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2021 Canyon Exceed CF SLX 9 hardtail review: a bike for MVDP
A mountain bike so clearly intended to win World Cups that it carries a number of significant compromises for the recreational racer.
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Mathieu van der Poel will consider leaving Tour de France early
Mathieu van der Poel took home his fourth world title this weekend on the beaches of Oostend but the 26-year-old Dutchman is already looking ahead to what next season will bring. His team Alpecin-Fenix receives an invite to the Tour de France as best scoring ProTeam of 2020 but Van der Poel is unsure if he will ride all the way to the Champs Elysées, he tells Wielerflits. The Olympic mountain bike race is top of his mind this summer.
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Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert: A head-to-head history
The finale of the weekend’s Tour of Flanders served up exactly the spectacle that road cycling fans have been anticipating for years: Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert locked in head-to-head battle for one of the sport’s most prestigious wins. The two have matured into some of the most dynamic, exciting riders of …
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Wins and crashes at Flanders; GC battle at the Giro: Daily News Digest
(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers, It was a busy day at the races today. Chantal van den Broeck-Blaak and Mathieu Van der Poel won thrilling editions of the Tour of Flanders and young Brit Teo Geoghegan Hart took his biggest win to date …
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Take a bow: Mathieu van der Poel’s 50 km solo attack seals BinckBank Tour win
There are days, like last year at Amstel Gold and again Saturday in Flanders, when Mathieu van der Poel takes what we think we know about bike racing, crumples it up into a little ball, and throws it out the window. With a 17-second deficit into the final stage of the BinckBank Tour, van der …
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