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Van der Poel holds on for third straight E3 Classic victory
Van der Poel launched a long-range attack 42km from the finish and narrowly held off a four-man chase to win by four seconds in his fourth victory this year.
- On Friday, Mathieu van der Poel claimed a stunning long-range victory at the E3 Saxo Classic in Belgium for the third consecutive year, signaling strength ahead of next week's Tour of Flanders.
- With 42km left in the race, Van der Poel launched a decisive attack on the Paterberg cobbled climb, requiring significantly harder work this year to hold off the determined peloton than in previous seasons.
- Barely maintaining a four-second lead entering the final kilometre, Van der Poel admitted, "Especially with at bit more than one kilometre to go, the legs were just not really turning well anymore." He held on as the quartet of Norwegians and Belgians closed relentlessly.
- This result marks the Dutchman's fourth victory of the year, following wins at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in February and two stages at Tirreno-Adriatico earlier this month, confirming his Monument-level form.
- Van der Poel targets a record fourth win at the Tour of Flanders, but faces formidable opposition; twice-winner Tadej Pogacar will compete, having dropped Van der Poel on the Flemish bergs in 2023 and 2025.
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Mathieu van der Poel had a tough time, but he won.
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Results of the E3 Saxo Classic cycling race.
Mathieu van der Poel won the E3 Classic on Friday in Belgium. This is his third consecutive victory in this event.
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Left alone in the lead, the Dutchman finally won nothing on the flandrian classic, a rehearsal in view of the Tour of Flanders.
GRAND PRIX E3 For the third consecutive time, Mathieu Van der Poel won, but the prolific Dutchman was very close to sinning by pride. Meter after meter. Second after second. One could repeat the final of this Grand Prix E3 a hundred times undecided and haunting until in the last hectometers. But ninety-nine times, Mathieu ...
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