{"id":15303,"date":"2025-07-22T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15303\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:35:08","slug":"mathieu-van-der-poel-out-of-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15303\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathieu van der Poel out of Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tough news for cycling fans \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/heartbreak-for-van-der-poel-after-day-long-tour-breakaway-caught-in-final-kilometre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathieu van der Poel<\/a> is out of the Tour de France. His Alpecin-Deceuninck team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlpecinDCK\/status\/1947540446353191297\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> Tuesday that he won\u2019t start Stage 16 due to pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old had been feeling off over the past few days. According to the team, his condition worsened noticeably after the second rest day. Tests confirmed pneumonia, and doctors made the call to withdraw him from the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMathieu had been experiencing symptoms of a common cold over the past few days,\u201d read a statement from the team. \u201cYesterday afternoon, his condition began to worsen significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/mathieu-van-der-poel-i-sometimes-wonder-how-the-others-recover-so-well\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathieu van der Poel: \u2018I sometimes wonder how the others recover so well\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Van der Poel had been third in the green jersey standings, although a ways behind Lidl Trek\u2019s Jonathan Milan.<\/p>\n<p>His departure adds to a rough run for Alpecin-Deceuninck, who lost Jasper Philipsen to a crash early in the race. Philipsen had taken the first stage and worn yellow briefly before exiting with injuries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We regret to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathieuvdpoel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@mathieuvdpoel<\/a> is forced to abandon the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LeTour<\/a> prematurely.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu had been experiencing symptoms of a common cold over the past few days. Yesterday afternoon, his condition began to worsen significantly. The team doctor monitored him closely\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wfVkP1Z1JG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wfVkP1Z1JG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team (@AlpecinDCK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlpecinDCK\/status\/1947540446353191297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van der Poel had a pretty solid Tour. He grabbed the yellow jersey after Stage 2 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, then nearly pulled off a gutsy 171-kilometre attack with his teammmate\u2014 only to be caught inside the final km.<\/p>\n<p>As Israel\u2013Premier Tech\u2019s Mike Woods once <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/mike-woods-cycling-is-a-cruel-cruel-sport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>: \u201cCycling is a cruel, cruel sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tough news for cycling fans \u2014 Mathieu van der Poel is out of the Tour de France. 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