Nationality: Norwegian
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
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Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France stage win record with victory on stage five
The Manxman powers to win in Saint Vulbas to take 35th win and history
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Jonas Vingegaard wins Tirreno-Adriatico as Jonathan Milan dashes to victory on final day
Dane continues perfect season towards Tour de France
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Alexander Kristoff sprints to final stage victory at Tour of Oman as Lutsenko secures overall victory
For 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.
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There's something quite familiar about Alexander Kristoff's winning pattern this year
Alexander Kristoff has started his season in EXACTLY the same way that he started last season
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Alexander Kristoff snaps seatstay clean in half during Hatta Dam sprint
The Norwegian was forced to push his way to the line of the brutal climb
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Alexander Kristoff: Cav has a new team, but I know what he can do
Katusha sprinter is more excited to see what rival Marcel Kittel will do next year, than Mark Cavendish as both join new teams
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Band of brothers: How the sprinters survive in the Tour de France mountains
When the Tour de France hits the mountains, for some riders all they can do is survive
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RideLondon winner Alexander Kristoff falls just short of taking Box Hill Strava KOM
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff places fourth out of 81,887 riders who have logged a ride on Strava up Box Hill in Surrey
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Alexander Kristoff takes third stage win in Tour of Qatar
Niki Terpstra hangs on to Tour of Qatar overall lead with one stage remaining
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Alexander Kristoff says Tour of Britain frustrations sum up his season
Alexander Kristoff finished in the top-five on seven of the eight stages of the Tour of Britain
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Alexander Kristoff wins opening stage of Tour of Oman as predicted crosswinds fail to materialise
Norwegian extends his record streak taking his ninth win in Oman in 10 appearances
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Mavic wheels go U-shaped
Mavic's latest incarnation of its Cosmic Carbone Ultimate wheel used by Teams Katusha and Cannondale has adopted a U-shaped rim section
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Milan San-Remo 2016: Alexander Kristoff is the bookies' favourite to regain his crown
Winner in 2014, Alexander Kristoff is the pre-race favourite at 9/2 but Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews and Fabian Cancellara all offer good prices
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Seven riders to watch at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
The first sprinters Classic of the year is Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and here are the seven riders who could make the headlines on Sunday
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Who's the funniest rider in the peloton? (video)
Cycling Weekly asked pro riders who makes them laugh the most in the peloton
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Alexander Kristoff hoping to continue success in Spring Classics
Milan-San Remo winner Alexander Kristoff will be back in action in Ghent-Wevelgem on Sunday, and aims for Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix
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Alexander Kristoff's son has shock encounter with Tour of Flanders podium Champagne (video)
Leo Kristoff hides behind his dad Alexander as a Champagne bottle pops its cork on the Tour of Flanders podium
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Alexander Kristoff wins stage two of the Tour of Qatar
Crosswinds splinter the peloton as Alexander Kristoff and the classics men make their mark in the Tour of Qatar
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Hermans wraps up Tour of Oman overall victory as Kristoff claims final stage
The Belgian takes first major stage race victory of his career as Kristoff took a third stage win
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Alexander Kristoff wins Abu Dhabi Tour stage one after Mark Cavendish crashes out
UAE Team Emirates' Alexander Kristoff won the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour, out-sprinting Andrea Guardini and Caleb Ewan on a flat first day.
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Alexander Kristoff sprints to Tour of Oman stage win as climbers' attacks prove futile
Norwegian rider takes his second stage win of the race as climbers's fail to get away over final climbs
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Alexander Kristoff sprints to victory at Ghent-Wevelgem 2019
John Degenkolb takes second behind Kristoff in reduced sprint finish
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Vincenzo Nibali seals Tour of Oman overall victory as Alexander Kristoff takes stage win
Alexander Kristoff continues stage-winning streak as Vincenzo Nibali sends clear signal to Giro d'Italia rivals that he's in good shape with GC victory
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Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Qatar stage four
Adam Blythe places fourth in bunch sprint won by Alexander Kristoff, as Niki Terpstra maintains overall Tour of Qatar lead. Photos by Graham Watson
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Alexander Kristoff sprints to victory on Tour of Oman stage one
The Norwegian won the opening stage of the desert race as Tom Boonen crashed out of contention with 700m to go
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Alexander Kristoff issues another warning shot to rivals with Qatar victory
Two stage victories in three days for the defending Milan-San Remo champion.
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Riders forced to weave through traffic in chaotic Tour des Fjords (video)
Leigh Howard wins the first stage of the Tour des Fjords, but the day wasn't without its mishaps as organisational problems plagued the race
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Alexander Kristoff's '50 per cent success rate'
Norwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff has won on nearly half of the days he's raced so far in 2016 and is now eyeing classics success
