FILE PHOTO: 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships - Men's Elite race in Bogense, Denmark - February 3, 2019 - Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the Men's Elite race. Ritzau Scanpix/Claus Fisker via REUTERS
SIENA, Italy (Reuters) - Mathieu van der Poel produced a jaw-dropping late burst of power to win the Strade Bianche classic race ahead of world champion Julian Alaphilippe in a nail-biting finale on Saturday.
The cyclocross world champion made his final move on the last uphill drag to the Piazza del Campo in Siena, and Frenchman Alaphilippe, the 2019 winner, was unable to follow.
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