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"Now everything went well" - Mathieu van der Poel rocks lead-out duty as he brings Jasper Philipsen to Tirreno-Adriatico victory
CyclingWednesday, 08 March 2023 at 17:49
Mathieu van der Poel is a man for the classics and hilly races. Despite a strong sprinting ability the Dutchman almost never takes part in bunch sprints, but today he was a critical piece in Jasper Philipsen's win.
"I wasn't scared, because I'm not going for a classification or anything," van der Poel told reporters after the finish in Foligno. He was riding together with the Belgian when the race split inside the final kilometers, a move which proved very dangerous both for the stage and GC classification. "So that wouldn't be a drama, but I'm glad I was in that first echelon with Jasper and could still help him."
The peloton came back to the front however van der Poel's new role was put to the test. Ahead of many other stronger leadouts, Alpecin-Deceuninck managed to enter the final treacherous section to the finish in front, and van der Poel himself led out Jasper Philipsen. As the 25-year old sprinted to victory van der Poel raised his arms in celebration from the distance.
"I am very happy. It just went wrong on Tuesday, but now everything went well. I am very happy with that, I hope it is the start of something good and more victories for our team," he concluded. Before going for his own chances van der Poel has contributed to Alpecin's first win of the season. There will still be two hilly days ahead in the race where he will have his own chances of succeeding.
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- Nonsense Mistermaumau. Tom has noticeably more character and personality than Mathieu. Look at the photograph with this article - when was the last time you saw Mathieu crack a smile like that?RupertBear17-12-2024
- Get over yourself! Tom is fine, he's quite a character in his way - he's got a great sense of humour for a start. Watch him and Matt Stephens do one of their cafe rides, they're both a hoot. I don't mind Mathieu, but he's a bit of a cold fish in case you haven't noticed. You guys make me laugh, you get a unique rider like Tom appears on the scene and all you can do is bitch! By the way Senna, your use of a comma and then the lack of a space between words is usually an indicator of ASD. Now I'm being bitchy!RupertBear17-12-2024
- Whining isn’t a good look, Lance. Oh and doping or not, the GOAT is still Eddy Merckx imho - lance couldn’t t even come close when you compare resultsCrashjames16-12-2024
- * not taking anything away from the tireless sacrifices wout has made as a superstar. those are two extraordinary individuals.OCexile16-12-2024
- sadly true. mathieu is the bedrock AD was built on, and he’s always shouldered that role and always seen the bigger picture: took MUCH less money than he could have gotten while the team was growing, and has written them new book on what it means to be a completely selfless superstar, witness every ferocious leadout for jasper and what he did at MSR last year. yup, so far that’s not thomas.OCexile16-12-2024
- ...you could also add diminuer,etiquette,basic PR skills and respect all of which Pidcock lacks in abundance.Senna196016-12-2024
- Just like Remco should have ;-)Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- And you base that on which vast amount of knowledge you have on him please?Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- Not only that but what MVDP did at AD had a lot to do with a personality that TP will never have.Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- i mean, duh, the ONLY reason for pidcock to be at Q36.5 is freedom and autonomy. vande velde has kind of an art for the obvious. but as far as the “you should do what van der poel did” advice goes, well, I’LL state the obvious: doing what mathieu did KINDA depends on being ABLE to do what mathieu did. if it didn’t then yeah, that would really be some terrific advice.OCexile16-12-2024