\u2014 Luk\u00e1\u0161 Ronald Luk\u00e1cs (@lucasaganronald) December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Anatole Leboucher, a\u00a0rider for French club team UC Cholet 49 who is stepping up to Continental level next year, uploaded the footage of\u00a0the\u00a0head-to-head training sprint against\u00a0the eight-time Monument winner, the video apparently filmed by another training partner behind.<\/p>\n The first attempt ended\u00a0with Van der Poel’s back wheel jumping and the pair resetting, but on the second sprint the same issue happened\u00a0and the Dutch rider was violently flung onto his top tube as his Canyon swerved\u00a0across the road.<\/p>\n Understandably, the filming rider’s main concern when Van der Poel swerved\u00a0was avoiding any potential crash, the footage not showing exactly how the seven-time cyclocross world champion kept\u00a0things upright. Once the camera returned\u00a0to Van der Poel\u00a0a second later, he was\u00a0serenely rolling along like nothing happened.<\/p>\n As one of the top comments on Instagram suggested: “I\u00a0thought the classic season was over in a video.”<\/p>\n >\u00a0Premier Tech joins Alpecin as new co-title sponsor of Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen’s team<\/a><\/p>\n More immediately at risk could have been Van der Poel’s cyclocross campaign, the multi-discipline star about to embark on another winter of racing, beginning with his reappearance at Namur next weekend.<\/p>\n It is likely all muddy roads will lead to Hulst\u00a0on February 1 when Van der Poel could win an eighth UCI Cyclocross World Championship, which would also be his fourth in a row.<\/p>\n On Friday, Van der Poel’s team Alpecin-Deceuninck announced that Premier Tech would be joining the team as a co-title sponsor from next season. The Canadian company had sponsored Israel-Premier Tech but walked away<\/a> after a year of protests and controversy surrounding the team, Premier Tech stating it had become “untenable to continue”.<\/p>\n Instead, the company has signed a three-year deal with Alpecin-Deceuninck, including an option for a further three years.<\/p>\n Team bosses Philip and Christoph Roodhooft said the deal will enable the squad to “invest with a long-term vision, strengthen our performance pathways, and accelerate the growth we have been pursuing in recent seasons”.<\/p>\n![\"Mathieu](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-36.png\" "\\"Mathieu")
Mathieu van der Poel crash save (credit: anatole_leb\/Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"Mathieu](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-35.png\" "\\"Mathieu")
Mathieu van der Poel crash save (credit: anatole_leb\/Instagram)<\/p>\n