Mads Pederson wins Etoile des Besseges first stage, Remco Evenepoel wins at Volta a la Comunitat Valencia
Mads Pederson of Trek-Segafredo overcame windy conditions in the South of France to win stage one of the Etoile des Besseges while QuickStep-AlpaVinyl's Remco Evenepoel claimed victory in the opening stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Former world champion Pederson finished a second ahead of Arkea-Samsic’s Hugo Hofstetter and TotalEnergies’ Edvald Boasson Hagen in Bellegrade after an impressive uphill sprint to the finish line.