Mathieu van der Poel moves cyclocross season debut up to December 16
World Champion says 'I feel ready'

Mathieu van der Poel was supposed to start his 14-event cyclocross campaign at the Exact Cross on December 22 in Mol but, following a training camp he pushed tha﷽t debut almost a week earlier to the X20 Trophy in Herentals on Decemᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚber 16.
"I've trained well in Spain and I feel ready to start in @X2OTrofee Herentals," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Van der Poel said via the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alpecin-Deceuninck social media channels. "An extra competition hour ahead of♔ the busy Christmas period can only be positivꦡe."
The multiple cyclocross World Champion will debut alongside Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), winner of the same title in 2022, who is starting hiꩵs abbreviated seas❀on in Herentals.
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who started his 'cross season on Saturday with a victory in a wet and muddy race at the Exact Cross in 𒁏Essen, will 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:face off next in Mol in one of a handful of races against his lon♏g-time rival.
Van Aert said before the race on Saturday he would 168澳洲5最🔯新开奖结果:definitely not have a rematch at Worlds with Van der Poel as🍌 his focus will be on the Spring Classics.
Pidcock, Van der Poel and Van Aert will converge a minimum of four times, f🐼irst at the World Cups in Antwerp on December 23, in Gavere on Boxiಌng Day, and Hulst on December 30, followed by the Koksijde X2O Trophy on January 4.
Van Aert was uncertain if he would race the World Cu🔯ps in Zonhoven and Benidorm on January 7 and ꦇ21, respectively, because of the proximity to the dates of his road team's camp.
Pidcock and Van der Poel w෴ill compete in both World Cups, but neither Pidcock nor Van Aert will be challenging Van der Poel at the World Championships in Tabor.
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Header Cell - Column 0 | Van der Poel | Van Aert | Pidcock |
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 16 - X²O Trophy Herentals Cross | x | Row 0 - Cell 2 | x |
Dec. 17 - World Cup Namur | Row 1 - Cell 1 | Row 1 - Cell 2 | x |
Dec. 22 - Zilvermeercross Mol | x | x | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
Dec. 23 - World Cup #9 Antwerp | x | x | x |
Dec. 26 - World Cup #10 Gavere | x | x | x |
Dec. 27 – Superprestige Heusden-Zolder | Row 5 - Cell 1 | x | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
Dec. 28 - Superprestige Diegem | x | Row 6 - Cell 2 | x |
Dec. 29 - Azencross – Loenhout | x | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
Dec. 30 - World Cup #11 Hulst | x | x | x |
Jan. 01 - X²O Trophy GP Sven Nys | x | x | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
Jan. 04 - X²O Trophy Koksijde | x | x | x |
Jan. 07 - World Cup #12 Zonhoven | x | ? | x |
Jan. 21 - World Cup #13 Benidorm | x | ? | x |
Jan. 27 - X²O Trophy - Hamme | x | Row 13 - Cell 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
Jan. 28 - World Cup #14 Hoogerheide | x | Row 14 - Cell 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
Feb. 04 - World Championships | x | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |

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