{"id":834209,"date":"2026-07-29T18:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834209\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:26:11","slug":"tour-of-denmark-wout-van-aert-wins-comeback-race-on-stage-1-with-powerful-sprint-from-small-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834209\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Denmark: Wout van Aert wins comeback race on stage 1 with powerful sprint from small group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wout van Aert<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike) stormed to victory in his first race back since missing the Tour de France<\/a>, beating Luk\u00e1\u0161 Kubi\u0161 (Unibet Rose Rockets) and Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility) to the line in Aarlborg from a small group.<\/p>\n

A hilly circuit focused around the M\u00f8lleparken (0.7km at 6%) climb decided the finale on the opening day, with a small group of six getting away on the penultimate lap up the narrow hill: Pedersen, Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek), Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike), Pier-Andr\u00e9 C\u00f4t\u00e9 (NSN), Kubi\u0161, and a teammate of the latter’s, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd.<\/p>\n

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They cooperated well enough to stay ahead before the final lap of the circuit, but on the last time up the M\u00f8lleparken, Van Aert attacked across with S\u00f8ren Kragh Andersen (Lidl-Trek) to make it eight riders in the front.<\/p>\n

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Making it into the final kilometre and set to play out the sprint, Kubi\u0161 let Kopeck\u00fd and Teutenberg get a small gap off the front, forcing Laporte into action. The Frenchman had enough in the tank, though, leading Van Aert back to the German’s back wheel where he launched his sprint.<\/p>\n

Van Aert stormed into the lead with the line in sight, with Kubi\u0161 and Pedersen threatening to come around him in the final 100 metres, but neither had timed their effort as well as the Paris-Roubaix champion, who celebrated a successful return from his elbow injury and infection with his right arm aloft.<\/p>\n

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His first race since stage 5 of the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Van Aert even bounced back from a crash midway through the stage, when a large portion of the peloton was taken down at high speed with 70km to go, when crosswinds made the bunch nervous.<\/p>\n

A former overall winner of the Tour of Denmark from 2018, Van Aert takes the leader’s blue jersey into the second stage with a four-second lead over Kubi\u0161. He will have another chance to go for victory on the flat second 183km stage from Glyng\u00f8re to Skive.<\/p>\n

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Results<\/p>\n

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Position<\/p>\n

Rider (Country) Team<\/p>\n

Time Gap<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Visma | Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

3:46:04<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Luk\u00e1\u0161 Kubi\u0161 (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl – Trek<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Pier-Andr\u00e9 C\u00f4t\u00e9 (Can) NSN Cycling Team<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Christophe Laporte (Fra) Team Visma | Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

S\u00f8ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl – Trek<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin – Premier Tech<\/p>\n

st<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Anders Foldager (Den) Denmark<\/p>\n

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