Van der Poel gets stitches in knee after Gavere Superprestige crash

Mathieu van der Poel is still hoping to ride in next Sunday’s UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Denmark despite needing stitches in his knee in a crash that cost him victory in Sunday’s muddy Superprestige Gavere.

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