Grand Tours One-Day Races and Classics Adri van der Poel[1][2] (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist.

His biggest wins included six classics, two stages of the Tour de France and the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 1996.

Van der Poel retired after the 2000 Cyclo-Cross World Championships where he finished fourth and which was won by his teammate Richard Groenendaal.

[5][6][7] Van der Poel is the son-in-law of the famous French cyclist Raymond Poulidor.

Mathieu van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in 2012 (Koksijde) and 2013 (Louisville, Kentucky) and then matching his father's title in 2015 (Tábor, Czech Republic), and exceeding his father, winning titles in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.