The 30-year-old cyclist had to win the Frenchman Luca Martin, who won for the Italian Luca Braidot and the Swiss Mathias Flückiger.
Van der Poel needed a long catch -up race to report to the leading group. After 45 minutes he succeeded, but in the last two of eight laps he could no longer answer gears. He drove fourth, but dropped back to sixth place and finished Martin 1 minute.
Mathieu van der Poel grabs after a sizzling Slot in Extremis in addition to stage victory and final classification Renewi Tour
Earlier this year, the Dutchman made his comeback on the mountain bike in Novo Mesto, but ran a break in his wrist in a fall. Van der Poel was then able to participate in the Tour de France where he won the second stage.
Puck Pieterse finished tenth in Les Gets. The world champion Cross-Country had to admit for more than 4 minutes at European Champion Jenny Rissveds from Sweden.