We’re a handful of stages into the Tour de France now and the cream is already beginning to rise to the top. As I write this, former World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel, leads current World Champion Tadej Pogačar in the overall GC standings by four seconds.

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint to the line.

We see the level of these guys these days, it’s getting a bit scary,” he says. “I know my level, but I don’t know how it will compare to the level of the guys in the Tour because everyone I speak with says,