Belated birthday present for Bongiorno

One day after celebrating his 30th birthday, Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (CSF Group-Navigare) gave himself the present of a stage victory at the Tour of Denmark by winning the 175km stage one sprint. Swiss champion Markus Zberg finishes second while Sebastian Siedler ended up third.

"I launched my sprint just a little before 200 metres to the finish line in anticipation of the other sprinters. I'm very happy because I have missed winning for a long time and losing the sprint in a photo finish to (Alessandro) Petacchi in Turkey was a real shame."