Lars Bak took a big step towards overall victory in the Tour of Denmark when he finished fourth in the queen stage and moved into the race lead.

"I am very happy and look forward to wearing yellow," he told Cykelmagasinet.

"You can never underestimate the first half stage tomorrow and if the wind is from a westerly direction, we will have crosswinds all day. You can never rest on the laurels in the Tour of Denmark. Just remember what happened on the final stage last year.

"I take it day by day but of course the TT will be decisive. Christopher Juul is not behind and both he and Marcato are time trialling really well so it will be close between the three of us. I doubt that 12 seconds [over Juul] is enough. But we will do a morning stage and have to see what happens there."