Mathieu van der Poel demonstrated his unrivaled talent in cyclo-cross by clinching his fourth consecutive World Cup victory in Zonhoven. This win marks his tenth victory in as many starts this season.
To paraphrase the Who: “Welcome to the new year, same as the old year,” because Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick) opened 2024 the way he closed 2023 by blowing away the competition in a cyclo-cross race. Even a rain-swamped and muddy track on the first…
If anything the last few cyclocross races have proven is that, yes, the so-called Big Three – Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock – really are superior to the other riders in the sport, but also that, currently at least, there…
To no one’s surprise, Mathieu van der Poel turned his first cyclo-cross race of the 2023-24 season into a cakewalk. Starting in the first row of Saturday’s X20 Trofee Herentals, he was the quickest off the line and never had to look at the back…
