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Quote is right in the beginning. Sure, I used google translation to english, but I doubt it gets the qoute completely wrong.
Something must have happened (and for god sake I don't use it as an excuse why mvdp lost), go back an watch the replay. MvdP is right beside Pog, 15s later he is way back. I was puzzled during the broadcast what the hell happened.
Al vroeg in de wedstrijd geraakte Mathieu van der Poel betrokken bij een stevige valpartij. “Die crash was natuurlijk niet ideaal, maar al bij al kwamen we nog goed weg. Jammer, maar het had erger kunnen zijn. Net voor de tweede passage op de Oude Kwaremont werd ik in de kant gereden, waardoor ik van ver moest komen. Daarna zat ik waar ik moest zitten”, geeft Van der Poel aan.
Van der Poel was involved in a serious crash early in the race. “That crash wasn’t ideal, of course, but all things considered, we got off relatively lightly. It was unfortunate, but it could have been worse. Just before the second ascent of the Oude Kwaremont, I was forced off to the side, which meant I had to come from quite far back. After that, I was in the right position,” Van der Poel said.
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What point do you refer to? At the start of Kwaremont, MvdP is in front of Pogi. Then we see the break, and as they cut back we can see that Pogi used the grass to move around the bunch and get to the front.