Mads Pedersen ascends to the throne of Alejandro Valverde . The Danish was the toughest of a Danish World Cup, where the falls and the abandonments happened without remedy in a hellish scenario marked by adverse weather. "It has been a World Cup of crazy people," Valverde said moments after abandoning the test, when there were still 88 kilometers left for the conclusion. "It was practically frozen, and I could not continue," added the 2018 Innsbruck champion, exhausted after dodging treacherous rafts of water. Canoes, better than bicycles.

Pedersen imposed his speeding tip against Italian Matteo Trentin (silver) and Swiss Stefan Kung (bronze) to the astonishment of the public present at Harrogate's arrival, who did not believe that a second-row runner scored one of the championships tougher of the latest editions. Only 25 runners finished, including the Gorka and Ion Izagirre brothers, ninth and sixteenth classified, respectively.

The World Cup started, from Leeds, with an altered route due to bad weather conditions. For security reasons, the World Cup organization shortened the route from 280 to 261 kilometers. Uploads to Buttertubs and Grinton Moor were suppressed and once to Aysgarth; instead, the rounds to the Harrogate circuit increased: from seven to nine. Among the coaches, runners and special envoys, the decision to grant the championship celebration to Yorkshire County was unfortunate.

The test began at a high pace, with a leak of 11 units in which quality people got: Roglic , Quintana , Carapaz . Colombia, to the attack. At the first change, he left Iván García Cortina , the pitcher of Valverde, suffering from stomach problems. The Belgian Gilbert fell in the first step by goal (with 121 kilometers to go) and all the alarms went off. Even Evenepoel stayed to help his leader, useless help because the double stage winner in the Tour retired, crying, shortly after. They then submitted their resignation Nairo, Evenepoel , Lutsenko , guys with a quoted cache. The elimination of troops continued without brake, especially for the Spaniards. Rojas , Erviti , Castroviejo and Luis León Sánchez also left . In the absence of 35 kilometers, only the brothers Izagirre and Marc Soler endured. At that distance, Van der Poel attacked and with him the Italians Trentin and Moscon, the Swiss Kung and the Danish Pedersen left . The Dutchman broke the race before the impotence of Ion Izagirre, who tried to contact the escapees. The grandson of Polidor did not measure his power well and he fell apart shortly before facing the last lap of the Harrogate circuit. There the Italians pressed, to take Danish and Swiss with them. Moscon was off the hook and the only Italian options were left on Trentin's legs, the favorite that was surprised by Pedersen in a sprint among three escapees who arrived without a gram of strength at the finish line. The winner, after completing his feat, threw himself on the wet ground of Harrogate to celebrate his unexpected success.

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