GP Herning

GP Herning
Race details
Date	April–May
Region	Herning, Denmark
English name	GP Herning
Local name(s)	Grand Prix i Herning Template:Dk icon
Discipline	Road
Competition	DCU Tour
Type	Single-day
Web site	www.gpherning.dk
History
First edition	1992
Editions	20 (as of 2013)
First winner	Claus Michael Møller (DEN)
Most wins	Bjarne Riis (DEN) (3 wins)
Most recent	Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN)

(Grand Prix Herning) is a one day road bicycle race, as are held in Midtjylland, Denmark

The race are being held by Herning Bicycle Club with start and goal in Herning

The race are characteristised by its gravelpaths as give multiple punctures for the racers.

The many paths and defects makes the race harsh and often ends with a single racer or a small group arrive isolated at the finish line in Herning

Grand Prix Herning got its bloom intact with Bjarne Riis got his victories in 1996, same year that he won Tour De France and in 1997 and 1998.

The race got in a string of year driven as part of UCI’s termin with a fixed spot for the coming spring and have from this been granted the nickname ’A springday at the heath’ (En Forårsdag på heden) with the hidden hint to Paris-Roubaix as are called ’A springday in Hell’

Unfortunately the race have had multiple economic problems and was for those reasons not held in 2008, the race was resumed in 2009 where it was held until another break again in 2012 due to Giro D’Italia start*11 in the city. In 2013 the race was ran the last time as a UCI race.

in 2014 the race got a helping hand from DCU as wrote the race in as part of the Post Cup (Today known as PostNord Cup) The race are by now a returning part of the Danish Cup Series.

Gravel Paths

Updated 2016

Gravel Road no.	KM Cycled	Category	Road	Distances
1	12,8 KM	2	Asbjergvej	0,74 KM
-	13,6 KM	-	Nøvlingholmvej	0,80 KM
2	27 KM	1	"En skovvej"	2,10 KM
3	38,8 KM	2	Nygårdsvej	2,31 KM
4	48,9 KM	2	Skovbyvej	1,93 KM
5	74,9 KM	3	Hveddevej	1,20 KM
6	86,2 KM	3	Lavlundvej	0,70 KM
-	86,9 KM	-	Julsgårdvej	1,31 KM
7	94,6 KM	3	Brandholmvej	0,68 KM
8	98 KM	HC	Den Gyldne Middelvej	1,34 KM
-	99,4 KM	-	Den Gyldne Middelvej	0,68 KM
9	106 KM	3	Nørregårdsvej	1,00 KM
10	111,8 KM	2	Sandfeldvej	1,60 KM
-	113,3 KM	-	Sdr. Greenvej	1,30 KM
11	118,9 KM	1	Gottenborgvej	2,47 KM
12	125,3 KM	1	Høgildgårdvej	3,76 KM
13	147,9 KM	2	Femhøj	1,73 KM
14	154,3 KM	2	Frølundvej	0,86 KM
-	155,1 KM	-	Frølundvej	0,62 KM
15	157,4 KM	1	"En markvej"	1,96 KM
16	166,4 KM	3	"En grussti"	0,62 KM

Point Scale

	Category	HC	1	2	3
No.
1		12	9	6	3
2		8	6	4	2
3		4	3	2	1

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1992	Denmark	Claus Michael Møller	Ordrup
1993	Denmark	Dennis Rasmussen	Aarhus CK
1994	Great Britain	Brian Smith	Motorola
1995	France	Fréderic Moncassin	Novell
1996	Denmark	Bjarne Riis	Team Telekom
1997	Denmark	Bjarne Riis	Team Telekom
1998	Denmark	Bjarne Riis	Team Telekom
1999	Denmark	Michael Sandstød	Team Home-Jack & Jones
2000	Denmark	Michael Sandstød	Memory Card-Jack & Jones
2001	Netherlands	Rudi Kemna	BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
2002	Netherlands	Rudi Kemna	BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
2003	Denmark	Frank Høj	Team Fakta
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2008	No race
2009	Denmark	René Jørgensen	Team Designa Køkken
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2011	Denmark	Troels Vinther	Glud & Marstrand-LRØ
2012	No race
2013	Denmark	Lasse Norman Hansen	Blue Water Cycling
2016	Denmark	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Team Virtu Pro-Veloconcept

Comments.

’’Genius Race. Really impressive. International Cut. Supreme by Herning Bicycle Club. Five stars out of five’’ Jens Veggerby, Herning Folkeblad. 24th May 1993’

’’A Good race, Faintly Similiar to Paris-Roubaix.’’ Frédéric Moncassin, Herning Folkeblad. 12th June 1995.

’’A Body-painted Price girl, VIP Bus with refreshments, a Member of Parlament (Folketinget) as speaker and the written program, as was laying and waiting at your hotelroom and a resultlist at the same place after the race. What else can you demand? A bikerace in topclass!’’ Henrik Elmgreen, Cycling, 19th May 1996

’’There are also Tennisplayers that arent so good on pavel.’’ Jens Veggerby’s Comment after having been set on a Pavelroad, 11th May 1997

"This is no doubt the best bet on a grand Danish bikerace.’’ Rolf Sørensen, Jyllands-posten, 25th May 1998

‘’I am very happy to win this. Denmarks biggest Bikerace.’’ Bjarne Riis, BT, 25th May 1998

‘’This is a Great race, but it is very nice to know the roads in advance.’’ Jesper Skibby, Herning Folkelblad, 25th May 1998

’’The race are the nicest race I have participated in on Danish soil.’’ Rolf Sørensen, Herning Folkeblad, 25th May 1998

"The race are pefect – This could well develop to the first Danish World Cup race.’’ Chairman for DCU, Peder Pedersen, Herning Folkeblad, 25th May 1998

’’A bad racer wil not win Grand Prix Midtbank, but good racers can be knocked out by accident.’’ Henrik Elmgreen, Cycling, 15th May 1998

’’The entire race seems very wellorganised.’’ Chief Commissioner Michael Andersson, Herning Folkeblad, 18th May 2000

’’This was one of the coolest race i have raced, Love the comibnation with the Gravel Paths, A race for Men, Like Paris-Roubaix.’’ Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Gpherning.dk, 3th Nov 2016

External links / references

Grandprix Hernings website

Herning Cykle Klub