In Episode 8 of Season 4 Matt and Neil look back over 5 days of New Year racing that contained 4 races, including 4 wins (or was it 5?) for Mathieu Van Der Poel (and David), and career best wins for Vas finishing on the top step twice.

They talk about how lessons in sprints and lunges are in order after top positions being decided in the final few cm three times over.

At Bredene they applaud the have-a-go attitudes of White and Franck; at Baal they disagree on how similar the conditions were to previous editions and talk, at length, on the old chestnut of appropriate race durations; at Gullegem they enjoyed the fun mini-features and Adams' spirit; at Hulst-not-Hulst they agree that the course was uninspired but what an amazing ride from a flawless Betsema.

Two quiz questions to look out for (can you do better than Matt?)... and who was it that gave Vos and Van Aert a Christmas project of respraying a couple of frames in the garage and finishing off with a packet of letraset?

#SYOTOSOTT

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