Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 13, 2021

Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 4 – Holbæk – Kalundborg : 188,4 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.

Colin Joyce (Rally Cycling) won stage 4 of the PostNord Danmark Rundt, beating his breakaway rivals in Kalundborg after they managed to hold off the hesitant peloton and impose their collective strength and bravery.

Joyce gave Rally Cycling their third win of the week after Kyle Murphy and Ben King won stages at the Volta a Portugal.

The 27-year-old American had tried several attacks in the final kilometres but when the six-rider break came back together, he proved to be by far the fastest in the sprint to the line, beating Sebastian Nielsen (Restaurant Suri-Carl Ras) and Martin Salmon (Team DSM).

Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka NextHash) won the bunch sprint ahead of Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) after a late chase from the Jumbo-Visma team but the peloton left it too late and finished six seconds down on a jubilant Joyce.

Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finished safely in the peloton to maintain his 1:33 lead on fellow Belgian Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal).

The prodigious Belgian is now the absolute favourite to win the PostNord Danmark Rundt when it ends with a 10.8km time trial around the Frederiksberg suburb of the Danish capital Copenhagen on Saturday.

The 188.4km stage was expected to finish in a sprint but the peloton was always going to have to work for their opportunity and whoever went in the break knew they had a sniff of victory on the narrow roads across the Zealand island and then the testing roads and short hills of the 19.5km finishing circuit.

Joyce, his teammate Nickolas Zukowsky, Nielsen, Salmon and Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Mads Østergaard Kristensen (ColoQuick), Emil Toudal (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm) and Anders Foldager (Denmark) formed the early break and pushed their lead out to 3:00 after a fast 70km of racing.

The peloton upped the pace as the six laps of the 19.5km circuit began but the short climbs forced the sprinters’ teams to ease ands control their pace to ensure their protected rider stayed in the wheels.

That gave the attackers their chance and they worked together and then carefully chased each other down on the final lap, holding on to fight for the stage win.

Deceuninck-QuickStep rode diligently to protect Evenepoel’s lead but also tried to set-up Cavendish for the sprint but were offered little support by other teams.

Iljo Keisse, then Shane Archbold and Jannik Steimle rode on the front but other teams hesitated, perhaps playing bluff, perhaps concerned about their sprinters surviving, as cross winds added another factor to the racing.

Evenepoel and Cavendish joined an attack by Pedersen with six kilometres to go as the peloton fell apart. Jumbo-Visma finally took over with five kilometres to go, however it was too little, too late, giving Joyce his deserved win.

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

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 17:07:04
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 0:02:16
7 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:03:31
8 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:03:33
9 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
10 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:43
11 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:03:45
12 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:46
13 Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:04:04
14 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling 0:04:17
15 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:37
16 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
17 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:09:51
18 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:10:30
19 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:12:35
20 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:46
21 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:09
22 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:14
23 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:13:18
24 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling 0:13:22
25 Louis Bendixen (Den) Denmark
26 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:13:23
27 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
28 Magnus Bak Klaris (Den) Denmark 0:13:34
29 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:13:38
30 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:50
31 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling
32 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:13:52
33 Kasper Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick
34 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:54
35 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:59
36 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling
37 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
38 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:14:48
39 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:56
40 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:59
41 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:15:39
42 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:16:04
43 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:17
44 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:29
45 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:16:54
46 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:17:00
47 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:17:18
48 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:17:39
49 Sebastian Nielsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:17:55
50 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:18:28
51 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:18:53
52 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:19:05
53 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash 0:19:13
54 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:19:24
55 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:19:44
56 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:20:20
57 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:20:23
58 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:20:41
59 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:21:07
60 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:21:23
61 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:21:28
62 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:45
63 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM
64 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:23:47
65 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:24:09
66 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:24:12
67 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:24:15
68 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:24:52
69 Rasmus Pedersen (Den) Denmark 0:26:47
70 Simon Bak (Den) Denmark 0:27:12
71 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:27:15
72 Daniel Stampe (Den) Denmark 0:27:18
73 Mathias Larsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:27:35
74 Morten Nørtoft (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:27:36
75 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:28:39
76 Pawel Bernals (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:28:43
77 Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Denmark 0:28:51
78 Adam Holm Jørgensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:28:55
79 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 0:29:10
80 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:31:22
81 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:31:46
82 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:31:57
83 Alexander Salby (Den) Team Coloquick 0:32:03
84 Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:32:14
85 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:33:20
86 Jelle Declerck (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:34:14
87 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:35:22
88 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:35:33
89 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:35:39
90 Rasmus Quaade (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:35:53
91 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:36:43
92 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:38:39
93 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:38:43
94 Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:39:57
95 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:40:59
96 Norbert Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:41:42
97 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:41:50
98 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:41:58
99 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:42:39
100 Frederik Muff (Den) Team Coloquick 0:43:07
101 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:43:27
102 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:44:35
103 Mads Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:45:00
104 Christian Lindquist (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:45:39
105 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk 0:49:36
106 Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark 0:54:10