Gallery: Tour of Denmark

View the photos from the first stages in Denmark as Mads Pedersen leads the team in a quest for victory

The second day at the Tour of Denmark was a good one for Trek-Segafredo. Mads Pedersen powered to the win against the pure sprinters on a cobbled uphill finish, a much-needed result for the former world champion after suffering through the Tour de France.  And his young Danish teammate, Mattias Skjelmose, took over the white jersey for the best young rider.

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Images: Oliver Grenaa

Stage 2

Stage 1

Tour of Denmark kicked off with a flat sprint stage, a good opener for some harder days ahead.
Images: Oliver Grenaa

𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 7𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙂𝘾 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙨.
- Mads Pedersen

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝘽𝙪𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙣.

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 7𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 7𝙩𝙝. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 11𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙧 12𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 [𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙] 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨. 𝘼 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 400𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙠𝙞𝙘𝙠.

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚; 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨.

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