Former world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mads Pedersen has si🅷gned a new deal to remain at Trek-Segafredo through to the end of the 2025 season, the American team confirmed on Monday.
The Dane is in the midst of his third 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France campaign, having raced on home roads in Denmark over the weekend. He joined the WorldTour with Trek-Segafredo back in 2017 and has grown into one of the top riders in the peloton at the tea🐷m, specialising in the northern Classiꦍcs and sprints.
"This team gave me the chance ꩵto move into the WorldTour after two years at Pro Conti level," Pedersen said on Monday. "Now this is my sixth season and I'm adding another thrꦜee. If you're staying in the same team for nine years, it must be something special.
"Trek always said that they don't want to be just colleagues, they want to be a big family, and that's what I'm growing into. It's a second family for me and that's also why I decide 𓄧to stay."
The news of Pedersen's re-signing with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo was announced via a humorous video on social media which showed the 26-year-ꦅold getting 'inked' with a tattoo showing his new🌊 contract date.
Pedersen has five wins to his name this season, including a stage at Paris-Nice, while he's won Gent-Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne during his time at Trek-Segafredo. In 2019 he achieved his top result so far, though notꦦ in trade team colours, winning the road world title in a rain-soaked six-and-a-half-hour race in Yorkshire.
"It was a natural choice for me to ꦅextend my contract with Trek-Segafredo," Pedersen co꧒ntinued. "We've had some amazing moments during my time here, but also some really tough ones.
"I'm working super hard for this and I'm doing everything I can, but sometimes it doesn't work out. I'm only a human, I mess up sometimes. For me, having the support and confidence of the team through these low moments is eܫven more important."
Trek-Segafredo general manager Luca Guercilena praised Pedersen's "strong me🍎ntality" and noted that keeping him on board is "an important step" in the team's progress.
Pedersen's contract was up at the end of 2022, though there seemed little danger of him moving on. He now joins fellow Classics leader Jasper Stuyven on long-term deals, with 168澳洲5最新开🥂奖结果:the Belgian having signed up last month.
"Aside from his obvious ability as a bike ꦚracer, Mads brings a lot to the team," Guercilena said. "He cares about the people around him and raises the overall morale. Keeping him for three more years is an impor🐷tant step in our progress.
"Since Mads first joined the Team in 2017 he showed immediate signs of 🌠his potential. We saw flash🍨es of his brilliance each year – the Tour of Flanders in 2018, the World Championships in 2019, and Gent-Wevelgem in 2020.
"Mads has had his share of bad luck along the way but his strong mentality has helped him refocus after each setback. This year he has reached a new level of consꦉistency, whilst main💦taining a very high level. I'm certain we will see him winning a lot more races with us."
