With scintillating solo victories at both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix too, there's no question van der Poel is somewhere near his top form, despite a unusually quiet performance last weekend at the Amstel Gold Race.
“Mathieu has a better chance in Liège than in the Amstel Gold Race last Sunday,” Adrie van der Poel evaluates. “Back then everyone was just fixated on him. A number of good riders really missed the chance of a victory there because they were only concerned with him. Only Thomas Pidcock did well. There are more top players at the start in Liege, such as
Tadej Pogacar. That is better for Mathieu, because then it is not just him who is being looked at."
