Whatever happens on Sunday in Zurich, and whether or not he keeps his rainbow jersey, the 2024 season of Mathieu van der Poel should not end on the evening of the road race of Road World Championships ? Indeed, if we are to believe information that appeared in The Latest Newsthe Dutchman could take part in two important competitions in October. Already, on Sunday October 6, we could find him at the start of the Gravel Worldswhich will take place in Belgium, between Halle and Louvain.
Video – Gravel Worlds again for Mathieu van der Poel?
A return to the Tour of Lombardy four years later?
Third in 2022 behind his Belgian teammate Gianni Vermeersch and the Italian Daniel Usthe runner of the training Alpecin-Deceuninck would see himself winning a world champion title in a third discipline after road and cyclo-cross. Six days later the Tour of Lombardyand there again, we could find Mathieu van der Poel at the start.
According to HLNthe less robust finale of the 2024 edition of the Classic of dead leaves – the Civiglio will not be borrowed – would encourage people to participate in MvdPeven if this is not yet acquired. As a reminder, Mathieu van der Poel did not dispute the Tour of Lombardy only once since the start of his career, in 2020. He took tenth place – more than 6 minutes behind the Dane Jakob Birdsong – a special edition since it has been brought forward to August 15 following the reshuffling of the calendar due to Covid.
