
Classics specialist Tiesj Benoot has called for riders to stop "racing for second" and pacing on the front while superstars Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) are there to benefit from it.
One of the most versatile one-day racers in the peloton, Benoot has started 31 Monuments in his career and seen the tactics up close, mostly at the Tour of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia, where the Slovenian and Dutch rider have been dominant in recent memory.