Adrià Pericas, the Spanish junior who holds the pace of Mathieu van der Poel in the decisive climb of the Glasgow World Championship

Today a video went viral showing Mathieu van der Poel sprinting on the final climb of the Glasgow World Championship circuit. The Dutchman was seen sprinting at full speed with two riders on his wheel. The first of them seemed to be wearing the Slovenian flag on his jersey and the second, at a very good pace, was clearly from the Spanish national team.

And no, it was neither Alex Aranburu, nor Ion Izagirre, the two men called to lead Pascual Momparler's team on Sunday. This was Adrià Pericas, a 17-year-old junior who this year has been proclaimed champion of Catalonia and has shown in that 14% climb that has come to Scottish lands with great strength;