New Danish WT race for 2025: Copenhagen Sprint

[Samamba]

"a hillier course"?! This is Denamrk we're talking about here. The highest point in Denmark is the control tower at Kastrup, so unless we get a new "rubbish hill" (VAM-berg) or Monte Testaccio, it's going to be a bunch sprint.

This guy has never watched the Tour of Denmark.

 

[tobydawq]

"a hillier course"?! This is Denamrk we're talking about here. The highest point in Denmark is the control tower at Kastrup, so unless we get a new "rubbish hill" (VAM-berg) or Monte Testaccio, it's going to be a bunch sprint.

We have plenty of punchy and hard terrain.

 

[Potomac]

I can't wait!

Or, maybe I can.

 

[yaco]

Think they will struggle to get more than 4 or 5 WT teams. They may get more WT teams in the ladies peleton.

 

[Gigs_98]

The scenes when a crash in this race takes out half of a Tour team...

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

but but but... why?

Just cashing in on the current Danish cycling hype thanks to Vingegaard (and partly Pedersen etc.).
Similar to how Hamburg cyclassics rose to prominence when Ullrich boosted the race from nowhere to one of the 10 most relevant one day races.

The race itself will be shite but I think it will gather big crowds which is the only thing sponsors care about.

 

[Izzyeviel]

We have plenty of punchy and hard terrain.

Just not in bicycle racing.

 

[kingjr]

This guy has never watched the Tour of Denmark.

He's busy researching oomancy, give him a break.

 

[tobydawq]

Just not in bicycle racing.

What?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

We have plenty of punchy and hard terrain.

...if your definition of Denmark includes Greenland and the Faeroes...

 

[tobydawq]

...if your definition of Denmark includes Greenland and the Faeroes...

Uh, no...

 

[Valv.Piti]

Plenty and plenty, we do have some nice areas. For example a race on in Aalborg like the national championships would be a great addition to the calender, obviously Vejle, and some other nice routes you could go. But its a money problem, and Copenhagen can pay and is the capital and have all these fancy places they want to show on the TV that not a single living soul actually cares about, so theres that.

 

[Rob5091]

He's busy researching oomancy, give him a break.

I remember watching WvA winning GC in Tour of Denamark because he won a 500 m sprint uphill on one day.

 

[Offline]

UCI wanted a clear sprint finish race. Copenhagen delivered that.

I think it’s good, especially in a time where one-days, stage races and grand tours gets harder and harder.

We need races for all type of riders.

 

[search]

it needs an exception to get WT status from the start, which normally rarely happens, unless a race comes with UAE- or Chinese money. So the UCI must be fairly happy about this indeed.