After the victory of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) Tuesday to launch the Denmark Tourthis Wednesday was the 2nd stage between Rødovre et Gladsaxe, with a very short course (110 kilometers) and much flatteer than the day before. After a superb battle with the breakaway in the last kilometers, the peloton ended up taking over the leading men 3 kilometers from the finish. It was therefore in the sprint that victory was played, and it is the Norwegian Søren Wærenskjold (UNO-X Mobility) which has established itself, in front of the Belgian Steffen de Schuyteneer (Lotto) and French Alex Zingle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike). Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), one of the big favorites of the day, finished at the foot of the podium. No general changes, where Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), only 9th this Wednesday, retains the leading blue jersey.
VIDEO – The final of this 2nd stage of the Denmark Tour
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The summary of the race:
Shortly after the start of the stage, seven runners were insulated at the top of the race: six Danes with Boas Lysgaard (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm), Magnus Machholdt (Team Give Steel – 2M Cycling Elite), Mads Andersen (Airtox-Carl Ras), Matias Malmberg (Airtox-Carl Ras), Sebastian Nielsen (Unibet Tietema Rockets), one Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (UNO-X Mobility); and a Frenchman, Anton Muller (Team Novo Nordisk). This breakaway will have been in front of the whole day but never could really believe in victory, the sprinters teams constantly regulating around the minute. 27 kilometers from the finish, the Frenchman Anton Muller fell, without gravity, but that led to his return to the peloton.
In the last twenty kilometers, although the gap was gradually reduced, the peloton could not take up the six leading men, which even forced Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-deceuninck) Rolling at the top of the peloton. After a great struggle, the last survivors of the breakaway were finally resumed less than three kilometers from the finish. To the sprint, and after a great work of his training unoc mobility, the Norwegian Søren Wærenskjold (UNO-X Mobility) has imposed itself on a short head, in front of Steffen de Schuyteneer (Lotto) and French Alex Zingle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike).
