Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck, competing in the cyclo-cross, road bicycle racing, mountain bike racing and gravel cycling disciplines of the sport.
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List of career achievements by Mathieu van der Poel |
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- Cyclo-cross
- World Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
- European Championships (2017–2019)
- National Championships (2015–2020)
- World Cup (2017–18)
- 38 individual wins (2014–15—2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24)
- Superprestige (2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
- Trophy (2017–18, 2018–19)
- Gravel
- World Championships (2024)
- Mountain bike
- European XC Championships (2019)
- National XC Championships (2018)
- XC World Cup
- 3 individual wins (2019)
- Road
Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- 1 individual stage (2021)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1 individual stage (2022)
- Combativity award (2022)
Stage races
- BinckBank Tour (2020)
- Tour of Belgium (2023)
- Tour of Britain (2019)
One-day races and Classics
- World Road Race Championships (2023)
- National Road Race Championships (2018, 2020)
- Milan–San Remo (2023)
- Tour of Flanders (2020, 2022, 2024)
- Paris–Roubaix (2023, 2024)
- Amstel Gold Race (2019)
- Strade Bianche (2021)
- E3 Saxo Classic (2024)
- Dwars door Vlaanderen (2019, 2022)
- Brabantse Pijl (2019)
- GP de Denain (2019)
- GP de Wallonie (2022)
- Super 8 Classic (2023)
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- 2015
- 2016
- Wins his second National Cyclo-cross Championship title.
- 2017
- 2018
- Wins his second UEC European Cyclo-cross Championship title.
- Wins his fourth National Cyclo-cross Championship title.
- Wins his first National Road Championship title.
- Wins his first National XCO Championship title.
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
Championships timeline
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Cyclo-cross
UCI World Cup results
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Superprestige results
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Trofee results
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Mountain bike
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Road
- 2012
- 1st Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Mountains classification, Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2nd Remouchamps-Ferrières-Remouchamps
- 3rd Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
- 4th Overall Regio-Tour
- 6th Overall Tour du Valromey
- 1st Young rider classification
- 9th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2013
- 1st Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Road race, National Junior Championships
- 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour du Valromey
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall GP Général Patton
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 1st Stage 1
- 2014 (1 pro win)
- 1st Overall Baltic Chain Tour
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 6th Overall Tour Alsace
- 1st Stage 3
- 7th Omloop der Kempen
- 10th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2015
- 4th Overall Tour Alsace
- 6th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 6th Circuit de Wallonie
- 2016
- 4th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 8th Ronde van Limburg
- 2017 (5)
- 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Dwars door het Hageland
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Bruges Cycling Classic
- 2018 (6)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 2nd Road race, UEC European Championships
- 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2019 (10)
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 4, 7 & 8
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Grand Prix de Denain
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Antalya
- 1st Stage 1 Arctic Race of Norway
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 1
- 2020 (5)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Gran Piemonte
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 4th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 2021 (8)
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st Antwerp Port Epic
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- Held after Stages 2–7
- Held after Stage 2
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Stage 1 UAE Tour
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 8th Primus Classic
- 2022 (5)
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1
- Held after Stages 1–3
- Held after Stages 1–4
- Held after Stages 1–2
- Combativity award Stages 17, 21 & Overall
- 1st Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Paris–Roubaix
- 2023 (6)
- 1st Road race, UCI World Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Super 8 Classic
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd E3 Saxo Classic
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Combativity award Stage 12 Tour de France
- 2024 (4)
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st E3 Saxo Classic
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Road race, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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Classics results timeline
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- Monuments results
This table includes number of wins, second- and third-place finishes, top 3 and top 10 finishes and race days of Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Giro di Lombardia.
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Result | No. | Pct. |
Wins | 6 | 33,33% |
2nd | 2 | 11,11% |
3rd | 3 | 16,67% |
Top 3 | 11 | 61,11% |
Top 10 | 17 | 94,44% |
Days | 18 | 100% |
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- Criterium and National races[1]
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, National Novice Championships
- 1st Overall Acht van Bladel
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
- 1st Ronde van Huijbergen
- 1st Course Temse
- 1st Omloop van Margraten
- 1st Time trial, South West Novice District Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Houtsaeger
- 1st Climbing Course Harzé
- 1st Polleur-Stoumont-Polleur
- 1st Course Minderhout
- 1st Overijse
- 2012
- 1st Omloop Temse
- 1st Omloop van Margraten
- 1st Course Geraardsbergen
- 1st Ronde van Huijbergen
- 1st Omloop van de Maasvallei
- 1st Ronde van Wolder
- 1st Climbing Course Harzé
- 1st Ronde van het Lage Land
- 1st Mountain Omloop Simpelveld
- 1st Climbing Course Herbeumont
- 1st Course Ravels
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 2013
- 1st Overall Tour des Portes du Pays d'Othe
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Time trial, Omloop van Borsele
- 1st Course Wortegem-Petegem
- 1st Isaac Kleeberg Challenge
- 1st Mountain Criterium Wolder
- 1st Climbing Course Harzé
- 1st Mountain Omloop Simpelveld
- 5th Overall Acht van Bladel
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Liège
- 2015
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège
- 2nd Heist-op-den-Berg
- 3rd Profronde Zevenbergen
- 2016
- 1st Sint-Elooisprijs
- 2017
- 2nd Ronde van Made
- 3rd Profronde Zevenbergen
- 2018
- 3rd Aalst
- 3rd Acht van Chaam
- 3rd Herentals
- 2019
- 1st Antwerp
- 1st Draai van de Kaai
- 2022
- 1st Daags na de Tour
- 1st Profronde Surhuisterveen
- 1st RaboRonde Heerlen
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 1st Izegem Koers
- 2nd Acht van Chaam
- 2nd Herentals
- 3rd Gouden Pijl
- 3rd Draai van de Kaai
- 2023
- 1st Aalst
- 1st Acht van Chaam
- 1st Profronde Etten-Leur
- 1st Madrid
- 2024
- 1st Roeselare
- 1st Profronde Etten-Leur
- 1st La Nucia
Number of wins per year
This table includes number of wins, second- and third-place finishes and race days per year including UCI level 2 races.
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2018 |
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2020 |
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2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Cyclo-cross wins | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 162 | 72,65 |
2nd | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 12,11 |
3rd | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3,59 |
Top 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 197 | 88,34 |
Days | 2 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 223 | 100 |
Mountain bike wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 48,33 |
2nd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
3rd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8,33 |
Top 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 66,67 |
Days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 100 |
Road wins | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 16,31 |
2nd | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 6,65 |
3rd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4,53 |
Top 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 27,78 |
Days | 0 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 49 | 49 | 40 | 331 | 100 |
Total wins | 0 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 245 | 39,90 |
2nd | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 8,79 |
3rd | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4,56 |
Top 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 27 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 327 | 53,26 |
Days | 2 | 40 | 40 | 49 | 68 | 66 | 80 | 49 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 47 | 614 | 100 |
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Records and honours
Global records
- First double Men's Junior Cyclo-cross World Champion in 2012 and 2013.
- Most Men's Junior Cyclo-cross World Cup wins: 2 (2011-2012 and 2012-2013).
- Most Men's Junior Cyclo-cross Superprestige wins: 2 (2011-2012 and 2012-2013).
- First Men's Junior Cyclo-cross World Champion and Men's Junior Road Race World Champion in 2013.
- Youngest Men's winner ever in the Cyclo-cross Superprestige in Gieten 2014 (19 years and 228 days).
- Youngest Men's winner ever in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Hoogerheide 2015 (20 years and 6 days).
- Youngest Men's Cyclo-cross World Champion ever in 2015 (20 years and 13 days).
- Youngest Men's Cyclo-cross Superprestige winner ever in 2014-2015 (20 years and 27 days).
- First Men's Junior Cyclo-cross Superprestige winner, Men's Under -23 Cyclo-cross Superprestige winner and Men's Elite Cyclo-cross Superprestige winner in 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
- First Men's Junior Cyclo-cross World Cup winner, Men's Under -23 Cyclo-cross World Cup winner and Men's Elite Cyclo-cross World Cup winner in 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2017-2018.
- Most wins in a single Men's Cyclo-cross Trophy season: 7 out of 8 races in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
- Most wins in a single Men's Cyclo-cross Superprestige season: 8 out of 8 races in 2018-2019 (record shared with Sven Nys, 2006-2007).
- Most UCI wins in a single Men's Cyclo-cross season: 32 out of 34 races contested in 2018-2019.
- First double XCC and XCO winner in the same weekend ever in the Men's Mountain Bike World Cup in Nové Město 2019.
- Most XCC wins in a single Men's Mountain Bike World Cup season: 5 out of 7 races in 2019.
- Most XCC wins in the Men's Mountain Bike World Cup: 10.
- Most Men's Belgian MTB Challenge wins: 2 in 2017 and 2019 (record shared with Søren Nissen).
- Most Men's Ronde van Limburg wins: 2 in 2014 and 2018 (record shared with 3 others).
- Most Men's Dwars door Vlaanderen wins: 2 in 2019 and 2022 (record shared with 13 others).
- Most Men's Tour of Flanders wins: 3 in 2020, 2022 and 2024 (record shared with 6 others).
- Most consecutive Men's Tour of Flanders podium finishes between 2020 and 2024: 5.
- Highest Men's Tour of Flanders average speed ever in 2024: 44.48 kilometres per hour (27.64 mph).
- Highest Men's Paris-Roubaix average speed ever in 2024: 47.80 kilometres per hour (29.70 mph).
- Least combined race days ever to win a stage and lead the Men's general classification in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 2021 and 2022: 3.
- First Men's Milan-San Remo, Men's Paris-Roubaix winner and Men's Road Race World Champion in a single year in 2023.
- First Men's Cyclo-cross World Champion and Men's Road Race World Champion in 2023.
- First Men's World Champion in three different cycling disciplines in 2024 (cyclo-cross, road and gravel).
- First Men's medalist in the World Championships in four different cycling disciplines in 2023 (cyclo-cross, road, mountain bike and gravel).
- First Men's Cyclo-cross World Champion and Men's Gravel World Champion in 2024.
- First Men's medalist in the World Championships in three different cycling disciplines in a single year in 2024 (cyclo-cross, road and gravel).
- Most Men's Gravel World Championships podium finishes: 2 in 2022 and 2024 (record shared with Florian Vermeersch).
- Highest Men's Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix win average ever: 5 out of 10 races contested.
- Highest Men's Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix podium average ever: 8 out of 10 races contested.
- Highest Men's Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix top 10 average ever: 10 out of 10 races contested.
- Highest Men's Monuments podium average ever: 11 out of 18 races contested.
- Highest Men's Monuments top 10 average ever: 17 out of 18 races contested.
National records
- First Men's Novice Cyclo-cross Dutch Champion and Men's Novice Time Trial Dutch Champion in 2011.
- First Men's Junior Cyclo-cross Dutch Champion and Men's Junior Road Race Dutch Champion in 2013.
- Youngest Men's Cyclo-cross Dutch Champion ever in 2015 (19 years and 357 days).
- Most Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross World Cup race wins: 38.
- Most Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross Superprestige race wins: 31.
- Most Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross Trophy race wins: 31.
- Most Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross Superprestige wins: 4 in 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 (record shared with Hennie Stamsnijder, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1986-1987 and 1988-1989).
- First Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross Trophy winner in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
- Most consecutive Men's Cyclo-cross Dutch Championships titles between 2015 and 2020: 6 (record shared with Lars Boom, 2007-2012).
- Most Dutch Men's Cyclo-cross World Championships titles: 6 (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024).
- Most Dutch Men's UCI Cyclo-cross wins: 162.
- First Men's Cyclo-cross Dutch Champion, Men's Road Race Dutch Champion and Men's Cross-country Mountain Bike Dutch Champion in 2018.
- First Dutch Men's winner of the two Dutch World Tour races, the Amstel Gold Race and the Benelux Tour in 2019 and 2020.
- First Dutch Men's Antwerp Port Epic winner in 2021.
- First Dutch Men's Strade Bianche winner in 2021.
- First Dutch Men's Tour of Flanders and Men's Paris-Roubaix winner in a single year in 2024.
- Most Dutch Men's Milan-San Remo wins: 1 in 2023 (record shared with 3 others).
- Most Dutch Men's Paris-Roubaix wins: 2 in 2023 and 2024.
- First Dutch Men's medalist in the Gravel World Championships in 2022.
- First Dutch Men's Gravel World Champion in 2024.
- Most Dutch Men's Monument wins: 6.
- Most Dutch Men's Monument podium finishes: 11.
Family records
- with David van der Poel
- with Adri van der Poel
- First father and son to both win the Cyclo-cross World Championships in 1996 and 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024.
- First father and son to both win the Cyclo-cross World Cup in 1996-1997 and 2017-2018.
- First father and son to both win the Cyclo-cross Superprestige in 1996-1997 and 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019.
- First father and son to both win the Tour of Flanders in 1986 and 2020, 2022, 2024.
- First father and son to both podium in Paris–Roubaix in 1986 and 2021, 2023, 2024.
- First father and son to both win the Brabantse Pijl in 1985 and 2019.
- First father and son to both win the Amstel Gold Race in 1990 and 2019.
- First father and son to both podium in Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1986, 1988 and 2024.
- First father and son to both win the Dutch National Road Race Championships in 1987 and 2018, 2020.
- First father and son to both wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France in 1984 and 2021.
- First father and son to both medal in the Road World Championships in 1983 and 2023, 2024.
- First father and son to both finish top 10 in the five Monuments.
- with Raymond Poulidor
- First grandfather and grandson to both win Milan-San Remo in 1961 and 2023.
- First grandfather and grandson to both podium in Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1968 and 2024.
- First grandfather and grandson to both win the National Road Race Championships in 1961 and 2018, 2020.
- First grandfather and grandson to both win a stage in the Tour de France in 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974 and 2021.
- First grandfather and grandson to both medal in the Road World Championships in 1961, 1964, 1966, 1974 and 2023, 2024.
- First grandfather and grandson to both finish top 10 in the five Monuments.
Awards and honours
- Gerrie Knetemann Trophy - Dutch Young Cyclist of the Year: 2013.
- NOC*NSF Young Talent Award: 2013.
- Koning Winter - Best Cyclo-cross Rider of the Year: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Flandrien of the Cyclo-cross: 2015, 2017, 2018.
- Dutch Mountain Biker of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021.
- Gerrit Schulte Trophy - Dutch Cyclist of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024.
- Jaap Eden Award - Dutch Sportsman of the Year: 2019, 2023.
- Eddy Merckx Trophy - Best Classics Rider of the Year: 2023.
- Vélo d'Or - 2nd place: 2023, 3rd place: 2024.
- International Flandrien of the Year: 2023.
A street in Berg en Terblijt (former Oeveregrubbe) is renamed to Mathieu van der Poel Allee on the place, a few kilometers from the finish, where he led the chase group to the front of the 2019 Amstel Gold Race.