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Mathieu van der Poel was won world titles in road racing, gravel cycling and cyclo-cross A man has handed himself in to Belgian police after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel's ...

PARIS -- A 28-year-old Belgian man has apologized after hurling a plastic bottle at former world champion Mathieu van der Poel during Sunday's Paris-Roubaix race, an act that led to a criminal ...

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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – The spectator who threw a water bottle at Mathieu van der Poel during the Paris-Roubaix race last weekend has apologised for his "stupid gesture". The Lille public ...

Mathieu van der Poel on Sunday was struck in the face by a water bottle thrown from the roadside during his third consecutive win at Paris-Roubaix, prompting the Dutch cyclist to call for action.

A Belgian man has apologised for throwing a plastic bottle at cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during the Paris-Roubaix race, commenting he had “drunk a lot”. The 28-year-old, from Waregem ...