Thin like all major cyclists, Mathieu van der Poel (MVDP) nevertheless has this ogre's appetite which makes the difference, in the pelotons, between the champions and the others. At 29, even if we wouldn't bet that he will last more than four or five years, the Dutchman is in the prime of his career.
In his bag, he has just slipped a sixth Monument of his sport (3 Tour of Flanders, 2 Paris-Roubaix and a Milan-San Remo). And there's really no reason for him to stop his counter at that number. In his blood runs the desire to become the best classics rider of his generation and of the 21st century. How ? He obviously cannot join the legend Eddy Merckx in the number of victories in the Cycling Monuments. The Belgian Cannibal devoured too much and had 19 on his list.
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