Denmark 1: Chicchi in mass sprint

Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) has won the first stage of the Tour of Denmark in a bunch sprint. The 26 year-old beat CSC’s Juan Jose Haedo and Mark Cavendish after the 175km stage between Thisted and Aalborg. Chicchi also took the first race leader’s jersey.

“As well as the win, I am very satisfied with the team’s performance,” said Liquigas’ team manager Stefano Zanatta. “Backstedt did the hard work attacking with one km to go; Gasparotto led out Chicchi for his great final sprint.”

Tomorrow’s second stage is between Aars and Århus, over 197km.

Results

1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 03:56:09
2 Juan José Haedo (Arg ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
4 Tom Steels (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
5 Mathew Haymann (Aus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
6 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
9 Stefano Zanini (Ita ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
10 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
11 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
12 Evert Verbist (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
13 Michael Mørkøv (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
15 Casper Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
16 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
17 Rune Udby (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
19 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
20 Iljo Keisse (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
21 Niki Østergaard (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
24 David Harrigan (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
25 Robby Meul (Bel ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
26 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
28 Gerben Löwik (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
29 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
30 Matti Breschel (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
32 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
33 Niko Eeckhout (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
34 Nicki Sørensen (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
35 Michael Blaudzun (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
36 Markus Eichler (Ger ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
37 Fabien Bacquet (Fra ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
38 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
39 Harald Totschnig (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
40 Thomas Oredsson (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
41 Bert Roesems (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
42 René Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
43 Bart Dockx (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
44 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
45 Matthe Pronk (Ned ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
46 Marcin Osinski (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
47 Jonas Ljundsblad (Swe ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
48 Martin Lollesgaard (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
49 Kasper Jebjerg (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
50 Jakob Fuglsang (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
51 Robert Lauscha (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
52 Lasse Bøchmann (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
53 Michael Pichler (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
54 Dominique Cornu (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
55 Rick Flens (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
56 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
57 Michael Skelde (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
58 Anders Fialla (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
59 David Derod (Fra ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
60 Leon Van Bon (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
61 Allan Johansen (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
62 Morten Reckweg (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
63 Floris Goesinnen (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
64 Michael Reihs (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
65 Preben Van Hecke (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:00
66 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
67 Marco Pinotti (Ita ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
68 Kenny De Ketele (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
69 André Steensen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
70 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
71 Michael Berling (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
72 Krzysztof Miara (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
74 Jan Valach (Svk ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
75 Matti Helminen (Fin ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
76 Jesper Mørkøv (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
77 Fredrik Johansson (Swe ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
78 Daniel Foder (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
79 Lars Ulrich (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
80 Servais Knaven (Ned ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
81 Luca Paolini (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
82 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
83 Greg Henderson (NZl ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
84 Frantisek Rabon (Cze ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
85 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
86 Morten Christiansen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
87 Anders Lund (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:00
88 Bart Vanheule (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
89 Roman Kreuziger (Cze ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:00
90 Kane Oakley (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
91 Kasper Schjønnemann (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
92 Jacob Nielsen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:00
93 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:00
94 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
95 Jan Boven (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
96 Peter Riis Andersen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
97 Robert Radosz (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:00
98 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
99 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
100 Stefan Denifl (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
101 Kristoffer G. Nielsen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:00
102 Michael Larsen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
103 Martin Mortensen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:00
104 Cameron Jennings (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
105 Erwin Thijs (Bel ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
106 Tomas Konecny (Cze ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:00
107 Ian Stannard (GBr ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
108 Benny De Schrooder (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:00
109 Jeremy Vennell (NZl ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:00
110 Jimmy Casper (Fra ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
111 Aaron Olson (USA ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:00
112 Tom Criel (Bel ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:00
113 Alex Rasmussen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:00
114 Graeme Brown (Aus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:00
115 Nic Ingels (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:29
116 Kenny Dehaes (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:42
117 Kasper Linde Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:06:00

General classification after stage 1

1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 03:55:59
2 Juan José Haedo (Arg ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:04
3 Martin Mortensen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:04
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:06
5 Jacob Nielsen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:06
6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:08
7 Tom Steels (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
8 Mathew Haymann (Aus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
9 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
10 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
13 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
14 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
15 Evert Verbist (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
16 Michael Mørkøv (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
17 Casper Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
18 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
19 Rune Udby (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
21 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
22 Iljo Keisse (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
23 Niki Østergaard (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
26 David Harrigan (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
27 Robby Meul (Bel ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
28 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
30 Gerben Löwik (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
31 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
32 Matti Breschel (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
33 Arnaud Coyot (Fra ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
34 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
35 Niko Eeckhout (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
36 Nicki Sørensen (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
37 Michael Blaudzun (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
38 Markus Eichler (Ger ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
39 Fabien Bacquet (Fra ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
40 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
41 Harald Totschnig (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
42 Thomas Oredsson (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
43 Bert Roesems (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
44 René Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
45 Bart Dockx (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
46 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
47 Matthe Pronk (Ned ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
48 Marcin Osinski (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
49 Jonas Ljundsblad (Swe ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
50 Martin Lollesgaard (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
51 Kasper Jebjerg (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
52 Jakob Fuglsang (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
53 Robert Lauscha (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
54 Lasse Bøchmann (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
55 Michael Pichler (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
56 Dominique Cornu (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
57 Rick Flens (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
58 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
59 Michael Skelde (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
60 Anders Fialla (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
61 David Derod (Fra ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
62 Leon Van Bon (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
63 Allan Johansen (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
64 Morten Reckweg (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
65 Floris Goesinnen (Ned ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
66 Michael Reihs (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:10
68 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
69 Marco Pinotti (Ita ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
70 Kenny De Ketele (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
71 André Steensen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
72 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
73 Michael Berling (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
74 Krzysztof Miara (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
76 Jan Valach (Svk ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
77 Matti Helminen (Fin ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
78 Jesper Mørkøv (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
79 Fredrik Johansson (Swe ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
80 Daniel Foder (Den ¦ Team Designa Køkken) 00:00:10
81 Lars Ulrich (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
82 Servais Knaven (Ned ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
83 Luca Paolini (Ita ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
84 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
85 Greg Henderson (NZl ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
86 Frantisek Rabon (Cze ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
88 Morten Christiansen (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
89 Anders Lund (Den ¦ Team CSC) 00:00:10
90 Bart Vanheule (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
91 Roman Kreuziger (Cze ¦ Liquigas) 00:00:10
92 Kane Oakley (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
93 Kasper Schjønnemann (Den ¦ Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 00:00:10
94 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn ¦ Skil-Shimano) 00:00:10
95 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
96 Jan Boven (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
97 Peter Riis Andersen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
98 Robert Radosz (Pol ¦ Team Intel Action) 00:00:10
99 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
100 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:10
101 Stefan Denifl (Aut ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
102 Kristoffer G. Nielsen (Den ¦ Team GLS) 00:00:10
103 Michael Larsen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
104 Cameron Jennings (Aus ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
105 Erwin Thijs (Bel ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
106 Tomas Konecny (Cze ¦ Elk Haus – Simplon) 00:00:10
107 Ian Stannard (GBr ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
108 Benny De Schrooder (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:10
109 Jeremy Vennell (NZl ¦ DFL-Cyclingnews – Litespeed) 00:00:10
110 Jimmy Casper (Fra ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
111 Aaron Olson (USA ¦ T-Mobile) 00:00:10
112 Tom Criel (Bel ¦ Team Canyon) 00:00:10
113 Alex Rasmussen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:00:10
114 Nic Ingels (Bel ¦ Predictor – Lotto) 00:00:39
115 Graeme Brown (Aus ¦ Rabobank) 00:00:40
116 Kenny Dehaes (Bel ¦ Chocolade Jacques-Vlaanderen-T Interim) 00:00:52
117 Kasper Linde Jørgensen (Den ¦ Team Odense Energi) 00:06:10