The Vuelta a España got underway with a rare team time trial. See our guys in action and read Mads Pedersen's reaction on the team's performance below.
Vuelta Espana 2022 - 77th edition - 1st stage - Utrecht - Utrecht 23,3 km 19/08/2022 - Trek - Segafredo - photo Luis Angel Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Mads Pedersen
“I think we did a good race. Obviously, we are not doing top five, but this team has never ridden a TTT together before. It worked out well and I think we can proud of what we did today."
Vuelta Espana 2022 - 77th edition - 1st stage - Utrecht - Utrecht 23,3 km 19/08/2022 - Trek - Segafredo - photo Rafa Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
“We have two of the tallest guys in our team and also two of the smallest, so it was hard to manage. We had to combine it really well and the big guys suffer a bit more in the wheels of the smaller guys without much cover."
Vuelta Espana 2022 - 77th edition - 1st stage - Utrecht - Utrecht 23,3 km 19/08/2022 - Trek - Segafredo - photo Rafa Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
“It was fine by me as I had Alex (Kirsch) in front and Daan (Hoole) behind, so I was in the middle of the two big boys. Yeah, I think we did a good time in the end. It was nice to start out this focused and really trying to getting a nice result.”
