Astana's Jacob Fuglsang and Dimension Data's Michal Valgren will lead the Danish delegation to the World Championships road race on September 29.

Fuglsang had his best ride of the season despite crashing in the Tour de France, and he showed his return to form with a stage win at the Vuelta a España, in addition to his victory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege and overall win at the Criterium du Dauphiné earlier this year.

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Valgren has not had his best season since joining Dimension Data from Astana in 2019, but was one of the stars of last year's world championship road race finale in Innsbruck, Austria, and could prove dangerous again later this month could prove to be the one to beat.

Deceuninck-QuickStep's Kasper Asgreen also enjoyed a phenomenal first full season in the World Tour peloton, finishing second at the Tour of Flanders, winning a stage at the Tour of California, and the Danish time trial championships. He won the Tour of Flanders, a stage win at the Tour of California, and the Danish time trial championship.

He also finished second in the European time trial championships and took a stage win at the Tour of Deutschland late last month.

Asgreen will not only compete in the World Championships road race, but also in an individual trial on September 25 with Martin Toft Madsen of BHS-Almeborg Bornholm.

Astana's Magnus Kort, the 2018 Tour de France stage winner, will be another strong arrow in the Danish team's quiver, along with national road race champion Michal Mørkøv.Mørkøv is a Deceuninck-QuickStep by Elia Viviani and others, but if the race turns into some sort of reduced bunch sprint, he may be the one to sprint for the rainbow jersey.

However, due to the nature of the 284.5 km course, only a select few will be in contention for medals, and Denmark's elite men's national coach, Anders Lund, feels that one or more members of the team could be at the finish line.

"It's a very strong team, with a good group of riders, so I expect them to be competitive," Lund told the Danish Cycling Union (DCU) website.

"It's a tough route, but it's more of a technical route than a high altitude one, which works in our favor."

The rest of the eight-man Danish team consisted of Christopher Juul Jensen of Mitchelton Scott, Casper Pedersen (Sunweb), and Mads Pedersen of Trek Segafredo.

"We have athletes who can be present at key moments in the race.

"There are no really tough climbs on the final circuit, but at that point we've done 180 km and still have 100 km to go.

Fuglsang took his first Grand Tour stage win in the Vuelta and will be looking to carry that form into the world championships.

"It was a very long race, two laps more than usual. I was relaxed at the start, but as we got closer to the end it got harder. In the end my legs were very good and I was able to stay with the best riders on the climbs," Balgren, who won both Het Nieuwsblad and Amstel Gold in 2018, said about the race in Montreal on his Dimension Data Team website He said.

"I also wanted to put in a strong performance for Rolf [Aldag]. He was one of the main reasons I joined this team last year," admitted the performance manager, who is leaving at the end of this season after four years with the WorldTour team.

"But my legs feel good, so I feel confident for the World Championships," said Valgren.

2019 World Championships Danish Elite Men's Team

Road Race

Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Magnus Korth (Astana), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Christopher Juul=. Jensen (Mitchelton-Scott), Mikhail Morkov (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Casper Pedersen (Sunweb), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Michael Valgren (Dimension Data)

Individual Time Trials

Casper Asgreen (Detunink Quickstep), Martin Toft Madsen (BHS-Almebori Bornholm)