Mathieu Van der Poel triumphs at the Tour of Flanders

Jour of Flanders also happy for Mozzato

Mathieu Van der Poel, current world champion, triumphed at the Tour of Flanders, dominating the competition and maintaining his solo lead to the finish line. Behind him, Alberto Bettiol, who had won the 2019 edition, and Dylan Teuns held on for much of the race, but were overtaken in the final sprint by the peloton. In the last pedal strokes Luca Mozzato stood out, taking an excellent second place, with a gap of 1 minute and 2 seconds from the winner. Bettiol, on the other hand, è ranked only tenth.

"It will take " some time to realize,” Mozzato said at the end of the race. “I am overjoyed, I think it is my best performance ever. I was also a little bit helped by luck, when we started the walls I was not in great shape, forò è everything went well, I managed to come back without wasting much energy. Then in the final slowly the moreù walls passed the moreù I seemed to be better off than the others".

"In the end, the wind in our faces helped us a little bit to get back on the breakaways, then on the line I managed to seize this podium, which I will surely enjoy as soon as I realize" " concluded the Venetian.