Jakobsen fastest of the peloton in Aalborg

Danmark Rundt, the country’s most important race, got underway Tuesday afternoon with a flat stage held around Aalborg. On paper, it should have been a pretty straightforward day, with the sprinters’ teams controlling the breakaway and a mass gallop to decide the first leader of the competition, but it turned out to be more complicated.
The main reason for this was that once the six-man breakaway was reeled in – in part, thanks to a mammoth work of the Soudal Quick-Step boys – attacks began coming left and right. In the last 30 kilometers of the stage, these countless accelerations and a crash that ended up splitting the bunch played a huge role in the final outcome. Despite an incredibly long pull of Casper Pedersen – who made his return from injury at his home race – in the closing kilometers, late attacker Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X) made it, taking the win by a handful of seconds.
Fabio Jakobsen was the fastest rider of the chasing group, taking runner-up behind the Norwegian for what was his ninth podium finish of the season, a result that puts him in second place on the general classification. The race will now continue with an undulating stage to Silkeborg, but without Mauri Vansevenant. The Belgian was among those involved in the crash and had to abandon the race, but fortunately only with some abrasions and surface injuries as consequence.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
3:50:10 |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
0:06 |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:06 |
5 |
Vito Braet Team Flanders - Baloise |
0:06 |
6 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:06 |
7 |
Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:06 |
8 |
Sebastian Nielsen Team ColoQuick |
0:06 |
9 |
Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
0:06 |
10 |
Luca Colnaghi Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
0:06 |
21 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
40 |
Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
62 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:59 |
79 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:22 |
85 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:22 |
DNF |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step |
-03:50:10 |
1 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
3:50:00 |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:10 |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
0:12 |
4 |
Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk |
0:14 |
5 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:16 |
6 |
Vito Braet Team Flanders - Baloise |
0:16 |
7 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:16 |
8 |
Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:16 |
9 |
Sebastian Nielsen Team ColoQuick |
0:16 |
10 |
Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
0:16 |
22 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:16 |
41 |
Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:16 |
63 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:09 |
79 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:32 |
85 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:32 |
1 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
15 pt |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
12 pt |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
10 pt |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
9 pt |
5 |
Kristian Egholm Restaurant Suri - Carl Ras |
8 pt |
6 |
Vito Braet Team Flanders - Baloise |
8 pt |
7 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
7 pt |
8 |
Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
6 pt |
9 |
Nicklas Amdi Pedersen Team ColoQuick |
5 pt |
10 |
Sebastian Nielsen Team ColoQuick |
5 pt |
1 |
Mads Østergaard Kristensen Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
20 pt |
2 |
Wessel Krul Human Powered Health |
18 pt |
3 |
Nicklas Amdi Pedersen Team ColoQuick |
10 pt |
1 |
Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk |
3:50:14 |
2 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:02 |
3 |
Matyáš Kopecký Team Novo Nordisk |
0:02 |
4 |
Kasper Andersen Denmark |
0:02 |
5 |
Logan Currie Bolton Equities Black Spoke |
0:02 |
6 |
Robin Juel Skivild Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
0:02 |
7 |
Tobias Svarre Team ColoQuick |
0:32 |
8 |
Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders - Baloise |
0:38 |
9 |
Kristian Egholm Restaurant Suri - Carl Ras |
2:03 |
10 |
William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
4:42 |
12 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:55 |
1 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 11:30:32 |
2 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:10 |
3 | Lidl - Trek | 0:12 |
4 | Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling | 0:16 |
5 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:16 |
6 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:16 |
7 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:16 |
8 | HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | 0:16 |
9 | Team ColoQuick | 0:46 |
10 | Team Flanders - Baloise | 0:52 |