The day after Roubaix: Van der Poel on the golf course, Van Aert at the coast and Pogacar and Pedersen vow revenge
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The day after Paris-Roubaix is usually not a pleasant one for a cyclist. After the relentless pounding over the cobblestones in the Hell of the North, their hands are typically covered in blisters. But that didn’t stop some of Sunday’s super stars from getting active again the next day. So what did Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert do the day after Roubaix?
Van der Poel’s very successful spring season of 2025 has come to an end. “It’s time for vacation,” the Dutchman said after the race. So no Amstel Gold Race for him, but instead, time to relax. And by now, you probably know where MVDP likes to unwind: on the golf course! He shared a few videos of himself on his Instagram Stories.
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Van Aert does have a busy schedule ahead of him. In just under three weeks, the Giro d’Italia kicks off in Albania, but the Belgian rider from Visma | Lease a Bike will also be at the start line of the Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold Race this Friday and Sunday. On Instagram, he’s made it a habit to post weekly updates, and on Strava we can see that he completed a nearly 65-kilometer gravel ride starting from Knokke.
Tadej Pogacar used his reach on Instagram to thank his teammates and reassure them that one day, “we’ll have that Roubaix cobblestone in our hands.” Meanwhile, Mads Pedersen also looked back on his spring campaign. “It just wasn’t meant to be for me to win my first monument this year, but that won’t stop me from dreaming and trying again next year. I want to thank everyone for the support,” wrote the Danish Lidl-Trek team leader on social media. His teammate Jasper Stuyven shared some photos of his battered body after a crash in Paris-Roubaix. “My race was over before it had really started. Now it’s time to heal the wounds and look ahead.”
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- Such negative comments that are truly inappropriate and actually ridiculous. He sounds like an old man, bitter that he can't race anymore. Why can't he just be gracious? Or just shut up. Instead of howling for attention, in such a rude manner. Must be Dementia creeping in. We are all living in the Now. Records are there, and some are being broken, some are unapproachable. If he doesn't like it, and it makes him sick, maybe he ought start watching some other sport. Don't want the old mans health to be upset.
reemmo031-03-2025 - Roger De Vlaeminck inspires me to create a new beer: "Bitter Old Twat Belgian".JackInhof31-03-2025
- Shoot, I'll ride it for 1/10 of what his pay for that day is😅Veganpotter30-03-2025
- What is this? The Lance Armstrong daily cheaters channel? I could care less about Johan and Lance the seven times cheater. Greg Lemond was right all along, Why don't you write about that instead of these two knuckleheads.velodrone28-03-2025
- Are we all doomed to hear from Lance Armstrong and Johan bruneel until the end of time? It's not enough the stain they left on cycling? Do we have to see that shadow forever?bigyakman26-03-2025
- I am not sure if it is the hardest to win. In Flanders and Roubaix well before the finish the Peleton will be decimated and the race will normally be won by the best rider of the day or maybe 2nd or 3rd in case of a mechanical or unlucky break especially in case of Roubaix. In San Remo just before the finish there will still be several riders in contention and they are hard to ditch. For the best riders it is a race hard to win since it is not so selective. But if you are not a top 5 rider but still a top 10 rider this race is your best change to win. You will see more Milan San remo Winners with only 1 monument win than any other monumentsJoostmehrtens19-03-2025
- "fap fap fap oh Lance oh oh OHHHHHHH" again. Does he pay you to dredge up people with nice things to say about him? He was an giant a$$hole to people. It is a fact. Whatever his contrition about the doping, he is unapologetic about being a giant a$$hole to people. (Why yes, I do only login to complain. *I* am however only a giant a$$hole to people who laud giant a$$holes.)ericjensenridesbikes25-02-2025
- Remco is still very young. And injuries can absolutely keep you from overdoing it and getting worse. The recent Remco accident didn't keep him from being able to ride a recumbent inside. Wout's knee is a different story thoughVeganpotter23-01-2025
- Van der Poel style is winning by a half a lap and leading the race from the end of the second lap.
Barnes127420-01-2025 - If she thinks talent alone will put her there she will not see many podium finishes much less a GC finish.....work as a team utilizing tactics to consistently be at the top.Germanrazor10-01-2025