Mathieu van der Poel takes first WorldTour victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen 2019

The cyclocross world champion out-sprinted proven Classics riders to take the win

Mathieu van der Poels wins his first WorldTour race at Dwars door Vlaanderen (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Mathieu van der Poel put in a commanding performance at Dwars door Vlaanderen to take the first WorldTour victory of his career.

Cyclocross world champion van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) sparked the winning move and formed part of a powerful group of five that came to the line together.

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