Two sprint wins out of two - and that's maybe only the beginning for Mads Pedersen. 48 hours after he easily saw off the sprint opposition on stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia, the Lidl-Trek fastman turned in an equally impressive dash to victory on stage 3, simultaneously both reclaiming the overall lead from Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hangrohe) and gaining yet more ground on his rivals in the points classification.
But despite his dominance, the Lidl-Trek racer and former World Champion admitted that he had had serious doubts about whether he could actually win stage 3, given the extremely hilly terrain that preceded the bunch sprint in Vlorë.
