2026 Copenhagen Sprint (World Tour), Denmark

2nd edition, Sunday, June 14, 2026

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Weather at the finish city of Copenhagen at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (61F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). The rain is forecast to end at 4:00 PM.

The race: Midway into the race Sam Bennett (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) abandoned.

Here's the race organizer's report:
Jasper Philipsen was fastest when the Copenhagen Sprint was decided in a decimated sprint ahead of the National Gallery of Denmark. The rider from Alpecin-Premier Tech relegated Tobias Lund Andresen and Sam Welsford to the other podiums.

Belgian Jasper Philipsen won the second edition of the World Tour race Copenhagen Sprint on Sunday. After 228 km from Roskilde over the roads of North Zealand, the race was decided in a decimated sprint, and here the Belgian super sprinter Tobias Lund Andresen and Sam Welsford relegated to the other podium places.

On the penultimate lap, a crash meant that the field was severely decimated. Therefore, the sprint before the National Gallery of Denmark ended up being a duel between about 30 riders, and here Jasper Philipsen was fastest.

“It was a very hectic day. Just like last year, there was a crash on the last lap, which is a shame for those who had been looking forward to seeing a mass sprint. I just hope everyone is okay. All teams participated well in the lead work. The speed was really high. I don’t know it exactly, but it felt fast. I’m very happy with my form. It’s important to get a win, now it’s just a matter of finding the last percentages towards the Tour de France,” said Jasper Philipsen after the victory.

The morning outbreak was close to fooling everyone
The 228 km started in Roskilde and went around North Zealand via Frederikssund, Hillerød, Farum, Hillerød and Ballerup, before the peloton after 175 km hit the circuit in Copenhagen.

The 2026 Copenhagen Sprint gets started.

The trip was marked by a five-man breakaway with, among others, four Danes, the two national team riders Mads Andersen and Frederik Rodenberg, William Blume, Uno-X Mobility, and Anders Foldager, Jayco Alula, as well as the Norwegian Rune Herregodts, UAE Team Emirates.

The breakaway lasted all the way to Copenhagen and was not picked up until a few kilometers before the finish line. Therefore, the national team’s Mads Andersen was also annoyed:

“It was fantastic to drive around Copenhagen, and I managed to imagine that we were going to race for the victory. Still, I’m not disappointed, because it was the coolest experience,” says Mads Andersen, who knows two of the other breakaways, William Blume and Anders Foldager, from their high school days in Vejle.

World-class speed, excitement and cycling
Both the men’s and women’s edition of Copenhagen Sprint was completed for UG, and it was also a happy sports director who gave status after the race.

“It has been a really good weekend for Copenhagen Sprint this year and for cycling in Denmark. Yesterday, the women delivered a race at a level that was fully worthy of the World Tour, and Lorena Wiebes once again showed why she is one of the world’s absolute strongest riders. Today, the men followed up with another strong race with Jasper Philipsen as the winner and with Danish Tobias Lund Andresen as a nice second,” says Jesper Tikiøb, race director, Copenhagen Sprint, who was pleased that the race gave the audience a fantastic bike race:

“It was a race that gave the spectators exactly what Copenhagen Sprint is set up for: speed, excitement and world-class cycling on Danish roads. It’s fantastic to see the world’s largest cycling team and riders in Denmark. Even with a shower or two along the way, people came out, cheered and helped show that Copenhagen Sprint has already got hold of the Danes.”

Complete Results:

228.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.585 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4hr 48min 21sec
2	Tobias Lund Andresen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
3	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
10	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
24	Aivaras Mikutis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 10sec
25	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	0:13
26	Mads Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
27	Ben Turner	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:20
28	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
30	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Lucas Hamilton	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Oded Kogut	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Luca Mozzato	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Denmark	s.t.
38	Dylan Groenewegen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
39	Dario Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
40	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
41	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
44	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
46	Filip Maciejuk	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:33
48	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	0:39
49	Elmar Reinders	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:42
50	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	0:47
51	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:09
52	Luca Giaimi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:12
53	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
56	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Dries De Bondt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
61	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:31
65	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	1:57
66	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	2:11
67	Alexander Salby	Denmark	2:13
68	Rasmus Bøgh Wallin	Denmark	s.t.
69	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
70	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	2:33
71	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Joseph Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
77	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Hugo Page	Cofidis	2:41
80	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:03
81	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	3:13
82	Conrad Haugsted	Denmark	s.t.
83	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
84	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
85	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
86	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
87	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
88	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
89	Emils Liepins	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Matteo Milan	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
91	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
92	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
93	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
95	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Itamar Einhorn	NSN Cycling Team	3:44
97	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	3:49
98	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
100	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
101	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
102	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
103	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
104	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
106	Peter Øxenberg	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
109	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
111	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
113	Tobias Foss	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	5:14
115	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
117	Filippo Fiorelli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
118	Sebastian Nielsen	Denmark	5:16
119	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:18
120	Arvid de Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:21
121	Cédric Beullens	Lotto-Intermarché	6:33
122	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
123	Anton Schiffer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
124	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	7:18
125	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Matthias Schwarzbacher	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
127	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
128	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
129	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
131	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
132	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
133	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
134	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
135	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
136	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
137	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
138	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:07
139	Frederik Rodenberg	Denmark	s.t.
140	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.

 

Map of the 2026 Copenhagen Sprint.

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Start list with back numbers, June 13, 2026:

	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
1	Jordi Meeus
2	Mattia Cattaneo
3	Jarrad Drizners
4	Arne Marit
5	Gianni Moscon
6	Mick van Dijke
7	Danny van Poppel
	Alpecin-Premier Tech
11	Jasper Philipsen
12	Tobias Bayer
13	Tim Marsman
14	Johan Price-Pejtersen
15	Jonas Rickaert
16	Florian Sénéchal
17	Sente Sentjens
	Bahrain Victorious
21	Alberto Bruttomesso
22	Zak Erzen
23	Pau Miquel Delgado
24	Mathijs Paasschens
25	Daniel Skerl
26	Robert Stannard
27	Oliver Stockwell
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
31	Tobias Lund Andresen
32	Oscar Chamberlain
33	Stan Dewulf
34	Tord Gudmestad
35	Oliver Naesen
36	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
37	Gianluca Pollefliet
	EF Education-EasyPost
41	Michael Valgren
42	Alexander Cepeda
43	Noah Hobbs
44	Madis Mihkels
45	Matthias Schwarzbacher
46	Colby Simmons
47	Marijn van den Berg
	Groupama-FDJ United
51	Paul Penhoët
52	Cyril Barthe
53	Titouan Fontaine
54	Axel Huens
55	Johan Jacobs
56	Matteo Milan
57	Clément Russo
	Netcompany INEOS
61	Sam Welsford
62	Tobias Foss
63	Lucas Hamilton
64	Peter Øxenberg
65	Ben Swift
66	Connor Swift
67	Ben Turner
	Lidl-Trek
71	Tim Torn Teutenberg
72	Simone Consonni
73	Søren Kragh Andersen
74	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard
75	Edward Theuns
76	Otto Vergaerde
77	Max Walscheid
	Lotto-Intermarché
81	Arnaud De Lie
82	Cédric Beullens
83	Joshua Giddings
84	Sébastien Grignard
85	Matys Grisel
86	Felix Ørn-Kristoff
87	Taco van der Hoorn
	Movistar Team
91	Iván García Cortina
92	Orluis Aular
93	Davide Formolo
94	Filip Maciejuk
95	Manlio Moro
96	Pavel Novak
97	Albert Torres
	NSN Cycling Team
101	Pier-André Côté
102	Itamar Einhorn
103	Oded Kogut
104	Moritz Kretschy
105	Ryan Mullen
106	Dion Smith
107	Tom Van Asbroeck
	Soudal Quick-Step
111	Tim Merlier
112	Ayco Bastiaens
113	Yves Lampaert
114	Casper Pedersen
115	Fabio Van den Bossche
116	Bert Van Lerberghe
117	Dries van Gestel
	Team Jayco-AlUla
121	Pascal Ackermann
122	Dries De Bondt
123	Dries De Pooter
124	Robert Donaldson
125	Anders Foldager
126	Christopher Juul-Jensen
127	Luka Mezgec
	Team Picnic PostNL
131	Fabio Jakobsen
132	Frits Biesterbos
133	John Degenkolb
134	Niklas Märkl
135	Tim Naberman
136	Timo Roosen
137	Julius van den Berg
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
141	Owain Doull
142	Filippo Fiorelli
143	Menno Huising
144	Pietro Mattio
145	Anton Schiffer
146	Loe van Belle
147	Axel Zingle
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
151	Sebastian Molano
153	Mikkel Bjerg
154	Luca Giaimi
155	Rune Herregodts
156	Julius Johansen
157	Vegard Stake Laengen
	Uno-X Mobility
161	Søren Wærenskjold
162	Carl-Frederik Bevort
163	Storm Ingebrigtsen
164	Stian Fredheim
165	William Blume Levy
166	Henrik Pedersen
167	Tobias Svarre
	XDS Astana Team
171	Yevgeniy Fedorov
172	Aaron Gate
173	Florian Kajamini
174	Matteo Malucelli
175	Alessandro Romele
176	Haoyu Su
177	Gleb Syritsa
	Cofidis
181	Alexis Renard
182	Piet Allegaert
183	Jenthe Biermans
184	Milan Fretin
185	Alex Kirsch
186	Jan Maas
187	Hugo Page
	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
191	Sam Bennett
192	Frederik Frison
193	David González
194	Emils Liepins
195	Aimé De Gendt
196	Matteo Moschetti
197	Joseph Pidcock
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
201	Arvid de Kleijn
202	Robin Froidevaux
203	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
204	Fabian Lienhard
205	Aivaras Mikutis
206	Luca Mozzato
207	Maikel Zijlaard
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
211	Giovanni Lonardi
212	Manuel Peñalver
213	Dario Belletta
214	Tommaso Bessega
215	Mirco Maestri
216	Andrea Pietrobon
217	Gabriele Raccagni
	Team TotalEnergies
221	Emilien Jeannière
222	Thomas Bonnet
223	Florian Dauphin
224	Samuel Leroux
225	Lorrenzo Manzin
226	Nicola Marcerou
227	Jason Tesson
	Unibet Rose Rockets
231	Dylan Groenewegen
232	Karsten Feldmann
233	Niklas Larsen
234	Tomas Kopecky
235	Elmar Reinders
236	Abram Stockman
237	Martijn Rasenberg
	Denmark
241	Mads Andersen
242	Tobias Aagaard Hansen
243	Conrad Haugsted
244	Frederik Rodenberg
245	Sebastian Nielsen
246	Alexander Salby
247	Rasmus Bøgh Wallin