{"id":72073,"date":"2025-08-16T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72073\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:31:08","slug":"dream-week-in-denmark-pedersen-seals-overall-and-wins-final-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72073\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream week in Denmark: Pedersen seals overall and wins final stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Pedersen and S\u00f6derqvist go 1-2 in GC after final stage team attack\n <\/p>\n

Lidl-Trek capped off a perfect week in Denmark with Mads Pedersen winning the final stage in Silkeborg, securing both his third stage win and the overall victory. The Danish champion was joined on the podium by teammate Jakob S\u00f6derqvist, who rose from fourth to second in the general classification after a bold late attack with Pedersen and S\u00f8ren Kragh Andersen.<\/p>\n

The decisive move came on the final circuits in Silkeborg when the trio broke clear with a few others, forcing a race-winning split. Pedersen powered to victory on the line, while S\u00f6derqvist crossed in third. The young Swede gained both time bonuses and a gap over the peloton, catapulting himself up to second overall. Having already won the Stage 3 time trial, he also secured the best young rider\u2019s jersey.<\/p>\n

Lidl-Trek\u2019s successful week was further underlined as the Team claimed the Lidl-sponsored best team competition, the perfect way to recognize a week-long complete team performance as each rider was celebrated on stage.<\/p>\n

What a race this Tour of Denmark has been for us! – Mads P<\/p>\n

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\u201cI will still blame Skjelly [Mattias Skjelmose] for this one,\u201d said Mads Pedersen at the finish. \u201cHe went really fast into the climb and, even if he says it wasn\u2019t him, he made the split and then after that we kind of had to keep it going. Kim was on the radio saying \u2018ok boys, now you\u2019re into it, so now it\u2019s up to you to finish it as well\u2019. But with Jakob and S\u00f8ren there also, this was an ideal situation for us and, yeah, this pure racing was really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the week, Pedersen added: \u201cIt was pretty hard, but with the result, it was nice for sure. And it\u2019s super nice to get Jakob up on the podium as well. Maybe S\u00f8ren also gets onto the podium or he\u2019s really close. That would have been nice to be one, two and three, but let\u2019s say it like this: now Jakob steps up into the big scene where he belongs and, yeah, what a race this Tour of Denmark has been for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Danish crowds once again turned out in huge numbers for the finale, something that was not lost on Pedersen. \u201cWe can see cycling is growing in Denmark and it\u2019s so nice to see all these people and this atmosphere. Not only today, but in general the whole week. Thanks to everyone in Denmark who came out on the roads to cheer on us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a dream,\u201d said second-placed Jakob S\u00f6derqvist. \u201cI think expectations could never be higher and we didn\u2019t spend too much time painting them on the wall before the stage, we just said \u2018whatever happens, happens\u2019 and maybe we can make something good out of it. It wasn\u2019t a clear plan, it was just being ready to improvise, and I don\u2019t think it could have gone any better. It was just dream racing in the last half an hour. It was the perfect way to do it and I enjoyed it so much. This is something I will take a step back from now in the coming days and just enjoy. I think I am on a good path and I\u2019m just trying to enjoy the journey I am on now and not stress too much about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pedersen and S\u00f6derqvist go 1-2 in GC after final stage team attack Lidl-Trek capped off a perfect week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-72073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}