Mathieu van der Poelis the cyclo-cross world champion for the third year in a row. The Dutch cycling phenom completed a gold medal sweep for the Netherlands at the UCI Cyclo-cross world championships in Ostend, Belgium. Van der Poel took the world crown for the fourth time in ...
Mathieu van der Poel Wore a $300,000 Luxury Watch When He Won CX Worlds, Coz, Why Not? Van der Poel takes Richard Mille timepiece for a trip through a filthy French field; meanwhile, Wout's Garmin goes AWOL. Jim Cotton Published Feb 3, 2025 Cyclocross Racing Thibau Nys Confirms ...
On the eighth and ninth laps, Van der Poel and Van Aert dropped the speed a little. This was reflected in the lap times, and pursuers Lars van der Haar and Eli Iserbyt, who had caught and passed ...
Mathieu van der Poel has yet to confirm whether he will ride on the cyclocross circuit this winter with the reigning world champion insisting that he will not decide on his programme until after he returns from holiday. The 29-year-old brought the curtain down on his road season wi...
Adrianus Aloysius Jacobus (Adrie) van der Poel was born in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, just north off the border with Flanders, Belgium. He is a former professional cyclist active from 1981 to 2000. He started off as a road race cyclist but focused on cyclo-cross (off-road) in ...
Mathieu van der Poel: From the pitch to the saddle Van der Poel initially started his sports career in football and was even on track to join the first-division Dutch club Willem II. However, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue cyclo-cross instead. The young Van de...
THE HAGUE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Belgian Wout Van Aert won the world title cyclo cross in Valkenburg, the Netherlands on Sunday. Van Aert drove away from title favorite Mathieu van der Poel in the second round and did not cede the advantage after that. ...
Van der Poel won the race by 1:03 ahead of Belgian Florian Vermeersch while another Belgian – his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Quinten Hermans – took third at 3:47 down. Stuyven finished in fourth as the Belgians finished with four of the top five placings, but...
without proper treatment the injury can evolve towards a herniated disc. The Alpecin-Fenix rider has experienced back pain since making the switch from road racing to mountain biking earlier this season. Van der Poel’s crash in the Olympic Games cross country event intensified the pain and force...
Van der Poel, himself a three-time cyclo-cross world champion, pipped van Aert to the junior world title in 2011. Thelong-standing competitionbetween the pair has pushed both men on tonew heights. "From the moment I got on my bike, Mathieu has always made it difficult for me...