Danmark Rundt

Danmark Rundt

Race details
Date	August
Region	Denmark
English name	Tour of Denmark
Local name(s)	Danmark Rundt (Danish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Danish Cycling Federation
Race director	Jesper Worre
History
First edition	1985 (1985)
Editions	21 (as of 2011)
First winner	Moreno Argentin (ITA)
Most wins	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (3)
Most recent	Simon Gerrans (AUS)

Post Danmark Rundt 2005, peloton on stage 2 near Randers

Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, Post Danmark, and the race is therefore also known as Post Danmark Rundt. Currently 15 teams, with 8 riders each, participate in the 6 stages long race. Post Danmark Rundt is sometimes called the Tour of Denmark in English language media.

History

The race was first run yearly from 1985 to 1988 and, after a break of 7 years, from 1995 until most recently 2010, with no plan to end it. It has approximately half a million spectators on the road, and half the Danish population follow it in the media.

In 2004 it was won by Kurt Asle Arvesen, after his Team CSC team mate Jens Voigt let him win an intermediate sprint, so Arvesen finished 2 seconds ahead in the overall classification.

In 2005 Ivan Basso (Team CSC), just returned as the overall runner-up in the 2005 Tour de France, totally dominated the race, and won overall as well as 4 out of 6 stages. Since the race was run the same time as the UCI ProTour race Eneco Tour of Benelux, only three UCI ProTour teams participated.

In 2006 Post Danmark Rundt was won by Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC ahead of Stuart O'Grady, also of Team CSC.

In 2007 Kurt Asle Arvesen returned to win for the second time, being the first in history to do so, and giving Team CSC its 4th consecutive win.

In 2008 Jakob Fuglsang from Team Designa Køkken became the first Dane to win since 2002 and in 2009 he became the first to win the race two years in a row. He won the race once again in 2010.

Podium positions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	at	Third	at
1985	Moreno Argentin (ITA), Sammontana-Bianchi	Kim Andersen (DEN), La Vie Claire	21"	Etienne De Wilde (BEL), Safir-Van de Ven	58"
1986	Jesper Worre (DEN), Selca-Conti-Galli	Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN), Inoxpran-Carrera	4"	Jelle Nijdam (NED), Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko	13"
1987	Kim Andersen (DEN), Toshiba	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi-Fanini	6"	Søren Lilholt (DEN), Danmark-Bikuben	24"
1988	Phil Anderson (AUS), TVM	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Ceramiche Ariostea	5"	Søren Lilholt (DEN), Sigma	47"
1989-1994: No competition
1995	Bjarne Riis (DEN), Gewiss-Ballan	Bo Hamburger (DEN), TVM	1'02"	Kaspar Ozers (LAT), Motorola	2'05"
1996	Fabrizio Guidi (ITA), Scrigno	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank	12"	Bjarne Riis (DEN), Team Telekom	1'02"
1997	Servais Knaven (NED), TVM	Peter Meinert (DEN), US Postal	10"	Jesper Skibby (DEN), TVM	24"
1998	Marc Streel (BEL), Team home-Jack & Jones	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank	54"	Peter Meinert (DEN), US Postal	1'19"
1999	Tyler Hamilton (USA), US Postal	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank	18"	Martin Hvastija (SLO), Ballan-Alessio	45"
2000	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Rabobank	Andreas Klöden (GER), Team Telekom	30"	Stéphane Barthe (FRA), AG2R Prévoyance	44"
2001	David Millar (GBR), Cofidis	Jaan Kirsipuu (EST), AG2R Prévoyance	7"	Daniele Nardello (ITA), Mapei-Quick Step	18"
2002	Jakob Piil (DEN), CSC-Tiscali	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team Fakta	1'12"	László Bodrogi (HUN), Mapei-Quick Step	1'45"
2003	Sebastian Lang (GER), Gerolsteiner	Jurgen van Goolen (BEL), Quick Step-Davitamon	2"	Laurent Brochard (FRA), AG2R Prévoyance	19"
2004	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC	Jens Voigt (GER), Team CSC	2"	Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Cofidis	49"
2005	Ivan Basso (ITA), Team CSC	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC	2'21"	Rory Sutherland (AUS), Rabobank	2'51"
2006	Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Team CSC	Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Team CSC	0'20"	Thomas Ziegler (GER), T-Mobile Team	0'53"
2007	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR), Team CSC	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Liquigas	0'14"	Matti Breschel (DEN), Team CSC	0'27"
2008	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Designa Køkken	Steve Cummings (GBR), Barloworld	0'09"	Tom Stamsnijder (NED), Gerolsteiner	0'15"
2009	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Saxo Bank	Maurizio Biondo (ITA), Ceramica Flaminia	0'03"	Roger Hammond (GBR), Cervélo TestTeam	0'47"
2010	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Saxo Bank	Svein Tuft (CAN), Garmin-Transitions	0'27"	Matthew Busche (USA), Team RadioShack	1'35"
2011	Simon Gerrans (AUS), Team Sky	Daniele Bennati (ITA), Leopard Trek	0'09"	Michael Mørkøv (DEN), Saxo Bank-SunGard	0'29"

Winner of point, hill, youth and team classifications

Various secondary competitions have been held over the years.^[1]

Year	Classements
	Point	Hill	Youth*	Team
1985	Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN), Inoxpran-Carrera	No such competition	Francesco Rossignoli (ITA), Inoxpran-Carrera	Inoxpran-Carrera
1986	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Murella Fanini	Johan Capiot (BEL), Roland	Jelle Nijdam (NED), Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko	Danmark-Bikuben
1987	Søren Lilholt (DEN), Danmark-Bikuben	Peter Harings (DEN), Panasonic-Isostar	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi-Fanini	Danmark-Bikuben
1988	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Ceramiche Ariostea	Jan van Wijk (NED), Panasonic-Isostar-Colnago-Agu	Rolf Sørensen (DEN), Pepsi-Fanini	Roland-Colnago
1989-1994: No competition
1995	Bo Hamburger (DEN), TVM	No such competition	No such competition	TVM
1996	Fabrizio Guidi (ITA), Scrigno			Team Telekom
1997	Juris Silovs (LAT), Schauff Öschelbronn			US Postal
1998	Alberto Ongarato (ITA), Ballan	Paolo Bettini (ITA), ASICS		US Postal
1999	Nicola Loda (ITA), Ballan	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA), Navigare		US Postal
2000	Marco Zanotti (ITA), Liquigas-Pata	Luca Paolini (ITA), Mapei-Quick Step	Andreas Klöden (GER), Team Telekom	Team Farm Frites
2001	Jaan Kirsipuu (EST), AG2R Prévoyance	Paolo Valoti (ITA), Alessio	David Millar (GBR), Cofidis	CSC-Tiscali
2002	Olaf Pollack (GER), Gerolsteiner	Innar Mandoja (EST), AG2R Prévoyance	Stefan Adamsson (SWE), Team Coast	Gerolsteiner
2003	Yuri Mithlushenko (UKR), Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	Daniele Contrini (ITA), Gerolsteiner	Sebastian Lang (GER), Gerolsteiner	Team Fakta
2004	Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Cofidis	Jacob Moe Rasmussen (DEN), Team PH	Brian Vandborg (DEN), Team Danmark	Team CSC
2005	Ivan Basso (ITA), Team CSC	Martin Müller (GER), Wiesenhof	André Greipel (GER), Wiesenhof	Team CSC
2006	Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Team CSC	Aart Vierhouten (NED), Skil-Shimano	Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Team CSC	Team CSC
2007	Mark Cavendish (GBR), T-Mobile Team	Jacob Moe (DEN), Team GLS	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Liquigas	Team CSC
2008	Matti Breschel (DEN), Team CSC Saxo Bank	Kristoffer Gudmund Nielsen (DEN), Team GLS	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Team Designa Køkken	Team CSC Saxo Bank
2009	Matti Breschel (DEN), Team Saxo Bank	Troels Vinther (DEN), Team Capinordic	Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN), Team Capinordic	Team Saxo Bank
2010	Matti Breschel (DEN), Team Saxo Bank	Michael Reihs (DEN), Team Designa Køkken-Blue Water	Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN), Team HTC-Columbia	Team Saxo Bank
2011	Sacha Modolo (ITA), Colnago-CSF Inox	Michael Reihs (DEN), Christina Watches-Onfone	Jérôme Cousin (FRA), Team Europcar	Team Sky

*In 1985, 1986 and 1987 the competition was for riders under 23 years, in 1988 the bar was raised to 24 years, and in 2000 and later editions, it has been for riders born in or after (race year) - 25 years (ie. in 2000 they had to be born in or after 1975).

Other classifications

In addition to the five competitions above, in all editions except the 1985 and 1995 ones, a fighter competition was held.

Former classifications

Until 2000, a sprint competition was held.

In 1987 and 1988 a "Best Dane"-competition was held.

In 1995, a "Best Amateur" competition was held.

Winners by nation

A complete list over overall winners by nation of Danmark Rundt.^[2]

Rank	Country	Most times winner	Most Recent Winner	Wins
1	Denmark	Jakob Fuglsang (3)	Jakob Fuglsang 2010	8
2	Italy	Moreno Argentin, Fabrizio Guidi, Ivan Basso (1 each)	Ivan Basso 2005	3
3	Norway	Kurt Asle Arvesen (2)	Kurt Asle Arvesen 2007	2
	Australia	Phil Anderson, Simon Gerrans (1 each)	Simon Gerrans 2011	2
4	Netherlands	Servais Knaven (1)	Servais Knaven 1997	1
	United Kingdom	David Millar (1)	David Millar 2001	1
	United States	Tyler Hamilton (1)	Tyler Hamilton 1999	1
	Belgium	Marc Streel (1)	Marc Streel 1998	1
	Germany	Sebastian Lang (1)	Sebastian Lang 2003	1
	Switzerland	Fabian Cancellara (1)	Fabian Cancellara 2006	1

References

1. ^ "Vindere af indlagte konkurrencer". postdanmarkrundt.dk. Danmarks Cykle Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040228091332/http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/konkurrence_vindere.htm. 
2. ^ "2011 Post Danmark Rundt Winners". Danmarks Cykle Union. http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/index.php?p=menu/side.php&menu=10. Retrieved 9 June 2011. 

External links

• (Danish) Official site