52nd Course de la Paix Juniors / Junior Peace Race

Terezín – Finished! this year 41st edition of the Junior Peace Race is over and the Danish team fulfilled the expectations of being the favorites. Indeed, in the final summary of the times it is two Danish who are the fastest overall, the yellow jersey now belongs to Niklas Eg forever.

Roudnice nad Labem - The peloton of the Junior Peace race had to tackle two stages on Friday. And both had in common the name Schmidt, but it was a different rider each time. While before noon in the time trial won the Dane Mads, in the afternoon road race it was Norwegian Petter. However the former, Mads, is enjoying the yellow jersey which he stripped of the winner of the first stage, from the Frenchman Kowalski. 

The juniors peloton will open the the race on the 3rd of May at 2:30 pm at the Litomerices Peace square (Mírové náměstí). The traditional time trial in Třebenice awaits the competitors on Friday before noon. A brand new stage is prepared for the peloton already for the Friday afternoon, it will start in Česka Lípa at 4:00 pm and the cyclists will battle for the stage victory at the finish line in Roudnice nad Labem. On Saturday they will have to go trough a demanding stage from the north-bohemian town Teplice, across the border, to the German town Dippoldiswalde.

He had won several times the green jersey for the best sprinter on the most prestigious race on the planet, the Tour de France. He used to win stages on the biggest cycling races, you couldn't miss him on the finishing line mostly in the pink-white colors of the T-Mobile team. The Czech cycling fans saw him winning the big brother of this race, the famous Course de la Paix. Although he is now adviser to the ProTour team HTC-Highroad, last week you could see him downtown Litomerice or even on his bike on the roads in the region. The former excellent sprinter Erik Zabel came to watch his son, Rick, competing as member of the German national team at the 40th edition of the Course de la Paix Juniors. Moreover, this smiling and sill fit guy was not only just enjoying his stay, he was even decorating the winners of some of the stages. You could tell the young riders were trully enjoying the moments.