21 things you didn’t know about Mathieu van der Poel

From his relationship with Wout van Aert to his favourite video game

Mathieu van der Poel
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Date of birth

19/01/1995

Born

Kapellen, Belgium

Nationality

Dutch

Nickname

MVDP / The Flying Dutchman

Height

1.84m/ 6ft 0.5in

Weight

75kg

Resides

Antwerp

Partner

Roxanne Bertels

Turned pro

2014

Team

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Bike

Canyon Aeroad CFR

UCI race wins

54

Stage race wins

5

Grand Tour stage wins

2

Coach

Kristof de Kegel

Twitter

@mathieuvdpoel

Instagram

@mathieuvanderpoel

Mathieu van der Poel is a man who has almost won everything within his powers. The 30-year-old has won the World Championships, Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix thrice, and the Tour of Flanders thrice, stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, over a glittering career. The Dutchman has also been cyclo-cross world champion six times, and likes to dabble in mountain biking too.

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Adam Becket
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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to riding bikes.