The enormous generosity of Mads Pedersen, pays out of his pocket for the travel of two young Danes so that they can compete in the World Championships in Montreal

There are details that define the category of an athlete, in this case a cyclist, and that go beyond the result achieved in a race. The danish Mads Pedersenworld champion in 2019, decided to step forward when he saw that two young runners from his country were unable to travel to Montreal (Canada) to compete in the World Championship.

The Danish federation had six places for the U23 road race, but could only cover the travel and accommodation costs of four of them – a fact that is not as strange as it might seem at first, since there are federations that, due to lack of resources, do not fill all the places they have for a competition.

In this case, Kristian Egholm, Mads Landbo, Patrick Frydkjaer and Noè Andersen They had the trip guaranteed, not like that Kevin Biehl General Store Essegibi F.lli Curia) and Emil Nymand Nielsen (from Team NSN Cycling Devo), who stayed if the opportunity to dispute the World Championship. To allow them to compete in the World Cup, the Lidl-Trek cyclist He decided to intervene personally and raise the necessary funds by auctioning some personal items from his own collection.

The noble gesture of the Danish champion was publicly recognized by the national coach, Michael Morkovwho thanked him for the support given to the two young cyclists.