Tobias Lund Andresen and Team dsm-firmenich PostNL three-peat with final stage victory in Denmark

Tobias Lund Andresen rounded out a very successful week of racing at the Tour of Denmark for Team dsm-firmenich PostNL with stage victory on the fifth and final stage, his and the team’s third of the week after the opening team time trial win and sprint victory on stage three. With today’s result, Lund Andresen also wrapped up the Points Classification taking home the green jersey he crossed the line first in on today’s final stage.

The stage featured a strong breakaway of six riders which needed careful monitoring, one that the team helped control throughout with an eye on setting up another bunch sprint. Between pace setting and keeping Lund Andresen well positioned, the squad all played their part once more in helping set up another victory for the team. Having brought the break back into the fold in the closing kilometres, the guys teed up a perfect lead-out to set up Lund Andresen for another powerful, convincing sprint finish.

With the victory, Lund Andresen secured green whilst the team also took home the overall Team Classification too.

After the stage, Lund Andresen said: “We had a clear plan from the start and we kept that the whole day. We controlled the break so that the speed would be high towards the end, which was really good for us. On the laps the positioning was key and everyone did their job perfectly. The win is nice today, but how we won is what makes it special.”

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Roy Curvers added: “After yesterday’s small disappointment of not being able to go for the win, we were determined to do that today. We made a good plan to invest in the chase, luckily other teams were also awake after yesterday and joined us. We basically kept everything under control with Warren and Alex, then on the local lap Frank did a great job putting Sean, Nils and Tobi in a good condition and keeping them comfortable. Then in the last kilometres, Sean, Nils and Frank performed a perfect lead-out. It’s not often that a plan falls into place as well as it did today but it’s really, really nice to finish with a victory – a great end to a nice week in Denmark.”