A man hands himself in to Belgian police after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel while the Dutchman as riding to victory in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix.

French justice officials have launched an investigation after cycling champion Mathieu van der Poel had a plastic bottle hurled at his face during his triumphant ride to a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix victory on Sunday.

Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel benefited from Tadej Pogačar’s late crash on Sunday to win the Paris-Roubaix race for the third straight year.