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| Full name | Mathieu van der Poel |
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| Nickname | MVDP
The Flying Dutchman |
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| Born | (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Kapellen, Belgium |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
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| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
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| Current team | Alpecin–Premier Tech |
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| 2012–2013 | IKO Enertherm–BKCP |
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| 2014– | BKCP–Powerplus |
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- Cyclo-cross
- World Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- European Championships (2017–2019)
- National Championships (2015–2020)
- World Cup (2017–18, 2025–26)
- 51 individual wins (2014–15—2020–21, 2022–23—2025–26)
- Superprestige (2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
- Trophy (2017–18, 2018–19)
- Gravel
- World Championships (2024)
- Mountain bike
- European XC Championships (2019)
- National XC Championships (2018)
- XC World Cup
- 3 individual wins (2019)
- Road
Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- 2 individual stages (2021, 2025)
- 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, 2025)
- Tour of Flanders (2020, 2022, 2024)
- Paris–Roubaix (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Amstel Gold Race (2019)
- Strade Bianche (2021)
- E3 Saxo Classic (2024, 2025)
- Dwars door Vlaanderen (2019, 2022)
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2026)
- Brabantse Pijl (2019)
- GP de Denain (2019)
- GP de Wallonie (2022)
- Super 8 Classic (2023)
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Mathieu van der Poel nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" (born 19 January 1995) is a 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.