Even a second place still arouses a clamor when Mathieu Van der Poel arrives, after the protocol, at the foot of his Alpecin-Deceuninck coach where his staff and his boss, Philip Roodhooft, were waiting for him. Hardly disappointed to have seen his star rider let the day’s victory slip away: “He didn’t lose! He just didn’t win (laughs). He had a great race and the team performed well. We can be happy with what we did today (Sunday). We have already won a lot this season, we are confident for the races to come. »
Mathieu Van der Poel facing his physical limits in Ghent-Wevelgem
