Mattias Skjelmose created a shockwave in the peloton when he outsprinted the world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) to win Amstel Gold Race back in April.
After taking the biggest victory of his career, the Lidl-Trek rider admitted at the post-race press conference that it might take a while for the achievement to truly sink in, particularly the fact that he had managed to edge out Pogačar at the line. He even revealed that, heading into the finale, he was simply grateful to be in such elite company and would have considered third place a job well done.
