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A protester leapfrogged the barrier and ran down the finishing straight as Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) took victory at the Tour of Flanders. As all eyes were fixed on the intriguing and bizarre sprint showdown between Van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), a spectator risked a serious incident by suddenly joining the action.
Mathieu van der Poel kept his cool in a tense finale to claim his second Tour of Flanders title in a thrilling sprint finish on Sunday.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) took a heart-in-the-mouth victory at the Tour of Flanders after the most bizarre of ‘sprint’ finishes involving Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The duo had a huge lead in the home straight but, as Pogacar refused to do another turn, the pace almost slowed to a halt – inviting Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) and Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) back into the showdown.
Jumbo-Visma’s stellar season continued after Belgian champion Wout van Aert and the versatile Frenchman Christophe Laporte combined to devastating effect in the opening race of so-called Flanders Week. The duo established a lead of almost two minutes over a chasing group of eight before sitting up to take in the applause on the home straight of the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, where they locked arms in celebration.
“Sometimes dreams do come true,” declared Eurosport’s Rob Hatch, as 23 year-old Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) held off a surging, swarming squad of secondary sprinters to take the first victory of his young career. And what a victory it was, the product of a late, opportunist attack combined with grit and determination in its most raw, compelling form. Burgaudeau was left empty but elated.
