Tour of Denmark 2.HC 03/08 - 07/08

[Ferminal]

Remi Cusin wins in front of Breschel - seems like Matti is getting in form for the WC.

For another 2nd or 3rd I fear

I Just hope he goes 12 months with no injuries!

 

[theyoungest]

Maybe he wanted time over the rest instead of a win?

Maybe, Breschel is the new leader, could have been sharing the spoils.

 

[LaFleur]

Way to go Cusin!!! Sounds like a kickstart to Cofidis season - Dumoulin winning Paris-Correze stage yesterday and securing the overall today, plus now Cusin with ToD!!!

Can't see why he would have given the win away tho.. a danish tour and a dane just gives away a win to a french?

 

[roundabout]

Hmm, 2 seconds over the rest.

 

[theyoungest]

Hmm, 2 seconds over the rest.

Yeah, not much... but Cusin had no interest in GC, so he probably just sat on Breschel's wheel.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Remember Vaitkus once lost a sprint-a-deux against Thorwald Veneberg

 

[RedheadDane]

Eeeh... from Kurt Asle's twitter:

a lot of headwind in Denmark... hope @gabrielrasch is ok!

What happened?

Didn't really keep updated on much other than what I saw when they came by where I was standing...

 

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[Jolleh]

Rain rain and more rain today!

 

[Magnus]

Mads Christensen (SBS) was disqualified because he didn't ride the full route but was let back in the race because an official stopped him from doing the route in full:
http://www.feltet.dk/nyheder/mads_christensen-diskvalifikation_omstoedt/

 

[RedheadDane]

Now I'm confused! He got DQed because he decided to do another round? Or am I getting it wrong?
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Lots of people at the start today. Weather... could be better!

 

[Anonymous]

bit if trouble apparently, motorbikes couldnt get up the hill and the riders got stuck behind them. Other riders got held up by cars.

 

[mortand]

Apparently a couple of riders got into a minor fight during the chaos.

About 40 riders in front heading into the last lap. Jakob Fuglsang and Davide Vigano doing a double Leopard-Trek attack, and now Fuglsang continues alone.

Breschel, Gerrans, Cusin, Pascualon and Thomas Guldhammer chasing six seconds back.

With 4 km left, Fuglsang's 15 seconds in front of a 28 man group.

 

[mortand]

Last time up the climb with 1 km to go. Fuglsang's lead is now 10 seconds and looking good.

Jakob Fuglsang winner of the Queen stage. Simon Gerrans second and Daniele Bennati third.

 

[LaFleur]

Breschel didn't get any bonuses as well, looks like Fuglsang jumped quite a bit in the GC today and clawed back on Breschel a bit.

 

[mortand]

Simon Gerrans takes the lead and the yellow jersey, probably due to bonus seconds.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Stage 3.
1. Jakob Fuglsang
2. Simon Gerrans +0.02
3. Daniele Bennati +0.06
4. Niki Østergaard +0.13
5. Bert-Jan Lindeman +0.13
6. Remi Cusin +0.13
7. Michael Mørkøv +0.13
8. Matti Breschel +0.13
9. Stefan Denifl +0.13
10. Damien Gaudin +0.13

GC.
1. Simon Gerrans
2. Daniele Bennati +0.02
3. Matti Breschel +0.03
4. Michael Mørkøv +0.08

 

[mortand]

Oh, the front group split on the last kilometers.

1. Fuglsang
2. Gerrans + 2
3. Bennati + 6
4. Niki Østergaard + 13
5. Bert-Jan Lindemann s.t.
6. Remi Cusin s.t.
7. Michael Mørkøv s.t.
8. Matti Breschel s.t.
9. Stefan Denifl s.t.
10. Damien Gaudin s.t.

GC
1. Gerrans
2. Bennati + 2 seconds
3. Breschel + 3
4. Mørkøv + 8

With the ITT coming up tomorrow it's beginning to look interesting for the likes of Bennati and Mørkøv.

 

[ulrikmm]

Peopled DQed unrightfully yesterday? Motorcycles stalled on final climb today????

Why is this beautiful race arranged by amateurs when it is raced by professionals??

 

[El Pistolero]

Fugelsnake the whiner wins. This guy can't really win anything outside Denmark huh. (I know he won the Tour of Slovenia)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

5. Bert-Jan Lindeman +0.13

Vacansoleil stagair, having a really good season at Jo Piels already... and now seemingly easily integrating in Vacansoleil at this level.
Impressive

 

[Fus087]

Peopled DQed unrightfully yesterday? Motorcycles stalled on final climb today????

Why is this beautiful race arranged by amateurs when it is raced by professionals??

To be fair, DQing riders who didn't ride all the final local laps would be done in any race. They just didn't know they were pulled off by a policeman who didn't know they were still in the race, and therefore reinstated the riders.
And the Kiddesvej in Vejle is very narrow and 22%. I can easily imagine motorbikes getting in the way.

However, both of these "problems" could have been avoided by, in the first case, not opening up the final circuit too early: Last year, in Vejle, they had opened up Kiddesvej when some riders were still on the circuit (the policemen stationed at the bottom of the climb weren't aware of that), and these riders approached the crowds swarming the streets at high speed. Somehow the riders did manage to ride up and to the finish, but it can't have been fun.
In the second case, most motorbikes (and team cars!) shouldn't be allowed on Kiddesvej in any case.

 

[Anonymous]

Dowsett doing a very good job of hanging in there. Only 44 seconds off the overall with a time trial to come.

 

[Damiano]

Tomorrow they'll do to stages: one short stage (111 km) and a time trial in the evening (13,2 km). Normally the short stage is ends in a sprint, but what can we expect tomorrow?

Here's a link to the Garmin-profile.

According to http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk the final lap is 4,3 km long, and they'll race it three times. The final hill is 300 metres long (7 %). Short, but actually quite steep. A stage for Gerrans, Fuglsang or can Breschel, Bennati hang on?