Cycling The mystery of the white koersbroek is resolved. Mathieu van der Poel swapped in the last Round of Flanders-black model for a white. And that as for tactical reasons.
Vestimentaire rules. Yes, also in the peloton they apply. Not that it’s a liability, but a white koersbroek under a kampioenentrui is generally, if not done considered. Hence the discussion around the kledijkeuze of Mathieu van der Poel in the recent Tour of Flanders. The Dutch champion on the road, when his tricolore jersey up to now always on a pair of black trousers. Also regenboogshirt in the field was always accompanied with a dark koersbroek. Why, then, that the white copy at the Tour of Flanders?
The answer came yesterday in ‘The Telegraph’. The Dutch newspaper contacted the father Adrie van der Poel and who gave a detailed explanation. According to the winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1986, was the white koersbroek a conscious choice of the team management. “The brothers Roodhooft chose for tactical reasons. In Dwars door Vlaanderen, they had seen Mathieu in the images from the helicopter are difficult to distinguish was Bob Jungels.”
To good practice also runs the Luxembourg champion with a pair of black trousers under his kampioenentrui. Since the Dutch flag and the Luxembourgian flag lot in common with each other, it was so in Dwars door Vlaanderen difficult to from a small screen in the trailer, both riders from the other. “With a white koersbroek could the grounds that Mathieu is much faster to recognize him through the koersradio the right tactical tips. I thought it was a brilliant move,” says Van der Poel senior in ‘De Telegraaf’.
Functionally, she was so white koersbroek of Van der Poel. I will be a forever debate to continue for the ‘fashionistas’ in the peloton. In the past there were world champions like Ballan and Bettini the Mathieu van der Poel already for to with white pants at the start of a match to appear. Others stay but find nothing. For example, Tom Boonen yesterday in Extra Time Price dry “disposal”.