The Danish sprinter and classics specialist picked up his first career Giro d'Italia stage aboard this Trek Madone.
(Photo: Chris Auld)
Published May 23, 2023 06:42AM
Whether he’s powering through cobbled classics or muscling his way through bunch sprints, Mads Pedersen is a threat to win many kinds of races.
This month, the sprinting prowess of the Danish star was on full display as he picked up his first career Giro d’Italia stage win, a feat which also marked his third grand tour in a row winning a stage.
A common thread tying together these great wins, including three Vuelta stages and one each at the Tour and now the Giro, is his Trek Madone aero bike. Although Trek has a dedicated classics bike in the Domane and a climbing bike in the Émonda, the company has managed to supply the Madone with enough comfort and a low enough weight to make it the Dane’s weapon of choice most race days.
Take a closer look at Mads Pedersen’s latest generation Trek-Segafredo team issue Madone SLR 9 bike. It’s built with a Sram Red eTap AXS groupset, Bontrager wheels and saddle, and Time pedals.
Mads Pedersen’s Trek Madone SLR 9 is built with a Sram Red eTap AXS groupset, Bontrager wheels and saddle, and Time pedals. (Photo: Chris Auld)Sram has set the Danish sprinter up with a gold chain and cassette. (Photo: Chris Auld)The lack of shift cables in Sram’s wireless Red eTap AXS makes for a clean set up. (Photo: Chris Auld)This power meter equipped crankset has a whopping 56/43-tooth chainring set up — definitely not something you’ll be seeing for the mountain stages. (Photo: Chris Auld)The latest generation of the Madone ditches the IsoSpeed decoupler, which introduces compliance into the frame, and replaces it with IsoFlow, a simpler compliance feature that is lighter and more aero. (Photo: Chris Auld)IsoFlow puts the Madone in lead contention for the most unique looking bike in the pro peloton. (Photo: Chris Auld)Visually, IsoFlow makes the seat tube to top tube junction quite interesting. (Photo: Chris Auld)Italian tire brand Pirelli supplies the team with some of the best rubber on the market. (Photo: Chris Auld)Trek-Segafredo riders have at their disposal the whole line of Bontrager wheels, including the Aeolus RSL 37, 51, 62, and 75. For this stage Pedersen was running the 51mm deep option. (Photo: Chris Auld)Kogel is a team sponsor, and the sticker on this hub would suggest that the stock Bontrager bearings have been swapped out for Kogel. (Photo: Chris Auld)The Madone features an integrated one-piece handlebar and stem. (Photo: Chris Auld)The cockpit has a sleek, sculpted look. (Photo: Chris Auld)K-Edge makes this aero computer mount for the team’s Wahoo computers. (Photo: Chris Auld)It’s not always top end stuff for the pros. Pedersen is on the modestly priced Time XPRO 10 model. At $185, it’s far cheaper than the $528 XPRO 15 pedals, which weigh a scant 87 grams to the XPRO 10’s 113 grams. (Photo: Chris Auld)Trek-Segafredo keeps things in the Trek/Bontrager family for saddles. Pedersen has chosen the Bontrager Verse Pro model. (Photo: Chris Auld)
