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Mathieu van der Poel again hampered by back pain at World Cup

Mathieu van der Poel again hampered by back pain at World Cup


Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) had to settle for a distant second place behind Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) at the Zonhoven World Cup on Sunday afternoon, and the Dutchman admitted afterwards that he had been hindered by his lingering back injury during the event.

Van der Poel missed almost the entirety of last year’s cyclocross season with a back injury and the problem resurfaced at the X2O Trofee in Koksijde in midweek, where he also placed second behind Van Aert.

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