2015 Danmark Rundt

2015 Danmark Rundt

2015 UCI Europe Tour
Post Danmark Rundt 2014 in Hadsund
Race details
Dates	4–8 August 2015
Stages	6
Distance	878.3 km (545.8 mi)
Winning time	19h 42' 19"
Results
Winner  Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN) (Tinkoff–Saxo)   Second  Lars Bak (DEN) (Lotto–Soudal)   Third  Marco Marcato (ITA) (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) Points  Matti Breschel (DEN) (Tinkoff–Saxo) Mountains  Pim Ligthart (NED) (Lotto–Soudal) Youth  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN) (ColoQuick)   Team Tinkoff–Saxo

The 2015 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race which was held from 4 August to 8 August 2015. It was the 25th edition of the stage race, which was established in 1985. The race was rated as a 2.HC event and formed part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race was made up of six stages over five days and includes an individual time trial. The race was won by Christopher Juul-Jensen of Tinkoff–Saxo.^[1]

Teams

A total of 18 teams with 8 riders each raced in the 2015 Danmark Rundt: 4 UCI ProTeams, 9 UCI Professional Continental Teams, 4 UCI Continental Teams along with a Danish national team under the Team Post Danmark name.^[2]

World Tour teams

• Astana
• Lotto–Soudal
• Tinkoff–Saxo
• Team Sky

Professional Continental teams

• Bardiani–CSF
• Bora–Argon 18
• Cult Energy Pro Cycling
• Team Europcar
• MTN–Qhubeka
• Team Roompot
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert

Continental teams

• Team Almeborg–Bornholm
• Team ColoQuick
• Riwal Platform
• Team TreFor-Blue Water

National team

• Team Post Danmark

Schedule

There were six stages over five days with both a short mass start and individual time trial on day four.^[3]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance (km)	Type		Winner
1	4 August	Struer-Holstebro	180		Flat stage	Lars Boom (NED)
2	5 August	Ringkøbing-Aarhus	235		Flat stage	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
3	6 August	Vejle-Vejle	185		Flat stage	Matti Breschel (DEN)
4	7 August	Slagelse-Frederiksværk	115		Flat stage	Matti Breschel (DEN)
5		Helsingør	13.6		Individual time trial	Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN)
6	8 August	Hillerød-Frederiksberg	150		Flat stage	Michael Mørkøv (DEN)

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Lars Boom	Lars Boom	Lars Boom	Pim Ligthart	Mads Pedersen	Astana
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen			Mathias Westergaard
3	Matti Breschel	Lars Bak	Marco Marcato	Patrick Clausen	Alexander Kamp	Tinkoff–Saxo
4	Matti Breschel		Matti Breschel
5	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Christopher Juul-Jensen			Mads Würtz Schmidt
6	Michael Mørkøv			Pim Ligthart
Final		Christopher Juul-Jensen	Matti Breschel	Pim Ligthart	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Tinkoff–Saxo

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the Points classification		Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN)	Tinkoff–Saxo	19h 42' 19"
2	Lars Bak (DEN)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 45"
3	Marco Marcato (ITA)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 49"
4	Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	+ 1' 00"
5	Patrick Konrad (AUT)	Bora–Argon 18	+ 1' 04"
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 1' 19"
7	Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN)	Team ColoQuick	+ 1' 26"
8	Matti Breschel (DEN)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 1' 26"
9	Alexander Kamp (DEN)	ColoQuick	+ 1' 30"
10	Magnus Cort (DEN)	Denmark	+ 1' 54"

Young riders classification (U23)

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN)	ColoQuick	19h 43' 45"
2	Alexander Kamp (DEN)	ColoQuick	+ 4"
3	Magnus Cort (DEN)	Denmark	+ 28"
4	Sebastián Henao (COL)	Team Sky	+ 1' 04"
5	Michael Gogl (AUT)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 9' 47"
6	Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)	Team TreFor–Blue Water	+ 11' 27"
7	Martin Grøn (DEN)	Riwal Platform	+ 12' 26"
8	Cristoffer Lisson (DEN)	Team Almeborg-Bornholm	+ 14' 26"
9	Amaury Capiot (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 14' 29"
10	Nikolaj Steen Moltke (DEN)	Denmark	+ 14' 52"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Matti Breschel (DEN)	Tinkoff–Saxo	51
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	MTN–Qhubeka	45
3	Marco Marcato (ITA)	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	38
4	Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN)	Tinkoff–Saxo	32
5	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN)	Team TreFor–Blue Water	23

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Pim Ligthart (NED)	Lotto–Soudal	46
2	Patrick Clausen (DEN)	Team TreFor–Blue Water	38
3	Brian van Goethem (NED)	Team Roompot	30
4	Mathias Westergaard (DEN)	Team Almeborg-Bornholm	24
5	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN)	Riwal Platform	22

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Tinkoff–Saxo	59h 09' 54"
2	Lotto–Soudal	+ 2' 48"
3	Team Sky	+ 5' 49"
4	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 7' 41"
5	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	+ 7' 58"

References

1. Cycling News. "Christopher Juul-Jensen wins overall title at Tour of Denmark". Cyclingnews.com.
2. "Feltet til Post Danmark Rundt 2015" (in Danish). Danmarks Cykle Union. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
3. "Ruten til Post Danmark Rundt 2015" (in Danish). Danmarks Cykle Union. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

• Official site (Danish)