Mads Würtz Schmidt is part of a special crop of Danish talent that has set the world alight. In this episode recorded in downtown Girona, Mads talks about racing against a young Søren Kragh Andersen while they were kids and the disbelief in watching compatriot Mads Pedersen become world champion. He also talks about becoming U23 ITT World Champion and the lengths they had to go to celebrate at a club later that week.
- “After dinner we had a celebration dinner. Not everyone was over 21 so they couldn’t have alcohol so some of us orange juice in champagne glasses.”
- “We went to the buy and I put the credit card on the counter. I had designed one from home, with the rainbow stripes. I said guys, let me buy you a beer and I through it on the counter.”
- “Chaves was dropped early on the first climb so all the GC teams went hard. It was the hardest day I’ve had on the bike.”
