Mathieu van der Poel set for cobbles return at Dwars door Vlaanderen

The Dutchman prepares for a tilt at the Tour of Flanders with the Flemish semi-Classic he won in 2019

Mathieu van der Poel wins stage four of the Coppi e Bartali 2022
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Mathieu van der Poel will fine-tune his form for the Tour of Flanders with a ride at the semi-Classic Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday.

The Dutchman only recently returned to road racing action after a long layoff with a back injury he suffered at the Olympic Games mountain bike race in August of last year. The injury meant he missed most of the winter's cyclocross season, but his recovery and subsequent training have clearly been on point as he made a spectacular return to racing with Alpecin-Fenix at Milan-San Remo, battling hard to take third place in the longest one-day race of the year.

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Richard Windsor