Tour of Denmark 2025 (12/8 - 16/8)

[Danskebjerge]

I expected Lidl-Trek to be stronger in group 2.

 

[Boehmand]

Stupid attack from Zingle, but I guess they were tired of doing all the work. Würtz Schmidt seems to on a De Bondt like mission to secure a new contract. Maybe EF will sign him instead.

He's a great dom, especially for classics races, he should get a contract

 

[Samamba]

Stupid attack from Zingle, but I guess they were tired of doing all the work. Würtz Schmidt seems to on a De Bondt like mission to secure a new contract. Maybe EF will sign him instead.

You could say he's working for Foldager...

 

[Danskebjerge]

The Danish national team looking good.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You could say he's working for Foldager...

But following Zingle's attack or Pedersen earlier didn't exactly help Foldager.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Pedersen soon caught!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Mads is cooking himself!!! Throwing the whole race!!! Where are the heavy-hitters from BHS - PL Beton Bornholm to take advantage, Niklas Larsen has been abandoned by the team!!!

 

[Boehmand]

But following Zingle's attack or Pedersen earlier didn't exactly help Foldager.

Yes it did, it absolved the team from doing any work at all.

It's why they have 4 riders in the lead group while Alpecin and Lotto have 1 each.

 

[Velolover2]

They are getting closer..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

No reason the gap can't be closed, but the peloton seems hellbent on continuing their day-long habit of not working together.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mads mate where was this anticipatory attack in Flanders. Like a deer in headlights when the big guns are about, but when you're racing at home against some local u23s and a few accountants who do Danish gravel races at the weekend you want to pretend to be tom bonnen., enjoying the adoration of the Danish housewives whilst the big champions are at the beach

 

[Danskebjerge]

Exciting to see if the chasing group runs out of people with energy left.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Mads mate where was this anticipatory attack in Flanders. Like a deer in headlights when the big guns are about, but when you're racing at home against some local u23s and a few accountants who do Danish gravel races at the weekend you want to pretend to be tom bonnen., enjoying the adoration of the Danish housewives.

Huh? He's riding exactly the same way. The only difference is that he doesn't have Van der Poel or Pogačar in his wheel when he attacks.

 

[Brullnux]

Huh? He's riding exactly the same way.

Yeah, high effort low reward.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Julius Johansen has the same grimace on his face when he rides hard as that chap from Ibiza with the silly haircut

 

[Netserk]

Mads mate where was this anticipatory attack in Flanders. Like a deer in headlights when the big guns are about, but when you're racing at home against some local u23s and a few accountants who do Danish gravel races at the weekend you want to pretend to be tom bonnen., enjoying the adoration of the Danish housewives whilst the big champions are at the beach

TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN!

 

[Cycling111]

Pedersen has taken a step forward this year.

In Flanders 2023, he needed a three-minute lead from a breakaway to challenge for the podium. This year, he went head-to-head with the best for a podium finish. He's closed that three-minute gap againts de best riderds.

Before he needed to take advantage, but this year in Flanders, he was able to be in the main group, on par with the second and third-place finishers.

He also put on a performance in Ghent that he hadn't put on before.

In Roubaix, if he didn't get a puncture, he would have arrived at the velodrome with VDP.
Considering that VDP and Pogacar took off previous races to rest before Roubaix, Pedersen was racing in Ghent.

In Paris-Nice, he climbed like never before, and what he did at the Giro... after a spring full of races in which he was in shape in all of them

 

[Boehmand]

Yeah, high effort low reward.

Yeah, we all remember the horrible Giro he had and can see his terrible world ranking

 

[Netserk]

At least it looks like no other Lidl rider will join him on the podium.

 

[Boehmand]

PCS just posted that Tony Rominger was born in Vejle - I had no idea

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nobody being both able and willing to follow L'Hote is a pretty damning indictment of the puncheurs on the other WT teams.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Antoine L‘Hote seems to be Pedersen‘s toughest competitor.

 

[Boehmand]

L'Hote is a 20 year old from the development team, who is 190 cm tall - quite impressive to see him attack on steep gradients at the end of a 200K+ stage!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Don't know what they're doing/giving them at that AG2R dev team

 

[Samu Cuenca]

L'Hote is a 20 year old from the development team, who is 190 cm tall - quite impressive to see him attack on steep gradients at the end of a 200K+ stage!

You clearly didn't watch the Volta a Portugal yesterday.