The Mad Mads Pedersen Thread

[Boehmand]

Pedersen himself made the reference before the first stage while speaking to a journalist. After the stage, the journalist asked if he could call him Peppa Pigesen. Pedersen replied, "Do what you want, but Pigesen sounds really nasty in Danish."

For the non-Danes:

"Pig" is pronounced like "pik" in Demmark - which is a slang word for "***".

 

[Didinho]

Pull him out of the Giro after his 8th win and bring him to the Tour.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pull him out of the Giro after his 8th win and bring him to the Tour.

He has Pogacar and MVP in the Tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

He's destroying Danish records en masse this Giro, though the two he broke by winning stage 13 are significantly newer than the one he broke earlier.

He now has the record for most Danish GT stage wins (10), a record he shared with Cort since stage 5.
He also has the record for most Danish stage wins in a single GT (4), a record he shared with Cort since stage 19 of the 2022 Vuelta.

 

[Boehmand]

Pull him out of the Giro after his 8th win and bring him to the Tour.

But if he gets 8 (that would be insane ) you would be an idiot to not try to take the record (from Pelissier, Merckx and Maertens) at the sprint in Rome

 

[Boehmand]

He has Pogacar and MVP in the Tour.

In this shape he can match them - but it's not happening anyway, because it would mess with Milan and his lead out squad and create unending friction in the team.

If someone gets an injury however...

 

[Rou]

Danish powerhouse!

 

[Peyroteo94]

In this shape he can match them - but it's not happening anyway, because it would mess with Milan and his lead out squad and create unending friction in the team.

If someone gets an injury however...

In this shape he gets destroyed like he was in March/April.

 

[Boehmand]

In this shape he gets destroyed like he was in March/April.

I'm not writing off Milan yet, and he is better than Pedersen for the real bunch sprints - it's why the team signed him.

And he hasn't exactly been terrible, stage wins in Valenciana, UAE and Tirreno, points jersey in UAE and Tirreno, and 6th in Kuurne, 2nd in Brugge and 3rd in Wevelgem.

Roubaix is his big Achilles heel, he has never finished the race, but Mads has got that one covered

 

[SHAD0W93]

But if he gets 8 (that would be insane ) you would be an idiot to not try to take the record (from Pelissier, Merckx and Maertens) at the sprint in Rome

The stage win record in the Giro is 12 set by Binda.

 

[Boehmand]

The stage win record in the Giro is 12 set by Binda.

Ah, my bad - I thought it was 8, but that is apparently just for the Tour - nevermind then, he can go home after 8

 

[Boehmand]

The TNT studio was pretty impressed with Mads today

View: https://youtu.be/v9AuXHFtGPw?feature=shared

 

[jmdirt]

MADS!
Impressive sprint!

 

[jmdirt]

The TNT studio was pretty impressed with Mads today

View: https://youtu.be/v9AuXHFtGPw?feature=shared

TREK will have to test the OCLV fibers in the BB area of that bike tonight!

 

[Boehmand]

TREK will have to test the OCLV fibers in the BB area of that bike tonight!

"We need a new frame for Mads, he ripped it apart"

 

[Lequack]

The new Pog (in terms of racking up Giro stage wins)

 

[CyclistAbi]

Chapeau!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A sweet surprise.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1926210937075228756

View: https://x.com/LidlTrek/status/1926210937075228756

 

[Danskebjerge]

Mads Pedersen jumped to 3rd in the UCI ranking after his successes in the Giro.

Of course, in the next couple of months he won't be scoring many points, as he's not going to the Tour.

 

[tobydawq]

Roger De Vlaeminck doesn't think Mads Pedersen is a good rider.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934478993702453383

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1934478993702453383?t=vVAkN7s9CE7GQfVUR7l8Tg&s=19

 

[jmdirt]

Rog says "get off of my yard, you young whippersnapper!"

 

[P4rthen0n]

Is it too soon yet to say that it was a big mistake not bringing Mads Pedersen to the Tour?

 

[RedheadDane]

Is it too soon yet to say that it was a big mistake not bringing Mads Pedersen to the Tour?

No. It's too late.
Nothing that can be done about it now...

 

[buddy buddy buddy]

i don't think it was a mistake not going, program with giro and vuelta and world's is good, but he would have won yesterday for sure

 

[Danskebjerge]

Mads Pedersen is now 2nd in the UCI ranking. Impressive. It may have been a surprise when he won his world championship six years ago, but he has definitely proven his worth since then.

Via his UCI points and Vingegaard's, Denmark is third in the nations' ranking. However, there are problems further down the list. After those two riders (and perhaps Skjelmose), there is a big gap to the next ones. As a team, Denmark is by no means the third strongest.