The bulldog Dane's 2026 started in an ambulance — a Valencia crash left him with a broken wrist and collarbone in February — and six weeks after surgery he was sprinting to fourth at Milan-San Remo. With Jonathan Milan left home, Pedersen carries Lidl-Trek's entire fast-finish portfolio in Barcelona: 'The main goal for the Tour is winning a stage, and then we're trying to aim for the green jersey.' Few riders in the peloton hurt themselves as willingly, or as effectively.
Palmarès
- World road race champion (2019)
- Gent–Wevelgem winner (2020, 2024, 2025)
- Stage winner in all three Grand Tours: Tour de France (2022, 2023), Giro ×5, Vuelta ×4
- Vuelta a España points classification (2022, 2025)
- Giro d'Italia points classification + four stage wins (2025)
- Milano-Sanremo 4th, Tour of Flanders 5th (2026)
Cut-out factHis 2019 Worlds win in the freezing Harrogate rain made him Denmark's first-ever men's road race world champion — he was a 23-year-old outsider that day.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Juan Ayuso, Derek Gee-West, Quinn Simmons, Mattias Skjelmose, Toms Skujiņš, Mathias Vacek, Carlos Verona — see the full Lidl-Trek team page.
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