Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert mong best riders of spring Classics – but what about biggest disappointments?
With just a single top-10 finish in Monuments going into Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl were feeling the pressure ahead of La Doyenne. After the horrific mass pile-up that ended Julian Alaphilippe’s chances and sent the French world champion to hospital, it looked like the Belgian team’s terrible run would continue – only for Remco Evenepoel to put in a timely reminder of his stardom with a pulverising attack on La Redoute to save Patrick Lefevere’s bacon.


