MUR DE BRETAGNE, France (Reuters) - French cycling great Raymond Poulidor used to call his grandson Mathieu van der Poel his "little phenomenon" - and the young Dutchman lived up to that label on Sunday when he achieved his Tour de France dream by claiming the yellow jersey.
At 26, Van der Poel is already a four-time cyclocross world champion and has won one of the five "Monument" road-racing classics at the Tour of Flanders.
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