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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 who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. 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 and is arguably the best cyclo-cross rider ever 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 and Louisville in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu van der Poel has received more than 1,433,301 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mathieu van der Poel is the 305th most popular cyclist (up from 321st in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 647th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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  • 26

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  • 7.34

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  • 1.82

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 305 out of 1,214. Before him are Lionel Cox, Fränk Schleck, Marino Lejarreta, Nino Borsari, Thomas Shardelow, and Roberto Visentini. After him are Tom Dumoulin, Giuseppe Beghetto, Serhiy Honchar, Mauro Gianetti, Ronald Stretton, and Julian Alaphilippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 43. Before him are Petra Vlhová, Divock Origi, Mike Maignan, Milan Škriniar, Thomas Lemar, and Luke Shaw. After him are Lee Tae-yong, Aimee Lou Wood, Nathan Aké, Doja Cat, Danna Paola, and Hirving Lozano.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 704 out of 1,019. Before him are Léon Rosenfeld (1904), Nacer Chadli (1989), Wout van Aert (1994), Ralph Miliband (1924), Gilbert Stork (1921), and Jules Pappaert (1905). After him are Kevin Mirallas (1987), Marc Baecke (1956), Veerle Baetens (1978), Salah Abdeslam (1989), Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), and René Verheyen (1952).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Mathieu van der Poel ranks 45. Before him are Willy Planckaert (1944), Frank Vandenbroucke (1974), Maurice Peeters (1882), Lode Wouters (1929), Greg Van Avermaet (1985), and Wout van Aert (1994). After him are Eddy Planckaert (1958), Eric Vanderaerden (1962), Rudy Dhaenens (1961), Peter Van Petegem (1970), Etienne De Wilde (1958), and Bradley Wiggins (1980).

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