Mathieu van der Poel could skip the Tour de France next year to enable him to focus on other major summer goals, including winning the mountain bike cross-country world title in the Valais, Switzerland.
The Dutchman has endured three underwhelming editions since making his Tour debut during the Covid-hit season in 2021, in which he took a stage win on the Mûr-de-Bretagne in Brittany and pulled on the yellow jersey.
