VIDEO: Mathieu van der Poel acceleration strings things out through the Arenberg Forest at Paris-Roubaix

The Arenberg Forest has been a hot topic in the cycling world in recent days due to the addition of a chicane in the run-up and Mathieu van der Poel has sensed his moment to up the pace.

Already a pace that looks like being the fastest Paris-Roubaix in history, van der Poel's acceleration through the Arenberg Forest properly strung things out behind. Although the world champion wasn't able to properly snap the elastic, only Jasper Philipsen, Mads Pedersen and somewhat surprisingly, Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Mick van Dijke.

See it for yourself down below!