Have a look at who is Mathieu Van Der Poel, the cyclist from Belgium, his age, height, salary, career, family, records and more
This Sunday’s cyclocross world championship race, which has been eagerly anticipated for years, certainly lived up to the hype as Mathieu van der Poel outran Wout van Aert to win his fifth world championship following a nail-biting tactical battle in Hoogerheide.
Here is all about Van der Poel, have a look.
Who is cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel, his age, height, girlfriend, bike, salary, net worth
Who is cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel, his age, height, girlfriend, bike, salary, net worth
Van Aert and Van der Poel, the defining cyclocross stars of the last decade who have recently moved their rivalry to the road, appeared inseparable throughout today’s elite men’s race until the Dutch superstar accelerated hard on the final straight to send the home crowd into raptures.
This hour-long, ten-lap race served as a microcosm of their entire professional careers.
Who is Mathieu Van Der Poel?
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel was born on January 19, 1995, in Kapellen, Belgium and competes for the UCI World Team Alpecin-Deceuninck. His height stands at 1.84m.
Like in recent years, Van der Poel will be riding the Canyon Aeroad CFR for 2023 and, at around 1.8 metres tall, is riding a size large frame bike.
The 28-year-old Van Der Poel has six victories to his name out of the 14 races on his programme, but he has lost against Van Aert frequently and has once again been beaten by back problems.
The Dutchman, though, won the match on Sunday and claimed the World Championship before concentrating on the 2023 racing season.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) salary: €2.0 million
Net Worth: $5 million
Van der Poel family
Van der Poel, who was raised in Kapellen, was born into a family of professional cyclists, his brother David, who is also well-known in the sport and who won the 2013 National Under-23 Championships in Hilvarenbeek, is also a cyclo-cross racer.
His father, Adri, was twice a stage winner at the Tour de France and a champion of various Classics during his career. He was also a six-time Dutch National Champion and the 1996 World Cyclocross Champion.
His maternal grandfather was the 1964 Vuelta an Espana champion and three-time runner-up and five-time third-place Tour de France finisher Raymond Poulidor, a French cyclist.
Mathieu Van Der Poel is currently involved in a relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Roxanne Bertels.
Van der Poel found guilty of common assault
Van der Poel was found guilty of common assault in September 2022 after an incident in a Sydney hotel against two girls, ages 13 and 14. The verdict was reversed on appeal in December of the same year.
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