Van der Poel super; Dinham surprise; bad Evenepoel, Philipsen and Alaphilippe
As usual, we update the values of the riders in relation to their performance in terms of fantasy points.
The absolute ruler of this world was Mathieu Van der Poel , the Dutchman, despite a fall shortly after the decisive sprint, managed to win with over 1'30" ahead of the runner-up, so he is awarded a +4 bonus .
Behind him they stand Van Aert with +2 , Pogacar only +1 because of its very high cost and Pedersen with +2 . The Swiss also deserve a capital gain of 2 fantasy points Kung , fifth at the finish line in a comeback, and the Latvian Skuijns.
Matthew Dinham , the absolute surprise of this world championship review, takes +4 like Van der Poel: the Australian, in a breakaway for the first part of the race, also manages to keep the wheels of the best in the final and ends up in seventh place.
In the end, +1 for Benoot And Bettiol , respectively ninth and tenth on arrival.
The biggest disappointments of this world championship undoubtedly come from the Belgians Evenepoel (-3) And Philipsen (-2) . The French are also very bad, never really protagonists of the race: the captains pay Alaphilippe and Laporte , both with -2 value . Same minus also for Matthews who retires three laps from the end after an anonymous race. Finally, the following riders lose 1 in value: Almeida, Asgreen, Wright, Cort, Izagirre, Kwiatkovski and Kristoff.
Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency