
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) has pushed back on the pressure that he might be the rider to beat stand-out favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in this year's Tour of Flanders, and instead suggested that Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) could be the rider to stop the Slovnian
A three-times winner of the Tour of Flanders in 2020, 2022, and 2024, last year Van der Poel was unable to prevent Pogačar from claiming his second Ronde.