Mathieu van der Poel might be nursing a hand injury he suffered at Milan-San Remo last week, but he will still be the most-watched rider at E3 Saxo Classic on Friday.
The Alpecin-Premier Tech rider has won the last two editions of the Tour of Flanders warmup, and in the absence of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), is the out-and-out favourite. There was already speculation that riders might already be racing for second.
