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"Our lead-out train crumbled" - Mads Pedersen left frustrated with 9th placed finish on first bunch sprint of 2023 Tour de France
CyclingMonday, 03 July 2023 at 20:30
The first bunch sprint finish of the 2023 Tour de France was not a happy hunting ground for Mads Pedersen. In his first chance at taking a stage win at the race this year, the Lidl-Trek sprinter was forced to settle for ninth position.
"It was abnormally hectic. Fifty kilometres from the finish we already started racing at full speed," the 27-year-old Danish sprinter revealed in his post-stage interview. “It was super fast all the time. You are then always kind of stuck in the position you have. It was so restless that our lead-out train crumbled at one point. Some of my teammates got boxed in on the left side of the road, so I had to manoeuvre headlong to the right. But then the boys suddenly got space again. That was unfortunately a mistake on my part. But it is what it is."
Jasper Philipsen was the eventual winner of the day, surviving a lengthy jury review after a protest from Jumbo-Visma. Tomorrow and stage 4 will be another predicted sprint finish and for Pedersen, it marks a chance at redemption.
“The guys worked hard all day to put me in an ideal sprint position. That's why I'm sorry that I didn't manage to reward that work," he concludes. "I am convinced that we will come back stronger. This is not why I came to the Tour."
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- Nonsense Mistermaumau. Tom has noticeably more character and personality than Mathieu. Look at the photograph with this article - when was the last time you saw Mathieu crack a smile like that?RupertBear17-12-2024
- Get over yourself! Tom is fine, he's quite a character in his way - he's got a great sense of humour for a start. Watch him and Matt Stephens do one of their cafe rides, they're both a hoot. I don't mind Mathieu, but he's a bit of a cold fish in case you haven't noticed. You guys make me laugh, you get a unique rider like Tom appears on the scene and all you can do is bitch! By the way Senna, your use of a comma and then the lack of a space between words is usually an indicator of ASD. Now I'm being bitchy!RupertBear17-12-2024
- Whining isn’t a good look, Lance. Oh and doping or not, the GOAT is still Eddy Merckx imho - lance couldn’t t even come close when you compare resultsCrashjames16-12-2024
- * not taking anything away from the tireless sacrifices wout has made as a superstar. those are two extraordinary individuals.OCexile16-12-2024
- sadly true. mathieu is the bedrock AD was built on, and he’s always shouldered that role and always seen the bigger picture: took MUCH less money than he could have gotten while the team was growing, and has written them new book on what it means to be a completely selfless superstar, witness every ferocious leadout for jasper and what he did at MSR last year. yup, so far that’s not thomas.OCexile16-12-2024
- ...you could also add diminuer,etiquette,basic PR skills and respect all of which Pidcock lacks in abundance.Senna196016-12-2024
- Just like Remco should have ;-)Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- And you base that on which vast amount of knowledge you have on him please?Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- Not only that but what MVDP did at AD had a lot to do with a personality that TP will never have.Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- i mean, duh, the ONLY reason for pidcock to be at Q36.5 is freedom and autonomy. vande velde has kind of an art for the obvious. but as far as the “you should do what van der poel did” advice goes, well, I’LL state the obvious: doing what mathieu did KINDA depends on being ABLE to do what mathieu did. if it didn’t then yeah, that would really be some terrific advice.OCexile16-12-2024