After his stunning win last time out at the 2025
Amstel Gold Race,
Mattias Skjelmose takes to the startline of
La Fleche Wallonne this afternoon as a much more closely watched rider. Nevertheless, the Dane's confidence is understandably high. So can Mattias Skjelmose go back-to-back in the Ardennes?
“It’s been a few days of coming to terms with everything,” admits the
Lidl-Trek leader in a pre-La Fleche Wallonne interview, reflecting on arguably his biggest career victory last Sunday, upsetting world champion
Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion
Remco Evenepoel in a thrilling finale at the Amstel Gold Race. “It took a little while before I fully realised what had happened. There were a lot of emotions involved, and at the same time, I was trying to stay focused on this race. It’s been tough juggling it all.”