Mathieu van der Poel will aim for wins at Milano-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix this spring, and for this he had decided to take a week off after the cyclocross World Championships, and then build towards a season start that would happen at Tirreno-Adriatico. However, he may get the
Alpecin-Deceuninck rider back in the peloton as soon as tomorrow!
Van der Poel was set for a season start in Italy, something that had been decided a few weeks ago. He would use this week to get some race rhythm before the monuments. However, after the 'Opening Weekend', it has been reported by
Wielerflits that the former World Champion may have changed his plans. We will find out this afternoon whether that is the absolute truth or not, but it was said within the Alpecin camp that he may start his season at
Le Samyn instead before travelling to Italy.