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Toronto Star
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- Toronto Star
Mathieu van der Poel pulls out of Tour de France with pneumonia
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Winnipeg Free Press
6 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Mathieu van der Poel pulls out of Tour de France with pneumonia
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