The high mountains may not be his natural terrain, but nevertheless, Mathieu van der Poel completed one final day in the breakaway at the Critérium du Dauphiné as the race concluded atop the Plateau du Mont-Cenis.
Only three weeks have passed since the Dutchman crashed twice and fractured his right wrist in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Nové Mesto, and here he is, fully prepared to take on the Tour de France next month.
