Van der Poel's Paris-Roubaix hat-trick is your favorite classic of spring 2025

Mathieu Van der Poel was preferred to the gluttonous Tadej Pogacar by L'Équipe's internet users. The Slovenian champion, who this Sunday won a third monument out of the four contested this year, raising his arms at the end of Liège-Bastogne-Liège (only 4% of the votes), was beaten by his Dutch rival in the consultation to elect the most beautiful classic of spring 2025 .

Van der Poel was praised for his Paris-Roubaix victory in mid-April , which was dubbed "Van der Poel's historic hat trick," and garnered 37% of the vote. The duel between Van der Poel and Pogacar at Milan-San Remo on March 22, dubbed "Pogacar's fireworks, Van der Poel's mastery," took second place with 25% of the vote, ahead of "Pogacar, Ronde champion," who came in third with 18% of the vote.