The Mad Mads Pedersen Thread

[RedheadDane]

So, will he be doing the "Win the GC in PNDKR, then travel to Hamburg the next day and win that race as well" schedule he followed two years ago?
According to PCS, Hamburg isn't on his schedule. However, that can change.




(Of course, two years ago he didn't the Vuelta.)

 

[Netserk]

So, will he be doing the "Win the GC in PNDKR, then travel to Hamburg the next day and win that race as well" schedule he followed two years ago?
According to PCS, Hamburg isn't on his schedule. However, that can change.




(Of course, two years ago he didn't the Vuelta.)

No, he will race in Frederiksberg.

 

[yaco]

How many stages will he win in the vuelta?

 

[RedheadDane]

No, he will race in Frederiksberg.

Yeah, Feltet just posted an article about a podcast where he talked about his schedule, they didn't mention Frederiksberg, though.
Denmark, Vuelta, Luxembourg.

 

[Boehmand]

Yeah, Feltet just posted an article about a podcast where he talked about his schedule, they didn't mention Frederiksberg, though.
Denmark, Vuelta, Luxembourg.

That's 31 race days in 41 days

 

[RedheadDane]

That's 31 race days in 41 days

He is a bit mad.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, he dropped his initial plan of going to Luxembourg right after the Vuelta, but apparently this is the plan now:

Program​

• 01.10
  European Continental Championships ME - ITT
  more
• 03.10
  Sparkassen Münsterland Giro
  more
• 05.10
  European Continental Championships ME - Road Race
  more

Yeah, Heaven forbid he gets bored in the 4 days between the ITT and the Road Race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Holm questioning who came up with the (previous) plan of EC ITT, Münsterland, EC RR.
Brian... I think I know who came up with that plan...

Spoiler: SPAILER

 

[Rob5091]

He don't wanna do altitude camps and he don't wanna do criterium ... hope he puts on his happy face at the next training get together otherwise Milan will be doing the Tour again.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...r-de-france-criteriums-and-fixed-result-races

"I have refused a couple of times. You should never say never, but it is the last thing I want to do," the Dane said in his own podcast Lang Distance. "It's a done deal. It's so awful to watch, because none of the riders are even trying to make it look like they're doing a bike race. It's more important that they're wearing some kind of bike helmet with a top hat on and a flap on top in a sumo wrestler's suit. That's what they're paid to do,"

 

[saunaking]

He don't wanna do altitude camps and he don't wanna do criterium ... hope he puts on his happy face at the next training get together otherwise Milan will be doing the Tour again.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...r-de-france-criteriums-and-fixed-result-races

Wait, Mads has a podcast???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???




He is the absolute best, like you said, no altitude, no bull$hit and yeah, of course no criteriums.
I think I heard on a recent LRCP pod that a recent study has cast doubt on the effectiveness of altitude camps....so.....yeah Mads!!

 

[RedheadDane]

I think I heard on a recent LRCP pod that a recent study has cast doubt on the effectiveness of altitude camps....so.....yeah Mads!!

From what I understand, it's basically "works for some, not for others."
And if Mads is one of the people it doesn't work for, it makes sense he's not much interested.

 

[HashRouge]

From what I understand, it's basically "works for some, not for others."
And if Mads is one of the people it doesn't work for, it makes sense he's not much interested.

Daniel Friebe (I think) mentioned this to Larry Warbasse in a recent episode of the Cycling Podcast and Larry seemed pretty convinced that altitude training was effective for him. I assume they can judge it by their numbers too, so it's probably evidence based rather than just his opinion. Presumably it varies by athlete?

 

[Wyndbrook]

Probably due to being born at 50 metres altitude.

 

[James M]

Did anyone who watched the stage see how the crash was? Sucks especially if its serious enough to disrupt his training for the big races.

'however it will force him to miss important racing and potentially take some time off the bike.' - Doesnt look very optimistic.

Mads Pedersen crashes out of Volta a Comunitat Valenciana as Lidl-Trek worry about spring campaign

Bad news have hit the Lidl-Trek camp. Mads Pedersen has crashed towards the end of stage 1 at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. This has forced him to abandon the race and might put into jeopardy his...

cyclinguptodate.com

 

[RedheadDane]

I would like to extend my sincerest apologies to Mads.
The poor guy was just doomed the moment I picked him for my team in the CQ game.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I would like to extend my sincerest apologies to Mads.
The poor guy was just doomed the moment I picked him for my team in the CQ game.

Thinking he could be a good pick after his best season ever was entirely on you. It would most likely have been smarter to have kept Skjelmose.

 

[RedheadDane]

Thinking he could be a good pick after his best season ever was entirely on you. It would most likely have been smarter to have kept Skjelmose.

I was still expecting him to, you know, score a decent amount of points, even if he doesn't go into profit.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was still expecting him to, you know, score a decent amount of points, even if he doesn't go into profit.

My hope is that I have 32 riders that can make up the points my last rider will lose so I can break even.

 

[RedheadDane]

My hope is that I have 32 riders that can make up the points my last rider will lose so I can break even.

Even if Pogacar "only" scores around 5000 points, he'll still be a pretty good pick.

Likewise, even if Mads only scores around 2000 points, he'd still be decent.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Even if Pogacar "only" scores around 5000 points, he'll still be a pretty good pick.

Likewise, even if Mads only scores around 2000 points, he'd still be decent.

Not really, because you want to get a decent profit out of spending that many points. With the right riders you cou should be able to double that amount, and that definitely won't happen here.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not really, because you want to get a decent profit out of spending that many points. With the right riders you cou should be able to double that amount, and that definitely won't happen here.

Surely, 5000 points is a good amount of points.

But this is about Mads! Hopefully, he isn't too badly hurt.