Leknessund comes from Tromsø, the gateway to the Arctic: “At our house we ate too much pizza, it wasn’t ideal since I had decided to race by bike”
In the southernmost stage of the Giro, the pink jersey goes to the northernmost rider of all: Andreas Leknessund came up in Tromsø, the gateway to the Arctic. There is a saying in Norway, which goes something like this: “It’s too big for a kid from Tromsø”.