A six-hour training ride vs a round of golf – Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel plot alternate routes to the cobbled Classics after CX Worlds

After the conclusion of the Cyclo-cross World Championships, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are turning their attention to the upcoming Classics season. However, they are opting for quite different approaches.

Even as early as the day after Worlds, the champion Van der Poel headed to the golf course with a ski trip also in his immediate plans, while Van Aert was back on the bike, clocking in six hours and 168km of training on the road.