A new Belgian Monument on the list of Mathieu Van der Poel. Raymond Poulidor’s grandson won the Tour of Flanders classic for the second time in his career this Sunday, April 3. After escaping with Tadej Pogacar in the cobblestones about twenty kilometers from the finish, Van der Poel resisted the various attacks of the winner of the last two Tour de France to finally dominate the final sprint.
Last two hundred meters of anthology
After having stalled for a long time with Pogacar in his wheel, the rider from Alpecin-Fenix waited for the returns of his compatriot Dylan van Baarl and the Frenchman Valentin Madouas to launch his sprint and thus win, leaving Pogacar without a solution. The Slovenian is ejected from the podium, Madouas finishes third.
Following complicated months due to a back injury contracted at the Tokyo Olympics when he fell in the cross-country mountain bike event, the Dutchman is back on top. “MVPD” finished on the podium at Milan-San Remo at the start of the season and raised its arms on A Travers la Flandre on Wednesday.