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Sean Kelly's Classics column: E3 Saxo Classic and In Flanders Fields show that Van der Poel isn't untouchable

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The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful "King Kelly", the greatest Irish cyclist to have graced the peloton, brought the Emerald Isle to the fore alongside compatriot Stephen Roche in the 1980s. Points winner at the Tour de France four times, GC in the 1988 Vuelta, and a record-breaking seven consecutive wins at Paris-Nice feature during his glittering career – alongside double victories at Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. We're into the thick of things as far as the spring Classics are concerned, and Flemish Holy Week is already delivering. Over the last few days, E3 Saxo Classic and the newly renamed In Flanders Field – what used to be Gent-Wevelgem – both proved that Mathieu van der Poel isn't untouchable; you just have to play your cards right.…

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