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'Last year I accepted not going to the Tour, now he accepts that' - Mads Pedersen aims for Tour de France green jersey as Jonathan Milan poised for Giro d'Italia

Team Lidl-Trek's Danish rider Mads Pedersen is presented on stage before the start of the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana, a 183 km race between Torino - Reggia di Venaria and Novara, in Italy's Piemonte region, on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images).

Mads Pedersen will be back to lead the line for Lidl-Trek at the Tour de France in 2026 after a year of compromise. Jonathan Milan, winner of the points classification at the 2025 Tour, is heading to the Giro d'Italia.

Speaking to the media at the team’s December training camp media day in Dénia, Spain, Pedersen explained that a reciprocal agreement had been reached for him to step aside in 2025 to give Milan his chance, on the condition that the Danish former world champion return to the Tour in 2026.

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