Mads Pedersen (cyclist)

Mads Pedersen (cyclist)
Mads Pedersen (born 18 December 1995) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a sprinter who 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 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 remaining, and was joined by Dylan van Baarle and Sebastian Langeveld. Eventual winner Niki Terpstra 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 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.
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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championships timeline
References
External links
1995 births
Danish Tour de France stage winners
Danish Vuelta a España stage winners
Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners
Danish male cyclists
Danmark Rundt winners
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Aarhus
Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region
UCI Road World Champions (elite men)