Van der Poel: Classics-style Olympic road course 'should suit me'

Mathieu van der Poel wins Paris-Roubaix in 2023
Mathieu van der Poel wins Paris-Roubaix in 2023 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games road race and time trial routes were revealed on Tuesday after stage 4 of the Tour de France by the president of the games, Tony Estanguet.

It’s a 273km road race route for the men, the longest in Olympic history, and 158km for the women, on a course that favours the Classics specialists, with 2,800m and 1,700m of elevation gain respectively.

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.