David van der Poel

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Poel, not Poel.
David van der Poel
Van der Poel in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameDavid van der Poel
Born (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
Wilrijk, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
Professional teams
2011–2022BKCP–Powerplus[1][2][3]
2023Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team

David van der Poel (born 15 June 1992) is a Belgian-born Dutch former road and cyclo-cross cyclist.

He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.[4][5]

He is the son of the Dutch cyclist Adri van der Poel, brother of Mathieu van der Poel and grandson of the French cyclist Raymond Poulidor.

He retired at the end of the 2023 season.[6]

  1. ^ "Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!" [Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!]. Corendon–Circus (in Dutch). Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"" [The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list men's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "David Van Der Poel". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ Treloar, Iain (2023-10-18). "There is one less Van der Poel in the peloton". Escape Collective. Retrieved 2023-10-19.