{"id":181978,"date":"2021-03-01T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=181978"},"modified":"2021-03-01T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:46:11","slug":"mads-pedersen-wins-kuurne-brussels-kuurne-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/03\/01\/mads-pedersen-wins-kuurne-brussels-kuurne-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Mads Pedersen Wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here, and so is our news from the world of cycling. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pedersen takes it<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The former world champion adds another Belgian Classic win to his list. The race was almost dominated by Mathieu van der Poel, who appeared on the starting line only because Alpecin-Fenix had to leave the UAE Tour due to a Coronavirus infection among his team. The Dutch phenomenon found himself ahead of the peloton even though he said he was only in the race to work for Tim Merlier. But his move was caught before the finish and it was Mads Pedersen who won it by making use of a lead-out from Jasper Stuyven and powering ahead of all his rivals. Anthony Turgis (Total Direct Energie) was second and Tom Pidcock claimed third.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181985\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/03\/Mads-Pedersen-profimedia-0594118752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181985 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/03\/Mads-Pedersen-profimedia-0594118752-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Mads Pedersen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another win for Pedersen. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2021 results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Turgis (Total Direct Energie)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers)<\/li>\n<li>Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates)<\/li>\n<li>Jenthe Biermans (Israel Start-Up Nation)<\/li>\n<li>Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious)<\/li>\n<li>Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe)<\/li>\n<li>Greg Van Avermaet (Ag2r Citro\u00ebn)<\/li>\n<li>Bert Van Lerberghe (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step)<\/li>\n<li>Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Uno-X)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Love the smell of WD-40 in the morning!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLzWGiEgo9X\/<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Context? Maybe?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLuN9iAF4Yw\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Relax!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLr3oB-AKBo\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n<h2><strong>See you soon in the peloton!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLwYzPujiSg\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here, and so is our news from the world of cycling. So, what did you miss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":181983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[4969,4619,1059,1756,3559,4970],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-181978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-alpecin-fenix","tag-cycling-news","tag-jasper-stuyven","tag-kuurne-brussels-kuurne","tag-mads-pedersen","tag-tim-merlier","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mads Pedersen Wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another Monday is here, and so is our news from the world of cycling. So, what did you miss? 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