Mads Pedersen Delivers Solo Show in Tour of Denmark and Wins Queen Stage

Mads Pedersen has won the queen stage of the PostNord Tour of Denmark. The GC leader of Lidl-Trek was in the attack for nearly half the stage and went truly solo with thirty kilometers to go, after which he celebrated his victory in Vejle. Tibor Del Grosso finished second.

The queen stage in Denmark featured around 1900 meters of elevation gain and, like in previous years, ended on an uphill finish street in Vejle. Before that, there were several climbs, such as Golfbakken (800 meters at 7.9%) and Jerlevvej (1.1 kilometers at 5.5%), which were certainly used to launch attacks on Friday.

Pedersen launched his first attack 81 kilometers from the finish on the Golfbakken together with Mattias Skjelmose, after which riders including Lukas Kubis and Axel Zingle responded. It proved to be a first probing move, but the warning shot had been fired.

About ten kilometers later, the Dane attacked again. This time, the GC leader was successful. Pedersen was joined by William Blume Levy, after which the chase on an early break with Enzo Leijnse, Robbe Ghys and Mads Würtz Schmidt began. Within a few kilometers, Pedersen also caught the early breakaway—which he then dropped 51 kilometers from the finish line. The Lidl-Trek rider could still count on Würtz Schmidt’s help after that attack, but he was dropped with thirty kilometers to go.

Mads Pedersen launches an attack on Stage 4 of the Tour of Denmark, with only William Blume Levy able to follow! 👏 pic.twitter.com/ewNHOUzkiQ

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Pedersen seals a mega solo in Vejle
A long solo then began. A large group of favorites including Dylan van Baarle, Zingle, Kubis and others hovered for a long time between half a minute and a minute gap, and in the final lap the gap was still twenty seconds to the chaser Antoine L'Hôte, who stayed at that deficit for a long time. Slowly but surely it became clear that Pedersen was on course for a remarkable victory.

With four kilometers remaining, it was certain that the Dane truly had the queen stage victory in the bag. In the final kilometers, he was able to calmly celebrate his win. Many seconds later, Del Grosso and L'Hôte finished second and third, respectively.