Of the four monstrous humans, four savage, four soulless, and four wonders, only the smartest in the class and the one who jumped down the road could win. poggio without touching the brakes, without looking back, speeding through the corners, vigilant, determined, ruthless to achieve a victory in memory and honor of one of the greatest in racing history, the grandfather named Raymond Poulidor. The cyclist who won the same victory as his grandson Mathieu van der Poel in 1961.
van der poel Like his incredible, eternal foe, Wout van Aert, the ubiquitous man he defeated at the Cyclo-Cross World Championship, with muddy and slightly wider wheels, and catching him. On a descent where slowdown is prohibited. Van Aert can’t and is third behind Filippo Gannagiant of four and when van der poel He is already an inaccessible cyclist and you must settle for second place; first of the losers.
But all eyes are on the fourth man, the man who ruined everything coming up from Poggio like it was a flat track, like a runaway animal pedaling on a bike. Tadej Pogacar is left without a win in a year where he’s won everything so far. Because to be successful in ‘classicissima’ it is not worth it just to be number one in the world, to be the one who points the Tour, with mountains far harder and more extreme than Poggio di San Remo everywhere. dir-dir pogakar shattering the squad but not doing enough damage to destroy it van der poelwith Ghana already Van Aert. forks pogakar unable to withstand the last attack van der poel just where Poggio is crowned and a gap is left, if a few meters are reached and there is no panic on the descent, only the most prudent to win in memory of his grandfather await victory.
related to poulidor There are only black and white images. related to poulidor He is only remembered, sometimes unfairly, for being second best because he never won the Tour and had the misfortune of crossing paths with first place. Jacques Anquetil and then with Eddy Merckx. But ‘Pou-Pou’, as the French call it, Milan-San Remo, Paris-Nice, Dauphiné and even Tour of Spain in 1964long before his grandson was born and life did not give him the privilege of seeing him wear the yellow jersey that Tour couldn’t wear, nor, of course, from his grandson’s emotional tears. van der poel On the Tour or Milan-San Remo. poulidor Died before his grandson in 2019 Mathieu continues to grow as one of the greatest figures of current cicismo.