Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (born 26 September 2000) is a Danish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[5]
 Skjelmose in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen |
| Born | 26 September 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lidl–Trek |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder [2][3] |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012–2016 | Amager Cykle Ring |
| 2017–2018 | Team Børkop Cykler Carl Ras Roskilde Junior |
| 2019 | IBT-Ridley Carl Ras-Sydkysten |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020 | Leopard Pro Cycling[4] |
| 2020 | Trek–Segafredo (stagiaire) |
| 2021– | Trek–Segafredo |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
A promising youth rider, Skjelmose finished in top positions in junior categories of major races, and won the Tour du Pays de Vaud in 2018. Shortly after, he had a setback after receiving a ten-month suspension due to a doping test revealing traces of the performance-enhancing drugs originating from dietary supplements. He returned to racing in 2019, and initially joined UCI Continental team Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling before turning professional in 2021 with UCI WorldTeam Trek-Segafredo, after riding for the latter as a stagiare since 2020. He experienced a major breakthrough in 2023, finishing second behind Tadej Pogačar in La Flèche Wallonne, and winning the Tour de Suisse.
Career
editJunior career
editSkjelmose was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and grew up on Amager. He started cycling at local club Amager Cykle Ring, where he rode between 2012 and 2016.[6]
Skjelmose finished second at the 2017 Danish National Road Race Championships junior category. At the Peace Race Juniors in 2018, he finished second behind Remco Evenepoel.[7] The same year he finished third at the Paris–Roubaix Juniors. On 26 May 2018, Skjelmose won an individual time trial in the Tour du Pays de Vaud, and later that same day, he also finished 22nd in a regular road stage. The following day, he concluded by winning the overall classification of the Swiss junior stage race.[8]
2018 doping case
editOn 26 May 2018, during the Tour du Pays de Vaud, a doping test conducted on Skjelmose revealed traces of the substance methylhexanamine, a performance-enhancing drug prohibited during competitions. He claims that it originated from one of the dietary supplements he had taken.[9][10] After the case was processed by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), he was sentenced to a ten-month suspension by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for violating anti-doping regulations. He initiated the suspension on 7 July 2018, and the suspension lasted until 6 May 2019. Skjelmose was only 17 years old at the time of the positive doping test. Therefore, the Danish Cycling Federation (DCU) did not expect to see his name or the verdict in the media, as they had previously been informed by the UCI that the verdict would not be made public.[11]
Professional career
editIn 2020, Skjelmose initially joined the UCI Continental team Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling in the senior category and later became a trainee for the UCI WorldTeam Trek-Segafredo towards the end of the season.[9] He was subsequently offered a professional contract for the seasons starting in 2021.[12][13] In his first season with Trek, he finished sixth overall in the UAE Tour, a UCI World Tour stage race. In the Tour of Norway, he finished seventh in the general classification and won the young rider classification. At the beginning of the 2022 season, he finished second on the final stage of the Tour de la Provence, a mountain finish, which propelled him to third place overall and earned him the title of the best young rider.[14] That same season, he selected for his first Grand Tour, as he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.[15] He achieved his first pro victories in the Tour de Luxembourg, where he won a stage and the overall classification.[16]
2023
editOn 19 April 2023, Skjelmose finished in second place at La Flèche Wallonne, at the top of the Mur de Huy, just behind Tadej Pogačar.[17] In June 2023, he achieved his first victories in a UCI World Tour event by winning stage 3 in Villars-sur-Ollon,[18] as well as the overall classification of the Tour de Suisse, in front of Juan Ayuso and world champion Remco Evenepoel.[19][20]
In June 2023, he was named in Trek-Lidl's startlist for the Tour de France, and was seen as a wildcard for the overall classification.[21] His performances in the 2023 season were praised by Lance Armstrong: "If you're talking all day long about Vingegaard and Pogačar, who's number three... boy, I feel like he's gonna start trickling into the top."[22][23]
2024
editIn 2024, Skjelmose finished fourth in the 2024 Paris–Nice; he won Stage 6 after outsprinting two other riders who were part of a three-man breakaway. In April, he placed third overall in the Tour of the Basque Country.
Major results
edit- 2017
- 1st
Mountains classification, Course de la Paix Juniors - 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 5th Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt der Junioren
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2019
- 3rd Fyen Rundt
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2021
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 6th Overall UAE Tour
- 7th Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2022 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de la Provence
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 8th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2023 (7)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Maryland Cycling Classic
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 6th La Drôme Classic
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 6
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 5th La Drôme Classic
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||
| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 40 | — | — | |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 29 | — | |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 5 | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||
| Race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Paris–Nice
|
— | — | DNF | 4 | |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | — | — | |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
83 | 16 | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | 17 | 3 | |
| Tour de Romandie
|
15 | — | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
21 | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | 1 | 3 | |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 66 | 9 | 28 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | DNF | — | |
| Classic | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 8 | 17 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 18 | 2 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | 8 | — | — |
| Bretagne Classic | 41 | — | — | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 10 | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 9 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "Mattias Skjelmose". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Mattias Skjelmose".
- ^ "Giro d'Italia: Mattias Skjelmose waiting in the wings should Giulio Ciccone falter". 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Leopard Pro Cycling adds Skjelmose Jensen to the 2020 team". Leopard Pro Cycling. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Jeppesen, Jan (4 July 2023). "Fra det flade Amager til Tour de France: - Jeg er bange, og jeg er hamrende stolt". AmagerLiv (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "COURSE DE LA PAIX JUNIORS – 2018" (PDF). zmj.cz. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Tour du Pays de Vaud statistics and records". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Leopard Pro Cycling adds Skjelmose Jensen to the 2020 team". Leopard Racing. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Dopingdømt dansk juniorrytter: 'Jeg har ikke forsøgt at snyde'". DR (in Danish). 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Kjær, Christian; Nordestgaard Lage, Jacob (8 January 2019). "Mattias Skjelmose får karantæne for doping". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Trek–Segafredo make trio of new signings as Ghebreigzabhier, Tiberi and Skjelmose Jensen join". Eurosport. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo adds four stagiaires". Trek. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Quintana holt sich Königsetappe und die Gesamtwertung". Radsport-News. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Josephsen, Kargo (25 April 2022). "Her røber dansker sin deltagelse i stort løb". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (17 September 2022). "Skjelmose seals Tour de Luxembourg crown as Madouas wins final stage". Cyclingnews. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Barbieri, Paolo (19 April 2023). "Chapeau, Skjelmose! The Dane claims second place at Flèche Wallonne". Trek Race Shop. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ McGrath, Andy (13 June 2023). "Tour de Suisse: Mattias Skjelmose wins stage 3 summit finish at Villars-sur-Ollon". Cyclingnews. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Mattias Skjelmose wins the Tour de Suisse 2023". Tour de Suisse. 18 June 2023. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Mattias Skjelmose wins Tour de Suisse". Cyclingnews. 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Lidl-Trek headlined by Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose and Giulio Ciccone at Tour de France". CyclingUpToDate.com. 26 June 2023. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Armstrong, Lance (2 July 2023). "THEMOVE: 2023 Tour de France Stage 2". THEMOVE (Podcast). WEDŪ. Event occurs at 22:20. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ Roth, Christopher (5 July 2023). "Skjelmose reagerer på Armstrong-ros: - Han er den største". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
External links
edit
- Mattias Skjelmose at ProCyclingStats