Van der Poel may extend his road season as part of mountain bike training

New men's world road race champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) races at the EttenLeur criterium
New men's world road race champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) races at the EttenLeur criterium (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mathieu van der Poel went all white - helmet, glasses, shoes, bike and shorts - along with his white rainbow jersey at the Profwielerronde Etten Leur criterium in the Netherlands on Sunday.

It was his first opportunity to wear the newly acquired road jersey which he claimed in the elite men’s road race with a solo attack on August 6, after overcoming a late crash.  

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