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MadsPedersen
A world road race title, points jerseys at every Grand Tour and 24 major wins frame Mads Pedersen, the Lidl-Trek classics specialist.
Pedersen at a glance
A world road race title in 2019, points classifications at each Grand Tour and stage victories in all of them define Mads Pedersen. Add a hat-trick of Gent-Wevelgem wins, a trio of Danmark Rundt overall titles and national honours in both road race and time trial, and the portrait is of a rider built for attrition: powerful, durable, and competitive from the spring classics deep into the season.
Pedersen, at 30, still races the road for Lidl-Trek as a classics specialist. His list of major victories runs to 24, and the 2026 season brought him the Tour de France points classification and a stage win there. The durability that suits the cobbled classics now serves him in Grand Tours too.
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Standing 1.79 m, this Danish road rider built his career around the Classics with Lidl-Trek.
A Danish road cyclist and Classics specialist, he became world champion in the road race in 2019 and rides for Lidl-Trek.
His birthday is 18 December 1995, which makes him 30 years old during the 2026 season.
Tølløse in Denmark is his birthplace, and he races under the Danish flag.
Still an active professional with Lidl-Trek, he won the Giro d'Italia points classification in 2025.