A stage win, a green jersey, a top-10 summit finish placing and a long break on the last, very hilly day of racing: no doubt about it, Mads Pedersen's hugely impressive finale to the 2025 edition of Paris-Nice has pushed the Danish star towards the top of the contenders' hierarchy for Milan-San Remo next Saturday.
After an uneven start to the race, the Lidl-Trek rider's dramatic reduced sprint victory on Friday after echelons and bad weather ripped stage 6 apart would have been more than enough to boost Pedersen's status as a favourite for the Via Roma.
