‘Extraordinaire’ was the word that Poulidor several times on the lips. As a special, he describes the spring and the talent of Mathieu van der Poel. With twinkling eyes he spoke on the dernycriterium in Valentigney about his grandson: “He is better than me, but then his father, who was, however, a lot of matches won.” Van der Poels latest stunt is now two weeks ago, when he was the Amstel Gold Race, but in addition the competition in the Dutch-Limburg see Poulidor yet another highlight: “don't Forget the Tour of Flanders: Belgians prepare itself for a contest for five-six months before, he comes just from the cross, and without his bad luck he is also the best. Mathieu is the moral winner of the Round,” Poulidor.
Cycling, Raymond Poulidor was this weekend to guest in a dernycriterium in the east of France. The grandfather of Mathieu van der Poel also saw his son-in-law Adrie van der Poel at the starting line and came back again on the impressive spring of his grandson: “He is the moral winner of the Tour of Flanders,” said the Frenchman to NOS.