Mathieu van der Poel, injured in his ribs, has given up starting the GP Nys, which takes place in Baal in Belgium, his team Alpecin-Deceunink announced this Wednesday.
Mathieu van der Poel, injured in his ribs, has given up on Wednesday starting the GP Nys in Baal, the 5th event of the X20 Cyclocross Trophy in Belgium, announced his team Alpecin-Deceunink. The world champion is suffering from a “significant rib pain”consequence of his collision against a pole during the Loenhout cyclo-cross last Friday. “The embarrassment has gotten worse in recent days”explained his team. “After consulting the medical team this morning, Mathieu made the difficult decision not to start today. We will closely monitor his recovery to determine if he will be able to participate in the Koksijde cross country the day after tomorrow (Friday, editor's note).” The cyclocross world champion won the five events in which he took part this season (Zonhoven, Mol, Gavere, Loenhout and Besançon). His domination of the discipline is such that it makes him the huge favorite for the World Championships in Liévin, at the beginning of February in France, where he intends to equal the record for world titles (7) held by the Belgian Eric De Vlaeminck.
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