‘What a team I have around me’ – Trust, timing, and the art of the leadout
https://www.rouleur.it/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/what-a-team-i-have-around-me-trust-timing-and-the-art-of-the-lead-out-lands-pedersen-more-giro-glory?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Giro+d%27Italia+2025+stage+five+%282025-05-14%29&utm_term=READ+MORE&utm_klaviyo_id=KRaEHB&_kx=-RHoNCVD_czNKTzhDfBMdT-7KvOJPzYxUraXigXXuH5k7y7pMp_M0KX4BaJwiEzk.JQVLkV&shpxid=5a59b646-58f2-49bc-9c24-d925611efb14 Mads Pedersen finishes off extraordinary domestique work by teammate Mathias Vacek to win stage five of the Giro d’Italia Photography: Zac Williams / SWpix.com Words: Tristan Rees Thirty seconds after a lung-busting finale in Matera, the pink jersey, Mads Pedersen is hunched over his handlebars when his teammate Giulio Ciccone wheels up to him, with the result yet to be announced, and embraces his leader and tells him that he thinks he has won. It’s a genuine, warm yet calm exchange and reveals a lot about the space Lidl-Trek are in at this Giro d’Italia ...