It’s going to be a battle against time and against his body for Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) to return to the Spring Classics in competitive form, as he is still unable to train properly on the road after a heavy crash at the start of February.
Pedersen started his season at the Volta Comunitat Valenciana in Spain, but didn’t even make it through one day of racing, coming down in a heavy, 70kph crash that saw him fracture his collarbone and wrist, undergoing surgery and re-plating of the collarbone, whilst he is still wearing a brace on his wrist.
A former three-time winner of Gent-Wevelgem and podium finisher in most of the big Classics – including a runner up spot at the Tour of Flanders in 2025 – Pedersen was expected to challenge the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar this spring, and is clearly not ready to write off a whole campaign due to injury.
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