It will be a strange cyclocross world championship, without Wout van Aert, but also without Mathieu van der Poel.
It should be clear that Mathieu van der Poel would have loved to have been in Fayetteville to win a new world title. According to Mario Declercq, Van der Poel will drive completely differently in the coming years, with very specific objectives.
“In my opinion, Van der Poel will only focus on the World Cups in the coming years. He has been world champion four times. I think it runs in the family that they want to equal and improve Erik De Vlaeminck’s record with seven world titles,” Declercq told HLN.
