The King of Cyclocross returns in Silver. Here is the complete, part-by-part breakdown of Mathieu van der Poel’s 2025/26 race machine.
For the 2025/26 cyclocross season, the World Champion has debuted a stunning new Metallic Silver livery. While the paint is fresh, the mechanics underneath remain the most dominant setup in the history of the sport.
Mathieu van der Poel continues to refine a formula that works. Unlike the constant tinkering seen elsewhere in the paddock, MVDP’s setup is a masterclass in consistency. He rides a standard Size LargeCanyon Inflite CF SLX frame with a very specific, aggressive cockpit setup that defies modern “short stem” trends.
This page is about Mathieu Van Der Poel’s 2023 Cyclocross Bike size and specification. As you know, I focus on professional road bikes as raced on the Tour de France and other Grand Tours.
I receive so many requests about the Cyclocross bike of Mathieu Van Der Poel so I decided to write a special post.
This is the beginning of a new era in road bike cycling; The end of 11 speed.
Shimano released its long-awaited 12-speed groupset on the last week of the Vuelta 2021. Despite being glued to my laptop screen I could not spot any pros finishing the Vuelta a Espana with the new 12-speed groupset. The Vuelta 2021 was thus the last Grand Tour raced (and Won!) on an 11-speed road bike.
The first Pro rider to be officially racing on Shimano’s new 12 speed Dura-Ace groupset is Mathieu Van Der Poel.
No need to introduce who is Mathieu Van Der Poel (aka MVDP) here since you must be knowing him since you landed on this page.
I’ll spare you time and jump straight to the fun part of reviewing Mr. Van Der Poel’s Canyon Aeroad CFR 2022 bike size and set up.
By reading further you will find the following information:
What is Mathieu Van Der Poel’s 2022 Bike Size and set up?
Mathieu’s Complete bike specification for nerds
Van der Poel races with a Wahoo GPS — Here’s the computer Alpecin–Deceuninck uses
