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Magnus Cort won the Danish national title and three Vuelta a España stages this year, then didn't make the Worlds squad. Mikkel Honoré did — despite not having raced since a June crash that left him with a collapsed lung, seven broken ribs, three fractured vertebrae and a broken collarbone.
Honoré's best 2026 result before the crash was 12th at the Muscat Classic, so this isn't a form-over-farewell call — it's a bet on a rider who hasn't started a race in months. Denmark's federation says it picked the strongest riders, not sentimental ones, which only sharpens the question: what is the strength case for an unraced, recently shattered body over a national champion? Cort's complaint reads less like sour grapes and more like a rider pointing at a selection that can't fully justify itself on either depth or story.
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