Mathieu van der Poel is one of the top favorites for Saturday’s Strade Bianche alongside Wout van Aert and world champion Julian Alaphilippe. ?I agree to a certain extent that people see me as one of the favorites, although I believe that the parcours fits slightly better to the real climbers,? Van der Poel said ahead of the race. […] The post Van der Poel: I expect an open battle at Strade Bianche appeared first on Cycling Today.

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