Euskaraz irakurri: Mathieu van der Poel, jaun eta jabe Flandriako Tourrean

The Dutch Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) honored his status as favorite and the rainbow jersey of world champion with a marvelous display in the 108th edition of the Tour of Flanders disputed between Antwerp and Oudenaarde, with a route of 270.8 kilometersa hat trick for his fifth monument.

Van der Poel (Kepellen, 29 years old), true to his style, and drawing on a power within the reach of very few, raised his arms for the third time like a true “Lion of Flanders.” Exhibition alone in the last 45 kmintractable and brilliant, reducing his rivals to the fight for second place.

The ride allowed the king of cyclocross to achieve his fifth monument, since it also has the Milan San Remo and Paris Roubaix trophies in its display case. He arrived at the finish line with time for personal delight, with a time of 6 hours, 5 minutes and 23 seconds, at an average of 44.5 km / hour.

The pursuers finally arrived in a large group of 9 men, giving way to Alberto Bettiol and Dylan Teuns in the last meters. The Italian came second Luca Mozzato (Arkéa – B&B Hotels) and in principle third the Australian Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla), 1.07 minutes behind the winner, but the “aussie” cyclist was relegated to 11th place due to irregular maneuvering. His place was occupied by the German from the UAE Nils Politt.

CLASSIFICATION

1. VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 6:05:17

2. MOZZATO Luca (Arkéa) 1:02

3. POLITT Nils (UAE) mt

4. BJERG Mikkel (UAE) mt

5. MORGADO António (UAE) mt

6. SHEFFIELD Magnus (INEOS) mt

7. NAESEN Oliver (Decathlon AG2R) mt

8. TEUNS Dylan (Israel-Premier Tech) mt

9. BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education-EasyPot) mt

10. SKUJINŠ Toms (Lidl-Trek) mt

ADVANCE.

Source: Eitb

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