Cyclocross Adrie van der Poel saw how his son Mathieu in the Danish Bogense for the second time and became world champion, but was annoyed in addition to the Belgian fans. “That biergooiers disturbed me immensely,” was the at Sporza.
“Or, often I am dead during the course? That was actually”, says Adrie van der Poel. “Only in the first or second round, because when it was near our post, a group of Belgians with beer to throw. It bothered me immensely. I find that very unfortunate. That shows very little respect to the athletes, and we had some fear.”
“For the course, because she quickly fell into its fold, because Mathieu accelerated and only Wout could return”, continued Van der Poel, senior. “Then you make it yourself a lot easier, because you don’t need to fight against a horde of Belgians.”
