“We will have to wait and see what the removal of Pogacar’s name from the provisional list of participants actually means,” the E3 Saxo Classic's organizer
Jacques Coussens said of the situation in conversation with HLN. “But we are very happy that all the other top riders, such as Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, will definitely be at the start.”
As mentioned, with Pogacar's debut on the iconic French cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, it is a long-running story in the cycling world throughout 2025 so far. It is now expected that Pogacar will compete at the
Tour of Flanders, having not raced competitively on the surface since 2023. Another fact worth noting, is that Pogacar is now likely to become the first reigning Tour de France champion to do battle at Paris-Roubaix since Greg LeMond more than three decades ago in 1991, showing the incredible rarity of what could be about to happen in the coming weeks and months.