‘No one can say I stole this rainbow jersey’ – Mathieu van der Poel denies Wout Van Aert at cyclocross World Championships


The familiar battle played out in the biggest race of the CX season

Mathieu van der Poel has claimed his second cyclocross world title (Photo by Ole Jensen/Getty Images)
Newly-crowned cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel said ‘no one can say the title was stolen’ as he dominated the elite men’s field in Denmark.