Tour of Denmark 2021 (10th to 14th of August)

[Danskebjerge]

That was the year he also won the TT and beat Greipel on a sprint stage, right?

Riis gave him the perfect spice.

 

[Lequack]

Remco saved the race from being a boring sprintfest. Kudos to him.

 

[tobydawq]

Remco saved the race from being a boring sprintfest. Kudos to him.

Eh, how exactly did he do that? The Vejle stage never finishes in a sprint... Maybe three-four riders in the final bur not a big sprint.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Damn I would have liked to have watched that race live. Quite possibly the last time he rides this race as well (similar to Wout), so its unlucky. Always love to see it when these super talents dominates the races, especially when its on your home ground

 

[Danskebjerge]

Remco saved the race from being a boring sprintfest. Kudos to him.

Eh, how exactly did he do that? The Vejle stage never finishes in a sprint... Maybe three-four riders in the final bur not a big sprint.

Exactly. There have been many stages won by super sprinters in this race throughout the years, but the stage in Vejle has never been one of them (since 2004).

 

[Salvarani]

Great performance...

But the celebration and attitude is very off-putting. That behavior usually comes back to bite that type of person in the end.

I dont know if this translation is correct... but the saying "pride comes before a fall" just popped up in my head.

Thought the kid would have learned something "after all he has been through".

 

[RedheadDane]

Exactly. There have been many stages won by super sprinters in this race throughout the years, but the stage in Vejle has never been one of them (since 2004).

Sure about that?

PostNord Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark 2018 Stage 2 results (procyclingstats.com)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sure about that?

PostNord Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark 2018 Stage 2 results (procyclingstats.com)

I'm sure someone can name 53 sprinters who are better than him

 

[Danskebjerge]

Winners in Vejle (in the Kiddesvej era):

• 2004 – Janek Tombak (Cofidis)
• 2005 – Ivan Basso (Team CSC)
• 2006 – Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
• 2007 – Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC)
• 2008 – Matti Breschel (Team CSC Saxo Bank)
• 2009 – Jakob Fuglsang (Team Saxo Bank)
• 2010 – Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank)
• 2011 – Jakob Fuglsang (Team Leopard-Trek)
• 2012 – Lars Petter Nordhaug(Team Sky)
• 2013 – Matti Breschel (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
• 2014 – Manuele Boaro (Team Tinkoff-Saxo)
• 2015 – Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo)
• 2016 – Michael Valgren (Tinkoff)
• 2017 – Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)
• 2018 – Wout van Aert (Vérandas Willems–Crelan)
• 2019 – Lasse Norman Hansen(Corendon–Circus)
• 2020 – Cancelled
• 2021 – Remco Evenepoel(Deceuninck-Quick Step)

All these riders, except for Tombak and Arvesen, have won medals at WC or the Olympics or won at least one big one day race.

 

[Andy262]

[QUOTE="Salvarani, post: 2612152, member:]

I dont know if this translation is correct... but the saying "pride comes before a fall" just popped up in my head.
[/QUOTE]

That is absolutely the right saying.

But yeah, well done to Remco. Good to see him back.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm sure someone can name 53 sprinters who are better than him

53? That's oddly specific.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

53? That's oddly specific.

I guess, you haven't read the discussion in the Van Aert thread then. And I actually should have wrote 54.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I guess, you haven't read the discussion in the Van Aert thread then. And I actually should have wrote 54.

How deep in the thread?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

How deep in the thread?

On the last two pages, I think.

 

[Velolover2]

I wouldn't be underestimating Bøgebakken in the upcoming stage.

LFR are way off when it comes to route mapping. They turned it into a bump (400 m, 6%) but it is much closer to Kiddesvej than people think.

I'd say it's 300-400 m of 10-12% based on the two times I've climbed it.

No way it's 6%. It's a little wall.

 

[jaylew]

Great ride by Remco. A bit of a shame that off course excursion ultimately wound up costing Teunissen and Pedersen a chance to go with him since they still wound up in the 2nd group but a great performance nonetheless. A shame he's not more likable.

 

[Savant12]

Remco crushing non-GC riders again in a one week race race I see.

 

[RedheadDane]

I guess, you haven't read the discussion in the Van Aert thread then. And I actually should have wrote 54.

I just saw the beginning of that discussion in the Vuelta Thread, when it was a nice, round 50!

 

[Danskebjerge]

Evenepoel’s average speed yesterday was 44.6 kph which is quite a lot faster than the normal average speed on the Vejle stage (normally it’s 40-41.5).

 

[search]

I wouldn't be underestimating Bøgebakken in the upcoming stage.

LFR are way off when it comes to route mapping. They turned it into a bump (400 m, 6%) but it is much closer to Kiddesvej than people think.

I'd say it's 300-400 m of 10-12% based on the two times I've climbed it.

No way it's 6%. It's a little wall.

yep, there's a profile of it on Climbfinder

~6k to go from the top

 

[Velolover2]

Looks much more like I remember it.

In theory, Remco could properly win again if he wanted to.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Was that Mette Frederiksen, Danish prime minister starting today's stage?
And has that been the case for the three previous stages or is something special about today's departure city?
(sorry no sound and just a glimse at a 3rd screen at my office)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Was that Mette Frederiksen, Danish prime minister starting today's stage?
And has that been the case for the three previous stages or is something special about today's departure city?
(sorry no sound and just a glimse at a 3rd screen at my office)

Yeah, it was her. I guess this stage was chosen, because it's a time trial tomorrow (she may also have other things to do, of course).

 

[Velolover2]

Brian Holm said in an interview that he wasn't sure if the stage was too hard for Cav and Groenewegen shouldn't feel safe either.

It's up to Trek, DSM, Qhubeka, Lotto and the smaller teams to make this race as hard as possible.

Pedersen is my personal favorite.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Very interesting circuit at Kalundborg. And more windy than yesterday.