| Copenhagen Sprint | |
| First: | 2025 |
| Type: | One-day |
| Competition: | UCI World Tour UCI Women's World Tour |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Region: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Date: | June |
| First Women: | 2025 |
| Website: | https://copenhagensprint.com/ |
The Copenhagen Sprint will be one-day cycle races for men and women in Denmark, held part of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women's World Tour. The race will be held in Zealand, the most populous island of Denmark – with a finish in Copenhagen. Alongside the event, a public cycling event on the streets of Copenhagen will take place, as well as a political summit to promote cycling.[1]
The race was initially announced in December 2023, with the organisers hoping that the race would be held from 2025 for both men and women.[2] [3] On 17 June 2024, the race and the proposed route was launched.[4] Organisers noted that the race would be designed for sprinters, given the flat landscape in Denmark. The race has been funded by the City of Copenhagen, the Danish Government, Sport Event Denmark and Roskilde Municipality at a cost of DKK 71.5 million (EUR 9.59 million).
In October 2024, it was confirmed that the race would be part of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women's World Tour calendars, with the first event to be held in June 2025.[5]
The race will start at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, before heading into the Zealand landscape, passing Frederikssund, Hillerød, Humlebæk (men's race only) and Ballerup.[6] The course then enters Copenhagen for laps of a 10km (10miles) finishing circuit in the city centre. The finish of the race will be outside the National Gallery of Denmark, in the Østre Anlæg park.
The men's race will take place over 230km (140miles), with 5 laps of the finishing circuit. The women's race will take place over 160km (100miles), with 3 laps of the finishing circuit.