Mads Pedersen (born 18 December 1995) is a Danish professional

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, who rides for

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. He has won stages in all three Grand Tours — the

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, and

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

. He won the men's road race at the

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, England, becoming the first and so far only Danish cyclist to win the men's World Championship road race title.

Career

Early career

In 2013, Pedersen won the

Paris–Roubaix Juniors Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...

and went on to claim the silver medal in the World Championships junior road race. Pedersen won Ghent–Wevelgem U23, the U23 Tour of Norway, and a stage of the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

prior to turning professional.

Trek–Segafredo (2017–present)

In August 2016 announced that they had signed Pedersen through to 2018. In his neo-pro season, he was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He also became national champion of Denmark, and took overall victory in the Tour du Poitou Charentes after winning the time trial. In September 2017, Pedersen took overall victory at the

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

. In April 2018, he finished in second place in the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

following a spirited break away. Pedersen attacked ahead of the Koppenberg with just over remaining, and was joined by Dylan van Baarle () and Sebastian Langeveld (). Eventual winner

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() caught and passed Pedersen on the final ascent of the

Oude Kwaremont The Oude Kwaremont ( English: ''Old Kwaremont'') is a road in Kluisbergen, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Oude Kwaremont, contrary to popular belief, is not the name of a hill, but the name of one of the cobbled ro ...

and rode to victory, but Pedersen was strong enough to hold off world champion

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() and the chasing peloton to become the youngest podium finisher in 40 years. On 29 September 2019, Pedersen won the World Road Race Championship in a rain-soaked race, in and around Harrogate, in Yorkshire, England. He is the first Danish cyclist to win a men's world championship road race title. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

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. He did not win any stages and held the white jersey for best young rider for one day. After the Tour was over he won a stage and the points classification in the 2020 BinckBank Tour, and won the 2020 Gent–Wevelgem. Both of these races were held late in the season due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021 he won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and took a stage victory in the Tour of Norway. Mads Pedersen in Tourmalet

In 2022, he won the points classification in

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 H ...

and

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

and had top 10 finishes in

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

, the

and

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

. During the 2022 Tour de France he was very active early in the race as the Grand Départ was held in his home country of Denmark, however he had no luck. At the end of the second week he got involved in a breakaway where he and teammate

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formulated a plan and bridged up to what eventually became a seven rider breakaway. Simmons drove a hard pace up the Coté de Saint-Romain-en-Gal and with just under 11 km to go Pedersen launched an attack. Only Fred Wright and Hugo Houle could go with him. As the finish line approached Pedersen overpowered both of them, and easily won the sprint to claim the stage win. Pedersen started his 2023 campaign with stage wins at the

and

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

. He again took multiple top 5 and 10 finishes in the spring classics, but had no victories. In May, he won stage six of the

in a sprint finish, after finishing on the podium on stages three and five. In July, he won stage eight of the

, finishing second overall to Jasper Philipsen in the points classification. In August, he narrowly miised out on a medal in the World Road Race Championships, losing the sprint for third to

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. He took two more victories in the remainder of the season, winning stage five and the overall title of the

, followed by the

Hamburg Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

. He started 2024 with a winning streak, taking a stage win and the overall of

, followed by three stage wins and the overall title at the Tour de la Provence. In March, he took two second place finishes on stage of

, followed by fourth at

. He ended his drought of classics wins, outsprinting to take

. In early April, he finished third at

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

, behind Philipsen and van der Poel. In 2025 he won Gent-Wevelgem for the third time after a solo of 55km.

Career achievements

Major results

;2012 : 1st Overall Tour of Istria ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3a ( ITT) : 1st Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Prologue & Stage 4 : 3rd Overall Liège–La Gleize : 4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors : 10th

;2013 : 1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2a ( ITT) & 4 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ::1st Stages 3a ( ITT), 3b & 4 : 1st

: Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

Grand Prix Rüebliland The Grand Prix Rüebliland is a junior (ages 17–18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It was part of the UCI Junior World Cup until 2007. Winners References External links

* Cycle races in Switz ...

::1st Stage 4 : 10th Overall Giro della Lunigiana ::1st Stage 4 ;2014 : 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd Overall ZLM Roompot Tour ::1st Stages 2 ( TTT) & 3 : 6th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...

: 6th La Côte Picarde : 8th Overall Tour des Fjords : 9th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften ;2016 (1 pro win) : 1st Fyen Rundt : 1st Kattekoers : Tour of Norway ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Poreč Trophy : 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Young rider classification ;2017 (5) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) ;2018 (4) : 1st Tour de l'Eurométropole : 1st Fyen Rundt : 1st Stage 2

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

: 1st Stage 4 ( ITT)

: 2nd

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 7th GP Horsens ;2019 (2) : 1st Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

: 1st

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

;2020 (3) : 1st

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall BinckBank Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 7th Race Torquay :

::Held after Stage 1 ;2021 (3) : 1st

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Norway : 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic : 3rd Eurométropole Tour ;2022 (9) : 1st Fyen Rundt :

::1st

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points c ...

::1st Stages 13, 16 & 19 :

::1st Stage 13 :: Combativity award Stage 13 :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 3

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th

: 2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise : 3rd

GP Herning Grand Prix Herning is a one-day road bicycle race held in Midtjylland, Denmark. The race is organised by Herning Bicycle Club with both start and goal in Herning. The race is characterised by its gravel paths, which result in multiple punctur ...

: 6th

: 7th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 7th

: 8th

: 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships ;2023 (7) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) : 1st

: 1st Stage 8

: 1st Stage 6

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 5 ( ITT)

: 2nd

: 3rd

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a UCI race classifications, 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of ...

: 4th Road race,

: 4th

: 5th

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 6th

: 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships ;2024 (12) : 1st Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

::1st Stage 2 & 4 : 1st Overall Tour de la Provence ::1st Points classification ::1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st

: 1st Stage 1

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

: 3rd

: 4th

: 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : Jersey beige number

Combativity award Stage 6

;2025 (8) : 1st Overall Tour de la Provence ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 :

::1st

::1st Stages 1, 3, 5 & 13 ::Held after Stages 1 & 3–6 :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st

: 2nd

: 2nd E3 Saxo Classic : 3rd

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 7th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Mads 1995 births Danish Tour de France stage winners Danish Vuelta a España stage winners Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners Danish male cyclists Danmark Rundt winners Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from Aarhus UCI Road World Champions (elite men) 21st-century Danish sportsmen Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Denmark