Too much Van der Poel in Glasgow, exhibition and rainbow jersey after overcoming a fall

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2023-08-06 17:48:46

Updated Sunday, August 6, 2023 – 17:48

The Dutch cyclist who wins the Cycling World Championship against huge runners like Van Aert (second) and Pogaar (third) is unstoppable

Van der Poel at a time of the World Cup in Glasgow.OLI SCARFFAFP

El Dutch Mathieu van der Poel has been proclaimed this Sunday world champion on the road by winning the test disputed between Edinburgh y Glasgow over 271.1 kilometers of travel and in which he entered the finish line alone to make history for his country, since the Netherlands had not won the rainbow jersey for 38 years.

Van der Poel (Kapellen, 28 years old) attacked 22 km from the finish line and now alone, he began to write his feat. He suffered a fall, but got up and continued the march, increasingly ahead of his greatest rivals.

The new world champion entered the finish line with a time of 6:07:27. Second place and silver went to the Belgian Wout van Aert. And the third and the bronze, for the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.

Van der Poel succeeds the Belgian in the palmars Remco Evenepoelganador en 2022. El ltimo vencedor nederlands fue Joop Zoetemelk, en 1985.

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