Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) made a huge attack on the Côte de la butte Montmartre climb and tried to blow up the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games road race on the spectacular finishing circuits, but had no reply when Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) counter-attacked and eventually 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:rode alone to victory. 

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Roubaix winner and current World Champion could only finish 12th, 1:49 down🐷 on Evenepoel, bringing home the second chase group. 

He knew victory had escaped him w💯hen Evenepoel got away from the peloton, blasted across with an attack and then went clear alone with 15km to go.

“I think I was good enough but it was a difficult situation for me,” Van der Poel admitted, speaking post-race to Cyclingnews and then other media.   

“I thought when I attacked on Montmartre, that the race was over. We had a good and really strong group. Then it came back. When Remco went, I knew it was a really dangerous moment and difficult for us to get him back. I&rsqu🐷o;m happy for him."

Van der Poel was often marked by Belgian rival Wout van Aert. But with Evenepoel up the road, and Van Aert able to sit onꩵ and play a tactical game, it was check✱mate for Belgium. Van der Poel was caught in a trap.   

“I knew that Wout van Aert was focusing on me but there’s nothing wrong with that,&rd✤quo; Van der Poel admitted.  🐲;

“We went away, even just the two of us, a few times and I thought we had a chance. But it came back together. That’s raไcing.”   

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