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Mathieu van der Poel

1995 - Today

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Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch professional cyclist born in Belgium who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain biking and road racing disciplines of the sport. Van der Poel has won six Cyclo-cross World Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024), one Gravel World Championship (2024) and one Road World Championship (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu van der Poel has received more than 1,680,930 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mathieu van der Poel is the 189th most popular cyclist (up from 305th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 189 out of 1,613. Before him are Delio Rodríguez, Fabio Casartelli, Ryszard Szurkowski, Frans De Mulder, Luigi Marchisio, and Sean Kelly. After him are Domingo Perurena, Jef Planckaert, Davide Rebellin, Nino Defilippis, René Pijnen, and Piotr Ugrumov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 23. Before him are Adrien Rabiot, Leon Goretzka, Haley Lu Richardson, Serge Gnabry, Marcos Llorente, and Niklas Süle. After him are Mikaela Shiffrin, Dominik Livaković, Ferland Mendy, Milan Škriniar, Mike Maignan, and João Palhinha.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 650 out of 1,190. Before him are Charles Delporte (1893), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Nelly Landry (1916), Pierre Braine (1900), Frans De Mulder (1937), and Frank De Bleeckere (1966). After him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jef Planckaert (1934), Frank De Winne (1961), Wilfried Puis (1943), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), and Jules de Trooz (1857).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 38. Before him are Germain Derycke (1929), Paul Deman (1889), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Johan De Muynck (1948), Johan Museeuw (1965), and Frans De Mulder (1937). After him are Jef Planckaert (1934), Roger Swerts (1942), Willy Planckaert (1944), Wout van Aert (1994), Walter Planckaert (1948), and Jean Brankart (1930).

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