Mathieu van der Poel took his Canyon Grail out of the garage for a gravel ride on Saturday. “Perfect day,” the Dutchman riding for Alpecin-Deceuninck wrote on social media. On Sunday, he will participate in the Etten-Leur criterium, but his racing schedule after that has not yet been made public.
Tadej Pogacar’s post-Tour vacation is already over. On Friday, the Slovenian posted his first Strava ride since his double Giro-Tour. Together with his fiancée Urska Zigart, he covered more than a hundred kilometers, preparing for his major goal this fall: the World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.