Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch professional cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain biking and road racing disciplines of the sport.
Mathieu van der Poel, 2024 Paris–Roubaix.
Van der Poel at the 2013 Krawatencross.
Van der Poel (right) in front of Wout Van Aert at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Namur, 2015.
Van der Poel at the 2018 Cross-country World Cup in Albstadt.
Alpecin–Deceuninck is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team that is based in Belgium. It competes both in the road and cyclo-cross seasons. The leaders of the team have in the past been cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert, Philipp Walsleben and Radomír Šimůnek. The team's current lead rider is the cyclocross and road world champion and multiple monuments winner Mathieu van der Poel.
The team at the 2023 Rund um Köln