Wild victory for Van der Poel in Luxembourg after a 175 km solo break one week before the World Cup

One week before the road test of the Cycling World Championship, Mathieu van der Poel starred in a monumental feat this Sunday by winning the fifth and final stage of the Luxembourg Tour after a solo getaway of 175 kilometers, on a day of 177 kilometers between Mersch and the city of Luxembourgor, so it can almost be said that the Alpecin corridor He almost rode alone throughout the entire stage.

“Today I had incredible legs. I came from Spain, where maybe I had trained too much, but today I felt really good,” he said. Van der Poelwhich in Luxembourg has achieved two partial victories, in addition to taking the mountain classification and the regularity classification.

Without a doubt, it is a great business card for Mathieu Van der Poel a week away from the road test of the Montreal World Cup, an event in which not even T will be presentPogacar added, nor Jonas Vingegaard nor Richard Carapaz.

Will look for the triple winner of the Paris-Roubaix to revalidate the world road title he won in Glasgow in 2023, being bronze in Zurich.

When at the finish line they asked him if he had it in mind, if he was planning to attack from the start and set an individual time trial of 175 kilometers, Van der Poel – who completed the 177 kilometers in 4h10’58” and surpassed the second place finisher, the Dane Honore in 1’04” – responded: “It was not planned before the start, but I found myself alone from the start of the race and I simply rode at my own pace throughout the day.”