Last Monday (03), through social networks and official websites, Maryland Cycling Classic announced that Mattias Skjelmose, from the Lidl-Trek team, won first place in the competition. Then Neilson Powless and Hugo Houle (Israel Premier-Tech) remained in second and third position.
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The competition was held in the city of Sparks, Maryland, and because it is a one-day match, it is considered the professional road race in the United States that has a high level of competitors. The route passed through irregular places between the north of Pennsylvania, the south towards Baltimore until arriving at the final point in Inner Harbor.
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In the middle to the end of the match, cyclists Toms Skujins and Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl-Trek, Chris Harper and Lucas Hamilton of Team Jayco AIUIa, Hugo Houle of Israel Premier-Tech and Neilson Powless of EF Education-EasyPost , remained faithful to the path even under a strong sun and heat.
“I’m really happy. This race is very important for the Lidl-Trek team and to win here and to show great teamwork is very important for us and to win this race is very special. Toms was super strong. I was strong. I think we both could have won. Toms had a good attack and I was just waiting for my moment to attack”, said Mattias Skjelmose after finishing the race.
Neilson Powless also commented on the competition, saying it was a tougher day: “It turned out to be a very aggressive and difficult race day in Baltimore. Something about this course makes the race very selective. And I think it’s probably the heat and mountainous terrain of the countryside. But when we got to the end it was just a slug party”.
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