Strong team effort sees Charlotte Kool sprint to fourth in inaugural Copenhagen Sprint

The women’s peloton took on the very first edition of the Copenhagen Sprint Women today, starting in Roskilde and finishing in the heart of Denmark’s capital. Featuring a flat and technical city circuit through the Danish capital, the race was set up for sprinters, and it didn’t disappoint.

An early 4-rider breakaway animated the middle phase of the race, but the peloton kept things tight and brought the attackers back well before the final. From there, the pace ramped up and the battle for positioning began. A crash at 8.5km to go disrupted the bunch, but the Team Picnic PostNL sprint train avoided the chaos and remained in position. The final run-in was fast and technical, with the team working well to guide Charlotte Kool to the finish. In the end, Kool sprinted to fourth place, capping off a solid team performance in the debut of this exciting new race.

After the race coach Asbjørn Kragh Andersen said: “I think we rode a solid race today. We knew what to expect before the start—narrow roads, lots of road furniture, and those kinds of challenges. It made for a hectic and dangerous race with some tense moments, but we managed to stay out of trouble. In the final, we did a good job positioning Charlotte where she needed to be to sprint for the win. I believe we got the best result possible for her and the team today. We should be proud of how we rode together as a unit. We played our cards as planned, had a good discussion afterward, and will look at a few things we might do differently for upcoming races.”