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'My career is already more than successful' – Pressure-free Mathieu van der Poel eyes up another stint in yellow at Tour de France

Mathieu van der Poel in yellow at 2025 Tour de France.

Classics star Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) is hopeful that he can wear the yellow jersey again at this year's Tour de France, even if he feels that "nothing is a must anymore" in his highly successful career.

Van der Poel, who has been road World Champion and won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders three times each, has won two Tour de France stages in his career and wore the yellow jersey for six days in 2021 and four in 2025.

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