Mathieu van der Poel was supposed to start his 14-event cyclocross campaign at the Exact Cross on December 22 in Mol but, following a training camp he pushed that debut almost a week earlier to the X20 Trophy in Herentals on December 16.
"I've trained well in Spain and I feel ready to start in @X2OTrofee Herentals," Van der Poel said via the Alpecin-Deceuninck social media channels. "An extra competition hour ahead of the busy Christmas period can only be positive."
