Mads Pedersen has put in a monstrous ride at Gent Wevelgem 2025 to take victory at the iconic Belgian classic for the third time in his illustrious career. The Dane first attacked with more than 60km to go, riding solo for around 55km in a Pogacar/Van der Poel-esque display by the Lidl-Trek leader.
A group of nine riders got themselves up the road and away from the drama of the peloton into the breakaway early on. Those being: Rui Oliveira, Max Walker, Sam Maisonobe, Jasha Sutterlin, Emils Liepins, Victor Vercouillie, Samuel Leroux, Alexys Brunel and Marco Haller. As the wind started to cause chaos in the peloton behind however, with 100km to go, the breakaway’s advantage was already down to less than a minute.
In that echelon drama, notably both Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier had both been caught out behind, missing out on the front group of the split peloton. Although things did ultimately come back together and regroup, the tension levels had been significantly raised for a few of the pre-race favourites. With the gap having been cut to the break, Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Victor Campenaerts sensed an opportunity and attacked out of the peloton, bridging across to the break. Read also
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