Mathieu Van der Poel: “I’m really happy to end up on the podium”

April 21 ^st 2024 - 17:44

“I’m happy with that. We came back to the front after a long pursuit and I already felt my legs were tired a bit. But even with the legs from Roubaix or Flanders it would have been hard to follow Tadej. I’m realistic enough, I know that if Pogacar has a good day I can’t follow him even with my best legs. You never know, he could have a bad day, or at least I hope he can! He was impressive again today. I think my Classics season was already more than successful. I’m really happy to end up on the podium here today. Everybody has their races and I did what I had to do in mine.”