Few races this season Cyclocross World Cup was as impressive as it was this Sunday in the race of Benidorm, in the second that the city of Alicante welcomed the best CX cyclists.
The racing was spectacular, with the cream of the competition present on the circuit, which was sometimes visible Thomas Pidcock, Wout Van Aert or Mathieu Van der Poel lead the exam. I searched Van der Poel the eleventh consecutive victory in a cyclocross season in which he was the main star, but what no one expected was that the world champion would run into a post that was well marked and protected to throw and lose options to fight for victory.
The accident occurred on lap nine of nine. Van der Poel He slightly groped the right side of his body and hit his shoulder hard, sending him flying to the other side of the court.
In the end, the world champion and winner of the last edition sped up and finished fifth, assuming the fall was without further ado.
“I hit a big pole with protection, I thought it was a bit soft. It wasn’t. I was on the ground and then I knew the race was over. My shoulder hurt a bit but it’s okay. I won more. , But it has to end one day ,” he says. Mathieu Van der Poel, who saw how four Belgians overtook him at the finish line.
Source: La Verdad
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