Van der Poel is racing Benidorm World Cup after all
Alpecin-Premier Tech has announced that Mathieu van der Poel will race at World Cup Benidorm after all – this comes just days after he was said to be skipping the 10th of 12th rounds.
"After a strong week of training, the urge to race was simply too great," reads the team announcement. "Our world champion will defend his leader’s jersey in the UCI CX World Cup."
Van der Poel leads the overall World Cup classification – which he had said was low on his list of goals – by 10 points over former leader Thibau Nys. With three rounds to go, there is a maximum of 120 points available, and with Van der Poel set to race all three, it's hard to look past the world champion who will hope to extend his winning streak between now and the World Championships in two weeks' time.
