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'Chances are the bike's staying in the garage for a while' - Mathieu van der Poel opts for gentle return to training

Dutch star says Paris-Roubaix, Tour de France and MTB World Championships all remain on his radar for 2026 and beyond

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Mathieu van der Poel fades in mountain bike World Championships as Alan Hatherly retains men’s XCO title

South African dominates men’s race as Van der Poel powers from 33rd to 2nd in opening laps before slipping back

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UCI MTB World Championships: Alan Hatherly destroys the competition to defend elite XCO title

South African solos to victory for almost eight of the nine laps

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Mathieu van der Poel 'improving every lap' to take sixth place in mountain bike return in Les Gets World Cup

Dutchman building for bid at UCI MTB Worlds on September 14, but 'lacked the punch and acceleration in my legs' to compete for victory on Sunday

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Jenny Rissveds and Luca Martin take XCO victories at Les Gets UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Sixth for Mathieu van der Poel as Puck Pieterse has off weekend ahead of World Championships

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Mathieu van der Poel shifts focus to mountain bike with Les Gets a tune-up for MTB World Championships

Dutchman finishes second overall in the Renewi Tour

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Arnaud De Lie outsprints Mathieu van der Poel to win Renewi Tour stage and GC

Visma's Matthew Brennan wins again at the Deutschland Tour, Great Britain's Noah Hobbs wins Avenir bunch sprint

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Renewi Tour: Arnaud De Lie defeats Mathieu van der Poel on final stage to claim overall victory

Belgian turns around a dismal season with victory in Leuven

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Renewi Tour: Mathieu van der Poel powers past Arnaud De Lie to win stage 3 on the cobbles

Tim Wellens fades to third from breakaway trio and hands over GC lead to De Lie

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Mathieu van der Poel will not race Road World Championships as Tour de France double stage winner Thymen Arensman named as Dutch team leader for Rwanda

Question mark still remains over Van der Poel trying for mountain bike world title on September 14

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'It’s a bit of a question how the form is' – Mathieu van der Poel to find the answer at Renewi Tour

Alpecin-Deceuninck rider continues rebuild after pneumonia forced him out of Tour de France

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'Mathieu is far ahead of me' – Tom Pidcock talks comparisons to Van der Poel as Vuelta GC bid rules out duel at MTB Worlds

'He's won eight monuments and world titles in three different disciplines: cyclocross, gravel, and the best of all: road. I'd really love to win the latter' says Brit

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Mathieu van der Poel to make first racing comeback since abandoning Tour de France at criterium in the Netherlands

Dutchman back in action at Sunday's Profronde Etten-Leur more than three weeks after suffering with pneumonia

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'It's almost unbelievable' - desperate for a sponsor, Alpecin-Deceuninck keep winning at Tour de France

Stepping out of the shadow of the team's superstars, Kaden Groves adds his name to an exclusive list of riders who've won in all three Grand Tours

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Mathieu van der Poel pulls out of Tour de France

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Mathieu van der Poel out of Tour de France after pneumonia diagnosis

'Mathieu will be required to rest for at least one full week' says Alpecin-Deceuninck

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Mathieu van der Poel out of Tour de France with pneumonia

Dutchman won a stage and spent time in the yellow jersey in opening week

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Tim Wellens claims first-ever Tour de France stage win in a solo victory on stage 15

The Belgian takes his first Grand Tour stage win in five years

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'It's very far from over' – Robbie McEwen sees Tadej Pogačar as main rival for Jonathan Milan in Tour de France green jersey battle

Sprinting legend names his own top sprinter in the world, says Mathieu van der Poel could one day win green if he gives 'full focus' to points classification

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'For a moment, I thought we were in the lead' – Mathieu van der Poel says he didn't realise winning move was still up the road during Tour de France stage 11

'I only heard late that there were two riders ahead of me. That was a shame' says Dutchman, who mounted late chase to finish third in Toulouse

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'Unless my legs implode, you're not done seeing me here' – Quinn Simmons to keep attacking at Tour de France after latest near-miss

US champion lights up Tour yet again, but has to settle for ninth on stage 11

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Tour de France 2025 stage 11: Jonas Abrahamsen edges Mauro Schmid in two-up sprint from breakaway

Mathieu van der Poel almost catches breakaway duo in final metres and finishes third in Toulouse

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Mathieu van der Poel's action-packed 10 days at the Tour de France earn him the 'first week' combativity award

Dutchman's stage win, four yellow jerseys, and two breakaways see him beat Ben Healy and Quinn Simmons in the fan vote

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The ramp up to rest day –Key moments from the yellow jersey battle of the Tour de France in pictures

The long first week of the Tour de France has continued in exciting fashion

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'We put on a good show' - Mathieu van der Poel falls metres short of epic Tour de France win on stage nine

Alpecin-Deceuninck rider caught with 700m to go after attacking from the gun with team-mate Jonas Rickaert

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