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>His fellow team manager Maarten Wynants came to the same conclusion in a conversation with Het Nieuwsblad. The former rider saw how a strong Van Aert was able to cross swords with Van der Poel. “We should mainly be satisfied that he was able to follow Van der Poel. In Tirreno-Adriatico, Van der Poel was still impressive, and it still seemed that nothing could be done against him in the spring.” “Now we are able to follow him. That gap on the third time up the Kemmelberg? That was bending, but not breaking,” said Wynants. “But Van der Poel really rode full throttle then, mind you.”
>Wynants also commented on the In Flanders Fields final and the decision by the two top contenders not to let the dropped Florian Vermeersch rejoin after the final ascent of the Kemmelberg. Was this – with hindsight – a mistake? “Letting him rejoin was not the right tactical choice,” Wynants believes. “Because you know that Van der Poel and Vermeersch get along very well.”
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