The Danish of the Lidl-Trek, Mattias Skjelmose5th in the last Tour of Spainwas forced to abandon the second stage of the Luxembourg Towerthis Thursday. The 23-year-old runner was involved in a fall after 20 kilometers of racing. “He reported several injuries that prevented him from riding and, consequently, forced him to retire.” wrote his training on X. If this is not good news for the Lidl-Trekwho was betting on the Dane to win the Luxembourg Towerthis is a worse one for Denmark, which was counting on Skeleton for the Zurich World Championships.
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Denmark had announced Skjelmose leader for Zurich
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 must present himself 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 Skjelmose, who should take on the role of leader on the highly selective Zurich course, and if Skeleton cannot participate, the puncher Andreas Kron could be the protected rider of the Danish selection.
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