‘When Remco went, I knew it was a really dangerous moment’ – Mathieu van der Poel accepts defeat in Olympic road race

Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) made a huge attack on the Côte de la butte Montmartre climb and tried to blow up the Olympic Games road race on the spectacular finishing circuits, but had no reply when Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) counter-attacked and eventually rode alone to victory. 

The Paris-Roubaix winner and current World Champion could only finish 12th, 1:49 down on Evenepoel, bringing home the second chase group.