Adrie van der Poel: ‘I am fearful of right this moment’s bicycle owner’

For Adrie van der Poel, the development of cyclists turning into more and more thinner is a thorn within the facet.

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Van der Poel senior believes that the trendy bicycle owner is way too sharp and that well being is progressively turning into an issue. This delicate topic is mentioned in a dialogue with Nathan Van Hooydonck, who has stopped attributable to coronary heart issues, in De Avondetappe.

“Up to now, virtually all feminine cyclists had anorexia and after I take a look at right this moment’s cyclists, I virtually get scared after I see them strolling. They’re already so skinny and all of the meals needs to be weighed. I’m glad that Mathieu eats a greasy hamburger now and again and that he does not care about that vitamin app. After I take a look at the Tour, I see cyclists of 1.80 meters with a weight of 60 kilograms. That’s actually not wholesome.”

Van Hooydonck counters: “Mathieu can go eat a hamburger as a result of he’s exceptionally proficient. If different riders try this, they’re not competing to win. You race to win and to get the very best out of your self, do not you?”

Tom Dumoulin additionally places his two cents in. “At Visma-Lease a motorcycle they’ve gone extraordinarily far within the vitamin story they usually have achieved monumental outcomes with it. So that’s incredible after all.”

For Van der Poel, vitamin is only one facet of the entire story. “It is not simply vitamin, but in addition the altitude coaching (…). Lots has modified in biking in a really brief time period.”