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5 Pukes, 400 Watts, 50kph: The Sickening Stats Behind Van Der Poel and Rickaert’s Tour De France Long-Bomb

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'My stomach couldn't handle the effort. I vomited five times': The gut-churning power of Van der Poel and Rickaert's Tour de France break.

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On Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel was caught on the wire after a 173 kilometer escape with a crew member. A classic that tells something else.

·Paris, France
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Right

Disbelief and respect in the foreign cycling media after the feat of Mathieu van der Poel, who rode over 170 kilometers in the attack together with teammate Jonas Rickaert in the ninth Tour stage, but just failed to crown it with the day's victory.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Never two riders from the same team had dared to complete the whole stage in the lead. During the 9th of this 112th edition, he only missed 700 meters at Van der Poel to win at Châteauroux. Second...

Center

Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert left at the zero kilometer, and the Dutchman was taken back only 700 metres from the finish line. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Center

He nearly won the entire flat ninth stage of the Tour de France from the early breakaway. A seemingly impossible attack turned into a heroic game of cat and mouse in the streets of Châteauroux. How Jonas Rickaert's dream turned into another great Mathieu van der Poel performance.

·Amersfoort, Netherlands
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