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Barry Ryan

Mads Pedersen abandons Tour de Pologne after stage 5 crash

PRUDNIK POLAND AUGUST 15 Mads Pedersen of Denmark and Team LidlTrek on third place poses on the podium ceremony after the 81st Tour de Pologne Stage 4 a 1953km stage from KudowaZdroj to Prudnik UCIWT on August 15 2024 in Prudnik Poland Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images.

Mads Pedersen was a non-starter on stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne following his crash in the finale in Katowice on Friday. The Lidl-Trek rider plans to make a swift return to competition at the Deutschland Tour, which gets under way on Wednesday.

“After yesterday’s crash in @tourdepologne the team and I have decided to abandon the race,” Pedersen posted on social media on Saturday morning. “Gives me a few more days to recover, before @deutschlanddeinetour starts next week!”

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