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Mathieu van der Poel
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Key facts
- 2014
- BKCP–Powerplus
- Full name
- Mathieu van der Poel
- Nickname
- MVDP, The Flying Dutchman
- Born
- ( 1995-01-19 ) 19 January 1995 (age 31) , Kapellen , Belgium
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Current team
- Alpecin–Premier Tech
- Disciplines
- Cyclo-cross Mountain biking Road Gravel
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- Puncheur (road) Classics specialist (road) Cross-country (mountain biking)
- 2012 2013
- IKO Enertherm–BKCP
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- van der Poel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Kapellen
- Father
- Adrie van der Poel
- Sibling
- David van der Poel
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Participant in
- 2025 UCI Europe Tour
- Sport
- mountain biking
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Image
- Mathieu van der Poel Paris-Roubaix 2022.jpg
- Height
- 184
- Convicted of
- assault
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- Commons category
- Mathieu van der Poel
- date of birth
- 1995-01-19
- relative
- Raymond Poulidor
- competition won
- Tour de France 2025, stage 2
- sports discipline competed in
- cross-country cycling
- social media followers
- 205449
- name in native language
- Mathieu van der Poel
- nickname
- Matje
- Cyclocross24 rider ID
- mathieu-van-der-poel
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Encyclopedic overview
Mathieu van der Poel nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional cyclist who currently rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Premier Tech. He competes in cyclo-cross, mountain biking, gravel and road racing disciplines of the sport.
Van der Poel has won eight Cyclo-cross World Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), one Gravel World Championship (2024) and one Road World Championship (2023), becoming the only Men's World Champion in three different cycling disciplines. He has also won multiple stages at grand tours and has numerous classics victories, including winning both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times, and Milan–San Remo twice. His rivalry with Wout van Aert is considered to be one of the great rivalries in the sport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mathieu van der Poel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.