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Mathieu van der Poel

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Poel, not Poel.

Mathieu van der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel, 2024 Paris–Roubaix.
Personal information
Full nameMathieu van der Poel
NicknameMVDP
The Flying Dutchman[1]
Born (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 29)
Kapellen, Belgium
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur team
2012–2013IKO Enertherm–BKCP
Professional team
2014–BKCP–Powerplus[2][3]
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
European Championships (2017–2019)
National Championships (2015–2020)
World Cup (2017–18)
38 individual wins (2014–15—2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24)
Superprestige (2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
Trophy (2017–18, 2018–19)
Mountain bike
European XC Championships (2019)
National XC Championships (2018)
XC World Cup
3 individual wins (2019)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (2021)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2022)
Combativity award (2022)

Stage races

BinckBank Tour (2020)
Tour of Belgium (2023)
Tour of Britain (2019)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2023)
National Road Race Championships (2018, 2020)
Milan–San Remo (2023)
Tour of Flanders (2020, 2022, 2024)
Paris–Roubaix (2023, 2024)
Amstel Gold Race (2019)
Strade Bianche (2021)
E3 Saxo Classic (2024)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2019, 2022)
Brabantse Pijl (2019)
GP de Denain (2019)
GP de Wallonie (2022)
Super 8 Classic (2023)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Koksijde Junior
Gold medal – first place 2013 Louisville Junior
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tábor Elite
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bogense Elite
Gold medal – first place 2020 Dübendorf Elite
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ostend Elite
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hoogerheide Elite
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tábor Elite
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bieles Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Hoogerheide Under-23
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Valkenburg Elite
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lucca Junior
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ipswich Junior
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tábor Elite
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rosmalen Elite
Gold medal – first place 2019 Silvelle Elite
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mladá Boleslav Under-23
Silver medal – second place 2016 Pontchâteau Elite
Men's road cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Junior road race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Elite road race
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Elite road race
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lenzerheide Elite cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Brno Elite cross-country
Men's gravel bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Veneto Elite

Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch professional cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[4] He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain biking and road racing disciplines of the sport.

He is best known for winning the Road Race World Championships in Glasgow in 2023 and the Junior Road Race World Championships in Florence in 2013[5][6] and is arguably the best cyclo-cross rider ever[7] winning the Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor in 2015, Bogense in 2019, Dübendorf in 2020, Ostend in 2021, Hoogerheide in 2023, again Tábor in 2024 and twice winning the Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships, in Koksijde in 2012[8] and Louisville in 2013. He also won the Cyclo-cross European Championships in Tábor in 2017, 's-Hertogenbosch in 2018 and Trebaseleghe in 2019, the Cross-country Mountain Bike European Championships in Brno in 2019 and twice the Junior Cyclo-cross European Championships, in Lucca in 2011 and Ipswich in 2012; the first rider to win at the highest level in three different cycling disciplines.[9]

As well as these international titles, Van der Poel is the winner of the Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships between 2015 and 2020, the Dutch National Mountain Bike Cross-country Championships in 2018 and the Dutch National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2020,[10] as well as the Strade Bianche in 2021, the E3 Saxo Classic in 2024, the 2019 and 2022 editions of Dwars door Vlaanderen,[11] the Brabantse Pijl in 2019[12] and the Amstel Gold Race in 2019.[13] He won a stage in the 2021 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey, a stage in the 2022 Giro d'Italia and wore the pink jersey, won the 2019 Tour of Britain, the 2020 BinckBank Tour, the 2023 Tour of Belgium, the 2019 Grand Prix de Denain, the 2022 Grand Prix de Wallonie and the 2023 Super 8 Classic.

Van der Poel is a sixfold Monument winner, conquering Milan-San Remo in 2023, the Tour of Flanders in 2020, 2022 and 2024 and Paris-Roubaix in 2023 and 2024. His rivalry with Wout van Aert is considered among the greatest and longest lasting rivalries in the sport.[14][15]

  1. ^ "Van der Poel: the "Flying Dutchman" is back". Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!" [Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!]. Corendon–Circus (in Dutch). Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"" [The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ Brown, Gregor (28 September 2013). "Mathieu van der Poel wins junior road Worlds title". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023-08-06-bbc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert: The anatomy of a rivalry". Cyclingnews.com. Patrick Fletcher. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  8. ^ Bagg, Chris; Vardaros, Christine (28 January 2012). "Mathieu van der Poel Wins First Race of the World Championship in Koksijde". Cyclocross Magazine. PFS. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Mathieu Van Der Poel defends junior world cyclocross title". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Mathieu van der Poel claims Dutch title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  11. ^ Decaluwé, Brecht (3 April 2019). "Instinct delivers Van der Poel to victory in Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  12. ^ Long, Jonny (17 April 2019). "Mathieu van der Poel shows incredible strength to win De Brabantse Pijl 2019". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Mathieu Van der Poel wins Amstel Gold Race". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Van Aert vs. Van der Poel: A Rivalry for the Ages". welovecycling.com. Siegfried Mortkowitz. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Wout van Aert v. Mathieu van der Poel - a truly rare and iconic sporting rivalry". cyclingweekly.com. Tom Thewlis. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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