Van der Poel wants to go yellow with supersonic time trial suit | cycling

sport">To make that happen MvdP have himself fitted with a special time trial suit, with which he has to gain seconds from the competition. And don’t lose too much compared to top favorites Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert.

3200 euro

sport">The Tour de France starts on Friday with a chrono of 13.2 kilometers through the streets of Copenhagen, in which he should be able to set a good time on the technical course. In the Giro d’Italia he finished second and third in the two races against the clock. In the first time trial, Van der Poel had to give way to Brit Simon Yates with only three seconds difference. At the time, Yates wore the supersonic suit that Van der Poel is now also fitted with. The price is about 3200 euros.

sport">The new outfit is the result of a collaboration between the Czech Kalas, which is clothing sponsor of Alpecin-Fenix, and Vorteq. The latter is a technology brand from Great Britain that has achieved success with, among others, BikeExchange-Jayco, the team of Yates and also Matteo Sobrero, who won the second time trial in the Giro.

Not much attention

sport">Although Van der Poel has not paid much attention to the time trial in recent years, it appears that he is doing very well every time. Last year in the Tour, he defended the yellow he wore for a total of six days with a great race against the clock, in which he finished fifth.

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