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James Moultrie

Latvia protests non-disqualification of Van der Poel after he 'endangered spectators' at Worlds

Van der Poel beat Latvia's Toms Skujins to third in the World Championships road race.

The Latvian Cycling Federation has protested to the UCI about the non-disqualification of Mathieu van der Poel from the World Championships elite men's road race after the Dutchman rode on a pavement and "endangered spectators".

Van der Poel was spotted bunnyhopping on and off of the pavement with 58.4km to go in the men's race, an action that is against the rules and has previously seen riders disqualified - notably Marlen Reusser at Gent Wevelgem earlier this season and Luke Rowe in the 2018 Tour of Flanders.

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