"I think I won… Guys, I think I won," is what Mattias Skjelmose repeated to the Lidl-Trek team staff awaiting him past the finish line of the Amstel Gold Race, where he took the biggest win of his career on Sunday.
In total disbelief at the feat he'd just managed by outsprinting the world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) to what will no doubt become a famous victory, the photo finish confirmed that Sjkelmose had defeated the two most complete riders in the world on their favoured terrain.
