Cycling It is hard to believe, but barely 24 hours after his heavy crash in Nokere zzt Mathieu van der Poel today back on the bike. The Dutch champion cycling came yesterday after his crash on the cobblestones of Nokereberg as if by miracle away with scrapes and bruises. Van der Poel works without unforeseen aftermath just voorjaarsprogramma and went today to 110 kilometers from the finish of the Tour of Flanders explore. “A miracle? A little, yes.”
Corendon-Circus started training on the roads of the ronde from the Haaghoek. For the climb was the Dutchman, so a half hour on his bike to test if he is sufficiently recovered to the exploration work. The decision fell quickly: Van der Poel, took part in the full trek of 110 km. The Koppenberg, Taaienberg, Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg passed the review.
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After the training ride, there was a press conference at the Tour of Flanders in Oudenaarde. “A miracle that I am back on the bike? A little bit. If you fall again, look at it, had it a lot worse can be,” commented VDP back on yesterday. “I saw them go and had the feeling that I there was over. But my rear wheel was still hit, so I fell. The first moments were quite painful. Then curse as the situation in which you suddenly have ended up in. Normally, I am always quickly back on, but that was not now. I feared the worst, that my spring was over. Before I knew it I was in the ambulance. Then I felt that it’s not super bad, but on the cobblestones, fall is, of course, not really pleasant. That comes to.”