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European cyclo-cross champion Lars van der Haar to skip World Cup Fayetteville

Lars van der Haar wins elite men's Trek CX Cup


Lars van der Haar, the reigning European cyclo-cross champion, likes to plan, be it the best line in a race or his travel schedule. He began his 11th elite season in September and his first weeks as a father, his wife recently delivering a daughter to their family. So this year a set schedule was a new priority to balance travel, competitions and family.

He travelled as planned to the United States to begin his UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup campaign at the headquarters of his team, Baloise Trek Lions, in Wisconsin. However, without three World Cups in the US for the first time in several years – the Iowa event is no longer on the schedule – Van der Haar had to make a tough decision to forego the Fayetteville races, a World Cup and a C1, and head home early.

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