The Danish Cycling Federation has revealed the names of the eight riders who will compete in the road race of the 2018 World Championships. In Zurich, the Denmark will present itself with Mattias Skjelmose, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Magnus Cort Nielsen (Uno-X Mobility), Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny), Frederik Wandahl (Red Bull – BORA-hansgrohe), Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech), Mikkel Honore And Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost). As stated in a press release, this is Mattias Skjelmoserecent fifth of the Tour of Spainwho will take on the role of leader on the very selective Zurich course, and we can imagine that the puncher Andreas Kron will also be protected.
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Anders Lund: “We are not favourites, but we dream of a medal”
“I am really happy with the team that we can field for this road race of the World Championships with 4,500 meters of elevation gain. With a lot of experience, it should allow us to have a lot of manpower in the final”confides the coach Anders Lundwho cannot count on Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), already on vacation. “We are not favourites, but we dream of a medal”he then specifies.
For the time trial (Sunday, September 22), Denmark will line up the same two riders as in the European Championshipsnamely Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step) and Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates), respectively eighth and eleventh in Hasselt. The latter will also compete in the mixed relay (Wednesday, September 25) alongside Mikkel Honore And Magnus Cort Nielsenthe female trio being composed ofEmma Norsgaard (Movistar Team), Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ) and Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility).
