Museeuw himself won the Tour of Flanders on three occasions (1992, 1995, 1998), as he did Paris-Roubaix (1996, 2000, 2002), plus two stages of the Tour de France and the road race World Championships in 1996. Arguably, rather than his compatriot Van Aert, Museeuw's modern day equivalent in the peloton is
Mathieu van der Poel and the Belgian is indeed very complimentary of the Dutch superstar.
"Of course, the Cyclocross World Championship is not a road race, but it is certainly a reference for his great form," Museeuw analyses of Van der Poel's form. "When we talk about Mathieu van der Poel, we always talk about records. Now it was the equalling of Eric De Vlaeminck's record, soon we will talk about the record in the Tour of Flanders. The public and the media like to refer to that all the time, but I don't think Mathieu is really concerned with that."