Lidl-Trek may not have won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, but they came away from the race more motivated than ever, having executed their race plan and delivering a strong Mads Pedersen to second place.
The Dane was beaten only by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who soloed to victory with an attack on the Kwaremont 18km from the finish, but sticking with the Slovenian for so long and then beating Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the sprint are two huge boosts for Pedersen and Lidl-Trek.
