Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch professional cyclist who competes in multiple disciplines. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin-Fenix. He rides in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, and road racing disciplines of the sport. His incredible talent has shown in all areas. He has won the Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Tábor in 2015, Bogense in 2019, Dübendorf in 2020, Ostend in 2021, and in Hoogerheide in 2023. He also won the Junior Road Race World Championships in Florence in 2013 and twice won the Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships (2012 and 2013). He won the 2018 Dutch National Road Race Championships in Hoogerheide and the 2019 Amstel Gold Race. He also regularly does well at Grand Tour races - in 2022, he took part in his first Giro d'Italia - and cyclo-cross World Cup events. In 2023, he set a new fastest time for the climb of the Poggio when winning the Milan-San Remo, and claimed victory in the Paris-Roubaix. He also claimed UCI World Championship titles in cyclo-cross and the elite men's road race in the Road World Championships.
