Tour de France's Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) has not been selected for the Olympics in Paris, with Mikel Björg (UAE Team Emirates) occupying the last of Denmark's four allotted locations.

Bjerg will ride the 8-3 road race with Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose (both Lidl-Trek) and Michael Mørkøv (Astana Qazaqstan), which had already been announced by the Danish Olympic Committee. Mørkøv also competes on the track.

It will be Björg's first Olympic Games and he will also be the Danish representative for the personal time trial on 7/27.

On May 11 last year, Vingegaard declared that he wanted to go to the Olympics in Paris and told the Danish news agency Ritzau: "I hope I will be chosen, but if not I am surprised it might be good for the national coach to choose the other 4 players instead.

A Visma-Lease A bike rider is returning from injury after a crash in the Ituria Basque Country on May 4. He is currently training at the altitude of Tignes to defend the crown of the Tour de France.

Expectations for Denmark's medal at the Olympics in Paris are on the shoulders of 2019 world champion Mads Pedersen. The 28-year-old is well suited for classic-style courses around Paris taking a short sharp Côte de la Bute-Montmartre on the closing lap. Bjerg is set to play a supporting role for Pedersen in the road race.

"I look forward to helping Mads. I am an assistant rider on a daily basis and just specialize in it. I know I can make a difference to the team. We have a strong Danish team and we have to show that we are ready to fight for the medal in Paris," Bjerg told Danish Sport

Last month, Bjerg played a key role in Tadej Pogañar's Giro d'Italia victory. He revealed that he will skip the Tour de France to focus on the Olympics. Bjerg has his own aspirations in Paris for an individual time trial where he is an outsider for a medal.

"We look forward to the time trial. I've been working on time trials for 10 years and I know what it takes to be "peak" in that field," Bjerg said.

"I am incredibly proud to go to the Olympics. I went to everything. Since the 12th month, I have only been at home for 14 days, and otherwise I just went to the race and went to training camp. I decided to skip the Tour de France aboard the Giro d'Italia to prepare for the Olympics. So I am also really relieved to be chosen.”