PHOTO: Mathieu van der Poel skips La Fleche Wallonne to prepare for Liege-Bastogne-Liege in the Spanish sun
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With two monuments already in the bag this year, world champion Mathieu van der Poel will attempt to make it a hat-trick next weekend at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
After a quieter performance last weekend at the Amstel Gold Race, van der Poel won't be present at La Fleche Wallonne this week, instead returning to the Spanish sun alongside his regular training partner, Freddy Ovett. Riding 90.9km according to Ovett's Strava, the duo completed the distance at an average speed of thirty kilometres per hour, keeping the world champion's legs spinning ahead of his showdown with Tadej Pogacar in Belgium.
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So, this is why he skipped La Fleche Wallone in the last minute? To prepare for the upcoming Liege-Bastogne-Liege?
I still didn’t find anyone who can answer when he had actually planned to do FW at all. IMO he was only thinking about adding it, depending on his condition, it was never planned on his schedule.
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- That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
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- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
- In that sense, those two have less in common than the link you could make between demonstrators, right handers, Hinault and Merckx.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
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- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- Give him an uphill sprint, then he may win against pure sprinters.
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