Copenhagen Sprint 2026: Sprinters meet at the one-day race in Copenhagen

Copenhagen Sprint 2026: the most important facts in brief

• Date: 13 June (women); 14 June (men)
• Distance156 kilometres (women); 228.2 kilometres (men)
• Start: 11:00 am, Roskilde
• Goal: ~14:30 (women); ~16:15 (men), Copenhagen
• Profileflat
• UCI category: (Women's) WorldTour
• Premiere: 2025, 2nd edition
• Last year's winnerLorena Wiebes; Jordi Meeus

The WorldTour race Copenhagen Sprint will take place again in 2026 with the final in the Danish capital Copenhagen. The second edition of the sprinter's event will follow the concept of the 2025 premiere, in which Jordi Meeus from Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe won the men's race and Lorena Wiebes from SD Worx - Protime won the women's race. The route remains largely unchanged, with minor adjustments along the route through Zealand and North Zealand.

The women start on Saturday 13 June, the men a day later. Both races start at Stændertorvet in Roskilde, one of Denmark's oldest cities. From there, the route passes through several municipalities, including Egedal, Frederikssund, Hillerød, Allerød, Furesø, Ballerup, Rødovre, Brøndby and Hvidovre, before the peloton reaches Copenhagen.

Routes of the Copenhagen Sprint 2026

The men's race covers 228.2 kilometres. After 176 kilometres from Roskilde to Copenhagen, there are five laps of the 10-kilometre city course. The women complete 156 kilometres, including 125 kilometres to Copenhagen and three laps of the same course. The entry to the circuit is via Vigerslev Allé. The distance makes the race more than just a criterium. Sprinters must have stamina, especially when the pace remains high on the open roads through Zealand.

The 10-kilometre circuit in Copenhagen decides the race. Five laps for the men and three for the women give the teams several chances to familiarise themselves with the bends, road widths and key positions. At the same time, the stress increases with every lap.

Open roads and lots of wind

The flat topography belies the actual difficulty of the route. Most of the roads offer little protection from the wind. On exposed sections through Zealand and North Zealand, the peloton can tear apart, and the constant pressure to hold your position costs energy.

For sprinters, this means that anyone who rides too far back over the last 40 kilometres will have problems. Lead-out trains must become active well before the last lap. The danger lies not only in being left behind, but also in ending up behind gaps, crashes or poorly timed attacks. The issue of crashes in particular played a major role at the 2025 premiere. The majority of the favourites for victory either found themselves involved in a crash shortly before the finish or were stuck in a "traffic jam" behind them.

Copenhagen Sprint 2026: TV broadcast and live stream

In Germany, the women's Copenhagen Sprint 2026 will be televised on Saturday by 16:15-17:30 and the men's Copenhagen Sprint 2026 on Sunday from 18:00-19:00 on Eurosport 2 to see. A live stream will be available on both days at Discovery Plus (with costs) from 1:10 pm for the women and on Sunday from 10:35 a.m. for the men.