Mathieu van der Poel has become the first Dutch men’s world road race champion for nearly 40 years despite a crash and a protest that halted riders for almost an hour. Van der Poel crashed while leading the road race at the world championships, breaking his shoe and tearing his jersey, yet the Dutchman maintained his poise, quickly remounted and pulled away.
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Prior to the crash, the race had been halted for about 45 minutes when a group of environmental protesters refused to leave the road. Van der Poel had been riding with two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar, one-day specialist Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen, a former world champion. Despite the interruptions, Van der Poel managed to beat the cycling greats to finally add his name to the list of road world champions.
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10 Comments
Whaaaaaat an unbelievable podium !!! Mathieu will frame this one, be convinced of that !
Yeah an intelligent environmental protest, protesting against people using bicycles because it's better to use cars.
Remco who?
The ultimate revenge for the unjustice from last year!
Congrats ❤❤❤❤
I like that media covered the protesters and no one could see what they protested against. Well done!
I love cycling and i also love people stranding for climate justice 👍
So Van der poel is the champion of uci world tour 2023?, Can someone explain me the difference of it in uci points because he's not the most points
Wow, the Guardian which doesn't even write about most big cycling races in now showing highlights? Must be a slow time for time.
Van der Poel unforgettable…!!!!
Gee , I never knew that cycling caused global warming…