‘Yellow’ Mathieu van der Poel will lose friendly friend in Tour de France on disaster day: ‘This is a sacrifice’

What should have become a yellow honorary parade with a spectacular lead-out, became a disaster day for Mathieu van der Poel and his team Alpecin-DECEUNINCK. A tough fall and assignment from Jasper Philipssen ruined the day in the most beautiful sweater of the peloton. “It was hard to focus again after the news about Jasper.”

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