We have chosen 3 days in which Van der Poel reached the finish line without an ounce of strength
Empty the tank, I admit that the expression is not mine, it is from a contributor to the podcast, Kike Molares from Amsterdam, and it is an expression that clearly illustrates what Mathieu Van der Poel does.
He told us about it the other day, between Flanders and Roubaix, he had told us before when he talked about those cyclists who transmit and excite him.
Simply Mathieu Van der Poel achieves it, moving and one of his virtues is thatreaching the finish line dry after leaving everything along the way, a path full of rage, fight and monumental class.
In the Dutchman’s career, in the last five years he has offered us memorable days, and this second Roubaix that comes to his attention does not seem to have been one of those races in which he has worked hard, not at least until the finish line.
He had previously given us incredible days in this sense, I want to remember three.
This same Tour of Flanders
He admitted it, the end was very hard for him, long like a day without bread after going alone in the Koppenberg.
Unlike Roubaix the differences were closer, admitting that This day had been one of the hardest of his career.to the point that he hinted that it could harm him in Paris-Roubaix.
It was not the case.
Tyrrhenian Sea of 2021
Yes, that stage in Castelfidardo, when in the middle of the rain he ventured very far from the finish line because he was cold, but not happy he went back to more than sixty from the finish line.
An agonizing victory, with Tadej Pogacar coming from behind to take away the victory.
Van der Poel saved by ten seconds, falling hard as soon as he crossed the finish line with the Slovenian charging for him.
How many speculations we made in the last kilometers, what if it arrived, what if not, those stages that remain forever.
BinckBank Tour 2020
In the autumn of the pandemic, in a race that has already disappeared, but writing his name on a suggestive site in Geraardsbergen, managing to complete a getaway of more than 50 kilometers with the anxiety of seeing that he could be hunted by Naesen. Colbreli and his today with Kragh Andersen.
Like other times, like in that Amstel, when he crossed the finish line, collapsed to the ground.
Extra ball
Let me talk about another historic tank emptying and this one did not end well, when he ran out dry in the final lap of the World Cup in Yorkshire, joining the group of Trentin, Pedersen and Küng.
He came from behind, grabbed the head and didn’t let go until, blind, It went down as if the world was ending at that moment.under the flood.
He emptied the tank and did not win, but he learned that with that attitude he would win the affection of the people but not the favor of the winners, over time he has learned to take full advantage of that inhuman ability to perform on the bicycle.
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2024-04-15 12:40:34
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