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Mathieu van der Poel skips Canadian one-day races, returns to Tour de Luxembourg to build for UCI Road World Championships in Montréal

Dutch rider comes off disappointing mountain bike championships effort for return to road action

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'Happy to have shown that I am stronger than Mathieu van der Poel on a mountain bike' – Tom Pidcock celebrates off-road world title but concedes multi-discipline rival's supremacy on it

Now a double world and Olympic champion on the mountain bike, the rider from Great Britain turns thoughts to road world title

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'I just wasn't good enough' –Mathieu van der Poel rues another year where promising mountain bike form fades for World Championships

After a runner-up slot on return at Les Gets World Cup round the Dutch rider struggles to work way to front

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'I’ll probably need a season where I spend more time on the mountain bike' - Mathieu van der Poel realistic ahead of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

The Dutch superstar says his career will still be a success even without the title

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'I will need a bit of luck' – Mathieu van der Poel delivers strong mountain bike return at Les Gets but keeps a lid on World Championships expectations

Alpecin-Premier Tech rider comes off second best in two-way battle for Les Gets XCO win with Adrien Boichis

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Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock to go head to head in mountain biking for first time since 2023 in Worlds warm-up

The pair will race the World Cup round at Les Gets, France

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Mathieu van der Poel's 2026 mountain bike return confirmed with place on World Cup start list at Les Gets

Alpecin-Premier Tech rider locked in for first mountain bike race of season just a week ahead of Val di Sole World Championships

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'A year I was thinking about this' – Mathieu van der Poel moves from pneumonia-spoiled run to Tour de France Paris stage dream

'We have a saying in Dutch that it has to come from your toes but I don't know where this came from, but not from my toes' says stage 21 victor

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Tadej Pogacar wins a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title

Tadej Pogacar claimed his record-equalling fifth Tour de France title as Mathieu van der Poel won a sensational 21st and final stage around Paris on Sunday.

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Pogacar attacks to end in Tour de France thriller

Tadej Pogacar has won a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title in Paris in one of the race's best-ever finishes.

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Peerless Tadej Pogacar enters Tour de France pantheon as Mathieu van der Poel triumphs in epic finale

Pogacar, now a record-equalling five-time Tour winner, and Van der Poel ripped the race apart on the streets of Paris in a thrilling climax

The Independent UK

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar equals record with fifth yellow jersey as Mathieu van der Poel wins thrilling stage 21

Former World Champion holds off Philipsen and Pedersen in frantic sprint to the line on Champs-Élysées

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'It's hard to deal with' - Tour de France stage winner Jasper Philipsen opens up on struggle against pressure of expectations

Alpecin-Premier Tech co-leader claims first victory after several top fives this year and acknowledges 'Van der Poel is very important' for all 11 career stage victories at the Tour

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Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen wins explosive sprint finish on stage 17 as points classification battle tightens

Mauro Schmid and Olav Kooij trail Alpecin-Premier Tech rider to complete podium in Voiron

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Canyon Endurace CFR review: an Aeroad CFR with wider tyre clearances or an endurance bike with racy intentions?

Super comfy over the rough stuff, but too racy to be classed as a bona fide endurance bike

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Is Mathieu van der Poel a time trial sleeping giant?

Using a position and effort similar to a long-range Classics solo, Alpecin-Premier Tech rider could add form with motivation and challenge for ITT victory at Tour de France

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'That played in my favour in the end' – The harder it got, the more Mathieu van der Poel thrived in brutal Tour de France breakaway

Dutchman scorches to third Tour stage win in Ussel ahead of Johannessen and Pidcock after another blazing hot day of racing

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'We wanted to calm things down' - UAE team management justify the decision to keep Tour de France stage 9 break on ultra-tight leash

The gap rarely rose above 90 seconds during the last part of the fraught, hot stage into Ussel

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'Keep working, keep believing in it' – Mathieu van der Poel refuses to panic and gets Tour de France stage win on scorching day

Alpecin-Premier Tech turn around Tour with win in Ussel

The Guardian - UK

Tadej Pogacar urges radical overhaul of Tour de France amid stifling heatwave

Tadej Pogacar called for radical change to the professional racing calendar after another day of stifling temperatures, as Mathieu van der Poel won the ninth stage

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'I couldn't change gear' – Tom Pidcock explains electronic shifter issues that hampered sprint from Tour de France breakaway

'I don't think I would have come around him anyway' Brit concedes after taking third behind Mathieu van der Poel in Ussel, but takes positives from strong ride in break

The Independent UK

Late mechanical issue costs Tom Pidcock as Mathieu van der Poel surges to Tour de France stage nine victory

Van der Poel measured his effort perfectly to keep the breakaway clear and then surge to victory

France 24

Mathieu Van der Poel overcomes heat to win Tour de France stage nine

31-year-old Dutchman and cobbled classics specialist Mathieu van der Poel claimed his third Tour de France win on Sunday with victory in the ninth stage, which was shortened due to intense heat. The former world champion, won a sprint amongst his three breakaway companions with Tobias Johannessen taking second and…

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'I was really struggling' - Mathieu van der Poel comes to terms with the heat to win stage 9 of the Tour de France from the breakaway

Only four of a huge breakaway survived to fight for the win after Netcompany-Ineos and Lidl-Trek led the chase

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Tour de France: Massive turn of power nets Mathieu van der Poel stage 9 breakaway victory just ahead of bunch sprint

Four-rider breakaway sprints for the win with Tobias Halland Johannessen second, Tom Pidcock third, Alex Baudin fourth in Ussel

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