Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch cyclist, who currently competes in the cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for the BKCP-Powerplus team. He is best known for winning the Junior Road Race World Championships in Florence, Italy in 2013, and twice winning the Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships, in Koksijde, Belgium in 2012, and Louisville, USA in 2013; the first rider to win multiple titles at that level. Born in Kapellen ? located in the Antwerp province of Belgium ? van der Poel comes from a family of professional cyclists; his brother David is also prominent in cyclo-cross racing, winning the 2013 national under-23 championships in Hilvarenbeek. His father, Adri, was a six-time national champion and won the world title in 1996; he was also a two-time stage winner at the Tour de France and a winner of several Classics during his career. His maternal grandfather Raymond Poulidor, a French cyclist, was a Grand Tour winner at the 1964 Vuelta a Espa�a and finished the Tour de France in a runner-up position five times during his career. 

January 19th, 1995 in Kapellen (Age 29)