Mads Pedersen to miss World Championships: 'I'm close to reaching the limit'

Pedersen joins Jonas Vingegaard in deciding not to represent Denmark at the forthcoming Worlds

Mads Pedersen
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Career-best form had prompted many people to list Mads Pedersen as one of the men's favourites at September's Road World Championships, but the Dane has told Cycling Weekly that he will be opting out of the race in Australia.

The 2019 world champion has enjoyed a highly-successful season including the winning a stage of the Tour de France and placing second three stages in a row at the current Vuelta a España.

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