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‘I simply needed to make the race as exhausting as attainable’ – Mathieu van der Poel goes from wildcard to winner at Gravel World Championships



The Dutch will paint the city of Leuven orange after a weekend sweep of rainbow jerseys for his or her elite riders on the UCI Gravel World Championships. Marianne Vos received in a two-up dash in opposition to Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) on Saturday and Mathieu van der Poel powered to a solo victory on Sunday.

Van der Poel raced one week in the past on the Street World Championships however misplaced the highway race title he earned in 2023 to Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) and headed residence with a bronze medal. The Dutch nationwide workforce didn’t know if the powerhouse multi-discipline rider could be in Belgium for a second try on the new-breed Worlds. 

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