Arctic Race of Norway

Gara UCI - Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway (ARN) is a men’s professional four-day stage race held each August in northern Norway. First run in 2013, it is organised jointly by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the company behind the Tour de France, and Arctic Sport, a regionally rooted event organiser based in Harstad. The race is part of the UCI ProSeries, the second highest division in professional road cycling, and draws both UCI WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams each year. As the world's most northern professional cycling race, geography is central to ARN’s sustainability story. Taking place in one of the most remote corners of the European road cycling calendar, ARN has to charter flights from Brussels to bring riders and their equipment north, then issue each team a small fleet of vehicles on arrival: two cars, a nine-seater van, and a small truck. It is this direct control over the entire convoy that would ultimately allow ARN to become the first cycling race to transition to a fully electric fleet, despite the considerable logistical challenges posed by the far north. This shift began in 2019, when ARN's official vehicle supplier insisted upon a transition to electric vehicles as part of their continued partnership. Soon however, what began as a contractual condition evolved into a long-term strategic direction for the race.