{"id":5349,"date":"2023-08-07T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2023-08-10T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:25:00","slug":"mathieu-van-der-poel-on-world-championships-win-its-a-huge-honour-to-get-to-wear-these-stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2023\/08\/07\/mathieu-van-der-poel-on-world-championships-win-its-a-huge-honour-to-get-to-wear-these-stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathieu van der Poel on World Championships Win: \u2018It\u2019s a huge honour to get to wear these stripes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a startling turn of events, Mathieu van der Poel clinched his first-ever road world title at the World Championships in Glasgow despite a late crash that left him with a torn jersey and a broken shoe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really not pushing or taking any risks because my legs were feeling really good,&#8221; van der Poel revealed, still unable to explain how the crash happened. &#8220;And then, all of a sudden, I was on the ground and my shoe was broken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch cycling sensation has been in tremendous form in 2023, with two Monument victories at Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo. He managed to overcome the accident and soloed to an awe-inspiring win in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was particularly mystifying to van der Poel, who was left to fend off difficulties, as he explained: \u201cThat made it hard to put power in the pedals, especially because I realized that the cleat was also broken so I didn&#8217;t have a lot of power anymore. I think some adrenaline took over as well. So I&#8217;m really happy and lucky as my bike wasn&#8217;t broken or anything and I could just continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This unexpected twist did little to dampen van der Poel&#8217;s determination. Though he conceded his confidence had taken a hit, his instinct took over, enabling him to blank out the pain and continue toward victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 NEW MEN ELITE ROAD WORLD CHAMPION\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>MATHIEU VAN DER POEL WINS IN GLASGOW!<\/p>\n<p>WHAT A UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE TO CLAIM THE RAINBOW JERSEY \ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RACE \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GlasgowScotland2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GlasgowScotland2023<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerOfTheBike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerOfTheBike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMxJYKLKtl\">pic.twitter.com\/TMxJYKLKtl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships (@CyclingWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyclingWorlds\/status\/1688213455554113536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just instinct, I guess,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You just want to go as fast as possible on the bike again and luckily, I could find my rhythm. When I saw the time gap going up again, it gave me a confidence boost, and then the first time they showed the one-minute mark, I knew that on the way to the finish line, I could take it easier through the corners and that I would make it. It&#8217;s such an incredible feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Glasgow circuit was filled with drama, including sweeping bends, fast-flowing corners, and steep climbs. These features appeared to perfectly suit van der Poel who had already taken the cyclo-cross world title earlier in the year in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to make a really big difference in the corners [on this course],\u201d he explained. &#8220;You just need really good legs because the course is just so hard here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Van der Poel&#8217;s victory concluded a 38-year wait for a Dutch road world-title winner. Reflecting on this significant achievement, he expressed personal satisfaction but appeared to downplay the broader national implications.<\/p>\n<p>His attention now turns to next week&#8217;s Olympic cross-country mountain bike race in Glentress where he will face Great Britain&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2023\/03\/06\/pidcock-wins-strade-bianche-with-incredible-solo-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Pidcock.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the 28-year-old couldn&#8217;t resist a light-hearted comment about his immediate plans after defeating rivals Wout van Aert and Tadej Poga\u010dar. \u201cIt will be a nice party tonight,\u201d he joked. \u201cI\u2019ll make an exception as normally I wouldn&#8217;t party until next week but I have several days to recover and this is a special moment so I want to celebrate. It\u2019s a huge honour to get to wear these stripes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the road race behind him, van der Poel looks forward to donning his rainbow jersey for the next year, marking an extraordinary moment in a career that continues to dazzle the world of cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a startling turn of events, Mathieu van der Poel clinched his first-ever road world title at the World Championships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":5356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-5349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-the-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mathieu van der Poel on UCI Cycling World Championships Win<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2023\/08\/07\/mathieu-van-der-poel-on-world-championships-win-its-a-huge-honour-to-get-to-wear-these-stripes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mathieu van der Poel on World Championships Win: \u2018It\u2019s a huge honour to get to wear these stripes\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a startling turn of events, Mathieu van der Poel clinched his first-ever road world title at the World Championships [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2023\/08\/07\/mathieu-van-der-poel-on-world-championships-win-its-a-huge-honour-to-get-to-wear-these-stripes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling - 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