Denmark heads to the cobblestones for their national championships. Pedersen versus Ostergaard? Or will there be a surprise?
A breakaway of amateurs led before the first cobblestone section, but their lead is gone after it. The group is still together heading towards the second.
The next sector is a lot longer, and does force riders to drop. Ostergaard is the first ride to leave it, but all semi-decent cobblestone riders are still behind him, including Pedersen. All favorites have been lucky with regards to punctures, which only seems to affect the amateurs.
Ostergaard attacks, on tarmac, with 13 kilometer to go. He is followed by Lander, then Pedersen, Juul-Jensen, Guldhammer, Kvist, Reckweg, Hansen, Christensen, Honore, Olesen and Klaris.
Pedersen showing his class on the final sector, riding away from the group with ease. Reckweg and Juul-Jensen also with a gap to the group. Kvist leading the group behind for Ostergaard who does not have the pace to follow his rival. The other riders in the group can keep up with Kvist's tempo.
Ostergaard attacks again with three kilometer to go. The gap to Pedersen is a minute, so unlikely he'll bring that back, but he might catch Juul-Jensen and Reckweg. The Tryg duo of Klaris and Honore chasing after him.
But there is no matching Mads Pedersen today, and takes a deserved Danish title! He took it easy in the final kilometer, with the second group finishing at 25 seconds. Juul-Jensen finishes second ahead of Lander, who managed to close the gap from the third group in the sprint. Ostergaard fourth, Reckweg fifth, Honore best of the rest in sixth.
After the cobblestone carnage, it is time to ride against the clock. Denmark has many specialists so it will be a close fight, but Andersen is not defending his title.
Hansen is the first of the favorites to start, and beats the then-best time of Norsgaard by more than two minutes. 1h05'11 is the time to beat.
Christensen takes the amateur title, and is provisional second at 1'49 with the four final favorites yet to finish.
Steensen starts off slow, losing 21 seconds on the first part. He has the same pace as Hansen over the second part but loses eighteen more seconds towards the finish line, + 39 for P2.
Sterobo with a disappointing ride, ending up just a few seconds ahead of Christensen but far away from the two leaders.
Quaade is four seconds faster than Hansen on the first part, and continues to extend his lead to finish in 1h04'48, 23 seconds faster. Only Würtz left.
Würtz posts the fastest time at both checkpoints, but only a second ahead of Quaade. Can he hold it to the line? No he can't! Two seconds is the deficit!
Rasmus Quaade beats the two Grieg specialists to become the new Danish National Time Trial Champion!
Danish National Road Race Championship 
