Namibia: What next for Pogacar, Van der Poel after Roubaix blow? – Sport

Tadej Pogacar may have missed out on a historic Paris-Roubaix triumph but the world champion can still re-write the record books this season.

For his great rival Mathieu van der Poel, though, his year seems almost as good as over after missing out on his three main Spring objectives.

Pogacar was aiming to become just the fourth man to win all five Monument races — and the first to hold them all at the same time.

But he was beaten by a resurgent Wout van Aert in a sprint finish at…