OPINION | Wout van Aert will beat Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar to win Paris-Roubaix 2026
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/opinion-wout-van-aert-will-beat-mathieu-van-der-poel-and-tadej-pogacar-to-win-paris-roubaix-2026?fbclid=IwY2xjawQ3MptleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe2iAd60-FVviShmBgW5-CNtO8jCTzxTDZJa154H6c6-zPDn4zTk_1N7LtUJM_aem_ognDsLxipwTP2wHCmq3f-w by Juan Larra - Monday, 30 March 2026 at 12:23 Lately, nobody seems to believe in Wout van Aert . Not because he’s a dud, as some (many) suggest. It’s because Wout van Aert is taking on two of the best riders in history while helping another beat one of them. In this modern cycling we’re holding in our hands, where it feels like it’s always been this way, the Monuments are everything and the rest barely counts. In this modern cycling, winning 10 Tour de France stages and being pivotal as your teammate steals two Tours from the only rider comparable to Eddy Merckx on palmarès apparently carries no merit. Being Wout Van Aert can’t be easy. Not at all. By comparison, being Pogacar is: I...