Despite his multidisciplinary skills, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) is still struggling to combine mountain biking and road racing as he tries to win the elusive cross-country MTB world title.
Van der Poel is racing the Tour de Suisse this week, thus missing chances to race MTB at the Leogang and Lenzerheide World Cups. After deciding not to start the Nové Město World Cup in May, and heading to the Tour de France next, he will go into August, the month of the World Championships, with no MTB racing under his belt.
