Mathieu van der Poel arrived at the start of the
Tour of Flanders this morning as the ultimate favourite but a race like this can always see the best of the best crack. The Dutchman hopes to have a day without big surprises and take his second win in the Flandrien classic.
“We are just going to try to control that race as best as possible and win," van der Poel said at the start of the race today. Brief words to Wielerflits, words that are expected from the man to beat on a day where surprises may happen. Although his main competitors have gone down at Dwars door Vlaanderen, the
Alpecin-Deceuninck rider reaffirms that he would prefer a race without big surprises.
