6: Duel in the sand

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 8:40 a.m.

Road racing is back with the traditional curtain-raiser to the European season, the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, taking place in the south of France on Sunday.

In this episode we assess the latest instalment in the ongoing duel between Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel. It's a rivalry that spans the mud (and sand) of cyclo-cross, the cobbles and hills of the Classics and could flare up in the heat of July at the Tour de France this year.

Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the significance of this latest showdown and whether sand has any place in cycling...

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