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Stephen Farrand

'I really want to win the mountain bike world title' - Mathieu van der Poel adds fat tyre racing to Classics and Tour de France goals

Mathieu van der Poel in action at the 2024 Tour de France.

Mathieu van der Poel has revealed he will begin his 2025 road season at Tirreno-Adriatico in mid-March and then target the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and an early stage victory at the Tour de France. 

He will not ride the hilly UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda but instead wants to target a first cross-country mountain bike world title in Valais, Switzerland in early September. 

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