Tour of Denmark 2018 - the stages

[Danskebjerge]

The Tour of Denmark 2018 starts off on the 1st of August. Normally, the race is won by a rider who finishes in the Top 10 on the Queen stage and even better in the TT.

This year's stages in short:

Stage 1, finish in Aalborg: A tough finishing circuit with a 17 percent "muur" 4 kilometers from the finish line. Difficult to tell if the strongest sprinters will be able to stay in the front group till the end here.

Stage 2, finish in Vejle: The traditional, super tough Queen stage with many climbs, and even very steep climbs within the last 50 kilometers. The finishing circuit with Kiddesvej (19% maximum) will create gaps, but not decide the classification entirely.

Stage 3, finish in Vordingborg: This stage has a 4 kilometer beautiful and challenging gravel section through a forest. But from there, the sprinter teams should be able to control things.

Stage 4, TT in Nykoebing Falster: 19,1 kilometers. Flat. In 9 out of 10 cases the leader of the classification after the TT will also win the entire race.

Stage 5, finish in Copenhagen: Yet another great opportunity for the sprinters.

(Danish rider Matti Breschel has won several stages in the Tour of Denmark. That's because it suits him: There are sprint finishes as well as hilly, classic-like finishes. However, he has never won the Tour of Denmark due to his weak TT's. So that should give a picture of how this stage race is.)

/Jacob

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The Tour of Denmark 2018 starts off on the 1st of August. Normally, the race is won by a rider who finishes in the Top 10 on the Queen stage and even better in the TT.

This year's stages in short:

Stage 1, finish in Aalborg: A tough finishing circuit with a 17 percent "muur" 4 kilometers from the finish line. Difficult to tell if the strongest sprinters will be able to stay in the front group till the end here.

Stage 2, finish in Vejle: The traditional, super tough Queen stage with many climbs, and even very steep climbs within the last 50 kilometers. The finishing circuit with Kiddesvej (19% maximum) will create gaps, but not decide the classification entirely.

Stage 3, finish in Vordingborg: This stage has a 4 kilometer beautiful and challenging gravel section through a forest. But from there, the sprinter teams should be able to control things.

Stage 4, TT in Nykoebing Falster: 19,1 kilometers. Flat. In 9 out of 10 cases the leader of the classification after the TT will also win the entire race.

Stage 5, finish in Copenhagen: Yet another great opportunity for the sprinters.

(Danish rider Matti Breschel has won several stages in the Tour of Denmark. That's because it suits him: There are sprint finishes as well as hilly, classic-like finishes. However, he has never won the Tour of Denmark due to his weak TT's. So that should give a picture of how this stage race is.)

/Jacob

Road maps?

Start list?

Race info?

 

[Nirvana]

Startlist http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=32&y=2018&k=start

 

[Valv.Piti]

I will be in Aalborg, very much looking forward to watching and supporting the race.

 

[Danskebjerge]

The race is the star. Not the riders this time.

The line-up this year is one of the weakest in ages.

 

[Valv.Piti]

The race is the star. Not the riders this time.

The line-up this year is one of the weakest in ages.

Yeah, its pretty lame, but I will be there see see if I can snatch an autograph from the winner of Tour of Flanders 2019 (and its not a dane ). I saw lots of riders strolling around today, a couple of Virtu, a couple Aqua Blue, then a bunch of Wanty and Sport Vlaanderen. That was before all the rain, but it more or lesshas dried up now, so no worries tomorrow. Its gonna be a relatively hot day tomorrow, 25 degrees, and not that much wind.

I have ridden A LOT up the climbs in Hasseris, including Skovbakkevej. For danish standards, or Aalborg standards at least, they are pretty hard, but obviously not for pros. Don't think its hard enough, even when they do it 3 times on a 218 km day.

 

[RedheadDane]

The race is the star. Not the riders this time.

The line-up this year is one of the weakest in ages.

Possibly because of the later scheduling of the Tour, which means that the riders have a week less to recover and actually make it to Denmark.
Also, I'm not sure, but has San Sebastian been moved, creating an overlap?

Off-topic, but...

That was before all the rain

YOU HAD RAIN? Not fair... here it's just unbearably hot...

 

[Squire]

Cees Bol will win this bike race.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Oh yeah, we had rain. Well, for a good 10-20 minutes at least which is more than the last month lmao. But Im also still melting, so don't you worry.

I try to post some pictures in this thread tomorrow of the race and hopefully some of the protagonists: Mads Pedersen, Wout van Aert and.. yeah, thats pretty much it.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

I hope I will make it to see the Vejle stage live at Yding Skovhøj now that Århus is not part of the route this year.

Any of you fellow danes who knows the commentators this year? Clown Liniger and Dan Frost, as usual?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Prob Liniger and Frost yes, but I dno. I like Frost, hasnt he been on ES?

 

[Damiano]

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

 

[tobydawq]

Good. Liniger is just an idiot.

 

[Sibirn]

Re:

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

No it's not. Its Liniger and Frost

 

[Damiano]

Re: Re:

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

No it's not. Its Liniger and Frost

God damn it, misread the tweet from the PR guy: https://twitter.com/lehmannkomm/status/1023905459810578432 (or.. I missed Linigers handle)

Same setup as always then. Too bad.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

No it's not. Its Liniger and Frost

God damn it, misread the tweet from the PR guy: https://twitter.com/lehmannkomm/status/1023905459810578432 (or.. I missed Linigers handle)

Same setup as always then. Too bad.

Damn. Couldn't he have gotten a longer (permanent perhaps) holiday after ruining the world cup?

 

[Sibirn]

Re: Re:

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

No it's not. Its Liniger and Frost

God damn it, misread the tweet from the PR guy: https://twitter.com/lehmannkomm/status/1023905459810578432 (or.. I missed Linigers handle)

Same setup as always then. Too bad.

Damn. Couldn't he have gotten a longer (permanent perhaps) holiday after ruining the world cup?

He might not be my favourite, but i don't think he is Rene Wenzel bad

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

It's Reedtz and Frost, not Liniger this year. Which is nice, I quite like Reedtz. And yeah, Frost is pretty great. He's on ES sometimes.

No it's not. Its Liniger and Frost

God damn it, misread the tweet from the PR guy: https://twitter.com/lehmannkomm/status/1023905459810578432 (or.. I missed Linigers handle)

Same setup as always then. Too bad.

Damn. Couldn't he have gotten a longer (permanent perhaps) holiday after ruining the world cup?

He might not be my favourite, but i don't think he is Rene Wenzel bad

I think he is around that level. Slightly better commentator wise, slightly worse knowledge wise.

But it's like comparing which of Mareczko and Pelucchi is the best GC rider.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I'm going to Aalborg today to see the race. I don't k ow the city, so where on the route should I stand and see the race?

 

[railxmig]

If i'm not mistaken the 1st stage had just started. For now i'm using this live feed (in Danish) but hopefully some English feed will pop up later or maybe Eurosport will show something.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

I'm going to Aalborg today to see the race. I don't k ow the city, so where on the route should I stand and see the race?

Either on Skydebanevej (the finish) or Skovbakkevej, the first road on the left hand from Hasseris. Climbed it today, pretty tough and nice climb. I will be on the finish.

I meet Van Aert today and got a chance to totally fanboy over him. He seemed kinda introvert and quiet. Told him he would win Flanders next year and he just laughed. Here a picture of him and me.

Wout talked with Vanspeybrouck when I approached him. Super funny dude that took the picture of me and Wout but decided to troll me and took a few selfies. Wout said Pieter was in many breaks in Austria and Pieter said he hopes to make a good result tomorrow because he is a good puncheur.

 

[RedheadDane]

Norman cheats the sprinters.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Big day for Aquablue

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Nice pictures Valv.Piti.

Wout is probably the biggest star in the race, although not many Danes realise that. I reckon he was not as surrounded by fans as some of the danish World Tour pro's?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Nice pictures Valv.Piti.

Wout is probably the biggest star in the race, although not many Danes realise that. I reckon he was not as surrounded by fans as some of the danish World Tour pro's?

Nope, he wasn't, altho he was interviewed by DR. Wout was pretty much the only one I was really interested in talking to and it was quite easy, just went up and talked to him for 5 minutes or so along with the other Belgian guy Pieter. Thats what I love about cycling, at least these smaller races, you can just walk up to these guys 10 minutes before the race start and chat totally casually. Juul Jensen and Mads Pedersen had been a different story Im sure since its in Denmark and they are more popular here, unless its a cycling hipster like me.