Skjelmose seals Tour de Luxembourg crown as Madouas wins final stage

LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG SEPTEMBER 17 Valentin Madouas of France and Team Groupama FDJ celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Mattias Skjelmose Jensen of Denmark and Team Trek Segafredo Yellow Leader Jersey during the 82nd Skoda Tour Luxembourg 2022 Stage 5 a 1784km stage from Mersch to Luxembourg on September 17 2022 in Luxembourg Luxembourg Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
Madouas wins the stage as Skjelmose seals the overall (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) followed the first victory of his young career on Friday with his first general classification triumph on Saturday, sealing the Tour de Luxembourg title. 

The 21-year-old Dane had taken the yellow jersey in Friday's time trial and he successfully defended it on the punchy final stage to Luxembourg. 

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