Mathieu van der Poel said on Wednesday he will skip this year's world road race championships in favour of a tilt at the mountain bike world crown. The world road championships are scheduled for ...

“I don’t know if it’s worth going to Africa,” Van der Poel told AD. “I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I really want that mountain bike world title.

“I don’t know if it’s worth going to Africa,” Van der Poel told AD. “I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I really want that mountain bike world title.