Mads Pedersen (Trek – Segafredo) was not one of the top-tier favourites on the eve of the 2018 Tour of Flanders but he achieved a surprising as much as prestigious result. The Danish road race champion, despite he is only twenty-two, made a great performance and kept himself in the solo chase towards Niki Terpstra, in this manner taking the second position on the finish line in Oudenaarde.