Van der Poel to use Tour of Britain-winning Aeroad in his tilt at the rainbow jersey
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Mathieu van der Poel will ride aboard a Canyon Aeroad Disc(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
The front end features an integrated canyon specific aerobar(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
His name adorns the top tube(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
The bike is fitted with a Dura-Ace Di2 R9170 groupset(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
Along with hydraulic disc brakes(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
A 53-39 is Van der Poel's choice of chain rings(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
These are fitted to a Shimano Dura-Ace R9100P power meter chainset(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
The data from which will be read on the new Wahoo Elemnt Roam computer, although with no aero mount available, the traditional Canyon aerobar-integrated out-front mount is used(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
The numbers printed on the integrated bar and stem confirm Van der Poel's cockpit fit dimensions(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
Dura-Ace C60 tubular wheels are shod with Vittoria Corsa tubular tyres(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
A well padded Selle Italia SLR saddle is Van der Poel's perch of choice(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
Selle Italia also provides the bar tape(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
Finishing off the bike is a pair of Elite Custom Race Plus bottle cages(Image credit: Josh Croxton)
Despite recently being seen testing a new, yet-to-be-released Canyon at the Primus Classic and Gooikse Pijl, Mathieu van der Poel will return to the bike he raced to victory at the Tour of Britain in Sunday's tilt for success at the UCI World Road Championships.
Shortly after a training ride a couple of days ahead of the 280km race, Cyclingnews had five minutes with the Dutchman's bike - complete with Yorkshire's grit from Van der Poel's penultimate preparation recce.
Van der Poel has already had what can only be described as an extraordinary 2019 season, in which he has a phenomenal win percentage across cyclo-cross, mountain biking, and in his first season on the road for the Corendon-Circus team.
In 2019, Van der Poel has won every cyclo-cross race he's entered and more than 80 per cent of his mountain bike starts. Ahead of the Road World Championships, Van der Poel has 28 race days on the road. He has won 10 of them, which is an astonishing 34% win rate.
The one that everyone remembers, however, is the last race of his spring classics campaign, Amstel Gold. The power produced in that finale is beyond anything we've seen. For the final hour of the six and a half hour race, Van der Poel averaged 340 watts. During this time he spent the final 12 minutes at 425 watts and the final four minutes at 481 watts. In the finale, while acting as his own leadout train, he averaged 863 watts for 42 seconds. The sprint itself was a 15-second affair, where he averaged 1222 watts and peaked at 1400.
For Van der Poel's first attempt at the rainbow jersey on the road, he will use the Canyon Aeroad Disc, complete with Shimano Dura-Ace wheels and groupset.
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Josh is Associate Editor of Cyclingnews – leading our content on the best bikes, kit and the latest breaking tech stories from the pro peloton. He has been with us since the summer of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews.
On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.
