Mats Poot

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Mats Poot
Personal information
Born (2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 20) [1]
Team information
Current teamVelo Club Mendrisio
DisciplineRoad
Track
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Men's track cycling
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2026 Konya Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Heusden-Zolder Team pursuit

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.

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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 Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2026
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

References

  1. "Mats Poot". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  2. "MEDAL FOR MATS AT BAHN SM". rmv.ch. April 4, 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  3. "SWISS CHAMPIONSHIPS. MATS POOT WINS TWO TITLES FOR VELO CLUB MENDRISIO IMMOPROGRAMM". tuttobiciweb. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  4. "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.
  5. "A fourth place and a Swiss record". Swiss-Cycling.ch. 23 August 2023.
  6. "Mendrisio (Switzerland) – Track, Swiss "Scratch" Championship: Mats Poot (Velo Club Mendrisio) wins". pedaltricolore.it. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  7. "Bronze for the Swiss pursuit team". lgj.ch. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  8. "Swiss track foursome competes for a medal". bluewin.ch. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  9. "Track cycling: Swiss track foursome wins European Championship silver". Bluewin.ch. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.