Nothing or almost nothing seems to be able to stop Mathieu Van der Poel when the classics season arrives. Not even when the public competes in stupidity towards him as has been the case over the last two weeks, during the Tour of Flanders and at Paris-Roubaix. A spectator who threw beer at the Dutch rider during the last Tour of Flanders, on March 31, has just been identified. He will be the subject of legal proceedings for “assault and battery”, as revealed by the Belgian newspaper The last hour this Tuesday.
The prosecution did not confirm the information but the boss of “Ronde”, Thomas Van der Spiegel, said after the race that “civil proceedings would be initiated when the beer throwers were identified”. On Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, as at the Tour of Flanders, two races which he flew alone, “MVDP” was targeted by beer jets, insulted, and he was the target of insulting gestures.
The spectator having thrown the cap into the viewfinder of justice
On the Hell of the North, the world champion was also covered by a cap thrown towards its wheels by a spectator. Always according to The last hour, the woman who committed this dangerous act has also been identified. She should be heard by the French police this week.
The Belgian newspaper Niewsblad, who found the trace of this Flemish woman says, for her part, that she is, in fact, a supporter of “MVDP” and that she came from a VIP tent, set up on the side of the road. “I felt like I was hit by something white,” Raymond Poulidor’s grandson explained in the interview area on Sunday.
“Apparently not everyone likes me riding in the lead,” he continued. But I don’t care. I think these people throwing beer at me are feeling some frustration. But I don’t want to worry about it. » No doubt, Mathieu Van der Poel is only programmed to win the prestigious coronations.