2026 Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark (2.Pro)

35th edition: July 29 - August 2, 2026

Tour of Denmark podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, August 2: 5th & Final Stage, Køge - Rødovre, 126 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen wins stage five.

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Weather at the finish city of Rødovre at 2:20 PM, local time: 22C (71F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

The race: All 127 stage four finishers began stage five.

Here's the report from GC winner Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Wout van Aert has won the overall classification at the PostNord Tour of Denmark. The Belgian successfully defended his blue leader's jersey in the final stage, capping off an impressive week by securing the overall title in the Danish stage race. The stage victory in Rødovre went to Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen, while the race leader crossed the line in eleventh place. Van Aert also held on to the green points jersey for Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

"I don't get many opportunities to race for an overall classification," Van Aert said after the finish. "That's why I'm really happy to experience this again. It's a great way to wrap up the week."

The 127-kilometer final stage to Rødovre began at a hectic pace, with numerous attacks before a breakaway finally established itself. Once on the local circuit, the intensity increased again, but Team Visma | Lease a Bike kept the race under control throughout the day to safely defend the leader's jersey.

The team also committed fully to setting up a bunch sprint for Van Aert. The breakaway was only caught late in the race, and the sprint turned into a chaotic affair. Van Aert found himself boxed in and was unable to contest the stage victory.

"We really wanted to make something of today," the Belgian explained. "We needed the whole team to bring it back for a sprint. I was disappointed to get boxed in and not have the chance to sprint. In the end, I'm just happy to make it to the finish safely and keep the jersey, although I would have loved to fight for a result today."

It marked the end of a successful Tour of Denmark for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. With three stage victories, the overall title, and the green points jersey, the team can look back on a strong week in Denmark. Christophe Laporte also finished fourth in the general classification, giving Team Visma | Lease a Bike two riders in the top four overall.

Complete results:

126 kilometers raced at an average speed of 50.394 km/hr

1	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	2hr 30min 1sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
4	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Henrik Pedersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Jensen Plowright	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
10	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
11	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
14	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
15	Lukáš Kubiš	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Christophe Laporte	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
17	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
19	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
20	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	@ 5sec
27	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	0:06
28	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Jakob Söderqvist	Denmark	s.t.
30	Gustav Wang	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
32	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	0:11
33	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:17
35	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	0:21
36	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	0:24
38	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
39	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
40	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:26
41	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
42	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
43	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
44	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:30
45	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	0:32
46	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
47	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	0:36
49	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
50	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
51	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
52	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
54	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
56	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
57	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
58	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	0:42
59	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	0:47
63	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
64	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
65	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
66	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
67	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:50
68	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:53
69	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
70	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	0:55
71	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	0:56
72	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
74	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
75	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
77	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
79	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
80	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
81	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	1:01
82	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
83	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
84	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	1:04
85	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	1:07
87	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:14
88	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	1:18
90	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	1:22
91	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	s.t.
92	Anders Foldager	Denmark	1:24
93	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
94	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
95	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:26
96	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	1:28
97	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
98	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:29
99	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
100	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:31
104	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	1:32
105	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
106	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:46
107	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	1:48
108	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	1:50
109	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	2:10
110	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	2:25
111	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	2:26
112	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	2:29
113	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:46
114	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	3:14
115	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
116	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:48
117	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	3:51
118	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
119	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	s.t.
120	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	7:43
121	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	7:47
122	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
123	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
124	Frederik Dahl Gustav	Team Give Steel	16:48
DNF	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta
DNS	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick
DNS	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen (Team Give Steel)
• Points classification winner: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Henri Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification winner: Unibet Rose Rockets

881.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.507 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19hr 22min 23sec
2	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 21sec
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:28
4	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:29
5	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:39
6	Tomáš Kopecký	NSN Cycling Team	0:45
7	Pier-André Côté	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:46
8	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:00
9	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:06
10	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	1:14
11	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	1:22
12	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	1:24
13	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	2:11
14	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:23
15	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:24
16	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
17	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	2:28
18	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	2:30
19	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	2:31
20	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:35
21	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:42
22	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	2:45
23	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:46
24	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	2:54
25	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
26	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:04
27	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:05
28	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	3:57
29	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	4:27
30	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	4:34
31	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	5:19
32	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:22
33	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:29
34	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	5:55
35	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	6:02
36	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:08
37	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:09
38	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	6:15
39	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:22
40	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	6:35
41	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	6:53
42	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	7:03
43	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:11
44	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	8:52
45	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:31
46	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	10:37
47	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	11:19
48	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	12:08
49	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	12:09
50	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	12:54
51	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:21
52	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	13:34
53	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	14:26
54	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	14:28
55	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	15:15
56	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	15:23
57	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	15:26
58	Gustav Wang	Denmark	15:39
59	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	16:25
60	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	16:46
61	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:51
62	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	18:29
63	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	19:08
64	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	19:33
65	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	20:05
66	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	20:36
67	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	21:05
68	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	21:08
69	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
70	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	21:17
71	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:45
72	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	22:17
73	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	22:23
74	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	22:26
75	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	23:21
76	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	23:53
77	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	23:59
78	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
79	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	24:37
80	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	24:39
81	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:53
82	Anders Foldager	Denmark	25:10
83	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	25:22
84	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	25:57
85	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	26:05
86	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	26:14
87	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	26:24
88	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	26:54
89	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	27:21
90	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	28:21
91	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	29:03
92	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	29:14
93	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	29:57
94	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	30:19
95	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	30:45
96	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	32:28
97	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	32:36
98	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:41
99	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	32:42
100	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	33:50
101	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	33:51
102	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	34:18
103	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	34:37
104	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	35:06
105	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	35:26
106	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	36:09
107	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	36:34
108	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	38:00
109	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	38:03
110	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	38:31
111	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	40:15
112	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	40:16
113	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
114	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	40:59
115	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	42:00
116	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	42:01
117	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	42:20
118	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	43:06
119	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	43:31
120	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	46:43
121	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:09
122	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	47:13
123	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	55:41
124	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel	1:08:46

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, August 1: Stage 4, Rudkøbing - Faaborg, 172.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Storm Ingebrigtsen takes a solo win in Faaborg. Photo: Dan Møller

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Weather at the finish city of Faaborg at 2:25 PM, local time: 26C (78F), fair, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Uno-X Mobility Cycling is racing the 2026 PostNord Tour of Denmark as Team Faxe Kondi, wearing a complete special-edition design created for the five-stage race.

Stage winner Storm Ingebrigtsen's Uno-X Mobility-Faxi Kondi team posted this report:

Storm Ingebrigtsen wins stage four of the Tour of Denmark after another brilliant day in the breakaway.

After making the move on the stage from Rudkøbing to Faaborg, Storm attacked his remaining breakaway companions with two kilometres to go and powered alone to the finish.

It was almost a perfect repeat of his first professional victory at the Tour of Norway last year: into the breakaway, attack late and never look back.

A second professional victory for Storm — and the first-ever win for Team Faxe Kondi, delivered on Faxe Kondi’s home roads in Denmark.

Henrik Pedersen also picked up a bonus second during the stage and moves back up to third overall ahead of the final day.

Complete Results:

172.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.668 km/hr

1	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	3hr 46min 46sec
2	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti VisitMalta	@ 15sec
3	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
5	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	0:17
6	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:20
7	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
8	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Pier-André Côté	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
10	Christophe Laporte	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
12	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
14	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
15	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
16	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
17	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
19	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
20	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
22	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
25	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
26	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
27	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
28	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
33	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
34	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
37	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
38	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
42	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
43	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
45	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:27
47	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
49	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
50	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
53	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	0:32
54	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:35
55	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti VisitMalta	0:38
56	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	0:46
57	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	1:21
58	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
59	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:15
60	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	3:01
61	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	3:06
62	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
63	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Aron Ragilo Frank	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:29
65	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	3:32
67	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	4:09
68	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
69	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
70	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	4:35
71	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
72	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	5:09
73	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	5:22
74	José López Juan	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:16
76	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
78	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
79	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
80	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
81	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
83	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:19
84	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
85	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	7:20
86	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	7:27
87	Anders Foldager	Denmark	s.t.
88	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
89	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
90	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
91	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
92	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
93	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	8:16
94	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
96	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
97	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
98	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
99	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
101	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
104	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	8:20
105	Gustav Wang	Denmark	s.t.
106	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	8:22
107	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	9:14
108	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	9:25
109	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
110	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
111	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
112	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
114	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
115	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
116	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
117	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
118	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
119	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick	13:53
122	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	17:07
123	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
126	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
127	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel	s.t.
DNF	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise
DNF	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen (Team Give Steel)
• Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification leader: Unibet Rose Rockets

755.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.782 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16hr 52min 22sec
2	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 21sec
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:28
4	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:29
5	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:39
6	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	0:45
7	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:46
8	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti VisitMalta	1:00
9	Alexander Kamp	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:06
10	Matyáš Kopecký	Uno-X Mobility	1:14
11	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	1:22
12	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	1:24
13	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	2:11
14	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	2:24
15	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:27
16	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:28
17	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
18	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	2:31
19	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	2:34
20	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:35
21	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:42
22	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	2:45
23	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti VisitMalta	2:46
24	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	2:54
25	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:04
27	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:05
28	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	3:57
29	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	4:34
30	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	4:37
31	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	5:19
32	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:22
33	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:29
34	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	5:55
35	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	6:02
36	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:08
37	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:09
38	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	6:15
39	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:22
40	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	6:35
41	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	6:53
42	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	7:03
43	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti VisitMalta	7:11
44	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	8:52
45	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti VisitMalta	9:31
46	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	10:37
47	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	11:19
48	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti VisitMalta	12:08
49	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	12:09
50	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	13:00
51	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:21
52	Aron Ragilo Frank	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	13:34
53	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	14:26
54	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	14:28
55	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	15:15
56	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	15:23
57	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	15:26
58	Gustav Wang	Denmark	15:39
59	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	16:25
60	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	16:46
61	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:51
62	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	18:29
63	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	19:08
64	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	19:33
65	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	20:05
66	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	20:28
67	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	20:36
68	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick	20:38
69	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	21:05
70	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	21:08
71	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	21:17
73	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:49
74	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	22:17
75	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	22:23
76	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	22:26
77	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	23:21
78	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	23:53
79	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	23:59
80	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
81	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	24:37
82	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	24:39
83	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:53
84	Anders Foldager	Denmark	25:10
85	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	25:22
86	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	25:57
87	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	26:05
88	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti VisitMalta	26:14
89	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	26:24
90	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	26:54
91	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	27:21
92	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	28:21
93	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	29:03
94	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	29:14
95	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	29:57
96	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	30:19
97	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	30:45
98	Aidel Brixen Andreas	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	32:28
99	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	32:36
100	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:41
101	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	32:42
102	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti VisitMalta	33:44
103	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	33:50
104	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	33:51
105	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	34:18
106	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	34:37
107	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	35:06
108	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	35:26
109	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	36:09
110	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	36:34
111	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	38:00
112	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	38:03
113	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	38:31
114	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	40:15
115	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	40:16
116	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
117	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	40:59
118	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	42:00
119	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	42:01
120	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	42:20
121	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	43:06
122	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	43:31
123	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	46:43
124	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:09
125	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	47:13
126	Frederik Dahl Gustav	Team Give Steel	51:58
127	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	55:41

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, July 31: Stage 3, Fredericia - Vejle, 202.9 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Hat-trick Wout van Aert wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Vejle at 2:45 PM, local time: 17C (62F), rain, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph).

The race: Early in the race Alessio Martinelli (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber) abandoned.

Here's the report from stage winner & GC leader Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Wout van Aert has claimed victory in the queen stage of the PostNord Tour of Denmark. After a strong team performance, the Belgian sprinted to his third consecutive stage win, successfully defending his blue leader's jersey and extending his advantage in the general classification. It is also Van Aert's fifth victory of the season.

"Christophe and I agreed during the second local lap to open up the race," Van Aert explained after the finish. "I was really on my limit at that point. In the final local lap, we mainly wanted to secure the GC and, if possible, go for the stage win with Christophe. We had different options depending on who still had the best legs."

On the final climb, the plan briefly took a different turn. "I thought Christophe was still on my wheel, but through the radio I heard that I had created a gap. At that moment, I had to keep going and go for my own chance."

Van Aert looks back on his hat trick in Denmark with great satisfaction. "Winning three stages in a row is something I have never experienced before. It is a new experience and it's really cool. We are in a good position in the GC, but we still have competitors. We need to stay sharp for everything that comes our way in the next few days."

The queen stage was expected to be the toughest stage of this edition of the Tour of Denmark. With several short but steep climbs and a technical local circuit, the peloton faced a demanding challenge. Team Visma | Lease a Bike took control of the race early on and kept the breakaway within reach.

As the riders entered the local laps, the pace increased significantly. The repeated climbs put more and more pressure on the peloton, with the first gaps starting to appear, while the team remained well represented at the front of the race.

The rain also created dangerous conditions during the finale. An early major crash left the team unaffected, but shortly afterwards several riders from the team went down on the slippery roads. Fortunately, everyone was able to continue and the team remained fully in the race.

In the finale, the breakaway was caught and the attacks started to come one after another. Van Aert launched one of the decisive moves, after which Laporte bridged across to his teammate. The Frenchman then took over the pace at the front and pushed the speed higher, helping create a strong selection at the front of the race.

With ten kilometers remaining, a group of thirteen riders had a lead of around thirty seconds over the chasing groups. On the final climb, Van Aert launched his decisive attack. The Belgian held on to claim his third consecutive stage victory in Denmark. Laporte completed the strong team performance with a third-place finish in the stage. Thanks to this victory, Van Aert not only keeps the blue leader's jersey, but also retains the green points jersey.

Complete results:

202.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.228 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 55min 17sec
2	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 2sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:04
4	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
5	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:08
6	Pier-André Côté	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:12
7	Francisco Muñoz	NSN Cycling Team	0:14
8	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:15
9	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:21
10	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	0:26
11	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	0:35
12	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	0:39
13	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	0:49
14	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	1:40
15	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
16	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
17	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
18	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
20	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
21	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:43
23	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
24	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
27	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:49
28	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	1:51
29	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	1:59
30	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
31	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:02
34	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:17
35	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	3:09
36	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	5:07
37	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
38	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	5:27
40	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
41	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
46	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:32
47	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:42
48	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	s.t.
49	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	5:44
50	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
51	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:52
52	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
53	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:01
54	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	6:07
55	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	6:17
56	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
57	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	6:27
58	Gustav Wang	Denmark	6:59
59	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	7:04
60	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	7:47
61	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	8:39
62	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	9:59
63	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	11:36
65	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	12:33
66	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
67	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
69	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
71	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
72	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
73	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	12:36
75	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	12:44
76	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12:56
77	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
79	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
80	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	13:16
81	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	14:03
82	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	14:21
83	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	14:31
84	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
85	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
88	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
90	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	14:58
91	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	15:00
92	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	15:06
95	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	15:22
96	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	15:39
97	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	16:29
98	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	17:15
100	Anders Foldager	Denmark	s.t.
101	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	19:08
102	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	19:19
103	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
104	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	19:26
107	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
108	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
109	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
110	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
111	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	19:35
112	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
113	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
114	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
115	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
116	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
117	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	19:56
118	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
119	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
120	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
121	Frederik Dahl Gustav	Team Give Steel	s.t.
122	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:25
123	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
124	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
125	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
128	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	31:10
129	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	34:36

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen (Team Give Steel)
• Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification leader: Unibet Rose Rockets

583 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.544 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	13hr 5min 17sec
2	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 20sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:30
4	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
5	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:38
6	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	0:44
7	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:45
8	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:59
9	Alexander Kamp	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:05
10	Matyáš Kopecký	Uno-X Mobility	1:13
11	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	1:21
12	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	1:23
13	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	2:13
14	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	2:23
15	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	2:27
16	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
17	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
19	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
20	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	2:30
22	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	2:33
23	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:41
24	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	2:44
25	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	2:46
26	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:03
27	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:04
28	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	3:56
29	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	4:36
30	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	4:42
31	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	5:18
32	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:21
33	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	5:28
34	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	5:51
35	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	5:54
36	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:07
37	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:08
38	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	6:14
39	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	6:31
41	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	6:39
43	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	6:55
44	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick	7:04
45	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:10
46	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:24
47	Gustav Wang	Denmark	7:38
48	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	7:50
49	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	7:51
50	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	8:36
51	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	8:56
52	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:21
53	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:30
54	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10:24
55	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	11:11
56	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	11:25
57	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	12:08
58	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	12:11
59	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	12:59
60	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	13:20
61	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
62	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	13:28
63	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	13:36
64	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	13:43
65	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	14:25
66	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	15:11
67	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	15:18
68	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
69	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	15:22
70	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:47
71	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	15:52
72	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	15:55
73	José López Juan	Team Novo Nordisk	16:02
74	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	16:05
75	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	16:26
76	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	16:45
77	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	17:27
78	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	18:00
79	Anders Foldager	Denmark	18:02
80	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
81	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	18:21
82	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	18:27
83	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	19:31
84	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	20:08
85	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	20:13
86	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	20:54
87	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	21:06
88	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	21:13
89	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:48
90	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	21:54
91	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	22:48
92	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	23:18
93	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	24:31
94	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	24:38
95	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:45
96	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
97	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	24:58
98	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	25:03
99	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	25:32
100	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	25:34
101	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	26:00
102	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	26:24
103	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	27:29
104	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
105	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	27:53
106	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	28:12
107	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
108	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	28:39
109	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	28:53
110	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	28:54
111	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	29:26
112	August Clemmensen Theodor	Denmark	29:55
113	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	30:11
114	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	30:55
115	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	31:10
116	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
117	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	31:31
118	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	32:34
119	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	32:55
120	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	33:02
121	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	34:39
122	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel	35:10
123	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	35:23
124	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	36:03
125	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	37:50
126	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	38:03
127	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	38:39
128	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	39:23
129	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	43:07

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, July 30: Stage 2, Glyngøre - Skive, 182.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Wout van Aert (2nd from left, light blue GC leader's jersey) just barely wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Skive at 2:40 PM, local time: 31C (88F), fair, with the wind from the south-southwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Van Aert wins stage 2 after thrilling photo finish at the Tour of Denmark

Wout van Aert has won the second stage of the PostNord Tour of Denmark. After a nerve-racking sprint and a thrilling photo finish, the Belgian was declared the winner ahead of Jensen Plowright (Alpecin-Premier Tech). It marks Van Aert's fourth victory of the season. He also extended his overall lead and successfully retained both the blue leader's jersey and the green points jersey.

"It was a chaotic finale," Van Aert reflected afterward. "I had to launch my sprint quite early. Plowright suddenly came alongside me in the final meters, and as we crossed the line I genuinely had no idea who had won. I've never experienced anything like this before. Because of Plowright's reaction, I was convinced he had taken the victory. It wasn't until we saw the photo finish that everyone realized just how close it really was. I'm incredibly happy the win went my way."

Van Aert also looked ahead to Friday's queen stage. "I think it will be a fair race, where the strongest riders will make the difference rather than tactics."

The 182.9-kilometer stage got off to a fast start, with several riders trying to force an early breakaway. Eventually, a group of seven riders managed to break clear of the peloton.

The breakaway built an advantage of more than four minutes before Team Visma | Lease a Bike joined forces with Unibet Rose Rockets at the front of the peloton to keep the gap under control.

Once the race entered the local circuit, the peloton steadily reeled in the escapees. With 10 kilometers remaining, the breakaway still held a slim 12-second advantage, but the final attackers were caught shortly afterward, setting up an expected bunch sprint.

The finale delivered exactly that. Van Aert and Plowright crossed the finish line virtually side by side, forcing the officials to rely on a photo finish to determine the winner. After several tense minutes, Van Aert was confirmed as the stage winner, securing his second consecutive victory at this year's Tour of Denmark.

Wout van Aert beat Jensen Plowright in a photo finish.

With two stage wins in as many days and both the blue leader's jersey and green points jersey still in his possession, Team Visma | Lease a Bike heads into Friday's queen stage full of confidence as the battle for the overall classification continues.

Complete results:

182.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.785 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 59min 41sec
2	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
4	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	Enrico Zanoncello	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Max Walscheid	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
8	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
10	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
11	Anders Foldager	Denmark	s.t.
12	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
14	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Boas Lysgaard	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Marcin Budziński	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
17	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
20	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Gustav Wang	Denmark	s.t.
23	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
25	Aalling Nørtoft Morten	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
26	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
27	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
28	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
29	Karl Kurits	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
32	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
33	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
36	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
37	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
38	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
40	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
42	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
46	Thor Vangsø Nielsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
47	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
50	Marius Hobolth	Team Give Steel	s.t.
51	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
52	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
54	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
56	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
57	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
60	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
61	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Márton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
63	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
65	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	s.t.
66	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
67	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
68	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
69	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
70	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
71	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
73	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
74	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
75	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
77	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	@ 7sec
78	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	0:08
79	Joel Mellby	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
81	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
82	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
84	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:09
85	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
87	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	0:10
88	Conrad Haugsted	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
89	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
90	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
91	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
92	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
93	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
94	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
95	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:11
96	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
97	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
98	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	0:12
100	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	s.t.
101	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
102	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	0:17
103	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:28
104	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:54
105	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:16
106	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:18
107	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:20
108	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	1:21
109	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	1:43
110	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
111	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team ColoQuick	2:15
112	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
113	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	2:16
114	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
115	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
116	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
117	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	*0:00
118	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	2:17
119	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	s.t.
120	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	2:30
121	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	4:09
122	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	4:25
123	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	4:26
124	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
125	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
126	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
127	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:28
128	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	6:20
129	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	6:38
130	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
131	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel	6:40
132	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	7:48
133	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	8:19
134	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10:41
135	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	16:15
136	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	18:03
137	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:04
DNF	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk
DNS	Joran Wyseure	Alpecin-Premier Tech
DNS	Floris Van Tricht	NSN Cycling Team
DNS	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Sebastian Nielsen (Team ColoQuick)
• Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

380.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.527 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8hr 10min 10sec
2	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 14sec
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:16
4	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	0:20
5	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
7	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Gustav Wang	Denmark	0:29
10	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:31
11	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	0:32
12	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché	0:33
13	Anders Foldager	Denmark	0:37
14	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
15	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
17	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Marco Manenti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
20	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
22	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	Matyáš Kopecký	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
24	Morten Aalling Nørtoft	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
25	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
26	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
28	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
29	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
30	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
31	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
32	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
33	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
35	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
38	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Nicolo' Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
40	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
41	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Pelle Køster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
43	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
45	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:10
47	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	1:18
48	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
49	Márton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
50	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
51	Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
52	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:42
53	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:18
59	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:27
60	Joel Mellby	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:33
62	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
63	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	2:46
64	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
65	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
66	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	2:50
67	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:52
68	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti VisitMalta	3:19
69	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
70	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Thor Vangsø Nielsen	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
74	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
75	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Patrick Boje Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Conrad Haugsted	Team ColoQuick	s.t.
78	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
79	Juan José López	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
80	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
82	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
83	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
85	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
86	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:20
88	Marcin Budziński	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:28
89	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché	3:36
90	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:55
91	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:58
92	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:37
93	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:39
94	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick	4:58
95	Andreas Aidel Brixen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:02
96	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
97	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	5:22
98	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team ColoQuick	5:32
99	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	5:33
100	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	5:34
101	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
102	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
103	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti VisitMalta	6:39
104	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	6:42
106	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	7:07
107	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	7:22
108	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:44
109	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
110	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	7:48
111	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	7:59
112	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	8:23
113	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	8:24
114	Marius Hobolth	Team Give Steel	s.t.
115	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick	8:44
116	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	9:09
117	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	11:04
118	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
119	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	s.t.
120	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	12:13
121	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	12:40
122	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	12:49
123	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
124	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	13:14
125	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	13:17
126	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX-Carl Ras	s.t.
127	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	13:19
128	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	13:58
129	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	14:39
130	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark	s.t.
131	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel	15:04
132	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	15:29
133	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	15:32
134	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	16:43
135	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	21:22
136	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	23:09
137	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	24:57

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, July 29: Stage 1, Aalborg - Aalborg, 197.2 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Wout van Aert takes the first stage.

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The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Wout van Aert claimed an impressive victory in the opening stage of the PostNord Tour of Denmark. After a hectic 197.2-kilometer stage around Holstebro, the Belgian sprinted to the win and immediately claimed the first leader's jersey of this year's race. It marks his third victory of the season.

"It's always difficult to win, so to do it straight away on my return is really special," Van Aert said after the finish. "It was a tough finale. The plan was for Christophe to be in the front group, while I would bridge across on the final climb. The gap was a bit bigger than we expected, but fortunately I still managed to make it across."

The Belgian was also pleased with how he felt in his first race back. "After a comeback, there's always some uncertainty about your form. I still had something left for the final climb, and although the last five kilometers were really tough, I'm very happy we managed to pull it off."

With the stage victory, Van Aert also takes the overall lead in the PostNord Tour of Denmark. "I hope to keep the leader's jersey over the coming days," he concluded.

The opening stage got off to a fast start, with several attacks in the opening kilometers before a five-man breakaway managed to establish itself. The escapees were given some room, while the peloton kept the situation under control heading into the finale.

With just over 50 kilometers remaining, the wind began to play an increasingly important role. The exposed Danish roads created echelons, splitting the peloton into several groups. The increased pace quickly erased the breakaway's advantage, and the five leaders were eventually reeled back in.

The finale was also disrupted by a crash involving several Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders. Fortunately, everyone was able to remount and continue the race. On the local circuit, where the riders tackled the short but steep Mølleparken climb three times, the decisive battle for the stage victory unfolded.

Christophe Laporte was part of the front group in the finale, exactly as planned before the stage. On the final climb, Van Aert bridged across to the leaders before unleashing his sprint to secure the victory.

With both the stage win and the leader's jersey secured, Team Visma | Lease a Bike heads into the second stage with confidence. Thursday's stage covers 182.9 kilometers and is expected to favor the sprinters. However, the exposed Danish roads and the wind could once again play a decisive role.

Complete results:

197.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.174 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 10min 49sec
2	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
8	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	@ 17sec
10	Anders Foldager	Denmark	s.t.
11	Marco Manenti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
12	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Dario Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
15	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
16	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
17	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
19	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
20	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
21	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
22	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
24	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
28	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
29	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
30	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
33	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
34	Nicolo Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
35	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
37	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
38	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
39	Pelle Køster	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
40	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
43	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
44	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Gustav Wang	Denmark	s.t.
46	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:50
47	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:58
48	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
49	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Noah Lindholm	Denmark	s.t.
51	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
52	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:22
53	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:00
59	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:07
60	Joel Mellby	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	2:13
62	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
64	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:19
65	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	2:26
66	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	s.t.
67	Sebastian Nielsen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
68	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
69	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	2:30
70	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:32
71	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	2:59
73	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Conrad Haugsted	Team Coloquick	s.t.
75	Andreas Brandt Aidel	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
76	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	s.t.
77	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
78	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
79	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
80	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
81	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
82	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
84	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
88	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
89	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
90	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Thor Vangsø Nielsen	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
94	Lucas Maarfelt Toftemark	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
95	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
98	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
99	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
100	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
101	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:08
106	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:38
107	Nikolaj Mengel	Airtox-Carl Ras	4:35
108	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	4:47
109	Stian Rosenlund	Airtox-Carl Ras	5:02
110	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	6:19
111	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
112	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
114	Alfred Mørch Kongstad	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
115	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
116	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	6:34
117	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
118	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
120	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	6:47
121	Marius Hobolth	Team Give Steel	8:04
122	Floris Van Tricht	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Frederik Dahl Gustav	Team Give Steel	s.t.
124	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
125	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
126	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
127	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
128	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
129	Mads Landbo	Team Coloquick	8:27
130	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	10:44
131	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
133	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
134	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
135	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
136	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	11:53
138	Theodor Clemmensen	Denmark	14:19
139	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
140	Joran Wyseure	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
DNF	Daniel Stampe	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
DNF	Jens Verbrugghe	NSN Cycling Team
DNF	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise
DNF	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Sebastian Nielsen (Team ColoQuick)
• Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best youing rider: Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 10min 39sec
2	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 4sec
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:06
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:10
5	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
8	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	0:22
10	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:27
11	Anders Foldager	Denmark	s.t.
12	Marco Manenti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
13	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
15	Dario Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
16	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
17	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
20	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
21	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
22	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
23	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
25	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
29	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
30	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
31	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
32	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
33	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
34	Nicolo Pettiti	Swatt Club	s.t.
35	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
37	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
38	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
39	Pelle Køster	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
40	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
43	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
44	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Gustav Wang	Denmark	s.t.
46	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:00
47	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:08
48	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
49	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Noah Lindholm	Denmark	s.t.
51	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
52	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:32
53	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:10
59	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	2:17
60	Joel Mellby	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	2:23
62	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
64	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:29
65	Sebastian Nielsen	Team Coloquick	2:34
66	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	2:36
67	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel	s.t.
68	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
69	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	2:40
70	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:42
71	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club	3:08
73	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team	3:09
74	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Conrad Haugsted	Team Coloquick	s.t.
76	Andreas Brandt Aidel	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
77	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
78	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
79	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
80	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
81	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
82	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
84	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
88	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
89	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
90	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Scott McGill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Thor Vangsø Nielsen	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
94	Lucas Maarfelt Toftemark	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
95	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
98	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
99	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
100	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
101	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:18
106	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:48
107	Nikolaj Mengel	Airtox-Carl Ras	4:45
108	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen	Team Give Steel	4:57
109	Stian Rosenlund	Airtox-Carl Ras	5:12
110	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	6:29
111	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
112	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
114	Alfred Mørch Kongstad	Airtox-Carl Ras	s.t.
115	Ville Merlöv	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
116	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	6:44
117	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
118	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
120	Casper Pedersen	Denmark	6:57
121	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	8:13
122	Marius Hobolth	Team Give Steel	8:14
123	Floris Van Tricht	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Frederik Dahl Gustav	Team Give Steel	s.t.
125	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
126	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
127	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
128	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
129	Mads Landbo	Team Coloquick	8:34
130	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger	Team Give Steel	10:54
131	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Oliver Søndergaard	Team Give Steel	s.t.
133	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
134	Thom van der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
135	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
136	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	12:03
138	Theodor Clemmensen	Denmark	14:29
139	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel	s.t.
140	Joran Wyseure	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, July 29, 2026

	Lidl-Trek
1	Søren Kragh Andersen
2	Kristian Egholm
3	Patrick Frydkjær
4	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard
5	Max Walscheid
6	Jakob Söderqvist
7	Tim Torn Teutenberg
	Alpecin-Premier Tech
11	Tibor Del Grosso
12	Lindsay De Vylder
13	Jonas Geens
14	Jensen Plowright
15	Johan Price-Pejtersen
16	Henri Uhlig
17	Joran Wyseure
	Lotto-Intermarché
21	Toon Aerts
22	Sébastien Grignard
23	Matys Grisel
24	Mathieu Kockelmann
25	Milan Menten
26	Felix Ørn-Kristoff
27	Lionel Taminiaux
	NSN Cycling Team
31	Pier-André Côté
32	Nick Schultz
33	Riley Sheehan
34	Dion Smith
35	Kiaan Watts
36	Floris Van Tricht
37	Jens Verbrugghe
	Team Picnic PostNL
41	Dillon Corkery
42	Nils Eekhoff
44	Thom van der Werff
45	Casper van Uden
46	Rick Versloot
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
51	Wout van Aert
52	Niklas Behrens
53	Menno Huising
54	Christophe Laporte
55	Pietro Mattio
56	Ashlin Barry
57	Jonas Kind Høydahl
	Uno-X Mobility
61	Carl-Frederik Bevort
62	Erlend Blikra
63	Storm Ingebrigtsen
64	Alexander Kamp
65	William Blume Levy
66	Henrik Pedersen
67	Rasmus Tiller
	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
71	Marco Manenti
72	Martin Marcellusi
73	Alessio Martinelli
74	Santiago Ferraro
75	Luca Paletti
76	Filippo Turconi
77	Enrico Zanoncello
	MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort
81	Christian Bagatin
82	Marcin Budzinski
83	Luca Cretti
84	Marton Dina
85	Lorenzo Masciarelli
86	Márk Valent
87	Samuele Zoccarato
	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling
91	Robin Carpenter
92	Ezra Caudell
93	Scott McGill
94	Ben Oliver
95	Hugo Scala
96	Tyler Stites
97	Paul Wright
	Team Flanders-Baloise
101	Tom Crabbe
102	Brem Deman
103	Ferre Geeraerts
104	Michiel Lambrecht
105	Milan Van den Haute
106	Henri Vandenabeele
107	Noah Vandenbranden
	Team Novo Nordisk
111	Sam Brand
112	Declan Irvine
113	Juan Jose Lopez
114	Bailey McDonald
115	Antonio Polga
116	Umberto Poli
117	Filippo Ridolfo
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
121	Dario Belletta
122	Tommaso Bessega
123	Aidan Buttigieg
124	Giovanni Lonardi
125	Mirco Maestri
126	Francisco Muñoz
127	Gabriele Raccagni
	Unibet Rose Rockets
131	Matyas Kopecky
132	Tomas Kopecky
133	Lukas Kubis
134	Niklas Larsen
135	Wessel Mouris
136	Martijn Rasenberg
137	Rory Townsend
	Airtox-Carl Ras
141	Nikolaj Mengel
142	Alfred Mørch Kongstad
143	Pelle Køster
144	Thor Vangsø Nielsen
145	Stian Rosenlund
146	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro
147	Lucas Maarfelt Toftemark
	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
151	Andreas Brandt Aidel
152	Marcus Sander Hansen
153	Emil Schandorff Iwersen
154	Boas Lysgaard
155	Ville Merlöv
156	Asger Røjbek Sørensen
157	Daniel Stampe
	Lucky Sport Cycling Team
161	Teodor De Luca
162	Axel Källberg
163	Hjalmar Klyver
164	Karl Kurits
165	Joel Mellby
166	Frank Aron Ragilo
167	Gustav Thompson
	Swatt Club
171	Kasper Andersen
172	Mads Andersen
173	Francesco Carollo
174	Oliver Knudsen
175	Matias Malmberg
176	Manuel Oioli
177	Nicolo Pettiti
	Team Coloquick
181	Joshua Gudnitz
182	Conrad Haugsted
183	Otto Schultz Jølving
184	Mads Landbo
185	Sebastian Nielsen
186	Morten Nørtoft
187	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen
	Team Give Steel
191	Simon Bak
192	Lucca Bennetzen
193	Gustav Frederik Dahl
194	Marius Hobolth
195	Kasper Jul Øhlenschlæger
196	Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen
197	Oliver Søndergaard
	Denmark
201	Noah Lindholm
202	Theodor Clemmensen
203	Anders Foldager
204	Christopher Juul-Jensen
205	Casper Pedersen
206	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
207	Gustav Wang