2023 Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark - 15/8-19/8 (2.Pro)

[tobydawq]

So, before the final stage.

Second in GC: Mads Pedersen.
Second-to-last in GC: Martin Pedersen, Mads' "Lidl brother".

Cycling history-altering stuff.

 

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The organizers would have a nervous breakdown if they had to keep track of that sort of things, too.

they do have two intermediate splits in the end. Only one of them is shown on tv, though

 

[ciranda]

A 16km TT without a single intermediate point?

there's not just one but two intermediate times

It's weird how hard eveything has been for Julius Johansen ever since he dominated junior world's like Quinn Simmons later. He was fourth in the Tour of Denmark and won Olympia Tour as a first year u23 and looked set to get to elite level really fast, then signed for a team that sucks and focused on track cycling until the olympics and then that got postponed. Hope he will race vuelta again.

 

[Samamba]

they do have two intermediate splits in the end. Only one of them is shown on tv, though

And PCS adds them when they come over the finish... So nowhere to really follow them.

 

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And PCS adds them when they come over the finish... So nowhere to really follow them.

yeah, it's the same on the official timing

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there seems to be another one close to the finish, for whatever reason. Those three splits added up don't result in the finishing time, at least.

edit: either they updated the site, or I missed it before. Here you can find the splits live now:

5. ETAPE PostNord Danmark Rundt 2023

www.sportstiming.dk

 

[Samamba]

yeah, it's the same on the official timing

5. ETAPE PostNord Danmark Rundt 2023

www.sportstiming.dk

there seems to be another one close to the finish, for whatever reason. Those three splits added up don't result in the finishing time, at least.

edit: either they updated the site, or I missed it before. Here you can find the splits live now:

5. ETAPE PostNord Danmark Rundt 2023

www.sportstiming.dk

Hmm great, cause without it's honestly just a bad viewing experience.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

there's not just one but two intermediate times

It's weird how hard eveything has been for Julius Johansen ever since he dominated junior world's like Quinn Simmons later. He was fourth in the Tour of Denmark and won Olympia Tour as a first year u23 and looked set to get to elite level really fast, then signed for a team that sucks and focused on track cycling until the olympics and then that got postponed. Hope he will race vuelta again.

Bit harsh on Uno-X or?
Intermarche is a team that has a good track record of getting the best out of their riders and it doesn’t seem like he’s improved a lot (yet) there.
One can also questioning if he stagnated already in his last year at ColoQuick, his 2019 results were not that impressive.

I have been wondering for years if his dominating showing in the juniors was more of a “this guy is wary developed and have been training serious for a long time” than a “this guy is insanely talented and have a perfect base for becoming world class”. It’s not always straight forward.

 

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Hmm great, cause without it's honestly just a bad viewing experience.

I just updated my post above. Here you can find them now:

5. ETAPE PostNord Danmark Rundt 2023

www.sportstiming.dk

 

[Samamba]

Ngl, that last corner with that road furniture thing is just stupid

 

[Velolover2]

That last corner with a cobbled bump is not ideal for a finish.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Mads off the ramp

 

[ciranda]

Bit harsh on Uno-X or?
Intermarche is a team that has a good track record of getting the best out of their riders and it doesn’t seem like he’s improved a lot (yet) there.
One can also questioning if he stagnated already in his last year at ColoQuick, his 2019 results were not that impressive.

I have been wondering for years if his dominating showing in the juniors was more of a “this guy is wary developed and have been training serious for a long time” than a “this guy is insanely talented and have a perfect base for becoming world class”. It’s not always straight forward.

right, I think that team has been a bad choice for almost all danish riders there but don't know how much track focus has mattered with some

Julius was fourth in this race at age eighteen so it's not like he only beat up riders the same age

 

[Samamba]

Mads Pedersen is ridiculous. Destroys everyone at T1. I know he was tha favorite, but he's 17 seconds clear after 5km...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

right, I think that team has been a bad choice for almost all danish riders there but don't know how much track focus has mattered with some

Julius was fourth in this race at age eighteen so it's not like he only beat up riders the same age

He was 5th in 2018, but apart from am up and coming Van Aert, the field wasn't great that year.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lol Mads

 

[Valv.Piti]

Denmark's claim to fame has always been "but we are so good at organizing stuff", yet they absolutely suck at producing a time trial. We can't follow anything based on these pictures.

 

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Denmark's claim to fame has always been "but we are so good at organizing stuff", yet they absolutely suck at producing a time trial. We can't follow anything based on these pictures.

at least no one had to stop for a train (yet), like a couple of years ago.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Not a great time trial by Skjelmose at all. I reckon he's getting a bit tired which is understandable. Mads just seems to get better and better the more he races.

 

[Boehmand]

Camera just caught Pedersen telling Skjelmose he rode the TT with an average of 465 watts.

 

[KZD]

Brutal time from Pedersen, I think only Ganna and Remco would have beaten him today.
Wærenskjold ends up losing the final podium with his puncture on stage 3. As for Skjelmose, I don't know why he didn't use the leader's jersey but if the goal was going faster it didn't seem to have help much.

 

[Samamba]

Pedersen is ridiculous. Dude doesn't train, he just does races. Next up Hamburg tomorrow, then Deutschland Tour (why no Renewi?) and Plouay apparently. He'll probably finds something to race in the winter too.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As for Skjelmose, I don't know why he didn't use the leader's jersey but if the goal was going faster it didn't seem to have help much.

He allegedly broke the zipper and had to change skinsuit last minute.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Pedersen is ridiculous. Dude doesn't train, he just does races. Next up Hamburg tomorrow, then Deutschland Tour (why no Renewi?) and Plouay apparently. He'll probably finds something to race in the winter too.

I can assure you he trains, but I know what you mean. Him and Asgreen are notorious for doing really, really long and hard rides in training. You can almost tell by the way he races, always attacking and making it hard, and the harder and longer race the better.

But yeah, no point not racing with this kind of shape I guess.

 

[Samamba]

I can assure you he trains, but I know what you mean. Him and Asgreen are notorious for doing really, really long and hard rides in training. You can almost tell by the way he races, always attacking and making it hard, and the harder and longer race the better.

But yeah, no point not racing with this kind of shape I guess.

But he does national amateur races when he's supposedly "training" lmao. No obviously I'm over exaggerating, but he does seem to be the guy that just wants to race, dislikes sitting on a mountain for 3 months before a big goal, etc. I like those type of riders.

 

[Valv.Piti]

But he does national amateur races when he's supposedly "training" lmao. No obviously I'm over exaggerating, but he does seem to be the guy that just wants to race, dislikes sitting on a mountain for 3 months before a big goal, etc. I like those type of riders.

He's not doing altitude either, he's probably one of the few guys in the WT peloton not doing that? This works for him and riding Tour de France apparently just tunes his motor even more. I feel like he's the kind of rider that really would benefit from having all the classics in March and April be moved to after TdF because he always lacks that sting in the spring when the other guys are really fresh and haven't done GTs.