Mattias Skjelmose Archives

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Huge Upset at Amstel Gold Race as Skjelmose Outsprints Pogačar and Evenepoel

April 21, 2025 at 11:42 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Yes, the headline is correct. Lidl-Trek’s 24-year-old Mattias Skjelmose beat world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) and double Olympics champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) to win a star-studded Amstel Gold Race and record his first-ever Classics victory.

Jorgenson Wins Chaotic Paris-Nice as Vingegaard Crashes

March 17, 2025 at 11:13 am3 min reading

Road cycling

It was a cold, wet, chaotic and thrilling week of racing as Visma–Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson won Paris-Nice for the second time in a row. But it wasn’t all good news for Visma as Jonas Vingegaard crashed and was forced to abandon.

Lidl-Trek Is Going from Strength to Strength

October 9, 2024 at 12:30 pm

Road cycling

It has been a very good year for the American team Lidl-Trek, which has quietly become one of the top teams on the road since the retail giant Lidl replaced Italian coffee company Segafredo Zanetti as a main sponsor last year. The team has so…

Yates and Almeida Dominate the Tour de Suisse, Look Primed for the TdF

June 17, 2024 at 12:10 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

On the evidence of the Giro d’Italia and the just completed Tour de Suisse, we can gift-wrap the Tour de France yellow jersey and ship it, express, to Tadej Pogačar’s house. No need even to run the race. Because as dominant as the Slovenian’s Giro…

Skjelmose Triumphs in Tour de Suisse as Ayuso Claims Stage 8 Victory

June 19, 2023 at 7:18 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) clinched the overall victory in the Tour de Suisse, prevailing in his first WorldTour stage race, while Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) soared to victory in the closing time trial in Abtwil.

Remco Evenepoel on Trailing at Tour de Suisse: “Now it’s onto tomorrow, it’s another chance.“

June 14, 2023 at 8:56 am4 min reading

Road cycling

In an unexpected turn of events, Mattias Skjelmose of Trek-Segafredo climbed to victory at the Tour de Suisse, leaving world champion Remco Evenepoel trailing in his wake during stage three’s final ascent to Villars-sur-Ollon. The 22-year-old Skjelmose now leads the General Classification by 17 seconds…