Round 4/9 – Van der Poel Crosses The Start/Finish Line And is 50 Seconds Behind Hathously. The Dutchman Seems to be recovering a bit after a mediocre round.
Round 3/9 – Van der Poel is Doing A Bit worse, Dropping Back to Eighth Place.
Round 3/9 – The Situation at the Front:
Round 3/9 – The Group That van der Poel is Part of Crosses The Start/Finish Line Together Again. On the Climb, van der Poel Moves to Second Place.
Round 2/9 – South African Alan Hathererly has created a gap to the competition. After that come a group with, Among Others, Koretzky, Braidot and van der Poel.
Round 2/9 – Van der Poel is Having A Hard Time In The Descent, But Can Follow Very Well on the Climbs. In Fourth Place, The Dutchman’s Rise Seems to Stall for A Moment.
Round 2/9 – Van der Poel Moves to Fourth Place by Chosing a Different Line. He walks inside, while a number of competitors cycle around the tree. It earns Him Three Places Again.
Round 2/9 – After the First Round, Van der Poel Has risen from 33rd to 7th place. Hey to be able to compete for the medals.
Round 1/9 – Van der Poel Wins Another Spot Due to a Flat Tire for Azzaro. The Frenchman has to change his tire, which will cause he to lose boxes of places.
Round 1/9 – Van der Poel is just moving up to tenth place and has his competitors in sight. He is moving up very quickly in the first round.
Round 1/9 – The Lead is Still Close Together. Van der Poel is 12 Seconds Behind Koretzky.
Round 1/9 – Van der Poel is now in 14th place, which means he is creeping further forward. In Advance, The Analysts Said That He Should Mainly Remain Patient.
Round 1/9 – Van der Poel Already Seems to Have Moved Up A Bit On The Asphalt. The Riders Are Now Going Up The First Climb.
Start! The Men are on their way in Switzerland, where van der Poel immediately hens to creep Forward in the Hunt for that unique fourth world title.
The Riders on the First Starting Row are introduced to the public. Mathieu van der Poel Starts on the Fifth Starting Row and Can Therefore Calmly Work Towards The Start.
Van der Poel is not the top Favorite Today, Although He is one of the contenders. Victor Koretzky Seems to Be the Big Favorite. He was Already World Champion in The Short Race Earlier This Week.
Mathieu van der Poel Previously Stated that he had Been Training on the Course All Week, which is locationed at 1,500 meters above sea level.
Van der Poel Already Explored the Course in Crans Montana, Switzerland Yesterday. Then there were Several Planks. Will That Be The Case Today Too?
Today is the Big Day: Mathieu van der Poel Wants To Write History by Becoming the First Male Rider To Become World Champion in Four Disciplines. He Previously won the World Championships in Cyclocross, Road Cycling and Gravel. Today he is going for the world title in Mountain Biking.