Mads Pedersen speaks ahead of Milano-Sanremo: “It is certainly not a love story, San Remo and me”
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Mads Pedersen lines up at Milano-Sanremo today carrying impressive form, and a point to prove. The former World Champion from Denmark has built an enviable career, with stage victories across all three Grand Tours, but the top step of a Monument podium has so far eluded him.
Could today be the day that changes?
Speaking to Cycling Pro Net ahead of the race, the Lidl-Trek rider was characteristically honest about his past relationship with this particular event.
“It is certainly not a love story, San Remo and me. It is a monument and they are important. Of course I would like to win a monument. Milan-San Remo is one of those opportunities.”
While it’s often seen as the most unpredictable of cycling’s five Monuments, that’s also what makes Sanremo so alluring (and so frustrating) for a rider like Pedersen.
“A lot of people say it’s the easiest race to finish, but the hardest to win. That’s true. There are so many possible scenarios, even within our team there are riders who want other scenarios. We can talk about it for a long time, but we just have to find out.”
He’ll have to beat the likes of Pogacar and Van der Poel if he is to win, but this could turn out to be the race Pedersen has dreamed of.
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- awp, the way and races he races, he probably doesn’t feel like he needs that many or specific race days before the Tour. His program isn’t very different from other years.Mistermaumau26-03-2025
- No, he just realises he’s not a one-day racer so why should he force himself?Mistermaumau26-03-2025
- Sacrificing E3 and G-W that were planned seems like he was hedging his options and only decided to do it after not winning MSR. Would he have planned to do all 5 and if so why hold back on announcing P-R if it wasn’t conditional? Guess people will get active with predictions now :-).Mistermaumau26-03-2025
- The MTB World title - there is no such thing. However, there are World titles in XCC, XCO, XCM, XCE, Enduro, Downhill......... He's after the World title in XCO, but could probably win the XCC title too, as his record is still better than anybody else, and he hasn't ridden an XCC World Cup since May 2021. Ten wins from twelve races says it all..... However, the XCO course is Crans-Montana is technical - he will surely need plenty of time back on the MTB, both training, and racing, otherwise it's going to be another doomed ambition.wipperman9526-03-2025
- Sweet. I wonder who's up on the next episode of Disgraced Ex-Doper Offers an Unsolicited Opinion?critguy26-03-2025
- well, paris-roubaix isn’t hilly AT ALL. it’s flat. the obstacle isn’t the hills it’s the cobbles, and what i’ve gathered over the years is that it’s almost impossible to imagine the beating that the body takes riding that course at race pace.OCexile26-03-2025
- Is Paris Roubaix hilly enough for Pogi to crack the other classics guys? Bring it on, it's going to be an exciting show!Ride197426-03-2025
- I don't care if you comment on LA articles. But it's counterproductive to do so, the more comments, the more clicks, the more such articles there will bevappaxbipmv26-03-2025
- I love listening to Geraint Thomas, he is such a great sportsman.awp26-03-2025
- Liege or Amstel are a little different. Only he knows what really works for him. I'm a bit disappointed that he is not going to focus on any other races potentially until the Dauphine. If you don't have race days in the legs no matter how good you are it generally gives a negative result. I had argued that he knew what works for him the other day but he seems to have maybe a mental block or is still a bit gun shy from last year's crash, which to be honest, was pretty bad. He might be in his last season or two. I hope not because he can still do quite a bit of winning if he gets his head right.awp26-03-2025