FILE - Dutch cyclist Mathieu Van der Poel competes during the 14th stage of the Giro D'Italia cycling race from Santena to Turin, Italy, Saturday, May 21, 2022. World champion Mathieu van der Poel will focus on the Olympic road race at the Paris Games this summer after the Tour de France, skipping mountain biking. The versatile Dutch racer said on Wednesday that combining the Tour and the Olympic road race is “the most logical” choice. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP, File)
FILE - Netherland's Mathieu van der Poel holds his bike up at the finish line after taking first place in the Tour of Flanders in Oudenaarde, Belgium on March 31, 2024. World champion Mathieu van der Poel will focus on the Olympic road race at the Paris Games this summer after the Tour de France, skipping mountain biking. The versatile Dutch racer said on Wednesday that combining the Tour and the Olympic road race is “the most logical” choice. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)