Tour of Denmark 2019

[Danskebjerge]

The 29th edition of the Tour of Denmark (PostNord Danmark Rundt) will start off in Silkeborg, Jutland, on the 21st of August 2019. There are five stages, including an individual time trial which this time takes place early on in the race (stage 2). As usual, the stage race will end in Copenhagen.

Here are the stages:

Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5.

(I don't think there is an English version of the stage descriptions.)

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I foresee a topic with little interest, just like the one for the Tour of Austria.

Van Aert won last year, rather easily. Obviously he won't be competing this year (he wasn't going to regardless of his injury).

Stage profiles (well, 3 out of 5) are on https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=32&y=2019&k=stages

 

[Danskebjerge]

Re:

I foresee a topic with little interest

But I think it's better to have a separate thread about the race than to use the dull "lesser known stage races" thread.

Of course, if somebody can't watch the race on TV, it's difficult for the person to have an opinion about it.

It's a 2.HC race so it's rated equal to for example Tour of Yorkshire.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well, the difference is, this topic will fade into obscurity a week later, while the "lesser known" topic will resurface plenty of times and people will browse through the topic more easily. But it's not a reproach, don't get me wrong.

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe opening the thread a month before the race is a bit premature...

 

[Danskebjerge]

Two people already have an opinion about the thread. What a start.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

Agreed, people just name drop a rider and a time gap and you are mean to know what’s happening.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

Agreed, people just name drop a rider and a time gap and you are mean to know what’s happening.

Uhm… I try to remember mentioning the race.

As for the Tour of Denmark; I'm just angry they're skipping Århus for the second year in a row!

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

Agreed, people just name drop a rider and a time gap and you are mean to know what’s happening.

Uhm… I try to remember mentioning the race.

As for the Tour of Denmark; I'm just angry they're skipping Århus for the second year in a row!

Well, you don't have to travel that far if you want to watch in either Silkeborg or Vejle...

 

[Danskebjerge]

Re: Re:

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

Agreed, people just name drop a rider and a time gap and you are mean to know what’s happening.

Uhm… I try to remember mentioning the race.

As for the Tour of Denmark; I'm just angry they're skipping Århus for the second year in a row!

Well, you don't have to travel that far if you want to watch in either Silkeborg or Vejle...

The "problem" is normally Funen. There is a public outcry everytime Funen is not included.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

I absolutely hate the "lesser known races" thread. Such a mess to search through, so I applaud that Danmark Rundt gets a thread. Obviously, you could have waited to start the thread till the race is relevant.

Agreed, people just name drop a rider and a time gap and you are mean to know what’s happening.

Uhm… I try to remember mentioning the race.

As for the Tour of Denmark; I'm just angry they're skipping Århus for the second year in a row!

Well, you don't have to travel that far if you want to watch in either Silkeborg or Vejle...

Still bit far to ride my bike, I'm a cheapskate with a terrible sense of direction.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wait, it's a month away? I keep forgetting the race doesn't go on at the end of the Tour and back into the San Sebastián/Poland/Burgos/Portugal block anymore.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Wait, it's a month away? I keep forgetting the race doesn't go on at the end of the Tour and back into the San Sebastián/Poland/Burgos/Portugal block anymore.

It did last year. It's been jumping around the calendar the last three years.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Re:

Wait, it's a month away? I keep forgetting the race doesn't go on at the end of the Tour and back into the San Sebastián/Poland/Burgos/Portugal block anymore.

To be honest, I did too. But the organizers have just revealed the exact routes of each stage, I think they look a little more interesting than usual (among others things because the TT has been moved forward and stage 4 has a hilly finish).

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

Wait, it's a month away? I keep forgetting the race doesn't go on at the end of the Tour and back into the San Sebastián/Poland/Burgos/Portugal block anymore.

To be honest, I did too. But the organizers have just revealed the exact routes of each stage, I think they look a little more interesting than usual (among others things because the TT has been moved forward and stage 4 has a hilly finish).

Haha fair enough opening the thread, then

 

[Danskebjerge]

Re: Re:

Wait, it's a month away? I keep forgetting the race doesn't go on at the end of the Tour and back into the San Sebastián/Poland/Burgos/Portugal block anymore.

To be honest, I did too. But the organizers have just revealed the exact routes of each stage, I think they look a little more interesting than usual (among others things because the TT has been moved forward and stage 4 has a hilly finish).

Haha fair enough opening the thread, then

Only one week earlier than last year though!
(when the race began on the 1st of August)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34223

 

[Danskebjerge]

These teams will participate, according to an announcement today:

World Tour teams

1. Jumbo Visma
2. Lotto Soudal
3. Team Sunweb

Pro continental teams

1. Riwal Readynez
2. Corendon Circus
3. Vital Concept
4. W52 FC Porto
5. Hagens Berman-Axeon
6. Bardiani CSF
7. Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8. Team Novo Nordisk
9. Roompot Charles
10. Israel Cycling Academy

Continental teams

1. Hurom BDC Development team
2. Uno-X
3. Joker Icopal
4. Team Waoo
5. BHS Almeborg Bornholm
6. Team ColoQuick

National teams
20. Team Postnord Danmark

 

[trevim]

Interesting to see that W52-Porto is riding, curious to see if any of the Volta a Portugal sputniks can do anything in a real race outside of the Portugal madness.

 

[FilipeFD]

they made 7th in Qinghai Lake recently. probably will line the same team here. very different tour though

 

[cobblesandstones]

Mads Würtz Schmidt to win this bike race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Start list starting to take shape. Some pretty big riders:
Tiesj Benoot, Tim Merlier, Bryan Coquard, Connor Dunne…

 

[Danskebjerge]

The field looks a bit stronger than I expected. I'll miss Astana though. The stages would be perfect for a guy like Cort!

Start nummer	Navne	Team
1	Koen Bouwman	Team Jumbo-Visma
2	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Team Jumbo-Visma
3	Aamund Grondahl Jansen	Team Jumbo-Visma
4	Tom Leezer	Team Jumbo-Visma
5	Antwan Tolhoek	Team Jumbo-Visma
6	Jonas Vingegard	Team Jumbo-Visma
11	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto Soudal
12	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal
13	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal
14	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal
15	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto Soudal
16	Rasmus Byriel Iversen	Lotto Soudal
21	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen	Team Sunweb
22	Martin Salmon	Team Sunweb
23	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team Sunweb
24	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb
25	Louis Vevaeke	Team Sunweb
26	Marten Kooistra	Team Sunweb
31	Alexander Kamp	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
32	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
33	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
34	Nicolai Brøchner Nielsen	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
35	Rasmus Quaade	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
36	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
41	Lasse Norman Hansen	Corendon-Circus
42	Tim Merlier	Corendon-Circus
43	David Van der Poel	Corendon-Circus
44	Jonas Rickaert	Corendon-Circus
45	Marcel Meisen	Corendon-Circus
46	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus
51	Bryan Coquard	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
52	Bert De Backer	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
53	Corentin Ermenault	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
54	Johan Le Bon	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
55	Kévin Reza	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
56	Kris Boeckmans	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
61	António Carvalho	W52 FC Porto
62	Edgar Pinto	W52 FC Porto
63	Gustavo Veloso	W52 FC Porto
64	Joao Rodrigues	W52 FC Porto
65	Ricardo Mestre	W52 FC Porto
66	Samuel Caldeira	W52 FC Porto
71	Mikkel Bjerg	Hagens Berman-Axeon
72	André Carvalho	Hagens Berman-Axeon
73	Ian Garrison	Hagens Berman-Axeon
74	Jakob Egholm	Hagens Berman-Axeon
75	Jonathan Brown	Hagens Berman-Axeon
76	Maikel Zjlaard	Hagens Berman-Axeon
81	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani CSF
82	Marco Maronese	Bardiani CSF
83	Michael Bresciani	Bardiani CSF
84	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF
85	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF
86	Umberto Orsini	Bardiani CSF
91	Milan Menten	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
92	Edward Plackaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
93	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
94	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
95	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
96	Sasha Weemaes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
101	Charles Planet	Team Novo Nordisk
102	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk
103	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk
104	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk
105	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk
106	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk
111	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Charles
112	Maurits Lammetink	Roompot-Charles
113	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Charles
114	Huub Duijn	Roompot-Charles
115	Arjen Livyns	Roompot-Charles
116	Justin Timmermans	Roompot-Charles
121	Krists Neilands	Israel Cycling Academy
122	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy
123	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy
124	Itamar Einhorn	Israel Cycling Academy
125	Matthias Brändle	Israel Cycling Academy
126	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy
131	Adian Kurek	Hurom BDC Development team
132	Jakub Kaczmarek	Hurom BDC Development team
133	Nobert Banaszek	Hurom BDC Development team
134	Tobiasz Pawlak	Hurom BDC Development team
135	Kamil Zielinski	Hurom BDC Development team
136	Macin Budzinski	Hurom BDC Development team
141	Kristoffer Skjerping	Uno-X Development Team
142	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Development Team
143	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Development Team
144	Erik Nordsaeter Resell	Uno-X Development Team
145	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Development Team
146	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Development Team
151	Bjørn Tore Hoem	Joker Fuel of Norway
152	Daniel Årnes	Joker Fuel of Norway
153	Fritjof Røinås	Joker Fuel of Norway
154	Kristian Klevjer	Joker Fuel of Norway
155	Herman Dahl	Joker Fuel of Norway
156	Ole Forfang	Joker Fuel of Norway
161	Rasmus Guldhammer	Team Waoo
162	Michael Carbel Svendgaard	Team Waoo
163	Silas Zacharias Clemmensen	Team Waoo
164	Andreas Hyldgaard Jeppesen	Team Waoo
165	Martin Mortensen	Team Waoo
166	Jesper Schultz	Team Waoo
171	Christoffer Lisson	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
172	Emil Toudal	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
173	Mads Rahbek	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
174	Martin Toft	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
175	Mathias Bregnhøj	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
176	Nicklas Amdi Pedersen	BHS Almeborg Bornholm
181	Niklas Larsen	Team ColoQuick
182	Casper Von Folsach	Team ColoQuick
183	Frederik Rodenberg Madsen	Team ColoQuick
184	Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen	Team ColoQuick
185	Julius Johansen	Team ColoQuick
186	Steffen Munk Christiansen	Team ColoQuick
191	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Team Postnord Danmark
192	Frederik Irges Jensen	Team Postnord Danmark
193	Frederik Muff	Team Postnord Danmark
194	Louis Bendixen	Team Postnord Danmark
195	Mads Gunnar Malmberg	Team Postnord Danmark
196	Mads Østergaard Kritensen	Team Postnord Danmark

 

[RedheadDane]

No Folsach. Heart problems.

 

[MADRAZO]

Start list starting to take shape. Some pretty big riders:
Tiesj Benoot, Tim Merlier, Bryan Coquard, Connor Dunne…

Dunne is a big rider indeed, not like Tolhoek

Despite the "big" names hometeam Riwal still looks like the strongest team though. Quaade wants to join Kamp in the protour next year and a win here should make that plan a lot easier.