‘I’m finished being the underdog’: Mads Pedersen becomes youngest men's World Championship winner since 1999

The Dane reflects on a brutal day of racing in Yorkshire

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Mads Pedersen said he’s "finished with being the underdog" after his shock victory in the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

Pedersen ran away from Matteo Trentin in a three-rider sprint after racing in awful Yorkshire weather for six hours.

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