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Mathieu Van der Poel has Tom Schellekens to thank

The Netherlands is back in the bottom positions of the ranking for the Olympics thanks to Schellekens' 5th place at the U23 World Cup: at the moment it can bring an athlete into the cross country.

Mathieu van der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel

The 5th place obtained at the recent XCO Under 23 World Championships in Glasgow by Tom Schellekens was very important for the Netherlands, even if it will have gone unnoticed by many but not by Mathieu Van der Poel who will welcome his compatriot .

Tom Schellekens
Tom Schellekens

Why this? Because thanks to the result of the young Dutchman, Holland is back in the Olympic ranking with the points necessary to guarantee participation in Paris 2024 with an athlete. At the moment Van der Poel, who won the title of world champion in road cycling, can rest assured and not necessarily enter the XCO World Cup to earn useful points.

For the record, Tom Schellekens has recently signed a contract with Jumbo-Visma. He will continue to focus on Mtb, but will also start cycling on the road.

My goal was to get into the top five and I succeeded. During the race I did everything right. The fact that he brought an Olympic pass is great for our country. It is more than right that Mathieu van der Poel goes to Paris, I certainly cannot think of equaling him. I will be racing in the Under 23s for a few more years, so it would be very unrealistic to already be at the top of the elite – Tom Schellekens

MATHIEU VAN DER POEL FALL 2023 RACE CALENDAR

Van Der Poel will now only make a stop on the MTB for the test on the Paris 2024 Olympic circuit on September 23rd. The rest of the effort will be on the road.



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[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').

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