Denmark's Mads Pedersen withstood everything a wild day in Yorkshire could ...
HARROGATE, England - Denmark’s Mads Pedersen withstood everything a wild day in Yorkshire could throw at him to ride to a shock victory in a thrilling climax to the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday.
In doing so the Trek-Segafredo rider became the first Dane to claim the world title in the men’s road race. With thousands fans hammering the railings along Parliament Street, the lung-busting drag up to the finish, Trentin made his move first. But his tank was empty and Pedersen swarmed past him like a marauding Viking for victory.“It’s every rider’s dream to wear the rainbow jersey. For me to do it now is unbelievable,” Pedersen, runner-up in last year’s Tour of Flanders, said.
“It’s never in the pocket. Today was incredibly hard,” he said. “One guy has the jersey, two guys have a medal, everyone else has nothing.” By the time the race arrived in Harrogate for nine rollercoaster laps around the town’s drenched streets, the leaders had been reeled and riders were abandoning in droves, including Roglic, Quintana and Carapaz.
But the elements did not deter the thousands of fans lining Harrogate’s streets under a forest of umbrellas.American Lawson Craddock and Kung made the first move and led a reduced peloton by 20 seconds with 52km left.
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