📸 Pedersen to take on Evenepoel and Ganna at the European Championship with this insane bike

Pedersen is having another great season. In the spring, he finished on the podium at Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders, and the E3 Saxo Classic, and he was the best in Gent-Wevelgem. He also won four stages in the Giro d'Italia and one stage in the Vuelta a España: in both races, he took home the points jersey.

He also proved himself in the time trials, as he often does, becoming the Danish champion and finishing third in the individual time trial of the Tour of Denmark. He came seventh in the difficult time trial of the Giro, which allowed him to regain his pink jersey a day later. The former world champion is not only a sprinter and classics king: he is also an extremely talented time trialist.

That is why Pedersen is aiming for a good performance at an international event for the first time. He was already the best in the road race at the 2019 World Championships, but he has consistently ignored the time trials, both at the World Championships and the European Championships. In France, he will be going for a first, and he will do so on a beautiful bike, as can be seen in the Lang Distance Podcast.

In conversation with his buddy Jakob Egholm, he shows a photo of his amazing Trek bike. It is an entirely black insane bike, with the most striking feature being the completely closed rear wheel and almost completely closed front wheel. A steel machine, made for speed. “It's crazy, isn't it?” Pedersen remarks. “That we're talking about how high your socks can be, but that you're allowed to ride with double discs.”

It will be a welcome help in his quest for a medal. It won't be easy, because with Filippo Ganna and Remco Evenepoel, the favorites are clear. “It's 24 kilometers, and 22 of those are almost flat,” Pedersen said earlier. “In the last two kilometers, there's a climb of six to seven percent. It may be my only chance. So we'll have to see if it works. It'll be fun to try.”