Mathieu van der Poel joins Olav Kooij, Daan Hoole and more for pre-Liege-Bastogne-Liege training ride

Continuing his preparation for Liege-Bastogne-Liege next weekend, Mathieu van der Poel has been joined in the Spanish sun by a number of his Dutch compatriots for a training ride.

Having completed 90km on Monday, straight after a quiet Amstel Gold Race performance, van der Poel has taken another step towards the upcoming monument with a 149km ride, tackled in 4 hours and 39 minutes and alongside his regular training companion, Freddy Ovett, there was also a group of familiar faces and a variety of World Tour shirts.

Alongside Mathieu van der Poel's Alpecin-Deceuninck Rainbow Jersey, the jerseys of Olav Kooij and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Nils Eekhoff and Team dsm-firmenich PostNL, Daan Hoole and Lidl-Trek, Elmar Reinders and Team Jayco AlUla, plus the traditional Alpecin-Deceuninck jersey through Ramon Sinkeldam as seen on Strava.

See for yourself down below!