# Mads Pedersen (cyclist)

Mads Pedersen (born 18 December 1995) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He has won stages in all three Grand Tours — the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. He won the men's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, becoming the first Danish cyclist to win the men's World Championship road race title.

## Career
### Early career

In 2013, Pedersen won the Paris–Roubaix Juniors and went on to claim the silver medal in the World Championships junior road race. Pedersen won Ghent–Wevelgem U23, the U23 Tour of Norway, and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir prior to turning professional.

### Trek–Segafredo (2017–present)

In August 2016 Trek–Segafredo announced that they had signed Pedersen through to 2018.
In his neo-pro season, he was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He also become national champion of Denmark, and took overall victory in the Tour du Poitou Charentes after winning the time trial. In September 2017, Pedersen took overall victory at the Danmark Rundt.
In April 2018, he finished in second place in the Tour of Flanders following a spirited break away. Pedersen attacked ahead of the Koppenberg with just over 50 kilometres (31 miles) remaining, and was joined by Dylan van Baarle (Team Sky) and Sebastian Langeveld (EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale). Eventual winner Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) caught and passed Pedersen on the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont and rode to victory, but Pedersen was strong enough to hold off world champion Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe) and the chasing peloton to become the youngest podium finisher in 40 years.
On 29 September 2019, Pedersen won the World Road Race Championship in a rain-soaked race, in and around Harrogate, in Yorkshire, England. He is the first Danish cyclist to win a men's world championship road race title. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He did not win any stages and held the white jersey for best young rider for one day.
After the Tour was over he won a stage and the points classification in the 2020 BinckBank Tour, and won the 2020 Gent–Wevelgem. Both of these races were held late in the season due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021 he won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and took a stage victory in the Tour of Norway.
In 2022, he won the points classification in Circuit de la Sarthe and Étoile de Bessèges and had top 10 finishes in Milan–San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Gent–Wevelgem. During the 2022 Tour de France he was very active early in the race as the Grand Départ was held in his home country of Denmark, however he had no luck. At the end of the second week he got involved in a breakaway where he and teammate Quinn Simmons formulated a plan and bridged up to what eventually became a seven rider breakaway. Simmons drove a hard pace up the Coté de Saint-Romain-en-Gal and with just under 11 km to go Pedersen launched an attack. Only Fred Wright and Hugo Houle could go with him. As the finish line approached Pedersen overpowered both of them, and easily won the sprint to claim the stage win.
Pedersen started his 2023 campaign with stage wins at the Étoile de Bessèges and Paris–Nice. He again took multiple top 5 and 10 finishes in the spring classics, but had no victories. In May, he won stage six of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish, after finishing on the podium on stages three and five. In July, he won stage eight of the Tour de France, finishing second overall to Jasper Philipsen in the points classification. In August, he narrowly miised out on a medal in the World Road Race Championships, losing the sprint for third to Tadej Pogačar. He took two more victories in the remainder of the season, winning stage five and the overall title of the Danmark Rundt, followed by the Hamburg Cyclassics.
He started 2024 with a winning streak, taking a stage win and the overall of Étoile de Bessèges, followed by three stage wins and the overall title at the Tour de la Provence. In March, he took two second place finishes on stage of Paris–Nice, followed by fourth at Milan–San Remo. He ended his drought of classics wins, outsprinting to take Gent–Wevelgem. In early April, he finished third at Paris–Roubaix, behind Philipsen and van der Poel.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 2012

    1st Overall Tour of Istria
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3a (ITT)
    1st Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Prologue & Stage 4
    3rd Overall Liège–La Gleize
    4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
    10th Paris–Roubaix Juniors

#### 2013

    1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2a (ITT) & 4
    1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
       1st Stages 3a (ITT), 3b & 4
    1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
    Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    2nd Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
       1st Stage 4
    10th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
       1st Stage 4

#### 2014

    1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
    3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

#### 2015

    1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
    2nd Overall ZLM Roompot Tour
       1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 3
    6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    6th La Côte Picarde
    8th Overall Tour des Fjords
    9th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

#### 2016 (1 pro win)

    1st Fyen Rundt
    1st Kattekoers
    Tour of Norway
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 3
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    7th Poreč Trophy
    8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Young rider classification

#### 2017 (5)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)

#### 2018 (4)

    1st Tour de l'Eurométropole
    1st Fyen Rundt
    1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Danmark Rundt
    2nd Tour of Flanders
    5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    7th GP Horsens

#### 2019 (2)

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues

#### 2020 (3)

    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall BinckBank Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    7th Race Torquay
    Tour de France
       Held after Stage 1

#### 2021 (3)

    1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    1st Stage 3 Tour of Norway
    2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic
    3rd Eurométropole Tour

#### 2022 (9)

    1st Fyen Rundt
    Vuelta a España
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 13, 16 & 19
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 13
       Combativity award Stage 13
    Circuit de la Sarthe
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       4th Time trial
    2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    3rd GP Herning
    6th Milan–San Remo
    7th Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    7th Gent–Wevelgem
    8th Tour of Flanders
    10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

#### 2023 (7)

    1st Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    1st Hamburg Cyclassics
    1st Stage 8 Tour de France
    1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
    1st Stage 5 (ITT) Étoile de Bessèges
    2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Münsterland Giro
    4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Paris–Roubaix
    5th Gent–Wevelgem
    5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    6th Milan–San Remo
    7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

#### 2024 (12)

    1st Overall Deutschland Tour
       1st Stage 2 & 4
    1st Overall Tour de la Provence
       1st Points classification
       1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2
    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
    3rd Paris–Roubaix
    4th Milan–San Remo
    6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France

#### 2025 (3)

    1st Overall Tour de la Provence
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    Paris–Nice
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 6

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Giro d'Italia | 138 | 140 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 124 | 137 | 98 | 105 | DNF | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 102 | — | — | |

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 2 | DNF | 59 | DNF | 8 | 3 | 22 | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 95 | 71 | 51 | NH | DNF | DNF | 4 | 3 | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | DNF | 39 | DNF | 92 | 105 | 66 | 112 | — | — | — | — |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | 81 | DNF | 79 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | 90 | DNF | DNF | NH | DNF | 24 | 14 | 11 | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | DNF | 33 | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | DNF | 15 | 150 | 5 | 89 | NH | — | 69 | 5 | DNF | |
| Scheldeprijs | 160 | — | DNF | — | 101 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | 123 | 126 | — | 15 | Not held | Not held | — | 1 | — | |

#### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | DNF | — | 1 | — | DNF | — | 4 | 13 |
| European Championships | Road race | DNE | DNE | — | — | DNF | 24 | — | — | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| National Championships | Road race | — | 52 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| NH | Not held |