After Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen complained about rival teams' tactics at the E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem, Alpecin-Deceuninck's head DS Christoph Roodhooft has stated that the team "doesn't care" what strategy the opposition tries to use during Sunday's Tour of Flanders.
Van der Poel said teams riding full gas after an early crash left him and the main peloton three minutes behind a large break was "something we would never do", while Philipsen was similarly annoyed after Gent-Wevelgem when he thought more teams should have gambled in the chase behind solo winner Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).
