Mathieu van der Poel has three successive titles at Roubaix - Shutterstock/Teresa Suarez Tadej Pogacar narrowly failed to complete a stunning victory in his first attempt at Paris-Roubaix as ...

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

Cyclist Mathieu van der Poel was hit by a water bottle thrown by a roadside spectator en route to victory at Paris-Roubaix. After the race, he described the incident as “attempted manslaughter”.

The Lille public prosecutor's office confirmed on Monday that it had opened an investigation into "violence with a weapon" after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel, as he rode to ...

It added: “With 33 kilometres to go, this spectator on the roadside threw a water bottle in the direction of Dutch cyclist Mathieu Van der Poel, hitting him in the face. Such behaviour cannot be ...

CYCLING star Mathieu van der Poel has claimed there "has to be a trial" after he was hit in the face by a water bottle in the Paris-Roubaix. The 30-year-old Alpecin–Deceuninck rider claimed the ...

Van der Poel won by well over a minute in the end, shrugging off a bike change of his own, plus a water bottle which an idiotic fan threw in his face as he rode clear. “It was like a stone ...

A man has handed himself in to Belgian police after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel's face during Sunday's Paris-Roubaix race. Dutch rider Van der Poel was struck while leading ...

However, he was left furious after being hit by a water bottle that appeared to be deliberately thrown from the crowd with 32 kilometres to go. The Dutchman van der Poel became just the third man ...

It was a full bottle, it's maybe half a kilogram and I rode 50kph, it was like a stone hitting my face," the visibly angered Van der Poel told reporters on Sunday. "This is just not acceptable.