Tour of Slovakia: Kristoff wins stage 1a

By Dani Ostanek
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Norwegian beats Mørkøv and Viviani in opening sprint

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Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) took victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Slovakia, taking the race lead as he beat the Deceuninck-QuickStep duo of Michael Mørkøv and Elia Viviani in a bunch sprint.

Groupama-FDJ and Deceuninck-QuickStep controlled the stage, the first of two on Wednesday, for much of the day, ensuring that the early break wouldn't stay away to contest the finish.

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:21:48
2Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4Erik Baška (Slo) Bora-Hansgrohe
5Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
6Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy
7Emils Liepinš (Lat) Wallonie-Bruxelles
8Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:04
9Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
10Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:08
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General classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:21:42
2Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:02
3Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:04
4Erik Baška (Slo) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:06
5Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
6Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy
7Emils Liepinš (Lat) Wallonie-Bruxelles
8Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:10
9Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
10Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:14

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Dani Ostanek
Senior news writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

 

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.

 

As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix

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