Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark (2.Pro)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Danmark Rundt (in English, Tour of Denmark), the Danish national tour for professional bicycle racers, is currently (2014) sponsored by the Danish Postal Service, hence it is usually called the Post Denmark Rundt.
The real first edition as a stage race was run in 1985 (in 1983 and 1984 the race was a criterium, both of which were won by Kim Andersen) and was won by Moreno Argentin. The Danish Tour was run continuously thereafter through 1988. There was a seven year hiatus and the race was restarted in 1995. It has been run without interruption ever since.
It is currently a five-day race run in mid-August/September.
In 2005 the UCI classified the Denmark Rundt "HC". It has since been reclassified as a 2.Pro race.
The most prolific winner has so far been Jakob Fuglsang, who has won the Tour of Denmark three times (2008, 2009, 2010).
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Complete podium history:
| Year | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Distance | Average Speed km/hr |
| 1983 | Kim Andersen | Jørgen Marcussen | Hans Henrik Orsted | ||
| 1984 | Kim Andersen | Hans Henrik Orsted | Gerrie Knetemann | ||
| 1985 | Moreno Argentin | Kim Andersen | Etienne de Wilde | ||
| 1986 | Jesper Worre | Jørgen Pedersen | Jelle Nijdam | ||
| 1987 | Kim Andersen | Rolf Sørensen | Søren Lilholt | ||
| 1988 | Phil Anderson | Rolf Sørensen | Søren Lilholt | ||
| 1989 - 1994: Race not held | |||||
| 1995 | Bjarne Riis | Bo Hamburger | Kaspars Ozers | ||
| 1996 | Fabrizio Guidi 20hr 46min 37sec |
Rolf Sørensen @ 12sec |
Bjarne Riis @ 1min 2sec |
851 km | 40.958 |
| 1997 | Servais Knaven 19hr 47min 35sec |
Peter Meinert @ 10sec |
Jesper Skibby @ 24sec |
862.6 km | 43.580 |
| 1998 | Marc Streel 21hr 0min 21sec |
Rolf Sørensen @ 54sec |
Peter Meinert @ 1min 19sec |
900 km | 38.03 |
| 1999 | Tyler Hamilton 18hr 43min 17sec |
Rolf Sørensen @ 18sec |
Martin Hvastija @ 45sec |
842 km | 44.98 |
| 2000 | Rolf Sørensen 20hr 17min 24sec |
Andreas Klöden @ 30sec |
Stéphane Barthe @ 44sec |
897 km | 44.21 |
| 2001 | David Millar 19hr 57min 3sec |
Jaan Kirsipuu @ 7sec |
Daniele Nardello @ 18sec |
877.6 km | 43.99 |
| 2002 | Jakob Piil Storm 19hr 36min 18sec |
Kurt-Asle Arvesen @ 1min 12sec |
Laszlo Bodrogi @ 1min 45sec |
860 km | 43.87 |
| 2003 | Sebastian Lang 19hr 49min 0sec |
Jurgen Van Goolen @ 2sec |
Laurent Brochard @ 19sec |
855.7 km | 43.18 |
| 2004 | Kirst-Asle Arvesen 20hr 58min 1sec |
Jens Voigt @ 2sec |
Stuart O'Grady @ 49sec |
876.7 km | 41.81 |
| 2005 | Ivan Basso 19hr 58min 37sec |
Kurt-Asle Arvesen @ 2min 21sec |
Rory Sutherland @ 2min 51sec |
848.8 km | 42.488 |
| 2006 | Fabian Cancellara 19hr 49min 14sec |
Stuart O'Grady @ 20sec |
Thomas Ziegler @ 53sec |
874 km | 44.095 |
| 2007 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen 19hr 49min 38sec |
Enrico Gasparotto @ 14sec |
Matti Breschel @ 27sec |
844.6 km | 42.947 |
| 2008 | Jakob Fuglsang 20hr 42min 40sec |
Steven Cummings @ 9sec |
Tom Stamsnijder @ 15sec |
889.5 km | 42.947 |
| 2009 | Jakob Fuglsang 19hr 42min 3sec |
Maurizio Biondo @ 3sec |
Roger Hammond @ 47sec |
830.5 km | 42.155 |
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| 2010 | Jakob Fuglsang 19hr 3min 38sec |
Svein Tuft @ 27sec |
Matthew Busche @ 1min 35sec |
834.8 km | 43.797 |
| 2011 | Simon Gerrans 19hr 12min 1sec |
Daniele Bennati @ 9sec |
Michael Mørkøv @ 29sec |
825.9 km | 43.015 |
| 2012 | Lieuwe Westra 20hr 41min 47sec |
Ramunas Navardauskas @ 10sec |
Manuele Boaro @ 14sec |
857.5 km | 41.432 |
| 2013 | Wilco Kelderman 19hr 42min 37sec |
Lars Ytting Bak @ 6sec |
Matti Breschel @ 15sec |
834.7 km | 42.348 |
| 2014 | Michael Valgren 18hr 52min 2sec |
Lars Ytting Bak @ 15sec |
Manuele Boaro @ 17sec |
813.9 km | 43.126 |
| 2015 | Christopher Juul Jensen 19hr 42min 19sec |
Lars Ytting Bak @ 45sec |
Marco Marcato @ 49sec |
878.3km | 44.572 |
| 2016 | Michael Valgren 16hr 41min 35sec |
Magnus Nielsen @ 10sec |
Mads Schmidt @ 57sec |
758.7 km | 45.450 |
| 2017 | Mads Pedersen 13hr 41min 35sec |
Michael Valgren @ 15sec |
Casper Pedersen @ 46sec |
567.6 km | 41.452 km/hr |
| 2018 | Wout van Aert 18hr 8min 25sec |
Rasmus Quaade @ 32sec |
Lasse Norman Hansen @ 36sec |
786.7km | 43.368 km/hr |
| 2019 | Niklas Larsen 16hr 52min 33sec |
Jonas Vingegaard @ 11sec |
Rasmus Quaade @ 12sec |
727.5 km | 43.109 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race not run because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Remco Evenepoel 17hr 19min 17sec |
Mads Pedersen @ 1min 42sec |
Mike Teunissen @ 2min 0sec |
783.3 km | 45.222 km/hr |
| 2022 | Christophe Laporte 17hr 1min 20sec |
Magnus Sheffield @ 4sec |
Mattias Jensen @ 9sec |
767.9 km | 45.112 km/hr |
| 2023 | Mads Pedersen 16hr 49min 16sec |
Mattias Skjelmose @ 41sec |
Magnus Cort @ 1min 18sec |
729.6 km | 43.374 km/hr |
| 2024 | Arnaud De Lie 15hr 56min 14sec |
Magnus Cort @ 1sec |
Anders Foldager @ 27sec |
742.8 km | 46.608 km/hr |
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