{"id":191862,"date":"2023-01-30T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=191862"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:03:10","slug":"mathieu-van-der-poel-wins-final-world-cup-in-besancon-i-think-i-will-feel-my-best-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2023\/01\/30\/mathieu-van-der-poel-wins-final-world-cup-in-besancon-i-think-i-will-feel-my-best-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathieu van der Poel Wins Final World Cup in Besan\u00e7on: \u2018I think I will feel my best next week\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>No sign of weakness from the Belgian superstar ahead of the World Championships next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin &#8211; Deceuninck) soloed to a win in the final round of the UCI World Cup in Besan\u00e7on, France, on Sunday. The overall World Cup winner Laurens Sweeck (Crelan &#8211; Fristads) finished second and Joris Nieuwenhuis (Baloise Trek Lions) crossed the line third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can be happy with how I felt today and, hopefully, with some rest next week, I think I will feel my best next week,&#8221; van der Poel said after the race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really hard to make a difference from the start. I wanted to take it a bit easier in the beginning and then see what I could do with an attack on the hardest part of the course. On a fast course like this, this is the best thing you can do. If a big group is behind you, they will look at each other a few times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">Impressive solo by Mathieu van der Poel in Besan\u00e7on! \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 He finishes with almost 1\ufe0f\u20e3 minute advantage on Laurens Sweeck \ud83e\udd48 and Joris Nieuwenhuis\u00a0\ud83e\udd49.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CXWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CXWorldCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tTOMA2V5Z2\">pic.twitter.com\/tTOMA2V5Z2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup (@UCIcyclocrossWC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCIcyclocrossWC\/status\/1619716978775662594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h4><strong>2023 CX \u2013 Besan\u00e7on results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. 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