"I am really happy that Mads Pedersen won" - Jonathan Milan gives Lidl-Trek two riders on the final podium at Gent Wevelgem 2025
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In the absence of the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert at Gent Wevelgem 2025, all eyes were on Lidl-Trek at the Belgian classic on Sunday afternoon. They more than lived up to that status too as with Mads Pedersen soloing to a stunning win, Jonathan Milan made it two riders on the final podium in the sprint behind.
Although Milan couldn't win that aforementioned sprint from the peloton for 2nd place behind his teammate, coming up short to Tim Merlier, the Italian powerhouse was by no means disappointed with his 3rd placed finish. "We started with the goal of having a nice day and, as we said at the beginning, it was good to start with many cards to play," reflected Milan in post-race comments to the official website of the Lidl-Trek team. "I am really happy that Mads won and I tried to do my best in the sprint behind him but, I went a bit too early I think with around 300 meters to go."
As mentioned, Milan leaves the race with an incredibly positive finish following his podium. "It was always pretty tough racing with a lot of splits and echelons in the wind but for me, it was good to be able to always stay with the guys," Milan concludes his assessments afterwards. "We will have super strong teams for the upcoming races too and so, after today, I think we can all look forward to what is to come."
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Thirsty but incredible work from the whole team today as @MilanJonathan_ completes the podium at #GW25 in third place 🥉💪 pic.twitter.com/tUN9J1wJQe
— Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) March 30, 2025
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- Yeah, as if fans would now have acquired a right to an MVPD every generation ;-)Jumpyjohn03-04-2025
- Yeah not this year anyway but worth keeping an eye on him (and some others) in future.Jumpyjohn03-04-2025
- poor kid, saddled with all that “next mvdp” crap. eeesh…OCexile03-04-2025
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- Or sprinting, or against wind. I think by now they’ve optimised the tire tech and pressures to largely smooth out rider weight effects. BUT, I’m going to go through past podiums to see what weight distribution trends are to be spotted coz I’m curious now.Mistermaumau03-04-2025
- I also wasn’t too impressed by the final lead out, they’ve got to practice that, Wout had far too long to ride alone but then again it seemed as if the lead-outs had themselves run out of steam too early which is what makes me believe none of them could have won, Powfull looked totally fresh and in the end it was just a case of him being stronger than the others, not much you can do against that, just like you can’t outdo MVDP in the end when he’s in shape.Mistermaumau03-04-2025
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- Yes but 20 minutes as a domestique isn’t 20 minutes as a leader, and you know as well as anybody that Pog winning is in no way a guarantee. Granted, neither Pog nor Remco nor Jinas nor Primoz or some more winning starts to seem far-fetched but a podium would certainly be targetable if he doesn’t have to worry about Jonas.Mistermaumau03-04-2025
- The final appeal he lost against his old team for « breaking » his contract.Mistermaumau03-04-2025