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Danmark Rundt
Race details
DateAugust
RegionDenmark
English nameTour of Denmark
Local name(s)Danmark Rundt (in Danish)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeStage race
OrganiserDanish Cycling Federation
Race directorJesper Worre
Web sitepostnorddanmarkrundt.dk Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1985 (1985)
Editions32 (as of 2023)
First winner Moreno Argentin (ITA)
Most wins Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (3 wins)
Most recent Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2005 Post Danmark Rundt, peloton on stage 2 near Randers

Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt.[1] The race is sometimes called the Tour of Denmark in English language media. The race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar since 2021, after being cancelled in 2020.

Course

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Traditionally, the race starts off on the Jutland peninsula and ends on the island of Zealand – on Frederiksberg Allé in Copenhagen. Since 2004, one of the stages has included the steep street Kiddesvej in the city of Vejle. It's this hilly stage and the time trial that usually determine who will win the general classification.

History

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The race was first run yearly from 1985 to 1988 and, after a break of 7 years, from 1995 onwards. It attracts approximately half a million spectators on the road.[citation needed]

After no less than five second places overall, including twice before the race hiatus of 1989–1994, Rolf Sørensen finally secured overall victory in his home race in 2000.[2][3]

In 2004 it was won by Kurt Asle Arvesen, after his Team CSC teammate Jens Voigt let him win an intermediate sprint, so Arvesen finished 2 seconds ahead in the overall classification. In 2005 Ivan Basso of Team CSC, coming off the 2005 Tour de France as the overall runner-up, totally dominated the race, and won overall as well as 4 out of 6 stages. Since the race was run at the same time as the UCI ProTour race Eneco Tour, only three UCI ProTour teams participated.

In 2006, the race was won by Fabian Cancellara of CSC ahead of Stuart O'Grady, also of CSC and in 2007 Kurt Asle Arvesen returned to win for the second time, being the first in history to do so, and giving Team CSC its 4th consecutive win. In 2008 Jakob Fuglsang from Team Designa Køkken became the first Dane to win since 2002. In 2009 he became the first rider to win the race two years in a row before going on to win for a third consecutive year in 2010. Fuglsang was succeeded by Australian rider Simon Gerrans in 2011, Lieuwe Westra in 2012 and Wilco Kelderman in 2013.

The 2014 Danmark Rundt was won by Danish rider Michael Valgren of the Tinkoff–Saxo team. The 2015 edition was planned to start on 4 August 2014, with the first stage scheduled to begin in Struer and end in Holstebro. It ended on 8 August.[4] The 2015 Danmark Rundt was won by Danish rider Christopher Juul-Jensen of the Tinkoff–Saxo team.

Winners by year

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Podium positions

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
1985  Moreno Argentin (ITA), Sammontana–Bianchi  Kim Andersen (DEN), La Vie Claire 21"  Etienne De Wilde (BEL), Safir–Van de Ven 58"
1986  Jesper Worre (DEN), Selca–Conti–Galli  Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN), Carrera–Inoxpran 4"  Jelle Nijdam (NED), Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko 13"
1987  Kim Andersen (DEN), Toshiba  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi–Fanini 6"  Søren Lilholt (DEN), Danmark-Bikuben 24"
1988  Phil Anderson (AUS), TVM  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Ceramiche Ariostea 5"  Søren Lilholt (DEN), Sigma 47"
1989–1994: No competition
1995  Bjarne Riis (DEN), Gewiss–Ballan  Bo Hamburger (DEN), TVM 1'02"  Kaspars Ozers (LAT), Motorola 2'05"
1996  Fabrizio Guidi (ITA), Scrigno  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank 12"  Bjarne Riis (DEN), Team Telekom 1'02"
1997  Servais Knaven (NED), TVM  Peter Meinert (DEN), U.S. Postal Service 10"  Jesper Skibby (DEN), TVM 24"
1998  Marc Streel (BEL), Casino–Ag2r  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank 54"  Peter Meinert (DEN), U.S. Postal Service 1'19"
1999  Tyler Hamilton (USA), U.S. Postal Service  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank 18"  Martin Hvastija (SLO), Ballan-Alessio 45"
2000  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank  Andreas Klöden (GER), Team Telekom 30"  Stéphane Barthe (FRA), AG2R Prévoyance 44"
2001  David Millar (GBR), Cofidis  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST), AG2R Prévoyance 7"  Daniele Nardello (ITA), Mapei–Quick-Step 18"
2002  Jakob Piil (DEN), CSC–Tiscali  Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team Fakta 1'12"  László Bodrogi (HUN), Mapei–Quick-Step 1'45"
2003  Sebastian Lang (GER), Gerolsteiner  Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL), Quick-Step–Davitamon 2"  Laurent Brochard (FRA), AG2R Prévoyance 19"
2004  Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC  Jens Voigt (GER), Team CSC 2"  Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Cofidis 49"
2005  Ivan Basso (ITA), Team CSC  Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC 2'21"  Rory Sutherland (AUS), Rabobank 2'51"
2006  Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Team CSC  Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Team CSC 20"  Thomas Ziegler (GER), T-Mobile Team 53"
2007  Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Liquigas 14"  Matti Breschel (DEN), Team CSC 27"
2008  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Designa Køkken  Steve Cummings (GBR), Barloworld 9"  Tom Stamsnijder (NED), Gerolsteiner 15"
2009  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Saxo Bank  Maurizio Biondo (ITA), Ceramica Flaminia 3"  Roger Hammond (GBR), Cervélo TestTeam 47"
2010  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Saxo Bank  Svein Tuft (CAN), Garmin–Transitions 27"  Matthew Busche (USA), Team RadioShack 1'35"
2011  Simon Gerrans (AUS), Team Sky  Daniele Bennati (ITA), Leopard Trek 9"  Michael Mørkøv (DEN), Saxo Bank–SunGard 29"
2012  Lieuwe Westra (NED), Vacansoleil–DCM  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU), Garmin–Sharp 10"  Manuele Boaro (ITA), Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank 14"
2013  Wilco Kelderman (NED), Belkin Pro Cycling  Lars Bak (DEN), Lotto–Belisol 6"  Matti Breschel (DEN), Saxo–Tinkoff 15"
2014  Michael Valgren (DEN), Tinkoff–Saxo  Lars Bak (DEN), Lotto–Belisol 15"  Manuele Boaro (ITA), Tinkoff–Saxo 17"
2015  Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN), Tinkoff–Saxo  Lars Bak (DEN), Lotto–Soudal 45"  Marco Marcato (ITA), Wanty–Groupe Gobert 49"
2016  Michael Valgren (DEN), Tinkoff  Magnus Cort (DEN), Denmark 10"  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN), Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept 57"
2017  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo  Michael Valgren (DEN), Astana 15"  Casper Pedersen (DEN), Team Giant–Castelli 46"
2018  Wout van Aert (BEL), Vérandas Willems–Crelan  Rasmus Quaade (DEN), BHS–Almeborg Bornholm 32"  Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN), Aqua Blue Sport 36"
2019  Niklas Larsen (DEN), Team ColoQuick  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN), Team Jumbo–Visma 11"  Rasmus Quaade (DEN), Riwal Readynez 12"
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021  Remco Evenepoel (BEL), Deceuninck–Quick-Step  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo 1' 42"  Mike Teunissen (NED), Team Jumbo–Visma 2' 00"
2022  Christophe Laporte (FRA), Team Jumbo–Visma  Magnus Sheffield (USA), Ineos Grenadiers 4"  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo 9"
2023  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Lidl–Trek  Mattias Skjelmose (DEN), Lidl–Trek 41"  Magnus Cort (DEN), EF Education–EasyPost + 1' 19"

Secondary classifications

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Various secondary competitions have been held over the years.[5]

Year Classifications
Points Mountains Youth* Team
1985  Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN), Carrera–Inoxpran No such competition  Francesco Rossignoli (ITA), Carrera–Inoxpran Carrera–Inoxpran
1986  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Murella Fanini  Johan Capiot (BEL), Roland  Jelle Nijdam (NED), Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko Danmark-Bikuben
1987  Søren Lilholt (DEN), Danmark-Bikuben  Peter Harings (NED), Panasonic–Isostar  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi–Fanini Danmark-Bikuben
1988  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Ceramiche Ariostea  Jan van Wijk (NED), Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu  Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi–Fanini Roland–Colnago
1989–1994: No competition
1995  Bo Hamburger (DEN), TVM No such competition No such competition TVM
1996  Fabrizio Guidi (ITA), Scrigno Team Telekom
1997  Juris Silovs (LAT), Schauff Öschelbronn U.S. Postal Service
1998  Alberto Ongarato (ITA), Ballan  Paolo Bettini (ITA), ASICS U.S. Postal Service
1999  Nicola Loda (ITA), Ballan  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA), Navigare U.S. Postal Service
2000  Marco Zanotti (ITA), Liquigas–Pata  Luca Paolini (ITA), Mapei–Quick-Step  Andreas Klöden (GER), Team Telekom Team Farm Frites
2001  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST), AG2R Prévoyance  Paolo Valoti (ITA), Alessio  David Millar (GBR), Cofidis CSC–Tiscali
2002  Olaf Pollack (GER), Gerolsteiner  Innar Mändoja (EST), AG2R Prévoyance  Stefan Adamsson (SWE), Team Coast Gerolsteiner
2003  Yuriy Metlushenko (UKR), Landbouwkrediet–Colnago  Daniele Contrini (ITA), Gerolsteiner  Sebastian Lang (GER), Gerolsteiner Team Fakta
2004  Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Cofidis  Jacob Moe Rasmussen (DEN), Team PH  Brian Vandborg (DEN), Team Danmark Team CSC
2005  Ivan Basso (ITA), Team CSC  Martin Müller (GER), Wiesenhof  André Greipel (GER), Wiesenhof Team CSC
2006  Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Team CSC  Aart Vierhouten (NED), Skil–Shimano  Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Team CSC Team CSC
2007  Mark Cavendish (GBR), T-Mobile Team  Jacob Moe Rasmussen (DEN), Team GLS  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Liquigas Team CSC
2008  Matti Breschel (DEN), CSC–Saxo Bank  Kristoffer Gudmund Nielsen (DEN), Team GLS-Pakkeshop  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Designa Køkken CSC–Saxo Bank
2009  Matti Breschel (DEN), Team Saxo Bank  Troels Vinther (DEN), Team Capinordic  Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN), Team Capinordic Team Saxo Bank
2010  Matti Breschel (DEN), Team Saxo Bank  Michael Reihs (DEN), Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water  Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN), Team HTC–Columbia Team Saxo Bank
2011  Sacha Modolo (ITA), Colnago–CSF Inox  Michael Reihs (DEN), Christina Watches–Onfone  Jérôme Cousin (FRA), Team Europcar Team Sky
2012  Alexander Kristoff (NOR), Team Katusha  Nikola Aistrup (DEN), Forsikring–Himmerland  Wilco Kelderman (NED), Rabobank Team Sky
2013  Wilco Kelderman (NED), Belkin Pro Cycling  Martin Mortensen (DEN), Concordia Forsikring–Riwal  Wilco Kelderman (NED), Belkin Pro Cycling Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox
2014  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ), Astana  John Murphy (USA), UnitedHealthcare  Michael Valgren (DEN), Tinkoff–Saxo Tinkoff–Saxo
2015  Matti Breschel (DEN), Tinkoff–Saxo  Pim Ligthart (NED), Lotto–Soudal  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN), Team ColoQuick Tinkoff–Saxo
2016  Daniele Bennati (ITA), Tinkoff  Aimé De Gendt (BEL), Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN), Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept Tinkoff
2017  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo  Nicolai Brøchner (DEN), Riwal Platform  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo Team Virtu Cycling
2018  Tim Merlier (BEL), Vérandas Willems–Crelan  Nicolai Brøchner (DEN), Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources  Julius Johansen (DEN), Team ColoQuick BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019  Jasper De Buyst (BEL), Lotto–Soudal  Fridtjof Røinås (NOR), Joker Fuel of Norway  Niklas Larsen (DEN), Team ColoQuick Lotto–Soudal
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Trek–Segafredo  Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (DEN), Team PostNord Danmark  Remco Evenepoel (BEL), Deceuninck–Quick-Step Trek–Segafredo
2022  Christophe Laporte (FRA), Team Jumbo–Visma  Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (DEN), Restaurant Suri–Carl Ras  Magnus Sheffield (USA), Ineos Grenadiers Trek–Segafredo
2023  Mads Pedersen (DEN), Lidl–Trek  Nicklas Amdi Pedersen (DEN), Team ColoQuick  Logan Currie (NZL), Bolton Equities Black Spoke Lidl–Trek

*In 1985, 1986 and 1987 the competition was for riders under 23 years, in 1988 the bar was raised to 24 years, and in 2000 and later editions, it has been for riders born in or after (race year) – 25 years (i.e. in 2000 they had to be born in or after 1975).[dubiousdiscuss]

Other classifications

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In addition to the five competitions above, in all editions except the 1985 and 1995 ones, a fighter competition was held.

Former classifications

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  • Until 2000, a sprint competition was held.
  • In 1987 and 1988 a "Best Dane" competition was held.
  • In 1995, a "Best Amateur" competition was held.

Winners by nation

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A complete list over overall winners by nation of the Post Danmark Rundt.[6]

Rank Country Most times winner Most recent winner Wins
1  Denmark Jakob Fuglsang (3) Mads Pedersen (2023) 14
2  Italy Moreno Argentin, Fabrizio Guidi, Ivan Basso (1 each) Ivan Basso (2005) 3
 Netherlands Wilco Kelderman, Servais Knaven, Lieuwe Westra (1 each) Wilco Kelderman (2013) 3
 Belgium Remco Evenepoel, Marc Streel, Wout van Aert (1 each) Remco Evenepoel (2021) 3
5  Norway Kurt Asle Arvesen (2) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2007) 2
 Australia Phil Anderson, Simon Gerrans (1 each) Simon Gerrans (2011) 2
7  United States Tyler Hamilton (1) Tyler Hamilton (1999) 1
 United Kingdom David Millar (1) David Millar (2001) 1
 Germany Sebastian Lang (1 ) Sebastian Lang (2003) 1
  Switzerland Fabian Cancellara (1) Fabian Cancellara (2006) 1
 France Christophe Laporte (1) Christophe Laporte (2022) 1

Most stage wins

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A list of the riders with the most stage wins in the Post Danmark Rundt.[7]

# Rider Stage wins
1  Matti Breschel (DEN) 9
2  Jesper Skibby (DEN) 5
 Nicola Minali (ITA)
4  Ivan Basso (ITA) 4
 Magnus Cort (DEN)
6  Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) 3
 Rolf Sørensen (DEN)
 Jaan Kirsipuu (EST)
 Mark Cavendish (GBR)

Classifications

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As of the 2018 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

  • Blue jersey Blue Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
  • Green Jersey Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
  • Polkadot Jersey Polkadot Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification.
  • White jersey White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.

References

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  1. ^ "PostNord Danmark Rundt". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. ^ "Cykling: Rolf Sørensen vinder Danmark Rundt". 5 August 2000.
  3. ^ "Rolf Sørensens rørende triumf". 6 August 2000.
  4. ^ Ruten til Post Danmark Rundt 2015, Danmarks Cykle Union. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Vindere af indlagte konkurrencer". postdanmarkrundt.dk. Danmarks Cykle Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2004.
  6. ^ "2011 Post Danmark Rundt Winners". Danmarks Cykle Union. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Statistik – PostNord Danmark Rundt". www.postnorddanmarkrundt.dk. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14.
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