Alexander Kristoff
  
Nationality: Norwegian
Date of birth: July 5, 1987
Height: 181cm
Weight: 78kg
Team: UAE Team Emirates
With the pure sprinter starting to become a rare breed, Alexander Kristoff is a fast man with more to his repertoire than just a ferocious sprint.
Like John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), the Norwegian is as comfortable in the Classics as he is sprinting it out on the flat terrain in stage races.
While he took an impressive bronze medal at the Olympic Games road race in 2012, Kristoff's real launch to prominence came in 2014, when he scored a first Monument win at the Milan-San Remo along with two stages at the Tour de France.
In the following years, things only seemed to be on the up. Second in San Remo in 2015 behind Degenkolb was swiftly followed with a second career Monument win at the Tour of Flanders in a season which saw him consistently podium in many of the races he entered.
The 2016 and 2017 seasons saw Kristoff consistently score stage wins in smaller stage races, and place in the top 10 of the Classics, although there would be no repeat of a Flanders or Milan-San Remo victory.
Kristoff moved to UAE Team Emirates from Katusha-Alpecin for the 2018 season, taking early stage victories in the Abu Dhabi Tour and Tour of Oman, but with the only highlights of the Classics season being fourth in Milan-San Remo.
Major results: Milan-San Remo 2014 | 2x stages Tour de France 2014 | Tour of Flanders 2015
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 100 bpm and 140 watts: How do we make Tour de France sprint days less boring?Teams are increasingly critical of the succession of sprint stages that have few intermediate points on offer By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 
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 Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France stage win record with victory on stage fiveThe Manxman powers to win in Saint Vulbas to take 35th win and history By Adam Becket Published 
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 Jonas Vingegaard wins Tirreno-Adriatico as Jonathan Milan dashes to victory on final dayDane continues perfect season towards Tour de France By Tom Davidson Published 
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 Geraint Thomas wins the 2018 Tour de France as Alexander Kristoff takes final stage victoryKristoff sprinted to victory on stage 21 ahead of John Degenkolb and Arnaud Démare as Geraint Thomas seals overall Tour de France victory By Richard Windsor Published 
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 The 11 most surprising wins of 2015The great thing about cycling is that it often throws up unexpected results and makes stars out of unassuming domestiques who happen to find themselves in the right place at the right time. By Stuart Clarke Published 
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 Astana's Alexey Lutsenko powers to solo victory on stage two of the Tour of OmanKazakh moves into second overall as Kristoff retains race lead By Owen Rogers Published 
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 Team of the Week: Alejandro Valverde, Ben Hermans, Thibaut Pinot, and moreThe last seven days have seen no fewer than three different top-level races to choose from, so we round up the best performers from this week's racing. By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Niki Terpstra keeps lead in Qatar despite Tinkoff-Saxo pressureDefending champion was briefly on the wrong side of a peloton split in the closing kilometres. By Nick Bull Published 
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 Check out Alexander Kristoff’s €5,000 sunglasses from Tour de France podiumPerformance cycling kit can be expensive, but Alexander Kristoff’s Tour de France sunglasses might just raise the bar. By Alex Ballinger Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff beats Mark Cavendish to win Tour of Qatar stage twoNorwegian Alexander Kristoff just pips Mark Cavendish in a sprint showdown in the Tour of Qatar By Owen Rogers Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff back to winning ways at Tour of NorwayKatusha's Alexander Kristoff beats Caleb Ewan and Edvald Boasson Hagen to win stage one of the Tour of Norway in Sarpsborg By Stuart Clarke Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Paris-Nice stage oneAlexander Kristoff continues winning streak with victory on stage one of Paris-Nice as Michal Kwiatkowski retains overall lead By Nigel Wynn Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff extends contract at KatushaBy Stuart Clarke Published 
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 John Degenkolb claims first top-three finish of 2016 in Arctic Tour of Norway (video)German sprinter John Degenkolb finishes second behind Alexander Kristoff on stage one of Arctic Tour of Norway By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Milan-San RemoBritain's Ben Swift (Sky) places third behind Alexander Kristoff and Fabian Cancellara in Milan-San Remo 2014 By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff reveals new European champion's jerseyAlexander Kristoff will head to home roads at the Arctic Race of Norway resplendent in a new European champion's jersey which he revealed on Wednesday. By Henry Robertshaw Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Tour de France stage 12Peter Sagan denied win again, as the points leader places second. Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall lead as the race heads into the Alps By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 UAE Team Emirates reach deal to sign Alexander Kristoff, although contract not yet signedContract still subject to passing medical checks By Henry Robertshaw Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff fights to huge sprint victory after nightmare stage one of Tour de France 2020Alexander Kristoff fought hard to a huge sprint victory on stage one of the Tour de France 2020, after a nightmare day for the peloton. By Alex Ballinger Published 
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 Sagan denied record win as Kristoff takes stage seven at Tour de SuisseAlexander Kristoff holds off Peter Sagan on stage seven of the Tour de Suisse to deny the Slovakian a record-breaking 12th Swiss stage win By Stuart Clarke Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Oman stage threeNorwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff lives up to billing as stage favourite by taking win on third day of 2016 Tour of Oman By Nigel Wynn Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff: 'I'm 33 and have four kids but still managed to win'The Norwegian says he'll enjoy his day in yellow after a surprise stage victory By Jonny Long Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins RideLondon-Surrey ClassicNorwegian Alexander Kristoff pays back his Katusha-Alpecin team's hard work with victory in London By Nigel Wynn Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff carries winning confidence into 2015Alexander Kristoff looking to be on track to repeat his winning streak of 2014, starting with a Tour of Qatar stage victory By Gregor Brown Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Tour de France stage 15Heartbreak for escapees Jack Bauer and Martin Elmiger as they are caught on the line By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Oman stage twoNorwegian Alexander Kristoff sprints to win the second stage of the 2014 Tour of Oman as Leigh Howard takes lead By Nigel Wynn Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff sprints to final stage victory at Tour of Oman as Lutsenko secures overall victoryFor the third consecutive year Alexander Kristoff won the final stage at Tour of Oman on Sunday, in so doing taking his first victory since joining UAE Team Emirates this season. By Owen Rogers Published 
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 There's something quite familiar about Alexander Kristoff's winning pattern this yearAlexander Kristoff has started his season in EXACTLY the same way that he started last season By Stuart Clarke Published 
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 Alexander Kristoff snaps seatstay clean in half during Hatta Dam sprintThe Norwegian was forced to push his way to the line of the brutal climb By Alex Ballinger Published 
