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Mathieu van der Poel
Name: Mathieu van der Poel
Birthday: 19 January 1995
Birthplace: Kapellen, Belgium
Nationality: The Netherlands
Turned Pro: 2014
Height: 1.84m
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Are Mathieu van der Poel's unusual performances a worry for World Championships? - Dutch rider endures underwhelming two days just a week before Montreal
19 September 2026
Gavin Quinn
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Tour de Luxembourg 2026 stage 5 preview, favourites & prediction - Can Piganzoli control dangerous final stage? Will Mathieu van der Poel refind his best form?
19 September 2026
Rúben Silva
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Results Tour de Luxembourg 2026 Stage 4 - Davide Piganzoli on fire again as he takes narrowest time trial win; Mathieu van der Poel finishes 61st
19 September 2026
Gavin Quinn
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World Championships Montréal men's elite road race 2026 preview, profile, favourites & predictions - Evenepoel, Van der Poel, Del Toro, Seixas, Pidcock and Van Aert lead wide-open battle for the rainbow jersey
19 September 2026
Rúben Silva
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From van der Poel's newest rival to Pogacar's potential new teammate - The French diamond developing under the spotlight
18 September 2026
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Mathieu van der Poel "not the strongest" for Montreal World Championships, says legendary Bernard Hinault: "But he may well be the smartest"
18 September 2026
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Latest comments
mij
19-09-2026
I should have guess Mr shoot his mouth off and no research would comment without knowing. Yes on any given year there are 75-100 countries that participate in the world championships. Which is why I said 80. So they’re really good when comparing to all 80. Not as impressive on this list. If you don’t understand how percentages work, and don’t want to do the research, LMK. I’ll explain it for you.
mij
19-09-2026
Why should you check about who someone actually is before making comments based on their looks alone? Really??? That’s your excuse? So do you also look at pictures of Black people and make assumptions on looks alone? Who are you to say it is easy money to have one’s picture taken? How many photo shoots have you done? Note to you I’ve been in them. Not for me. But it is grueling for everyone. And of course you have nothing to say about the many other positive attributes of her. You judge on looks alone and use your morals to castigate her. You’re pathetic.
anonymouscyclist
19-09-2026
Couldn’t agree more. Demi frequently uses her platform to promote good, thinking back to all the moments she’s raised mental health awareness, eating disorders, inspiring the younger generations to ‘dream’, and now (as she has done many times before) advocating for women’s sport. I’m relieved to see a few members on this forum agree with her, but am slightly concerned by the few users who clearly don’t; some users who I didn’t expect to have such narrow-minded opinions.
Rafionain-Glas
19-09-2026
Oh dear... we all knew what would happen when Mou got news of it... 3 days later
Rafionain-Glas
19-09-2026
0:02.5 is 2.5 seconds, not 0.02
Mistermaumau
19-09-2026
80 huh? I don’t know how many are in the all- time list and I don’t even know what this list actually represents because it doesn’t correspond to well-labelled ones that include a description of what is or is not included (which would be a more interesting discussion than this one) but I can tell you on the modern list of SENIOR (ie no U23 or other categories) road racing champs there are already 38 different current countries (I specify specifically because if you start considering East/West Germany, Soviet Union, Che/Slo, Balkanisation, etc. things get messy).
PogiSloFans
19-09-2026
Sydney Sweeney’s viral nude sports advert is good for womens sport overall. The “Just Sports” campaign, which features Sweeney nude while covering herself with various pieces of sporting equipment could also be good for cycling if Sweeney was naked on a road racing bike. There are quite a few women cyclists thar are just beautiful. Demi said: “For a long time, women have fought to be seen for what they can do, not for how they look.” ... Women should be saying: "We will fight for what we can do, and for how we look." There is nothing nicer than a high class professional female athlete with a beautiful body and a beautiful face. Just take a look at womens beach volleyball... or 100-meter and 200-meter runners... or womens long-jump... or womens gymnastics. I never watch men in these sports. Ad acta.
awp
19-09-2026
Racing road bikes is a dangerous sport, I've almost lost my life twice doing it. This was a complete tragedy, it shouldn't have happened. The driver of the van was told by spectators the race had passed, which it hadn't at that point as the broom wagon was still behind. For the UCI's part, they are about to implement a gps tracking system so every rider is accounted for within a given race, it probably won't happen until next year or maybe even the year after but it's coming.
Mistermaumau
19-09-2026
Why should I check? If you stoop to such a level with intact intellect you need a bloody good reason. Even Walter White didn’t have good enough reasons for selling out. Comparing and equating someone who uses their body to reach the peak of athleticism with someone who (with a lot of photographic work) shows off their body in order to make easy money? Sorry, you may have good intentions but that’s really warped. Next you’ll be telling women (and girls) they’re lucky they can earn money (and far more than men , for once) this way because there’s a demand, either real or supposed, from a mainly male audience.
awp
19-09-2026
When you have a talent like Remco, Tadej, Jonas or even one of the young guns like Paul Seixas, when these guys swap teams they will always rock the boat. It happens and we can't blame them, they only have a limited time to make as much as they can and stack they're palmares. I never believed for a second that the Visma merger would happen, the culture was too different between teams.
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