Paris-Roubaix 2025, Alpecin-Deceuninck on Van Der Poel: “He hasn’t fully recovered”

Rome, 11 April 2025 - Pre-tactics or the existence of some real little problem? The approach march of Mathieu van der Poel to the Paris-Roubaix 2025, at least according to her Alpecin-Deceuninck, is more complicated than expected and not only because of the unprecedented presence in the startlist of the rival par excellence of recent times Tadej pogacar.

Alpecin-Deceuninck's statements on Van Der Poel

  The one who spoke out about a few too many worries was the sports director Christoph Roodhooft, which confirmed the two-time reigning winner of theHell of the North those health problems that had already emerged shortly after the end of the Giro delle Fiandre 2025. "Mathieu he has not yet fully recovered. He has remained in these days Belgium and trained according to plan, but his recovery was not optimal. The causes are probably to be found in having run the Tour of Flanders: if you recover from an illness and you push yourself immediately, the waste products remain in your body for a longer time. But now it's time to turn the page and think about the Paris-Roubaix, a new opportunity on the horizon". So, according to Roodhooft, the problems of Van der Poel would be only of a physical nature: therefore, nothing to do with the third place obtained at Oudenaarde and perhaps slightly disappointing for someone who showed up at the start with the title of reigning champion and with the even more recent success behind him at Milan-Sanremo 2025, the first Monument of the year."Mathieu he still took third place and was satisfied with that. Also, if there is someone stronger than him, he has no problem accepting defeat and, speaking clearly of the specific case, on Sunday there was indeed someone stronger than him".  

No Paris-Roubaix for Trentin and Campenarts. Naesen is there and renews

  Meanwhile, Sunday at the start of Compiègne (and not Paris, as is now the tradition of many races that go beyond the name for the starting point), there will not be Matteo Trentin e Victor Campenaerts: for the runner of the Tudor Pro Cycling Team the red light comes from a simple seasonal illness, while the stop of the one of the Visma-Lease a Bike It should take much longer due to a shoulder fracture sustained in the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country 2025. A Paris-Roubaix 2025 instead there will be Oliver naesen, which celebrates the luxury token with the renewal until 2027 with her Decathlon AG2R The World Team. "I didn't ask myself any questions and I immediately made it clear to the team that I wanted to stay. I'm very happy in this environment. We have big ambitions for the next few years and here everything is ready to allow us riders to give our best. I know that I will be able to count on top quality equipment and this - concludes the Belgian - makes me even more proud to be able to continue to defend these colors".Read also - Naples, all the recent evils. And Buongiorno stops again