'He will dominate the spring'

We'll be starting a new spring of cycling next weekend, and we're bound to enjoy it. Everyone is looking to see if Wout van Aert can put the first cobblestone monument in the vault, although he will have to contend with his eternal rival.

And of course we are talking about none other than Mathieu van der Poel. Michelle Waits doesn't have very good news for Van Aert and his fans. According to the HLN columnist, Van der Poel will dominate the spring, just like he did last year.

“My answer is without a doubt, yes. “Not only because of his performance over the past winter, but also because he is now able to prepare for the road season better than in previous years, by covering three of the four months he spent in Spain,” He said in Wielerrevue magazine.

“I'm referring to Milan-San Remo, and even more so to the World Cup in Glasgow. He now claims to have reached an all-time high there and will try to achieve that level of performance in the spring. If he succeeds again, I wonder if he will still have to drive Those effects,” Waits even goes further.

Also opportunities in Liege

Monuments, we are talking about Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. But perhaps also for Van der Poel this year around Liège-Bastogne-Liège. And Waits also sees the world champion having success there.

“Even in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, I don't think he has a chance, if he adds that to his spring campaign. It really depends on how he gets out of Paris-Roubaix, because the Monument always demands a lot from the body.

“But if he can finish sixth in 2020 the next day long at the Binckbank Tour, I have to say he can probably win there. Things have to fall into place. “If Pogacar and Yevenpoel fight each other on the Redoute, I don't see That Van der Poel follows them,” Wuyts, however, is cautious.