{"id":2959,"date":"2025-12-08T13:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:19:17","slug":"official-statement-tour-of-norway-is-cancelled-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/official-statement-tour-of-norway-is-cancelled-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Official statement: Tour of Norway is cancelled for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <section class=\"hero-subpage\">\n\n    <div class=\"hero-subpage-grid grid-12 grid-m-8 grid-s-4 inline-padding fade-me\">\n\n      <div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\n                  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-1920x1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hero size-hero wp-post-image\" alt=\"TON2\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>        \n        \n        <div class=\"skew\">\n\n                                \n          \n                      <a class=\"share-toggle hide-for-medium-down\"><\/a>\n            <div class=\"social-ballon\">\n              <ul class=\"share-list\">\n                <li class=\"facebook-icon\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=<br \/>\n<b>Warning<\/b>:  Undefined variable $link in <b>\/srv\/web4\/tourofnorway\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/themes\/tourofnorway-live\/blocks\/hero-subpage\/hero-subpage.php<\/b> on line <b>64<\/b><br \/>\n&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>\n                    <svg style=\"width:24px;height:24px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                      <path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M17,2V2H17V6H15C14.31,6 14,6.81 14,7.5V10H14L17,10V14H14V22H10V14H7V10H10V6A4,4 0 0,1 14,2H17Z\" \/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                  <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                <li class=\"twitter-icon\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=<br \/>\n<b>Warning<\/b>:  Undefined variable $link in <b>\/srv\/web4\/tourofnorway\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/themes\/tourofnorway-live\/blocks\/hero-subpage\/hero-subpage.php<\/b> on line <b>71<\/b><br \/>\n&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>\n                    <svg style=\"width:24px;height:24px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                      <path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M22.46,6C21.69,6.35 20.86,6.58 20,6.69C20.88,6.16 21.56,5.32 21.88,4.31C21.05,4.81 20.13,5.16 19.16,5.36C18.37,4.5 17.26,4 16,4C13.65,4 11.73,5.92 11.73,8.29C11.73,8.63 11.77,8.96 11.84,9.27C8.28,9.09 5.11,7.38 3,4.79C2.63,5.42 2.42,6.16 2.42,6.94C2.42,8.43 3.17,9.75 4.33,10.5C3.62,10.5 2.96,10.3 2.38,10C2.38,10 2.38,10 2.38,10.03C2.38,12.11 3.86,13.85 5.82,14.24C5.46,14.34 5.08,14.39 4.69,14.39C4.42,14.39 4.15,14.36 3.89,14.31C4.43,16 6,17.26 7.89,17.29C6.43,18.45 4.58,19.13 2.56,19.13C2.22,19.13 1.88,19.11 1.54,19.07C3.44,20.29 5.7,21 8.12,21C16,21 20.33,14.46 20.33,8.79C20.33,8.6 20.33,8.42 20.32,8.23C21.16,7.63 21.88,6.87 22.46,6Z\" \/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                  <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n              <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n          \n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"hero-subpage-wrapper\">\n\n        \n                  <h1>Official statement: Tour of Norway is cancelled for 2026<\/h1>\n        \n                  <div class=\"excerpt-wrapper grid-8\">\n\n            <div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n\n                          <p class=\"excerpt\"><\/p>\n            \n          <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section class=\"text-editor block grey\">\n\n    <div class=\"text-editor-grid grid-12 grid-m-8 grid-s-4 inline-padding fade-me\">\n\n              <div class=\"text-editor-wrapper\">\n          <p>This follows the government securing a majority for the national budget, which withdraws the state\u2019s financial contribution to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 10 years, the private and public sector, as well as volunteer cycling clubs worked together to make an international race possible \u2013 one that has put Norway on the map. It has also been a fantastic arena for developing new talent. Several of Norway\u2019s leading riders have showcased their abilities and grown through Tour of Norway,\u201d says Roy Hegreberg, General Manager of Tour of Norway.<\/p>\n<p>After the government\u2019s unexpected funding cut, there is no longer a financial basis to continue work on next year\u2019s event. The board of Fjords Cycling, the organization behind Tour of Norway, has therefore decided to halt all planning. Fjords Cycling is 100% owned by volunteer cycling clubs and does not have the capital or financial c apacity to sustain the event on its own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect that the parliamentary majority sets its priorities, but I wish there had been communication in advance. This was a big surprise, and there has been little willingness to engage in dialogue with us,\u201d Hegreberg says.<\/p>\n<p>Tour of Norway has always been built and operated by and for the sport \u2013 owned by local cycling clubs, rooted in the Norwegian sports model, and with everything reinvested into making the race the best it can be. We have worked purposefully to strengthen gender equality in cycling and have delivered Scandinavia\u2019s only top-level stage race for both women and men.<\/p>\n<p>A decade-long partnership between the public sector, private sector, and volunteers now disappears without warning. With it, the positive impact the race has created for both the sport and local communities is lost.<\/p>\n<p>To our 150\u2013200 volunteers, and everyone who contributes to Tour of Norway year after year: thank you. The race exists because of you, and we are truly sorry that we cannot welcome you back in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>To the teams that continue to show interest and return every year: we are deeply grateful. We hope to see you again if we succeed in bringing the race back in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>To all contributors from both the private and public sectors who have supported us, and who were preparing to support the 2026 edition: we hope and believe you will stand with us as we work to build a foundation for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>We will do everything we can to ensure that this is only a temporary setback \u2013 not the end of Tour of Norway.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Official statement: Tour of Norway is cancelled for 2026 - Tour of Norway","description":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,46,38],"class_list":["post-2959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-men-elite-en","category-women-elite-en","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"<img width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-500x333.jpg\" class=\"attachment-article size-article\" alt=\"TON2\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TON2-27.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2959"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions\/2971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourofnorway.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}