He will have the support of last year's runner-up
Dylan van Baarle as main support. Wout Poels and
Bauke Mollema will be valuable when the riders begin to climb in the final circuit, and the rest of the lineup includes a quartet of rouleurs who will help control the race and mark moves early on in the day: Daan Hoole, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Jan Maas and Taco van der Hoorn.
National team coach Klaas Moerenhout has said that ''making a selection for a world championship in Australia so soon after the Vuelta has been quite a puzzle. But I am convinced that we will travel with a balanced team with which we can stand our ground in the fight for the world title.”
Netherlands for men's Elite Road Race: Mathieu van der Poel, Dylan van Baarle, Bauke Mollema, Daan Hoole, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Wout Poels, Jan Maas and Taco van der Hoorn.
Netherlands for men's Elite Time-Trial: Bauke Mollema and Daan Hoole.
Netherlands for Mixed Relay: Mathieu van der Poel, Bauke Mollema, Daan Hoole, Ellen van Dijk, Annemiek van Vleuten and Riejanne Markus.