Tour de France 2021 Stage 2: This One's For You, Grandpa!

ITV Cycling Podcast

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4.4 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In an emotional day two of the tour, Mathieu Van der Poel took the yellow jersey by powering up the Mur-de-Bretagne for a sensational stage win on his debut - having attacked and attacked and attacked again. The Dutchman is the grandson of late great Raymond Poulidor, who died in 2019 and finished second overall in the Tour three times and third five times during the 1960s and 70s – an era dominated by Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. Famously, Poulidor never wore the yellow jersey, making Van der Poel’s achievement all the sweeter. Ned Boulting, Matt Rendell, David Millar and Pete Kennaugh consider it to be one of the greatest stage wins they’ve ever witnessed, so why not randomly invite footballer Lee Dixon onto the podcast to hold court?! (To be fair, he knows his onions.)

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0:57.8	What? drift where Fonnie's fast. What Matia van der Poo is doing here has seldom if ever been seen at the Tour de France.
1:03.5	This is his debut on the race.
1:05.7	And right now on Mour de Britannia, he is owning it.
1:09.2	That first attack, that was just an hors d'oeuvre.
1:11.6	This is the main course.
1:13.6	Mathieu van der Poole.
1:14.6	That is almost bestial.
1:16.6	What an exceptional ride from Machia van der Poole.
1:19.6	He wins the stage, he takes 10 seconds.
1:21.6	He points skyward in honour of his grandfather.
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