Van der Poel to end cyclo-cross season at World Championships

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) wins the 2019 Flandriencross round of the DVV Trofee
Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) took his fifth win of the season in Hamme at the weekend (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Mathieu van der Poel will end his cyclo-cross season early, with the World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland on February 2 set to be his final race of his 2019-20 campaign.

The Dutchman had already missed a large portion of the early cyclo-cross season after an extended, successful campaign on the road for Corendon-Circus. He missed the opening three rounds of the Telenet Superprestige and UCI World Cup, as well as the DVV Trofee opener, Koppenbergcross.

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