Mathieu van der Poel won the Tour of Flanders despite distractions.
Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel29, made history last Sunday.
He became the seventh cyclist in history to win the one-day Tour of Flanders three times, but the first to finish in the top three in five consecutive years.
The handsome trick was praised and praised, but there were also those who did not enjoy the success of the top cyclist.
The spectators who opposed Van der Poel fell into a disgusting trick along the route. According to Dagbladet, beer was thrown at the competitor’s neck during the long, more than 270-kilometer long race.
According to the newspaper, the incidents happened on the Oude Kwaremont road, which is the longest single cobbled stretch of the race. You can see a screenshot of that situation in Dagbladet about the story.
Spectators disturbed van der Poel’s race.
The police are investigating the case.
“We take the case seriously. As the person who threw the knife, you may think that you will not be recognized in the video, but we have a lot of witnesses,” the police chief Joost Duhamel said Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, according to Dagbladet.
in Belgium the Dutchman who won the race was not the only one to fall victim to the disgusting trick.
One person who worked at the competition said that the custom is becoming more common.
“There are such idiots on every hill. There is a picture where you can see two women with their children climbing over the fence to mock van der Poel. How low can it go?” he wondered.
