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Although his winning effort at Essen was derailed by a mechanical, with a dominating win at Druivencross, Mathieu van der Poel has shown the world that he has recovered from his knee injury.

Take a look at the last lap from Sunday’s Druivencross Elite Men’s race, where van der Poel builds on his gap on Kevin Pauwels and has time for a victory salute that steals a page from Johan Museeuw’s book.