Thijs Zonneveld and Hidde van Warmerdam (Michiel Elijzen unfortunately lost his voice on the night of the recording) look back on a turbulent Wednesday.
Tom Dumoulin dismounts in the Tour of Catalonia, Tim Merlier narrowly beats Groenewegen in an extremely boring edition of the Brugge De Panne and only obscure Twitter accounts could be followed that Mathieu van der Poel was going to attack at 100 kilometers from the finish in Italy today .
And so there was every reason to call Christoph Roodhooft, the team principal of Alpecin-Fenix, in Italy. Thijs and Hidde ask him about Mathieu’s back, the mixed feeling after Milan San Remo, the ambitions in the Giro and Tour.
Thijs Zonneveld: ,,Are you saying that Mathieu will race more wisely?” In conversation with Christoph Roodhooft, boss of Alpecin-Fenix, it is about how Mathieu van der Poel will work on building or expanding his honors list.
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