As the excellent time trialist he is, Jakob Soderqvist won the third stage of the Tour of Denmark, an individual time trial with start and finish in Kerteminde covering 14.3 kilometers. The Swedish Lidl Trek rider completed the course in 8'11", a final time that allowed him to win the stage with a 5-second advantage over Belgian Alex Segaert (Lotto) and 13 seconds over Danish teammate Mads Pedersen, who maintains the overall lead.

This is Soderqvist's third success of the season, after the team time trial at the Vuelta Valenciana and the Swedish time trial championship. The young rider from Sundsvall, a time trial specialist, triumphed in the Chrono des Nations in France last year and won silver at both the World Championships in Zurich and the European Championships in Limburg in the under-23 category.

STAGE RESULTS

1 SÖDERQVIST Jakob Lidl-Trek 00:15:28

2 SEGAERT Alec Lotto + 05

3 PEDERSEN Mads Lidl-Trek + 14

4 LARSEN Niklas BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 14

5 PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan Alpecin-Deceuninck + 18

6 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren Uno-X Mobility + 24

7 SKJELMOSE Mattias Lidl-Trek + 25

8 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren Lidl-Trek + 27

9 LANDBO Mads Team Give Steel - 2M Cycling Elite + 27

10 VAN DER TUUK Axel Euskaltel-Euskadi + 33

11 WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert Lidl-Trek + 34

12 BEVORT Carl-Frederik Uno-X Mobility + 35

13 VAN HEMELEN Vincent Team Flanders-Baloise + 36

14 BLAISE Arthur Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team + 37

15 JOHANSEN Julius Denmark + 40

16 LEIJNSE Enzo Team Picnic PostNL + 42

17 CURRIE Logan Lotto + 43

18 VAN BAARLE Dylan Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 44

19 DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen Lotto + 44

20 MAARFELT TOFTEMARK Lucas Airtox-Carl Ras + 45

21 KUBIS Lukas Unibet Tietema Rockets + 45

22 EDMONDSON Alex Team Picnic PostNL + 46

23 GIDDINGS Joshua Lotto + 46

24 CHALEIL Louis Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team + 46

25 EEKHOFF Nils Team Picnic PostNL + 48

26 VEISTROFFER Baptiste Lotto + 48

27 ZINGLE Axel Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 50

28 DEL GROSSO Tibor Alpecin-Deceuninck + 52

29 PEDERSEN Henrik Uno-X Mobility + 54

30 VANHOOF Ward Team Flanders-Baloise + 55