Van Der Poel Follows Grandfather’s Footsteps And Wins Milano-San Remo In Superb Fashion! | Eurosport
Mathieu van der Poel claimed an incredible victory in the first Monument of the year, winning Milano-San Remo for the first time in his career. A devastating attack on the famous Poggio climb proved to be the decisive moment of the race as the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider beat Filippo Ganna, who was second, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar in a high-quality race.
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MVDP did not make winning this race look easy. He made it look spectacular.
My word the way he made that gap was glorious.
MVDP just rides away from three of the world's best TT riders swapping pulls. Absolutely insane.
One could say almost impossible
He's got a pretty good TT himself.
they didn't work well together, Ganna was doing the least amount of work taking shorter pulls and immediately looking over his shoulder for Wout to come through. Ganna didn't deserve that podium.
It was only WvA the last 5km, Ganna and Pogacar didn’t really seem to have anything left.
@@c-record lol they were never catching him man stfu
When Van Der Poel is on, he's incredible. Amazing win!
"Mathieu Van Der Poel is having one of those days!" That was the perfect description!!
what a beautiful job by Mathieu ....not only the surge just at the right moment over the top to create the small but critical gap but then continuing on rounding all those switchbacks so perfectly all the way down to the finish to keep the other strongest bike riders in the world who were still clearly chasing hard as they could the entire way, only off his tail by just a handful of secs. .... which at the finish turned out to be plenty !
Great job indeed... actually 3 handful of secs to be exact. includig some time to celebrate
Super happy for MVDP. This wasn't just a win - it was a "thank you" to his grandfather.
Class act. As he said after WC cyclocross, he just needs some races in his legs to get in topform, this is the result, what a lad!
Love MVDP u rock ❤
Bravo Mathieu Van Der Poel et un Grand Merci !
There's no other race in the world where 4 totally different riders can contend the win till the last meters. And the latest 30 kms are so intense and electrifying
There's some others. Strade Bianche when van der Poel won it. The final group of 6 had the World Champion (Alaphillippe), a former TdF champion (Bernal), former CX World Champion (Wout van Aert), future MTB Olympic gold medalist (Pidcock), and the current TdF champion at that time (Pogacar). That being said, this final group of 4 was equally epic.
'4 totally different riders' ? Van der Poel and Van Aert ? The past 10 years almost any road classic or cyclecross race on tv , you see WvA and MvdP in one shot. There are not many rider 'duos' so similar. There is only one minor difference. You see Van Aert work for TJV in the Tour and Van der Poel will give it a go on the mountainbike.
Incredibly smart team moves by Trentin at 0:49 and SKA at 1:32, and perfect positioning and timing by MvdP.
I think SKA was just gassed - if not he would've stayed on MvdPs wheel to assist him if possible afterwards, but yeah, Trentin was on purpose.
true
superdomestiques
This is art.
Wout van?
Thanks for this mate.😎❤️👌 Fantastic win for MVDP. Holding off three great tiers to take the win is a brilliant.
What a race specially when it's the four best racer going full at it
I didn't expect Ganna to be one of those, I have to say. Chapeau to him, hope to see more of his TT skills in the other classics.
Against 2 TT machines and another pretty handy in the TT. What a ride!!!
perfect attack from VDP, went at just the right moment, not even the 3 behind him could close the gap! amazing, not the sprinters race anymore, what an era of bike racing this is,like the old days when grand tour riders race to win the classics... bring on the rest of the races Tour of Flanders soon!!!
Soren Kragh Anderson was amazing, was there when he needed to for MVP, and as soon as he did see MVP was fine, he focussed on his own race, and finished in 5th, picking up some good points for his team.
MDVP, Ghanna, Pogi and Wout. What a good day to see this 4 Top Class Cyclist battle for first!
Mathieu's watt bombs are out of this world. Looks like he's learning to use them wisely.
Impressive MVDP led over the Chipressa to test them, then let Tadej lead them out up the Pogio...and pounced! class act Chapeau
2:30 the most critical moment of the race was missed by the helicamera! Unbelievable!
6 hour race and they miss the move.
@@prfit its really a 20 minute race
It's a tradeoff for having no Motos on the poggio. It's already too narrow for the peloton and they do the descent faster and faster every year the Motos just can't keep up safely.
Yep. My thoughts exactly. You'd think they would figure out that the top of the last climb would be a good place to be focussing on the leaders... sigh.
the best footage i found are some pics of a photographer who captured it, is there any other footage of the attack?
To me, the key moment is when he let Van Aert exhaust himself filling the gap with Ganna and Pogacar. Those 2 meters were too much for Van Aert. He closed them but also saved MVDP precious watts and gave him a moral boost seeing VA struggling.
I like how Tadeij congratulates with MVDP even if he lost the race !!!
As long as someone didn't chop him 😂
He usually posted and congratulate the winner on his instagram even when he lost. Great sportmanship, a very likeable athlete.
@The Dude it becomes a bit easier when you win the Tour de France a couple of times
9:51
He even smiled, seems like a genuine nice guy. Same with WvA and VdP
Got to love how when MVDP is on, he's on! He rides with such heart. Fair play to Ganna hanging with two stronger bike handlers then out kicking them for 2nd.
MVDP, Pogi and WvA it’s never boring with these guys. They just go whenever they feel like it.
I don't feel great about Ganna getting 2nd. Those 3 might've had a chance to catch VdP if he could've held Wout's wheel through the turns. Instead, MvdP, Wout and Ganna were all pushing air and Pogacar is smaller (weighs less) than those 3. So when they got to the flat, the gap had actually gone up maybe 2 seconds and everyone was gassed, the chasers didn't have the advantage they could have had. Not taking anything away from MvdP, he was powerful and had great tactics.
Ganna refused to do any pulls on descent or finish flat. You see him shake his head every time he was in lead position. Instead of pulling he sapped his competitors energy and it was enough for 2nd. It think it was kind of lame but that cycling tactics
yeah he's on.. roids
Einer der wenigen der nie langweilig ist 🥰
Bravo Mathieu van der poel félicitations
i had to watch this six times
Absolutely the steering skills from cyclo cross that was part of this win.
Absolutely. Last couple of years have proven that CX is a very underrated discipline. Both him and Wout are so all round because of it. More riders should pay attention
It was quite obvious he will go FULL BLAST when there was 21 km left. I was so hyped to see him go in front of everybody doing the descent in his own terms.
MVDP at his best only has one opponent: MVDP
Depending on the type of race but I would add Pogacar at his very best. He has been beaten in RVV when they were, I think, both at there very best.🙂 Other than him, I agree, no one can beat in shape MVDP
A very big surprise : Wout Van Aert is not 2eme Bravo à Van Derpoupou !!
4 of the greatest riders at the front, entertaining last 20km
Congratulations, superb 👏
Proficiat Matthieu 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love it when a big hitter wins a big bike race…none of this underdog stuff😅
everyone in that final group is an incredible rider. No pretenders in that final group.
EXCELENTE ...FELICITACIONES MATHIEU....
Waww he did incredible move❤❤❤❤
Pogacar always goes to congratulate the winner if he loses. Great sportsmanship.
Wow ! Would never have guessed he would break away at the top of the poggio.
Are you the camera man?
@@pharg4955 😂
Mvdp generally does what you don't expect it seems..
@@pharg4955 ? ? Your question doesn’t make sense. Maybe you missed it and didn’t hear the commentary.
@@pharg4955 lol! That's a quality comment!
Great job guys, you missed the most important part of the race!!!! Top tier filming
again ! The helicamera missed nothing, the exact moment of the VdP's escape action is showed with 5.5 kms left, just at the end of last climb Il Poggio . You can see it perfectly.....
@@carlobrotto7132 no, when the camera pans back to the front group, MVdP is already leading...the key attack moment is missed.
@@markwilson4535 watch back the video : when the helicamera leaves the arrier 4s and pans back to the lead quartet VdP has just started his final attack, at that moment the gap is about 2, 3 meters not more. What's been missed ?
@@carlobrotto7132 I think what has been missed is: from the moment MVDP got out of the saddle while riding 4th behind Wout > to when we saw MVDP with 2-3 bike lengths lead.
Terrible camera work. The commentator literally says 10 seconds before,everybody else is out the race. Camera still pans back and misses the move. WTF
Great finish. Kudos to Pogacar for hanging with those guys on the flats. If it were the mountains I doubt any of them could hang with him.
Exactly ..he is challenging himself and 4th wasn't bad at all
It weren't in the mountains, were it?
Not relevant those remarks. Everybody knows that but this was Milan-san remo. Trying to be clever?😊
Well happy with that result.
monumental
Epic win!
So well loved❤❤❤
The Dutch have the 2 best riders on wheels , Mathieu and Max😂
Plus Jeffrey Herlings
they've got different personalities though. van der Poel gives his teamates (the sprinters) leadouts. Verstappen won't give his teammate anything, not even the table scraps.
Germany builds good bikes. Canyon.:-)
Realmente ele é brabo D +
Che bello! Tanta stima e spero, un giorno, di poter solcare le stesse strade! .....Ah, dimenticavo, ottima colonna sonora!
What about the camera man. Van der Poel took off and no single camera had that on tape. This was the worst camera move ever.
He was so quick they missed it 😂😂😂
What cameraman r u talkin' about ? Cameraman on byke is not allowed in that sector of race, it would be 2 much close , dangerous even more than unequal for competitors. Helicamera showed the VdP's blitz action for you and all newcomers who think they can school people who do theb job since 100 yrs 🙂!
@@carlobrotto7132 Newcomers?? dude I watch cycling since early 1970’s. Saw Hennie K win San Remo with better camera handling. The fact that Italians suck in broadcasting is a fact. Let the Belgiums do this broadcast also. They would never turn the helicopter view 700 meters before the top to the bunch behind. Get your mind straight.
I liked that there was no moto lead out for this surge....makes it even more impressive!
@@robbo3132 wheter you liked it or not thats upon the UCI rules, if you know something of cycling, which it does seem by ur comments...lol
GREAT MVP... You are the BEST
Que exhibición de este tremendo clasicomano. 😮😮😮😮😮
Vamoss!!!🎉
Torero...oleee👍👍👍
Beast
Absolutely amazing job from Ganna, never thought I'd see him on the podium at a monument!
the best win
When you saw Pogacar break out of the bunch you would think 'that`s it', but somehow his Paris-Nice hattrick must have costed him something. It's almost like he's human. I'm so stoked for Paris-Roubaix and De Ronde it almost annoys me, somehow those races are more important than any grand tour.
These climbs arent hard enough for those guys to drop. The big guys can hang with him, thats why this race is hard to win.
Poh paris roubaix was simply stunning as well i’ve watched it back so many times. The way MvdP rides is just with heart and soul
Good 👍 job ❤❤❤❤
What a day......YEAH~!!!!!
Fastanstic !!!😁👍👍 +1 thx Eurosport for the upload
The best!
I thought Wout would get 2nd.... Filipo is on form.
on form as a wheelsucker
I suspect Filippo will win a classic this spring, the way he's riding. These four riders might take all the classics actually!
Congratulations to MVDP & all. What a race! 🚲♥️👍👌
Mvp. Um super campeao. Incrivel o que ele faz.
Ganna! Fantastic ride and result!!!
He really showed his skills as a wheelsucker today, he really wanted that second place. Lame
Very curious for the Vlaamse koersen en Roubaix!
@@billieboybuddha4238 I also think it will be exciting
Big miss from the director to switch to Mohoric at the moment Mathieu vd Poel went for it.
TY
Goed gedaan hoor top
Pity the cameraman was panning down the mountain when MVDP made his move. WTF were they looking for with THOSE 4 leaders up the road? Anyway, great win!
Con todos mis respetos, pero precian 3 vespinos , persiguiendo a una ducati, grandísimo mathieu 💪
Another win taken away from UAE is lovely to see, the good guys won once again.
Noone has more 5minute power than MVDP
Why would Eurosport have the result of the race in the thumbnail!
So people like you enter a reaction in the comment section. It helps to boost the algorythm.
I’d say the racing being primarily shown fro ma helicopter does lack a certain something. The motorbikes are unfortunately influential in the racing but the footage is so much better it feels faster and more intense.
Motorbikes are a must. We just gotta get them in sync
@@shajardror on the narrow roads they cause quite a bit of drafting advantage.
Maybe they could add a drone operator on each climb for an extra camera angle
@@balloe3466 nope, drone disturbes cyclists more helicop., they've already rejected this option time ago.
@@carlobrotto7132 what?! A drone disturbs more than a helicopter?!!
great lead out by todgecar
Ficou “fácil” para o MVDP. UAE fez todo o trabalho. Levou ele de roda para a vitória.
Cosmic facepalm for the director of the broadcast at 2:28, what an idiot. We missed most of MVDP's move while he zoomed in on Hermans, Pedersen and Mohoric. These 3 had already lost all relevance as soon as the split happened but somehow he gave them 10 seconds of airtime in the Poggio. Thanks to him we all missed the move that allowed MVDP to get away from some of the greatest riders of our generation.
The race was decided when Ganna decided he's happy with second place and stopped chasing.
Too bad the director of the TV cameras didnt listen to the Aussie commentator who predicted exactly where the final attack would occur, yet he had cameras on the battle for off podium positions
FFS, please don't put the result of the race in the title of the clip !!!!!! We don't want to know it before we watch it.
is russell coight doing comentary now for eurosport?
😂 i doubt many outside OZ would get the joke....it's Robbie Mcewan btw for those that aren't old enough to remember him
awesome video title please never spoil the entire race like this on my youtube home page
Interesting to see Pog hanging with the big power guys. When the road hits 10% he will be very hard to beat... But today he looked human after all.
its funny to see him get upset when he is overpowered by guys like MvP and Wout when its not a longer >9% climb, he mistakenly thinks he can beat anyone never mind the conditions and the physical attributes of his competitors
lmao. 'hanging with the big power guys' ? Haven't you seen Pogacars palmares ? He is a classics big power guy himself. In this peloton he is the rider with most monument wins (3x Lombardia, 1x Flanders, 1x Liège) and add to that the Amstel, Fleche Wallonne and Strade Bianche ! These are all races where you may need a good punch for the win.. I was surprised he could not follow VdP .
@@allws9683 Perhaps you do not understand power to weight ratio. But the big power guys are much heavier than POG and need much higher power to go up at the same speed when it is 9%, but on a flat they have a big power advantage since it is 90% about wind resistance and POG's lower weight is not a benefit anymore. You missed physics class? LMAO...
@@rikkshow Of course I understand the power and weight ratio ! But the Ciprezza and Poggia are hardly to consider flat course, right !. When he wins Strade Bianche is up front in Flandres and outsprint Alaphilippe and Valverde in Liège you should know longtime that power and punch are not a problem for Pogacar. And the same for a fly like Tom Pidcock. Pogy even forced the break on the Poggio . that's far from 'hanging' .
@@allws9683 you didn't understand my comment, did you even watch the video? 😂 I say it is relatively easy for POG on the steep sections. But at the flatter top he gets dropped and for the rest of the race he sits last of the four and finishes last off the four. That means he was hanging on. Three big power guys in front of him all the way to the finish...
For the love of god, STOP with the spoilers by announcing the winner in your titles!
Magnifico, Magnifico MVDP👏👏👏
5:39 Did he go ghost?. Watch as he goes around the corner turn. Or maybe it's the camera angle whereas you can't see him. 6:14 Shows him morphing the camera or ghosting from going fast. Yet it's questionable because the other 3 riders behind him is not doing that with the camera.
no handshake from van aert at the end , interesting
screw these spoilers in the title
Nei giorni scorsi alcuni "sapienti" di ciclismo sentenziavano: - Filippo Ganna, per migliorare su strada, deve mettere da parte la pista. - Mthieu Van der Poel, per la stessa ragione deve dimenticare un po' il ciclo-cross. - Idem per Van Aert. A giudicare dalla classifica della Milano-Sanremo (1° - 2° - 3°) mi sembra che facciano bene a continuare come prima, infischiandosene dei giudizi di chi commenta ma non pedala. Quanto a Pogacar (4°)... "tra cotanto senno"..., che non corre su pista e non pedala nel fango, va fortissimo su strada, ma la Milano-Sanremo non mi pare abbastanza adatta alle sue caratteristiche (non offre sufficienti asperità; avete visto come il pistard ha placcato, in salita, lo scalatore). ... Così è se vi pare... 🚴♂️😇
Way to spoil the race with the title, sigh
That is not breakaway, it's TT mode on, congratulation MVDV.
Jisss seru
Ora che ha vinto la Sanremo, grande occasione per fare il tris con Fiandre e Roubaix.
Why did you have to put the name of the winner in the title? Ruined the enjoyment of the race.
A post-race drug test proved a single thread of Raymond Poulidor's genes!
why tf camera man pan away at the worst time possible
cos its live footage
@@rexcorkil is there another view of the attack?
I think they were trying to show the gap to the second group. Unfortunately, that was when MVDP launched.
Good to see MVDP back after a so-so 2022
No kids knocking on his door while sleeping?
well he still won Flanders and was pretty damn good in the Giro and Tirreno I think in 2022
@@Lion-wd1px the original commenter has a point though. MvdP didn't show the devastating power he had in previous years. He was still recovering from that injury in the Olympics MTB race.
@@S0ulinth3machin3 agreed
👏💪🙏MVDP💪🙏 👏
Thanks for SPOILING the race for me.
MVDP was too strong for the 3