The last time Mathieu van der Poel lost a cross race was in 2011, when he came in third. He won around 40 races since. I don’t know of any rider with that kind of a record, ever.
It must be his genes. He is the son of Adrie van der Poel, former WC cross and winner of LBL and many other races, and the grandson of eternal second, Raymond Poulidor. The mix seems to make him eternal first.
Le Geezeur
The last time I won a race was when Ronald Reagan was president and I can remember watching (& reading) about Mathieu’s dad racing bicycle.
Truth, as they say, is often stranger than fiction.
Trez
Such wonderful photos of that competitive racing. This seems like seeing the competition in live action. – Flemings Ultimate Garage
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The last time Mathieu van der Poel lost a cross race was in 2011, when he came in third. He won around 40 races since. I don’t know of any rider with that kind of a record, ever.
It must be his genes. He is the son of Adrie van der Poel, former WC cross and winner of LBL and many other races, and the grandson of eternal second, Raymond Poulidor. The mix seems to make him eternal first.
The last time I won a race was when Ronald Reagan was president and I can remember watching (& reading) about Mathieu’s dad racing bicycle.
Truth, as they say, is often stranger than fiction.
Such wonderful photos of that competitive racing. This seems like seeing the competition in live action. – Flemings Ultimate Garage