Mathieu van der Poel is in the prime of his life: 'What he achieves is really not ordinary, but very special'

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Mathieu van der Poel is in the prime of his life: 'What he achieves is really not ordinary, but very special'

A police escort was needed to give Mathieu van der Poel free passage past thousands of supporters. "Mathieu! Mathieu!", was the cry in Liévin, where the 30-year-old phenomenon made history with his seventh cyclocross world title. In France, where his mother Corinne and legendary grandfather Raymond Poulidor were born, he did it with another great display of power.