The enormous contrast between Mathieu van der Poel (30) recovering from ‘Septemberitis’ and the unleashed Tadej Pogacar (27)

The contrast between Tadej Pogacar (27) and Mathieu van der Poel (30) could not be greater at the moment. One, Pogacar, will be hunting for his twentieth victory of the season in the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday. The other, Van der Poel, is busy with completely different things after the World Mountain Bike Championships, which sometimes even raises questions for his Alpecin-Deceuninck team.

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