It’s doubtful that Tadej Pogačar needs much help to win a bike race these days, but he knows the value of sound advice all the same. When the man he beat to the Tour of Flanders two weeks ago reached out and offered some pointers for the Amstel Gold Race, Pogačar was smart enough to take them on board.
After winning Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix, Mathieu van der Poel opted to sit out his home classic, and so perhaps he could afford to be generous. Pogačar, for his part, made full use of the tip, soloing clear with 29km to go to claim another emphatic victory.
