03 |
| 52 | Tore Andre Aase Vabø (Nor) Team Coop | 00:05:13 |
| 53 | Andre Drege (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:05:14 |
| 54 | Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:05:25 |
| 55 | Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:05:27 |
| 56 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 00:05:28 |
| 57 | Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:06:15 |
| 58 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Team Coop | 00:06:17 |
| 59 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:06:34 |
| 60 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 61 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 62 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis | 00:06:42 |
| 63 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis | |
| 64 | Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:06:46 |
| 65 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:06:47 |
| 66 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:06:49 |
| 67 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:06:51 |
| 68 | Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:07:17 |
| 69 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 00:07:27 |
| 70 | Luca Coati (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:07:41 |
| 71 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 72 | Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 73 | Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Team Coop | 00:07:42 |
| 74 | Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 00:07:57 |
| 75 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:08:00 |
| 76 | Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:08:05 |
| 77 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:08:08 |
| 78 | Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:08:22 |
| 79 | Eirik Lunder (Nor) Team Coop | |
| 80 | Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko | 00:08:23 |
| 81 | Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 00:08:41 |
| 82 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 00:08:42 |
| 83 | Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:08:43 |
| 84 | Lubomir Petrus (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:08:46 |
| 85 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies | |
| 86 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 00:09:02 |
| 87 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 00:09:08 |
| 88 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:09:20 |
| 89 | Harry Tanfield (GBr) Qhubeka NextHash | 00:09:28 |
| 90 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 91 | Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 92 | Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 00:09:44 |
| 93 | Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:10:21 |
| 94 | Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic | 00:10:51 |
| 95 | Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Delko | 00:11:15 |
| 96 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:11:29 |
| 97 | Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:11:33 |
| 98 | Rodrigo Alvarez (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:11:57 |
| 99 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:12:48 |
| 100 | Ådne Holter (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 00:12:58 |
| 101 | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:13:20 |
| 102 | Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 00:14:32 |
| 103 | Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 104 | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 00:15:41 |
| 105 | Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal WB | 00:21:48 |
| 106 | Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation | 00:22:01 |
