2011 Danmark Rundt Explained

2011 Danmark Rundt
Date:	August 3–7, 2011
Series:	2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
Stages:	6
Distance:	825.9
Unit:	km
Time:	19h 12' 01"
Speed:	43.015
First:	Simon Gerrans
First Nat:	Australia
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Daniele Bennati
Second Nat:	Italy
Third:	Michael Mørkøv
Third Nat:	Denmark
Points:	Sacha Modolo
Points Nat:	Italy
Points Color:	red
Mountains:	Michael Reihs
Mountains Nat:	Denmark
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth:	Jérôme Cousin
Youth Nat:	France
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 3 to 7 August 2011. It was the 21st edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1985.^[1] Australian rider Simon Gerrans of Team Sky captured the overall title. This was the 2nd Australian Post Danmark Rundt victory.

Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date
1	Esbjerg > Esbjerg	171.1 km	August 3
2	Grindsted > Aarhus	189.1 km	August 4
3	Aahus > Vejle	181.3 km	August 5
4	Sorø > Frederiksværk	112.2 km	August 6
5 (ITT)	Helsingør > Helsingør	13.2 km	August 6
6	Hillerød > Frederiksberg	159 km	August 7

Teams

16 teams were invited to the 2011 Danmark Rundt: 6 teams from the UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams, 3 UCI Continental Teams along with the Danish national team under the Team Post Danmark name.^[2] ^[3]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Team Concordia
Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning

National Team

Team Post Danmark

Stages

Stage 1

3 August 2011 – Esbjerg to Esbjerg, 171.1km (106.3miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 3"
3		+ 4"
4	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	+ 7"
5		+ 8"
6		+ 8"
7		+ 9"
8		+ 10"
9		+ 10"
10		+ 10"

Stage 2

4 August 2011 – Grindsted to Aarhus, 189.1km (117.5miles)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			+ 2"
4			+ 2"
5			+ 2"
6			+ 2"
7			+ 2"
8			+ 2"
9			+ 2"
10			+ 2"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 4"
3		+ 7"
4		+ 10"
5	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	+ 11"
6		+ 12"
7		+ 12"
8		+ 13"
9		+ 13"
10		+ 14"

Stage 3

5 August 2011 – Aarhus to Vejle, 181.3km (112.7miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 2"
3		+ 11"
4	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 13"
5		+ 13"
6		+ 13"
7		+ 13"
8		+ 13"
9		+ 13"
10		+ 13"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 4"
3		+ 8"
4		+ 9"
5		+ 17"
6		+ 18"
7	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 18"
8		+ 18"
9		+ 18"
10		+ 18"

Stage 4

6 August 2011 – Sorø to Frederiksværk, 112.2km (69.7miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 4"
3		+ 6"
4		+ 9"
5		+ 17"
6		+ 18"
7	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 18"
8		+ 18"
9		+ 18"
10		+ 27"

Stage 5

6 August 2011 – Helsingør to Helsingør, 13.2km (08.2miles) individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 5 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 10"
3		+ 17"
4	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	+ 24"
5		+ 29"
6		+ 30"
7		+ 31"
8		+ 35"
9		+ 37"
10		+ 41"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 8"
3			+ 26"
4			+ 30"
5			+ 38"
6			+ 46"
7			+ 54"
8			+ 55"
9			+ 1'10"
10			+ 1'11"

Stage 6

7 August 2011 – Hillerød to Frederiksberg, 159km (99miles)

Stage 6 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Team Post Danmark	s.t.

Final General Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 9"
3			+ 29"
4			+ 33"
5			+ 41"
6			+ 49"
7			+ 57"
8			+ 58"
9			+ 1'13"
10			+ 1'14"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification
1	Sacha Modolo	Sacha Modolo	Sacha Modolo	Alessandro Bazzana	Zico Waeytens
2	Rémi Cusin	Matti Breschel	Sacha Modolo	Michael Reihs	Bert-Jan Lindeman
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Simon Gerrans	Matti Breschel	Martin Pedersen
4	Sacha Modolo		Sacha Modolo
5	Richie Porte		Daniele Bennati		Jérôme Cousin
6	Theo Bos		Sacha Modolo	Michael Reihs	Jérôme Cousin
Final		Simon Gerrans	Sacha Modolo	Michael Reihs	Jérôme Cousin

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 9"
3			+ 29"
4			+ 33"
5			+ 41"
6			+ 49"
7			+ 57"
8			+ 58"
9			+ 1'13"
10			+ 1'14"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			51
2			48
3			30
4			28
5			26
6			25
7			23
8			22
9			20
10			19

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		58
2		44
3		40
4	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	22
5		22
6	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	18
7		12
8	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	8
9		8
10	Team Post Danmark	8

Young rider classification

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 16"
3		+ 46"
4	Team Post Danmark	+ 1'45"
5	Team Post Danmark	+ 3'25"
6		+ 4'14"
7	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	+ 4'38"
8	Team Post Danmark	+ 5'43"
9		+ 7'55"
10	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 8'48"

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1		57h 37' 43"
2		+ 10"
3		+ 38"
4		+ 54"
5	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 2'00"
6		+ 2'24"
7		+ 3'00"
8		+ 4'04"
9		+ 8'04"
10		+ 8'19"

External links

Official site (Danish)

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 Post Danmark Rundt Route. Danmarks Cykle Union. 8 June 2011.
Web site: 2011 Post Danmark Rundt Teams. Danmarks Cykle Union. 8 June 2011.
Web site: Det stærkeste Post Danmark Rundt-felt nogensinde. postdanmarkrundt.dk. Post Danmark Rundt. 7 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928021402/http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/docs/elementer/20110315-1438-38.doc. 28 September 2011. dead. dmy-all.