Pim Ronhaar set for ultrasound after CX World Championship crash leaves Dutch star on crutches: "Hopefully nothing comes of the scan"
Cyclocross
Mathieu van der Poel brought joy to the Dutch at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin last Sunday, equalling the legendary Eric De Vlaeminck's long-standing record by winning his 7th Rainbow Jersey. A little further behind on the course though, Van der Poel's compatriot Pim Ronhaar was having a much more difficult time of things.
Eventually crossing the line over five and a half minutes down on Van der Poel, it was far from the kind of performance the two-time World Cup race winning Ronhaar would've hoped for beforehand. Taking to his official Instagram account in the days following however, Ronhaar has gone someway to explain the lesser performance, revealing an early crash, showing how he was left needing crutches after the race and explaining how he's now set for an ultrasound scan on his knee.
“There is no failure except in no longer trying,“ begins the 23-year-old's post on Instagram, updating fans on his condition. "Crashed a few times last Sunday, at one crash i hit my knee very hard. Luckily no fractures, today we do an ultrasound scan. Hopefully nothing comes of the scan. I want to thank the team and @praktijk_ml for all the help. My family and of course my girlfriend for all the mental support."
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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