Races / PostNord Tour of Denmark 2026 / Stage 1

PostNord Tour of Denmark 2026 — Stage 1

29 Jul 2026 · 197 km

Stage Impact

What changed on Stage 1

No GC leader → Christophe Laporte

Christophe Laporte leads GC after Stage 1. Wout Van Aert won the stage.

Stage Winner

Wout Van Aert

GC Gainers

No clear GC gains

Time Losses

No major GC losses

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	4h 10' 49"
2	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	same time
3	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	same time
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl - Trek (WT)	same time
5	Pier Andre Cote	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	same time
6	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	same time
7	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	same time
8	Soren Kragh Andersen	Lidl - Trek (WT)	same time
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 0' 17"
10	Anders Foldager	Denmark (NAT)	+ 0' 17"
11	Marco Manenti1	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
12	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 0' 17"
13	Casper Van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL (WT)	+ 0' 17"
14	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
15	Santiago Ferraro	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
16	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
17	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	+ 0' 17"
18	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 0' 17"
19	Matys Grisel	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 0' 17"
20	Kasper Andersen1	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 0' 17"
21	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
22	Jonas Geens	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 0' 17"
23	Andreas Stokbro	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 0' 17"
24	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 0' 17"
25	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	+ 0' 17"
26	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
27	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
28	Sylvester Vittinghus Stokbro	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 0' 17"
29	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 0' 17"
30	Carl Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 0' 17"
31	Francisco Munoz Llana	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
32	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 0' 17"
33	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
34	Nicolo Pettiti	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 0' 17"
35	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
36	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 0' 17"
37	Toon Aerts	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 0' 17"
38	Morten Aalling Nortoft	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 0' 17"
39	Pelle Koster Mikkelsen	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 0' 17"
40	Alexander Kamp	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 0' 17"
41	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
42	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 0' 17"
43	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	+ 0' 17"
44	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	+ 0' 17"
45	Gustav Wang	Denmark (NAT)	+ 0' 17"
46	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 0' 50"
47	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 0' 58"
48	Christopher Juul Jensen	Denmark (NAT)	+ 0' 58"
49	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 0' 58"
50	Noah Lindholm Moller Andersen	Denmark (NAT)	+ 0' 58"
51	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 0' 58"
52	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 1' 22"
53	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 1' 22"
54	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 1' 22"
55	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	+ 1' 22"
56	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 1' 22"
57	Ashlin Barry	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	+ 1' 22"
58	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 2' 00"
59	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 2' 07"
60	Joel Mellby	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 2' 07"
61	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 2' 13"
62	Axel Kallberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 2' 13"
63	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 2' 13"
64	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	+ 2' 19"
65	Joshua Gudnitz	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 2' 26"
66	Simon Bak	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 2' 26"
67	Sebastian Nielsen	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 2' 26"
68	Rasmus Sojbergpedersen	Denmark (NAT)	+ 2' 26"
69	Max Walscheid	Lidl - Trek (WT)	+ 2' 30"
70	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 2' 32"
71	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 2' 32"
72	Kiaan Watts	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	+ 2' 59"
73	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
74	Conrad Haugsted	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 2' 59"
75	Aidel Andreas Brixen	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 2' 59"
76	Manuel Oioli	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 2' 59"
77	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
78	Mark Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
79	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
80	Otto Schultz Jolving	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 2' 59"
81	Felix Orn Kristoff	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 2' 59"
82	Patrick Boje Frydkjaer	Lidl - Trek (WT)	+ 2' 59"
83	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
84	Juan Jose Lopez Rodriguez	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
85	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	+ 2' 59"
86	Bailey Mcdonald	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
87	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL (WT)	+ 2' 59"
88	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 2' 59"
89	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL (WT)	+ 2' 59"
90	Hugo Scala	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
91	Brem Deman	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
92	Scott Mcgill	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
93	Thor Vangso Nielsen	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 2' 59"
94	Lucas Toftemark	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 2' 59"
95	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 2' 59"
96	Karl Kurits	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 2' 59"
97	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
98	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
99	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 2' 59"
100	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 2' 59"
101	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 2' 59"
102	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché (WT)	+ 2' 59"
103	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 2' 59"
104	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 2' 59"
105	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 3' 08"
106	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	+ 3' 38"
107	Nikolaj Mengel	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 4' 35"
108	Aksel Skot Hansen	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 4' 47"
109	Stian Rosenlund	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 5' 02"
110	Ezra Caudell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 6' 19"
111	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti VisitMalta (PRT)	+ 6' 19"
112	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 6' 19"
113	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL (WT)	+ 6' 19"
114	Alfred Kongstad	AIRTOX - Carl Ras (CT)	+ 6' 19"
115	Ville Merlov1	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 6' 19"
116	Jakob Soderqvist	Lidl - Trek (WT)	+ 6' 34"
117	Jonas Kind Hoydahl	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike (WT)	+ 6' 34"
118	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (PRT)	+ 6' 34"
119	Rory Townsend	Unibet Rose Rockets (PRT)	+ 6' 34"
120	Casper Pedersen	Denmark (NAT)	+ 6' 47"
121	Marius Hobolth	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 8' 04"
122	Floris Van Tricht	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	+ 8' 04"
123	Gustav Frederik Dahl	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 8' 04"
124	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort (PRT)	+ 8' 04"
125	Asger Rojbek Sorensen	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 8' 04"
126	Boas Lysgaard	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	+ 8' 04"
127	Mathias Norsgaard	Lidl - Trek (WT)	+ 8' 04"
128	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 8' 04"
129	Mads Landbo	Team ColoQuick (CT)	+ 8' 27"
130	Kasper Jul Ohlenschlaeger	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 10' 44"
131	Gustav Thompson	Lucky Sport Cycling Team (CT)	+ 10' 44"
132	Oliver Sondergaard	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 10' 44"
133	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club (CT)	+ 10' 44"
134	Thom Van Der Werff	Team Picnic PostNL (WT)	+ 10' 44"
135	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility (WT)	+ 10' 44"
136	Johan Price Pejtersen	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 10' 44"
137	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 11' 53"
138	Theodor August Clemmensen	Denmark (NAT)	+ 14' 19"
139	Lucca Bennetzen	Team Give Steel (CT)	+ 14' 19"
140	Joran Wyseure	Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT)	+ 14' 19"
141	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)	+ 14' 19"
DNF	Kristian Egholm1	Lidl - Trek (WT)	—
DNF	Milan Van Den Haute	Team Flanders - Baloise (PRT)	—
DNF	Daniel Stampe	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm (CT)	—
DNF	Jens Verbrugghe	NSN Cycling Team (WT)	—