Man questioned over alleged attack on Paris - Roubaix race winner

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won a third consecutive Paris - Roubaix race despite being hit in the face by a water bottle towards the end of the 259km course. AP - Thibault Camus

A man in Belgium was facing charges on Monday after allegedly throwing a bottle of water at cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during the closing stages of Sunday's Paris - Roubaix race, which he won for the third time in a row.

Footage of the incident in the Templeuve cobbled sector just over 30 kilometres from the finish line in Roubaix was caught on TV.