'Mathieu van der Poel never stronger at cyclocross than he is now' says Alpecin-Deceuninck management

2023 Antwerp Cyclocross World Cup: Mathieu van der Poel celebrates the win
2023 Antwerp Cyclocross World Cup: Mathieu van der Poel celebrates the win (Image credit: Getty Images)

Following his devastating performance in the Antwerp World Cup on Saturday, Alpecin-Deceuninck management have stated categorically that this season, Mathieu van der Poel is racing at his strongest ever in cyclocross.

Van der Poel struggled to clip into his pedals off the start line and then was held up by a crash on Saturday early on in the World Cup event but bounced back to dominate the field. 

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.