Mats Poot
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| Born | 15 June 2005[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Velo Club Mendrisio | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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Mats Poot (born 15 June 2005) is a Swiss track racing cyclist, who currently rides for club team Velo Club Mendrisio. He was a bronze medalist at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.
Career
In 2023, he finished third in the omnium at the Swiss track championships junior race.[2] In 2024, he won Swiss championship titles in the kierin and sprint.[3] competed for Switzerland at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4] At the championships, be was part of the team pursuit squad with Victor Benareau, Luca Bühlmann, and Arthur Guillet, that secured a fourth place finish, defeated by the Canadian team in the bronze medal race. Poot also participated in the elimination race, finishing sixth.[5] In January 2025, he won the Swiss championship scratch race.[6]
Aged 19 years-old, he was a bronze medalist at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit in Belgium, in February 2025, alongside Noah Bögli, Alex Vogel and Pascal Tappeiner.[7][8] The following year, he upgraded to a silver in the men's team pursuit at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey, in February 2026, riding alongside Vogel, Bühlmann and Bögli, finishing runner-up to Denmark.[9]
Major results
Track
- 2025
- 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 2026
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
References
- ^ "Mats Poot". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "MEDAL FOR MATS AT BAHN SM". rmv.ch. April 4, 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "SWISS CHAMPIONSHIPS. MATS POOT WINS TWO TITLES FOR VELO CLUB MENDRISIO IMMOPROGRAMM". tuttobiciweb. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Swiss Cycling will participate in the U19 Track Cycling World Championships with a quintet of riders". Swiss-Cycling.ch. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
- ^ "A fourth place and a Swiss record". Swiss-Cycling.ch. 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Mendrisio (Switzerland) – Track, Swiss "Scratch" Championship: Mats Poot (Velo Club Mendrisio) wins". pedaltricolore.it. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Bronze for the Swiss pursuit team". lgj.ch. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Swiss track foursome competes for a medal". bluewin.ch. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Track cycling: Swiss track foursome wins European Championship silver". Bluewin.ch. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.