On Thursday, the national time trial championships will be heldin a number of countries including Denmark where CULT Energy Pro Cycling will be represented by Rasmus Guldhammer, Mads Pedersen, Martin Mortensen and reigning champion and race favorite Rasmus Quaade.

The latter took 6th place in the World championships in 2013 and only one thing counts on Thursday in Rønde, Denmark.

“I want to be the national time trial champion again. Only victory matters to me. I’ve been feeling better and better in the last few weeks so I’m fairly optimistic. However, there will be fierce competition from both Christopher Jul-Jensen, Michael Valgren (Tinkoff-Saxo) and not least Jakob Fuglsang (Astana). From what I understand, the course is rather technical and that’s fine with me. Once I’m on the course by myself, I’m confident even though I prefer a long flat stretch where I can do some watts. But I don’t think the course really matters. It’s all about legs,” concludes Rasmus Quaade who will inspect the 39 kilometer course with his teammates on Wednesday.