2011 Danmark Rundt

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.

2011 Danmark Rundt

2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
Winner Simon Gerrans (Sky), runner-up Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) and no. 3 Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Sunguard)
Race details
Dates	August 3–7, 2011
Stages	6
Distance	825.9 km (513.2 mi)
Winning time	19h 12' 01"
Results
Winner  Simon Gerrans (Australia) (Team Sky)   Second  Daniele Bennati (Italy) (Leopard Trek)   Third  Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) Points  Sacha Modolo (Italy) (Colnago–CSF Inox) Mountains  Michael Reihs (Denmark) (Christina Watches–Onfone) Youth  Jérôme Cousin (France) (Team Europcar)   Team Team Sky
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Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner
1	Esbjerg > Esbjerg	171.1 km	August 3	Sacha Modolo (ITA)
2	Grindsted > Aarhus	189.1 km	August 4	Rémi Cusin (FRA)
3	Aahus > Vejle	181.3 km	August 5	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
4	Sorø > Frederiksværk	112.2 km	August 6	Sacha Modolo (ITA)
5 (ITT)	Helsingør > Helsingør	13.2 km	August 6	Richie Porte (AUS)
6	Hillerød > Frederiksberg	159 km	August 7	Theo Bos (NED)

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 Saxo Bank–SunGard Leopard Trek Rabobank Vacansoleil–DCM Garmin–Cervélo Team Sky

UCI Professional Continental Teams Colnago–CSF Inox Geox–TMC Cofidis Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator Team Europcar Team Type 1–Sanofi

UCI Continental Teams Team Concordia Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning Christina Watches–Onfone

National Team Team Post Danmark

Stages

Stage 1

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

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox 3h 59' 21" 2  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank s.t. 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 4  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC s.t. 5  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox s.t. 6  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek s.t. 7  Angelo Furlan (ITA) Christina Watches–Onfone s.t. 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 9  Pim Ligthart (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 10  Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox 3h 59' 11" 2  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 3" 3  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank + 4" 4  Nikola Aistrup (DEN) Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland + 7" 5  René Jørgensen (DEN) Christina Watches–Onfone + 8" 6  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 8" 7  Pim Ligthart (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 9" 8  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 10" 9  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox + 10" 10  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 10"

Stage 2

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

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Rémi Cusin (FRA) Cofidis 4h 34' 19" 2  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank s.t. 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 2" 4  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox + 2" 5  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 2" 6  Jure Kocjan (SLO) Team Type 1–Sanofi + 2" 7  Angelo Furlan (ITA) Christina Watches–Onfone + 2" 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 2" 9  Marcello Pavarin (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 2" 10  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis + 2"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank 8h 33' 28" 2  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox + 4" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 7" 4  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 10" 5  Nikola Aistrup (DEN) Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland + 11" 6  René Jørgensen (DEN) Christina Watches–Onfone + 12" 7  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 12" 8  Pim Ligthart (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 13" 9  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 13" 10  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 14"

Stage 3

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

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Leopard Trek 4h 29' 38" 2  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky + 2" 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 11" 4  Niki Østergaard (DEN) Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning + 13" 5  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 13" 6  Rémi Cusin (FRA) Cofidis + 13" 7  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 13" 8  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank + 13" 9  Stefan Denifl (AUT) Leopard Trek + 13" 10  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 13"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky 13h 03' 15" 2  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank + 4" 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 8" 4  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 9" 5  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 17" 6  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 18" 7  Niki Østergaard (DEN) Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning + 18" 8  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 18" 9  Dario Cioni (ITA) Team Sky + 18" 10  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) Team Europcar + 18"

Stage 4

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

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox 2h 25' 20" 2  Jure Kocjan (SLO) Team Type 1–Sanofi s.t. 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek s.t. 4  Manuel Belletti (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox s.t. 5  Pim Ligthart (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 6  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank s.t. 7  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC s.t. 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 9  Alessandro Bazzana (ITA) Team Type 1–Sanofi s.t. 10  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky 15h 28' 35" 2  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank + 4" 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 6" 4  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 9" 5  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 17" 6  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 18" 7  Niki Østergaard (DEN) Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning + 18" 8  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 18" 9  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) Team Europcar + 18" 10  Dario Cioni (ITA) Team Sky + 27"

Stage 5

6 August 2011 – Helsingør to Helsingør, 13.2 km (8.2 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Saxo Bank–SunGard 15' 09" 2  Gustav Larsson (SWE) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 10" 3  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Team Sky + 17" 4  Rasmus Quaade (DEN) Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland + 24" 5  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky + 29" 6  Jack Bobridge (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 30" 7  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 31" 8  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Leopard Trek + 35" 9  Grischa Niermann (GER) Rabobank + 37" 10  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 41"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky 15h 44' 13" 2  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 8" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 26" 4  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 30" 5  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Team Sky + 38" 6  Dario Cioni (ITA) Team Sky + 46" 7  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) Team Europcar + 54" 8  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 55" 9  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 1'10" 10  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 1'11"

Stage 6

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

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Theo Bos (NED) Rabobank 3h 27' 51" 2  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox s.t. 3  Manuel Belletti (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox s.t. 4  Gorik Gardeyn (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 5  Angelo Furlan (ITA) Christina Watches–Onfone s.t. 6  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC s.t. 7  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 8  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar s.t. 9  Alberto Ongarato (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 10  Casper Degn Larsen (DEN) Team Post Danmark s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Simon Gerrans (AUS) Team Sky 19h 12' 01" 2  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek + 9" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 29" 4  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 33" 5  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Team Sky + 41" 6  Dario Cioni (ITA) Team Sky + 49" 7  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) Team Europcar + 57" 8  Daniele Colli (ITA) Geox–TMC + 58" 9  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 1'13" 10  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 1'14"

Classification leadership

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

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Team Sky	19h 12' 01"
2	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Leopard Trek	+ 9"
3	Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	Saxo Bank–SunGard	+ 29"
4	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 33"
5	Alex Dowsett (GBR)	Team Sky	+ 41"
6	Dario Cioni (ITA)	Team Sky	+ 49"
7	Jérôme Cousin (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 57"
8	Daniele Colli (ITA)	Geox–TMC	+ 58"
9	Zico Waeytens (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 1'13"
10	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1'14"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	51
2	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Leopard Trek	48
3	Daniele Colli (ITA)	Geox–TMC	30
4	Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	Saxo Bank–SunGard	28
5	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Team Sky	26
6	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Leopard Trek	25
7	Pim Ligthart (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	23
8	Rémi Cusin (FRA)	Cofidis	22
9	Angelo Furlan (ITA)	Christina Watches–Onfone	20
10	Jure Kocjan (SLO)	Team Type 1–Sanofi	19

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Michael Reihs (DEN)	Christina Watches–Onfone	58
2	Alessandro Bazzana (ITA)	Team Type 1–Sanofi	44
3	Martin Pedersen (DEN)	Leopard Trek	40
4	Lasse Bøchman (DEN)	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	22
5	René Jørgensen (DEN)	Christina Watches–Onfone	22
6	Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN)	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	18
7	Martin Mortensen (DEN)	Leopard Trek	12
8	Niki Østergaard (DEN)	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	8
9	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR)	Team Sky	8
10	Rolf Nyborg Broge (DEN)	Team Post Danmark	8

Young rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jérôme Cousin (FRA)	Team Europcar	19h 12' 58"
2	Zico Waeytens (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 16"
3	Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 46"
4	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (DEN)	Team Post Danmark	+ 1'45"
5	Jesper Hansen (DEN)	Team Post Danmark	+ 3'25"
6	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Geox–TMC	+ 4'14"
7	Sebastian Lander (DEN)	Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland	+ 4'38"
8	Thomas Nybo Riis (DEN)	Team Post Danmark	+ 5'43"
9	Tomas Alberio (ITA)	Geox–TMC	+ 7'55"
10	Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN)	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 8'48"

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Team Sky	57h 37' 43"
2	Saxo Bank–SunGard	+ 10"
3	Leopard Trek	+ 38"
4	Team Europcar	+ 54"
5	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning	+ 2'00"
6	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 2'24"
7	Rabobank	+ 3'00"
8	Geox–TMC	+ 4'04"
9	Team Type 1–Sanofi	+ 8'04"
10	Cofidis	+ 8'19"