On Sunday, there were no answers for Tadej Pogačar at the Tour of Flanders, with the world champion racing to a 19km solo victory following his race-winning attack on the Oude Kwaremont.
Reigning champion Mathieu van der Poel, the Slovenian’s biggest rival for the title this year, was often the only man to match his accelerations on numerous cobbled bergs. But he couldn’t find an answer on the penultimate climb of the 269km race.