'Help him get on the podium' - Mads Pedersen on Tour partnership with Geoghegan Hart

Mads Pedersen pulling on the front at the 2023 Tour de France for Giulio Ciccone
Mads Pedersen pulling on the front at the 2023 Tour de France for Giulio Ciccone (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mads Pedersen and Tao Geoghegan Hart were announced as provisional co-leaders for Lidl-Trek at next year’s Tour de France, with the Brit brought in as a marquee signing to try and target the general classification.

The Dane has been the cornerstone of Lidl-Trek’s ambitions for most of the season and at recent editions of the Tour, taking two stage wins. But in 2024, they will bring Geoghegan Hart as a leader to challenge for the yellow jersey against the likes of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep). 

James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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