Mathieu Van Der Poel Rides the Dutch-Belgian Renewi Tour: 'I've Circled that Stage in Red'

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Mathieu van der Poel will ride the Renewi Tour (August 20-24). The five-day WorldTour race in the Netherlands and Belgium will be the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider's first real race since abandoning the Tour de France.

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Next week, Mathieu van der Poel will start an official race in the Renewi Tour for the first time since abandoning the Tour de France. Pneumonia forced the 30-year-old former world champion to abandon the Tour just under a month ago. This will be the Dutchman's third appearance in the only WorldTour-level stage race in the Benelux region. On Sunday, Van der Poel will be at the start line in Etten-Leur for the criterium there. "I haven't raced th…