What a demonstration of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)! The 29 -year -old Danish won this Tuesday the first stage of Denmark Tourlargely in front Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets) a Conrad Haugsted (Team Coloquick). Back after more than a month of absence, Pedersen had launched a decisive attack in the second climb of the Helligpeder 35 kilometers from the finish, which allowed him to distance his main rivals and the best sprinters of the peloton. He took the opportunity to take the lead in the general classification, before the 2nd stage on Wednesday which should also suit him.
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The summary of the race:
Ce Denmark Tour Started strong with a first stage of 178 kilometers and 1500m of elevation, between Nexø et Rønne on the island of Bornholm. From the start, six runners stand out to form the breakaway of the day: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise), Martin Pluto (BEAT Cycling Club), Magnus bak clear (Airtox-Carl Ras), Marius Innhaug Dahl (Decathlon Ag2r La Mon. Dev.), Julius Johansen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) et Conrad Haugsted (Team Coloquick). 46 kilometers from the finish, while the runners tackled the first of the 3 passages on the rise of the Helligpeder (0.7 km at 7.4% on average), a 180 ° turn forced most of the peloton to set ground, a striking scene which was repeated during the three passages.
During the 2nd passage, 35 kilometers from the finish, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) decided to accelerate after addressing this same turn in the first positions, with only the Slovak Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets) in his wheel. They are quickly joined by Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-trek), Niklas Larsen (BHS-PL BETTER BORNHOLM) ET William Blume Levy (UNO-X Mobility), and this group of pursuers hunts the lead group. 11 kilometers from the finish, they recover the last members of the breakaway, and with almost a minute ahead of the peloton, we know that the victory will be played in this group. Despite some attacks well controlled by Skjelmose, the Danish Mads Pedersen was above and largely dominated the final sprint, ahead Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets) a Conrad Haugsted (Team Coloquick).
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