Adri van der Poel
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| Full name | Adri van der Poel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 17, 1959 Hoogerheide, the Netherlands |
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Cyclo-cross |
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Adrie van der Poel[1][2] (born June 17, 1959 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch cyclist. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel is named after him. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included 6 classics, two stages of the Tour de France and the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 1996. He also obtained the second place and silver medal in the World Road Championships in 1983 behind Greg LeMond and five second places in the World Cylo-Cross championships.
Van der Poel began his career on the road and during his first season as a professional he obtained second place in Paris–Nice behind Stephen Roche and second place in the La Flèche Wallonne. In the Tour de France, he won two stages; his stage win in 1988 set the record for fastest stage (since then only surpassed by three cyclists).[3] Van der Poel also competed in cyclo-cross during the winter and obtained great results – that he turned full time to cyclo-cross in the latter part of his career where he won the World Championships in 1996 and the World Cup and Superprestige classifications in 1997. Van der Poel retired after the 2000 Cyclo-Cross World Championships where he finished fourth and which was won by his teammate Richard Groenendaal.
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[edit] Family Links
Van der Poel is the son-in-law of the famous French cyclist Raymond Poulidor. His sons David and Mathieu are also cyclists. Mathieu Van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in 2012 (Koksijde).
Van der Poel's brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.
[edit] Palmarès
- 1980
- 7th Olympic Games, Road race
- 1981
- 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne
- Paris–Nice
- 2nd Overall, 1st Stage 3
- 1st, Stage 1, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1982
- 1st, Züri-Metzgete
- 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice
- 1983
- 1st, Prologue, Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd, World Cycling Championship
- 3rd, Giro di Lombardia
- 1984
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 4th Overall, 1st Stage 4 and Points Classification
- 1985
- 1st, Paris–Brussels
- 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st, Brabantse Pijl
- 1st, Stage 7 Nissan Classic
- 2nd, Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st, Stage 1 and 4
- 1986
6th Tour of Ireland- 1st, Overall, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1st, Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd, Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd, Züri-Metzgete
- 1987
National Cyclo-cross Championships- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1st, Grand Prix des Fourmies
- 1st, GP Kanton Aargau
- Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 9
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st, Stage 1 and 2
- 1988
- 1st, Stage 16, Tour de France
- 1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Overall and Stage 2
- 2nd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 3rd, Overall, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 3rd, Overall, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 1989
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st, Stage 6, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 2nd, Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 1990
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st, Amstel Gold Race
- 1st, GP Kanton Aargau
- 2nd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 2nd, Overall, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 1991
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st, Circuito de Getxo
- 1st, Stage 4, Ronde van Nederland
- 2nd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1992
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 2nd, Overall, Tour of Great Britain
- 3rd, World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1994–95
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1995–96
World Cyclo-cross Championships- 1st, Surhuisterveen, Sint Michielsgestel, Pontchateau & Vossem.
- 1996–97
- 1st World Cup
- 1st Superprestige
- 1st Prague, Woerden, Kalmthout, Gieten, Nommay, Milan, Essen, Koksijde, Loenhout, Sint Michielsgestel, Harnes & Haegendorf
- 1997–98
- 1st Harderwijk, Niel, Rijkevorsel, Diegem, Zeddam, Loenhout, Wetzikon, Chateau La Croix Laroque & Surhuisterveen
- 1998–99
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Veldrit Pijnacker, Grand Prix Nommay, Montevrain & Harnes
- 1999–2000
- 1st Lutterbach & Harderwijk
[edit] See also
- List of doping cases in cycling
- List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
[edit] References
- ^ Wired 15.01: The Doping Excuses Hall of Fame. Wired.com (2009-01-04). Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
- ^ Nieuwsselectie: Sport. Retro.nrc.nl. Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
- ^ "Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records" (in French). LeTour.fr. http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo_09.pdf.
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