Mathieu Van Der Poel "EL ANIMAL" / Biografía

Who is Mathieu Van der Poel? Mathieu Van der Poel "the animal", the cyclist who does not seem from this era, he runs to sensations, attacks if he is cold, hungry or bored, he does not like being trapped in the peloton, his life is to go ahead and alone by road. He has beaten and crushed all of his rivals in cyclocross and mountain biking. His ancestry is a dynasty of cyclists who give him the best genetics for the sport of cranks. In road cycling he is a beast for classics and sprints. This is the epic story of him. Mathieu van der Poel was born on January 19, 1995 in Belgium, he is the son of fellow cyclist Adrie Van der Poel and grandson of the Historic Raymond Poulidor. His childhood was totally marked by cycling, especially by cyclocross thanks to his father, plus Mathieu loves this modality because it allows him to have fun while crossing difficult terrain. His brother David also shares the love and blood of cycling, together they began to participate in the sport professionally with Alpecin, the team hired the oldest of the Van der Poels in 2011 and 3 years later Mathieu.