Cycling news - Dominant Remco Evenepoel secures stage 5 and overall Tour of Denmark triumph
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Updated 14/08/2021 at 15:42 GMT
Belgian youngster Remco Evenepoel secured a dominant overall win at the Tour of Denmark on Friday when he built on his existing lead on Saturday, taking victory at Stage 5 in Frederiksberg. The Deceuninck-Quickstep rider put in a brilliant showing earlier in the Tour on Wednesday when he managed to lap the peloton.
Evenepoel powers to time trial success and overall win at Tour of Denmark
Deceunick-Quickstep’s Remco Evenepoel won both stage 5 of the Tour of Denmark and the overall competition.
The 21-year-old Belgian rider pulled off the double triumph on Saturday afternoon, two days after putting in the ride of the Tour when despite a crash, he lapped the peloton.
Evenepoel had a minute and a half on his nearest rival after that feat and nobody could close him down with the win in his sights. He finished the Tour 1:42 ahead of Pedersen in second, and more than two minutes clear of Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma).
The fifth stage was a time trial in Frederiksberg, a suburb of Copenhagen, and Evenepoel covered the 10.8km course in 12m 13s, a second ahead of Team DSM's Soren Kragh Andersen in second, and six ahead of third-placed Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).
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