Lorena Wiebes and Mads Pedersen will be pushed all the way at Gent-Wevelgem as they seek to make history - everything you need to know

Dane Mads Pedersen was supreme in Gent-Wevelgem – he has won twice before. Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel were absent. “They are on a different level.”

At the classic Ghent — Wevelgem, Mads Pedersen convincingly celebrated with a 60 km long solo attack, who is coming into proper form before Holy Week.

The famous Belgian one-day race Gent-Wevelgem was won by Dane Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) for the second year in a row.

Already winner of Ghent-Wevelgem in 2020 and 2024, Mads Pedersen won on Sunday the wind classic for the third time at the end of a 56-kilometre solo, with about 50 seconds ahead of his dolphin, Belgian Tim Merlier.

Far too strong, the Dane won by leaving 72 km from the finish. On the Tour of Flanders, he could cause problems in Pogacar and Van der Poel.

The former champion of the Danish world has retained his title on the flandrian classic on Sunday, depriving the sprinters' pack of the victory. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won among the women.