Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 12, 2021

Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 3 – Tønder – Vejle : 219,2 km

The PostNord Danmark Rundt is Denmark’s flagship stage-race and an opportunity for the nation to showcase its wonderful homegrown talent. In fact, since its first edition back in 1985, this race has seen 13 Danish victories. Traditionally, the five-day race starts on the Jutland peninsula and ends on the island of Zealand, home to the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Since 2004 the race has included a pivotal GC stage that heads up the steep Kiddesvej climb in the city centre of Vejle. It’s this hilly stage, combined with a time-trial on the penultimate day, that usually determines the overall winner. As a result, the race favours strong puncheurs that are also adept time trialists.

Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won stage 3 of the PostNord Danmark Rundt – Tour of Denmark in Vejle, also taking the race lead with a solo attack 17 kilometres from the finish.

The young Belgian crossed the line alone, 25 minutes later, to seal the 17th victory of his pro career and put him firmly in the driving seat to take his seventh general classification title in three seasons.

Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal) took second place after a late attack from the chase group, albeit 1:29 down, while Nick van der Lijke (Riwal) beat Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) to round out the podium at 1:32.

Evenepoel had earlier recovered from going off the road on a descent while part of an attacking move 15 kilometres earlier on the 219-kilometre stage which started in Tønder. He seized the chance to go it alone on the closing hilly circuit of the stage, building a 40-second lead with two laps and 11 kilometres to go.

By the time he had begun the final lap, he had gained an additional 35 seconds over the chasers – Van der Sande, Van der Lijke, Teunissen, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Anthon Charmig (Uno-X) – and was set for a comfortable solo win.

Such was Evenepoel’s advantage in the final circuit, he was lapping riders as he made his way to the finish, with Deceuninck-QuickStep teammate Shane Archbold willing him on as he passed by en route to victory.

Earlier, at over 60 kilometres from the finish, the peloton had already brought the breakaway back as Deceuninck-QuickStep and Riwal pushed the pace.

The attacks flowed off the front afterwards, with Evenepoel prominent at the front. He would eventually make it away with a select attacking group – Pedersen, Teunissen, and the Team DSM duo of Casper Pedersen and Søren Kragh Andersen. They were away until Evenepoel’s descending mistake took him out of the move with Casper Pedersen also running wide.

The ensuing chase, which saw Evenepoel’s Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates catch the remainder of the move before the riders hit the final circuit, was enough to reset the status of the race up front, setting the scene for Evenepoel to make his winning move.

The result leaves Evenepoel in the race lead by 1:33 ahead of Van der Sande with two days left to race, while Van der Lijke lies third at 1:38. Mads Pedersen moves into the points classification lead on 32 points while Denmark’s Rasmus Bøgh Wallin is the KOM leader and Evenepoel leads the white jersey standings by over three minutes.

Results :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:54:44
2 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:29
3 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:01:32
4 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
5 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:41
6 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:54
7 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:21
8 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
9 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:03:23
10 Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick
11 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
12 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
13 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash
14 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:36
15 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
16 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling
17 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:41
18 Rasmus Pedersen (Den) Denmark 0:03:55
19 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:04:09
20 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:44
21 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:31
22 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:12:39
23 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
24 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
26 Adam Holm Jørgensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:12:45
27 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
28 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
29 Kasper Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:12:49
30 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
31 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:51
32 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:12
33 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
34 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
35 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling
36 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
37 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
38 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
39 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash
40 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
41 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
42 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
43 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
44 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
45 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling
46 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
47 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
48 Louis Bendixen (Den) Denmark
49 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
50 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
51 Magnus Bak Klaris (Den) Denmark
52 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
53 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling
54 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
55 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
56 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:15
57 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:13:22
58 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:33
59 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:13:39
60 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma
61 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:49
62 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:13:59
63 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:00
64 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:14:03
65 Simon Bak (Den) Denmark 0:14:50
66 Sebastian Nielsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras
67 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Qhubeka NextHash
68 Morten Nørtoft (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
69 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
70 Daniel Stampe (Den) Denmark
71 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
72 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
73 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM 0:15:01
74 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:15:07
75 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
76 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
77 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
78 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
79 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
80 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
81 Frederik Muff (Den) Team Coloquick
82 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:15:33
83 Jelle Declerck (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
84 Mathias Larsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras
85 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
86 Pawel Bernals (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
87 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Qhubeka NextHash
88 Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:21:00
89 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
90 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
91 Rasmus Quaade (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:21:08
92 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
93 Alexander Salby (Den) Team Coloquick
94 Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Denmark
95 Mihkel Räim (Est) Mazowsze Serce Polski
96 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
97 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
98 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick
99 Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
100 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
101 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:26
102 Christian Lindquist (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras
103 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
104 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk
105 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
106 Mads Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick
107 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM
108 Norbert Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:23:14
109 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:25:54
110 Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark 0:26:50
DNF Robbe Ceurens (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Julius Dalner (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras
DNF Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Markus Kramer (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras
DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
DNF Tomas Trainini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
DNF Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNS Alan Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
DNS Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 12:44:14
2 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:33
3 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:36
4 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:01:38
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:40
6 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:02:04
7 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:03:31
8 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
9 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:03:33
10 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
11 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:03:45
12 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:46
13 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:03:52
14 Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick
15 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling 0:04:05
16 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:04:19
17 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:09:33
18 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash 0:10:46
19 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:46
20 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:12:49
21 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:12:55
22 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:13:08
23 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
24 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:09
25 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:14
26 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling 0:13:22
27 Louis Bendixen (Den) Denmark
28 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
29 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
30 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling
31 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:25
32 Kasper Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:13:34
33 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling 0:13:36
34 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:13:38
35 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
36 Magnus Bak Klaris (Den) Denmark 0:13:40
37 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:41
38 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
39 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:54
40 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:59
41 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:18
42 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:14:30
43 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:31
44 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:15:11
45 Rasmus Pedersen (Den) Denmark 0:15:17
46 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:15:39
47 Simon Bak (Den) Denmark 0:15:42
48 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:15:48
49 Daniel Stampe (Den) Denmark
50 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:15:52
51 Mathias Larsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:16:05
52 Morten Nørtoft (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:16:06
53 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:10
54 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:16:15
55 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:16:42
56 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:16:51
57 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 0:17:40
58 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:18:06
59 Sebastian Nielsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:18:13
60 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:18:23
61 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:18:50
62 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:18:59
63 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:19:02
64 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:19:20
65 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:19:51
66 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:19:52
67 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:19:55
68 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:19:58
69 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:20:08
70 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:20:21
71 Adam Holm Jørgensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:20:28
72 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:20:55
73 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM 0:20:57
74 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:15
75 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:21:23
76 Pawel Bernals (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:22:19
77 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:22:29
78 Jelle Declerck (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:22:44
79 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:23:21
80 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:23:31
81 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:23:52
82 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:24:03
83 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:24:09
84 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:24:10
85 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:25:13
86 Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:25:50
87 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:26:55
88 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:27:13
89 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Qhubeka NextHash 0:27:19
90 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:27:43
91 Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Denmark 0:27:48
92 Rasmus Quaade (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:27:50
93 Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:28:27
94 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:29:29
95 Norbert Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:30:12
96 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:30:20
97 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:30:28
98 Christian Lindquist (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:30:31
99 Alexander Salby (Den) Team Coloquick 0:30:45
100 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:31:00
101 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:31:09
102 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:31:18
103 Frederik Muff (Den) Team Coloquick 0:31:37
104 Mihkel Räim (Est) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:31:57
105 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
106 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:33:05
107 Mads Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:33:30
108 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:33:31
109 Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark 0:35:03
110 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk 0:38:06