The Dutchman, who has just been crowned world cyclo-cross champion for the seventh time, delivered his calendar during a press conference on the Spanish Costa Blanca where he is on an internship with his Alpecin team. Mathieu van der Poel will start his season on the road from March 10 to 16 at Tirreno-Adriatico, rather than Paris-Nice. Then make way for the Flandrian with the Grand Prix E3, where he will find Tadej Pogacar, and of course the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix where he is each time the outgoing winner. The essential Tour de France is once again on his program in July even if he recently said that it was not necessarily his cup of tea. On the other hand, no world championships in Rwanda in September. “I would have no chance” to win, said the world champion on road 2023 given the very mountainous course that awaits the runners in Kigali. Instead, he would see himself putting himself off for the first time the rainbow jersey of world mountain biking champion, on September 14 in Crans Montana, a discipline which he practices less regularly.
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Cycling: no Worlds in Rwanda for Mathieu Van der Poel
