This will be the program for Pedersen in 2025: "That's where we want to maximize performance"

Mattias Reck's trainer confirms to Ekstra Bladet that little will be changed to the proven formula. Pedersen began the 2024 season with six victories in the Étoile de Bessèges and Tour de la Provence stage races, followed by a solid classics campaign, which is partly reflected in the results but partly also not. Lidl-Trek, therefore, looks back on 2024 with satisfaction. According to Reck, the plan for 2025 is thus simple: "We are not going to do anything different. It fits so well that we will copy-paste what we have done leading up to Paris-Roubaix."

So let it be clear, Pedersen hinted at this earlier, the Hell of the North is the big goal in 2025 for the former world champion. As in 2024, the mighty Dane will open his season with two stage races in France, most likely again Étoile de Bessèges and the Tour de la Provence. After these races, he will head to Mallorca for a training camp before riding the first WorldTour race of the season, most likely Paris-Nice. After that, the classics will follow. Reck is optimistic: "His program until Paris-Roubaix is settled, and we want to perform there to the maximum."

What happens after the classics remains unclear for now. According to Kim Andersen, Pedersen's Danish team manager at Lidl-Trek, assembling the star teams for the Giro, Tour, and Vuelta will be a complex puzzle. Reck confirmed that Pedersen remains flexible: "Everything after the spring is uncertain. It depends on what the team and sponsors want to achieve."

Planning for the rest of the season will probably only become apparent after Lidl-Trek's training camp in December. For now, Pedersen is focusing on the spring of 2025, in which he wants to stand out again as one of the big names in the peloton. His trainer is confident: "With our approach, Mads can again play a leading role in the classics."