23-year-old Dane tops Trentin and Kung in sprint
HARROGATE, England – Mads Pedersen won the men’s elite race at the Road World Championships on Sunday in a surprise victory amid heavy rain in northern England.
The 23-year-old Dane beat Matteo Trentin and Stefan Kung as the race – 162 miles in the cold and wet Yorkshire Dales – came down to a much-reduced sprint on Parliament Street.
Trentin was first to open up as they came past Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms but the Italian soon realized he had gone too soon as Pedersen swept past him to win by a comfortable margin.
Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten rode alone for more than 62 miles to win the women’s elite race on Saturday.
