In today’s Racing News Show, Dan Lloyd looks at how Mathieu van der Poel has been crushing one-day races, especially after his big performance at the E3 Saxo Classic. Is he impossible to beat? And how much of his success is because of his smart racing?
Plus, we break down Volta Catalunya which came ALMOST down to the wire, the most impressive sprint Dan’s seen in a LONG time, Gent-Wevelgem, and Lorena Wiebes’ 100th win… 🙌
⏱️ Timestamps: ⏱️
00:00 Welcome to the Racing News Show!
00:32 This week in the world of racing
01:51 Mathieu van der Poel is unstoppable in one-day races… 🚴♂️💨
04:09 How much of MVDP’s riding is tactical?
06:01 E3 Saxo Classic Recap
08:21 2025 Volta a Catalunya
11:29 Gent-Wevelgem Breakdown
13:22 Lorena Wiebes’ Recent Killer Performance
15:10 Sprint Classic Brugge-De Panne
16:09 Coming up this week
16:21 Settimana Coppi e Bartali Recap
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34 Comments
Do you agree with Dan? 🚴♂🏁 What did you think of Van Der Poel's racing at E3? 🔥
Victories in every race says a lot. He's won – what – 14 or 14 TdFs consecutively? Even more Vueltas and Giros? Every classic he's ever entereed? I know those victories over everyone are why he's unbeatable.
Roglic has won everything except the Tour.
Excellent summary.
MvdP is on white-hot form. His 1-10 minute efforts are the best in the world. He rides position better than anyone. He’s been riding cobbles all his life.
I hope Pogi will follow him in Flanders and PR. Who else could follow MvdP? I hope Pogi saw in MSR that he cannot out power MvdP.
What can Pogi possibly do to beat Mathieu?
pog will win tof and roubaix
I've said this before, but imagine if Pogacar ever learned to ride tactically. Another 5 years onto the end of his career?
Mvdp THE KING
NO ONE CARES ABOUT WOMENS RACING….. NOOOOOO ONE
Remember to enjoy it now! Boonen and Cancellara both were something like 32/33 when they won their last monuments. They seemed so dominant, but then didn’t get another. MVDP is 30, so likely another handful of years.
MADS…IS A STUD…love to see the PWR profile!
yes..Brennan…is a stud 💪
Dan…MVDP…is & can focus his goals…not too hard to figure out
can we 86 the women's BS…PLZZZZZZ
And he,s Cute on top of all that yes I love MTVP!!
MARIANNE VOS IS THE GOAT…. I LOVE HER!!
All those cyclecross races
My favorite part was Quinn Simmons winning.
Mads pederson not casper
If Mads, MVDP, and Pog arrive at a given point together, the course will dictate who is favored.
Flat with sprint finish, Mads.
Moderate climb requiring power, MVDP.
High category climb, Pog.
Maybe those short cranks aren’t working for Wout.
Pro cycling is so clean 🤪
Dan, Thank you for your awesome perspectives and reporting.you are indeed the glue and gold standard of GCN. MVDP is a beast and let's not forget that 1. If someone wants to catch him, they have to go harder than him. Once he's settled in it's going to put most in the red to close a gap. 2. He's won a lot of races. with all the 'cross races he's raced he's become a master tactician. So if he has the legs you know he won't get beat. Classic example: 2022 finish of Ronde Van Vlaanderen comes to the line with TP, but allows the chasing group catch them and they eventually blocks Tadej and puts him out of the top 3. One of the greatest roll of the dice finishes even….and MVDP won it.
Dan has always been the backbone of GCN…the best of the best!
I'll just sit here and wait for until Flanders when we will learn "Why Tadej Pogacar is virtually unbeatable". 😅
THAT'S OUR LAD!!! People saying "he's the next Cav don't know the sport well enough. Brennan is more of a Girmay, Matthews or Sagan type rider/sprinter but stronger. It will be interesting to see how VISMA supports him. Kooij has been and is currently their "sprinter" but Brennan can sprint but he is more versatile so we will probably see him surpass Kooij (and I think Kooij is pretty good but this years performance isn't as good as last year's performance). This may give Brennan more opportunities than what you would expect a rider in his first year to get. I think he's a good candidate for some classics
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MVDP🤔 Even tho I'm not a fan (who the hell races with a €400,000 Richard Mille watch on, it's tacky smdh) his strength can't be denied. That lad has got some serious power but what I think is being overlooked is that MVDP is 75kg and Ganna is 83kg and on the Peteberg and the Kwaremont Ganna was probably putting out bigger numbers. Yes he lost about 5 secs on the Peteberg but his output had to have been more than MVDP
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The chap standing next to Dan holding a can of Dan’s beverage of choice right while Dan is filming – what were the odds !?
What‘s that “parliamentary debate” printout there on the shelf? What sort of Easter egg is it?
I could listen to Dan all day long talking about weather, a wall, a door basically anything. He has the voice!
Comparing Merckx to Roglic a statistic worth metioning – how many times was one caught doping: Merckx 3 : Roglic 0
Love the lack of barely mentioning Mads at E3. That man fought like hell there and he crushed the fuck out of the competition a few days later at Gent😂
These Visma helmets are the most ugliest thing I have seen in my life.
I really dont want to be the one to say this as we have been here before but … I think you all can figure out the rest.
Mads Pedersen beat MVDP last year in Gent-Wevelgem.
MVDP got so scared he didn’t want to meet Mads in this years Gent-Wevelgem 🤷🏼♀️
I don’t think MVDP would be undefeated in one day races this year, if he had ridden Gent-Wevelgem 🙂↔️