Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

August 14, 2021

Tour of Denmark 2021 – Stage 5 ITT – Frederiksberg – Frederiksberg : 10,8 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) secured the overall victory at the Tour of Denmark after winning the stage 5 final time trial in Frederiksberg. Evenepoel covered the 10.8km time trial in 12:13 beating runner-up Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) by one second and third placed Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) by six seconds.

Evenepoel, who also won stage 3, finished the five-day race with the overall victory by 1:42 over Pedersen and two minutes over third placed in the overall classification Mike Teunissen (Team Jumbo-Visma).

“In a time trial you always go deep, and that’s what I did today. I didn’t see myself as the main favourite for the win, but getting it makes me happy, especially as it came on a short and technical ITT, with a lot of turns, that normally doesn’t suit me. I didn’t take any risks, as the main goal was to come home safely and wrap up the GC, but I’m delighted with the victory, because it’s always nice to get one in the leader’s jersey. It was the cherry on the cake at the end of a beautiful week,” Evenepoel said.

“The victory is also a sign of things heading in the right direction, as I could feel better than in the previous races against the clock. My hard work and patience are starting to pay off, which is good for my confidence. The GC is my fifth win of the season, which I want to celebrate with this amazing team before returning to work again for the next races.”

The final stage of the Tour of Denmark would be the decider in the overall classification with a 10.8km time trial in Frederiksberg. Evenepoel went into the stage in the overall race lead at a comfortable 1:33 ahead of Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soul) and 1:36 to Pedersen.

It was unlikely that anyone could overtake Evenepoel in the general classification and as one of the strongest time triallists in the world, he had a good chance of winning the stage, too.

Anders Foldager (Denmark) was the first rider off of the starting ramp but the faster times wouldn’t happen until later in the start order.

Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), who started 11th last, set a blistering time of 12:14 and that time held through the subsequent starters. His compatriot Pedersen was the closest in reaching the benchmark time but was five seconds shy of overtaking him for the hot seat.

Evenepoel, who started, last pushed is pace out to more than 53kph and crossed the line by a fraction of a second faster than Kragh Andersen to take the stage win and the overall title at the Tour of Denmark.

Results :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:12:13
2 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:00:01
3 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:06
4 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:07
5 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:14
6 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:20
7 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:23
8 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:28
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:31
10 Adam Holm Jørgensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:00:33
11 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:34
12 Frederik Muff (Den) Team Coloquick 0:00:35
13 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:00:36
14 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
15 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:38
16 Rasmus Quaade (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:39
17 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:42
18 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:43
19 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:44
20 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling
21 Louis Bendixen (Den) Denmark 0:00:45
22 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:47
23 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash
24 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick
25 Magnus Bak Klaris (Den) Denmark
26 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
27 Rasmus Pedersen (Den) Denmark
28 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:00:48
29 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:49
30 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
31 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:50
32 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:51
33 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:53
34 Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:00:54
35 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:55
36 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:56
37 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:57
38 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
39 Mads Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:00:58
40 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
41 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
42 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:00:59
43 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:01:02
44 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:01:03
45 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:01:05
46 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:01:06
47 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:07
48 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:08
49 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team 0:01:09
50 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:01:12
52 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 0:01:13
53 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:15
54 Pawel Bernals (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:01:16
55 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:17
56 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:18
57 Jelle Declerck (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
58 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
59 Daniel Stampe (Den) Denmark 0:01:19
60 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:01:20
61 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
62 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
63 Morten Nørtoft (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
64 Alexander Salby (Den) Team Coloquick 0:01:22
65 Kasper Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick
66 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:23
67 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
68 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
69 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:01:25
70 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
71 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:26
72 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
73 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:27
74 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:30
75 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling
76 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:01:32
77 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:01:34
78 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
79 Mathias Larsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:01:35
80 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
81 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:36
82 Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Denmark 0:01:37
83 Simon Bak (Den) Denmark 0:01:42
84 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk
85 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:01:43
86 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:46
87 Christian Lindquist (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:01:48
88 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
89 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:01:49
90 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling
91 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:01:52
92 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:54
94 Norbert Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:01:56
95 Sebastian Nielsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:01:58
96 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:01
97 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
98 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:02
99 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:02:03
100 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:02:05
101 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:02:11
102 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:02:19
103 Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark
104 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
105 Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:02:36
OTL Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:04:47

Final General Classification :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 17:19:17
2 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:42
3 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:00
4 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:02:14
5 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:30
6 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:03:46
7 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:03:51
8 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:06
9 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:42
10 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
11 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:04:43
12 Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:04:58
13 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling 0:05:01
14 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:05:09
15 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:51
16 Mads Rahbek (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:06:35
17 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:10:46
18 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:11:08
19 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:35
20 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:13:41
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:45
22 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:53
23 Mads Kristensen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:14:05
24 Louis Bendixen (Den) Denmark 0:14:07
25 Magnus Bak Klaris (Den) Denmark 0:14:21
26 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:14:37
27 Nils Lau Broge (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:14:40
28 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:41
29 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:14:50
30 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:14:55
31 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:14:57
32 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 0:15:03
33 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling 0:15:11
34 Kasper Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:15:14
35 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:17
36 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:15:27
37 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling 0:15:29
38 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:15:39
39 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:07
40 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:16:11
41 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:16:15
42 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:24
43 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:17:03
44 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:17:50
45 Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:17:51
46 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:18:07
47 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:19:02
48 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
49 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:19:47
50 Sebastian Nielsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:19:53
51 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash 0:20:00
52 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:20:02
53 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:20:10
54 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:20:59
55 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:21:07
56 Frederik Jensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:21:44
57 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:21:45
58 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:22:15
59 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:22:16
60 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:22:43
61 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:23:16
62 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:23:38
63 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM 0:24:08
64 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:24:49
65 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:25:16
66 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:25:17
67 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:25:20
68 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:25:41
69 Rasmus Pedersen (Den) Denmark 0:27:34
70 Daniel Stampe (Den) Denmark 0:28:37
71 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:28:45
72 Simon Bak (Den) Denmark 0:28:54
73 Morten Nørtoft (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:28:56
74 Mathias Larsen (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:29:10
75 Adam Holm Jørgensen (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:29:28
76 Pawel Bernals (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:29:59
77 Emil Toudal (Den) BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 0:30:13
78 Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Denmark 0:30:28
79 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 0:30:30
80 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:32:48
81 Alexander Salby (Den) Team Coloquick 0:33:25
82 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
83 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:33:51
84 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:34:45
85 Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:34:50
86 Jelle Declerck (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:35:32
87 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:36:29
88 Rasmus Quaade (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:36:32
89 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Team Coloquick 0:37:14
90 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:37:27
91 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:38:01
92 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:39:42
93 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:40:50
94 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:42:25
95 Norbert Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:43:38
96 Frederik Muff (Den) Team Coloquick 0:43:42
97 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:43:51
98 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:44:17
99 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:44:47
100 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:44:58
101 Mads Andersen (Den) Team Coloquick 0:45:58
102 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:46:36
103 Christian Lindquist (Den) Restaurant Suri Carl Ras 0:47:27
104 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk 0:51:18
105 Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark 0:56:29