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‘It’s fantastic that I now also have the pink jersey’
VISEGRAD – Mathieu van der Poel kept a cool head in the complete chaos. On the final climb to Visegrad, the previously calm peloton had turned into a bunch of stampeding bulls. There were falls, there were also attacks, but the Dutch top favorite waited until the right moment. Where many thought that his chance had been lost, Van der Poel managed to win the first stage of this Giro d’Italia with a blistering sprint. “It is fantastic that after the yellow in the Tour I now also have the pink jersey.”