Tour of Denmark 2019

[tobydawq]

Tiesj only wins big. First Strade and now a PostNord stage in Silkeborg

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Tiesj only wins big. First Strade and now a PostNord stage in Silkeborg

He has now won a stage in "The Danish Tour de France" . . .

 

[Danskebjerge]

The final, action-packed 5 kilometres of stage 1 here:

View: https://youtu.be/m_pbiwVN5aQ

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[RedheadDane]

Benoot should have gone full gas to the end. Now he got no time gap.

Otherwise, clever riding by Benoot to sneak away when no one reacted. Who was the other Lotto rider in the group?

Result-lists says Thijssen. Teams says De Buyst.
Now the result-lists has been changed. Wonder if it was a case of De Buyst being on Thijssen's bike.

 

[search]

fun finish there. Looks like a better route than usual generally, and the time trial early on should lead to an eventful race with plenty of attacks over (at least) the two following stages

 

[RedheadDane]

Well… it's kind of becoming a bit a tradition that stage 1 does not end with a mass sprint.

 

[Wvv]

#forBjorg

 

[Velolover2]

Well… it's kind of becoming a bit a tradition that stage 1 does not end with a mass sprint.

It's nice to see that 1 km climbs is enough to make a race unpredictable. There used to be four stages for the pure sprinters, now it's only last stage.

There are ways to make it even harder in order to attract the Classics riders coming from BinckBank.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is it just me, or are several of the riders using some massive chainrings?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

ITT now pan-flat live

Одноклассники

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lack of gradient allowing choice of big chainrings
and single sprockets etc.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Why is Benoot not wearing the leader's jersey?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Jonas Vingegaards time is quite impressive.

The guy is supposed to be a climber, but has clearly worked on his TT capabilities.

Future GC rider in the making

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Why is Benoot not wearing the leader's jersey?

Good question - they probably didn't make a TT suit in his size?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Continental rider Martin Toft Hansen will win the TT, and Katushas Mads Würtz (riding for the danish national team at the tour of Denmark, as Katusha does not take part) will take the overall lead.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Anyway now he is not even getting to wear the jersey with Mads W taking the overall lead.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Many favourites losing way too much. Unless your name is Ivan Basso, you are not going' to make up a minute on Kiddesvej in Vejle

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Many favourites losing way too much. Unless your name is Ivan Basso, you are not going' to make up a minute on Kiddesvej in Vejle

Stage 4 is pretty hilly too.

I wish Tour of Denmark was a spring or fall race instead, so the wind got to do it's thing

 

[Danskebjerge]

Stage 4 is pretty hilly too.

I wish Tour of Denmark was a spring or fall race instead, so the wind got to do it's thing

The irony: One of the main reasons for not placing the race in September anymore was the cancellation of a stage in 2017 due to stormy weather - but in fact, September is one of the least windy months in Denmark.

 

[roundabout]

Why was it held in September in 2017 anyway? It has been an August race for as long as I can remember.

 

[tobydawq]

Why was it held in September in 2017 anyway? It has been an August race for as long as I can remember.

They were trying to create some synergy with the Bergen worlds but failed.

 

[TMP402]

Stage 4 is pretty hilly too.

I wish Tour of Denmark was a spring or fall race instead, so the wind got to do it's thing

And it would be a good option for a classics warmup considering, for example, the Three Days of De Panne is two days too short.

 

[Velolover2]

There need to be more stages races for non-climbers on the WT calender.

Since there is almost a Dane on every WT team, I really fancy ToD becoming a stage race for classics riders. Denmark and Belgium have similar terrain.

Ideally a 6-day race with a slightly shorter time trial (like 10-15 km)..

 

[Broccolidwarf]

There need to be more stages races for non-climbers on the WT calender.

Since there is almost a Dane on every WT team, I really fancy ToD becoming a stage race for classics riders. Denmark and Belgium have similar terrain.

Ideally a 6-day race with a slightly shorter time trial (like 10-15 km)..

Belgium is a lot more hilly than Denmark.

We have nothing like the Ardennes in Denmark, it's more like northern Belgium.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I feel that it's between Benoot and Würtz now. Benoot is 14 seconds down, but he has two classic-like stages in hand, and two podium finishes there might be enough for him. Mads Würtz has shown weaknesses on the Vejle stage in previous editions of the race, and I don't expect him to be among the first riders to cross the finish line in Høve on stage 4. It could get very close in the top when they arrive in Copenhagen in a few days!