Steven Cozza, Trophee des Grimpeurs After a good day of travel from our homes in Spain, we have arrived in Denmark. Most of my teammates and I have never been to Denmark, so it’s pretty exciting to be racing in a new country. By now we have seen so much of France and Belgium this will be a great change of pace. It’s also really cool to be able to see the land where our Director Johnny Weltz is from.

As we landed, I could see from my airplane window that it’s going to be a flat, windy race. The wind will make the racing as hard as if you’re climbing a mountain, especially when there is a crosswind section. Drafting a rider from behind does not help at all when there are crosswinds, so you need to ride to the side of the wheel in front of you - this is an echelon. This is also where the peloton splits to pieces, like a bomb went off, and the race can be won or lost based on your positioning.

The Tour of Denmark is 5 days long with 6 stages. The longest stage is 220 km on stage 2 and stage 4 and 5 are on the same day making it a double day. The double day has a fast 115 km race in the morning and a ripping 14 km time trial in the evening. If the wind settles down, I think the time trial is going to play a huge part in the overall GC and who wins this race.

Next up a report from first 175 km stage from Holstebro to Holstebro.

Thanks for reading - Steven