Adri van der Poel
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| Full name | Adri van der Poel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1959 Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Cyclo-cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1981–1983 | DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Domex–Weinmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Tulip Computers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Collstrop–Willy Naessens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adri van der Poel[1][2] (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six 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 Cyclo-Cross championships.[3] The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is named after him.
Career
[edit]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).[4] 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.
In 1983 he tested positive for strychnine. He said that his father-in-law had served a pigeon pie for Sunday lunch, and only when he tested positive did he realise that the pigeons had been doped with strychnine.[5][6][7]
Family
[edit]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) and 2013 (Louisville, Kentucky) and then matching his father's title in 2015 (Tábor, Czech Republic), 2019, 2020 and 2021, and added wins in the prestigious Tour of Flanders in 2020, Strade Bianche in 2021 and Milan-Sanremo in 2023.
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Van der Poel's brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.
Major results
[edit]Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 1983–1984
- Superprestige
- 1st Zürich-Waid
- 1984–1985
- 2nd
UCI World Championships - Superprestige
- 3rd Gavere
- 1986–1987
- 1st
National Championships - 1987–1988
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 1988–1989
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- Superprestige
- 2nd Wetzikon
- 1989–1990
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 1990–1991
- 1st National Championships
- Superprestige
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 1991–1992
- 1st National Championships
- Superprestige
- 2nd Gavere
- 3rd
UCI World Championships - 1992–1993
- Superprestige
- 1st Valkenswaard
- 3rd Roma
- 1993–1994
- 1st National Championships
- UCI World Cup
- Superprestige
- 2nd Overijse
- 1994–1995
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1995–1996
- 1st
UCI World Championships - UCI World Cup
- 1st Pontchâteau
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1st Sint Michielsgestel
- 2nd Wetzikon
- 3rd Diegem
- 3rd Harnes
- 1st Surhuisterveen
- 1st Vossem
- 1996–1997
- 1st
Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Praha
- 1st Koksijde
- 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Gieten
- 1st Milan
- 1st Sint Michielsgestel
- 1st Harnes
- 1st Woerden
- 1st Kalmthout
- 1st Nommay
- 1st Essen
- 1st Loenhout
- 1st Haegendorf
- 1997–1998
- 2nd Overall Superprestige
- 2nd Overall UCI World Cup
- 2nd Eschenbach
- 2nd Praha
- 2nd Koksijde
- 2nd Heerlen
- 3rd Pontchâteau
- 1st Harderwijk
- 1st Niel
- 1st Rijkevorsel
- 1st Zeddam
- 1st Loenhout
- 1st Surhuisterveen
- 1998–1999
- 1st National Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1st Harnes
- 2nd Wetzikon
- 3rd Silvelle
- 3rd Diegem
- 1st Pijnacker
- 1st Montevrain
- 3rd UCI World Championships
- 1999–2000
- 1st Harderwijk
- 1st Lutterbach
- Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Essen
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 2nd Overijse
- 2nd Diegem
- 3rd Ruddervoorde
- 3rd Surhuisterveen
- 3rd Heerlen
- 2nd National Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Leudelange
- 3rd Kalmthout
Road
[edit]- 1980
- 7th Road race, Olympic Games
- 9th Overall Étoile des Espoirs
- 1981
- 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 4th Scheldeprijs
- 6th Overall Critérium International
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 6th Ronde van Limburg
- 10th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1982
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2nd GP Union Dortmund
- 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 5th Circuit des Frontières
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 1983
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Road race, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Hennie Kuiper)
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd GP Union Dortmund
- 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Paris–Brussels
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
4th Rund um den Henninger Turm- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Grand Prix de Cannes
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Omloop Het Volk
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1984
- 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Paris–Brussels
- 6th Grand Prix Impanis
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stage 4
- Held
- 1985
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Binche-Tournai-Binche
- 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st Grand Prix de Cannes
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 2nd Overall Nissan Classic
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 5th Omloop Het Volk
- 6th Paris–Tours
- 7th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 7th Critérium des As
- 9th Paris–Roubaix
- 10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 4–8
- Held
- 1986
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 6th Overall Nissan Classic
- 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 6th Giro del Lazio
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Nice–Alassio
- 8th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 10th Road race, National Championships
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1987
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Grand Prix des Fourmies
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 4th Critérium des As
- 5th Overall Nissan Classic
- 7th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stage 1 & 2
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Trofeo Baracchi (with Steven Rooks)
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 9th Brabantse Pijl
- 1988
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges - 1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 7b
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Overall Nissan Classic
- 5th Grand Prix Impanis
- 6th Giro dell'Etna
- 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 6th Giro del Lazio
- 6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 8th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1989
- 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 3rd Omloop van de Drie Zustersteden
- 4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 6th Scheldeprijs
- 6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 8th Binche-Tournai-Binche
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 1990
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 4th Giro dell'Etna
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 5th Tour de Berne
- 6th Milano–Torino
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Giro del Piemonte
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 10th GP Ouest-France
- 10th Grand Prix de Lune
- 1991
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland
- 2nd Clásica de Sabiñánigo
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Nissan Classic
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 4th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 5th Trofeo Luis Puig
- 5th US Pro Championship
- 7th Dwars door België
- 8th Milano–Torino
- 8th Grand Prix des Amériques
- 10th Overall Kellogg's Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 1992
- 1st
Points classification, Nissan Classic - 2nd Overall Kellogg's Tour
- 2nd De Kustpijl
- 3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 5th Circuito de Getxo
- 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 7th Dwars door België
- 9th Züri-Metzgete
- 1993
- 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 8th Road race, National Championships
- 1994
- 1st Profronde van Heerlen
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 3rd Grand Prix Impanis
- 4th De Kustpijl
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Paris–Brussels
- 9th Cholet-Pays de la Loire
- 10th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1995
- 5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Nokere Koerse
- 10th Grand Prix de Denain
- 1996
- 7th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1997
- 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1998
- 9th De Kustpijl
- 1999
- 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France
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— | 102 | 37 | DNF | 51 | 110 | 105 | 84 | DNF | 111 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
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| Monument | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 61 | 31 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 46 | 7 | 31 | — | 74 | 42 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 14 | 33 | 34 | — | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 64 | 68 | 26 | 46 | 26 | 58 | 60 | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 32 | 6 | — | 9 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 24 | 25 | 7 | — | 40 | 2 | 46 | 1 | — | 53 | 48 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 44 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Major championship results timeline
[edit]| 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
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 World Championships
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DNF | — | 2 | DNF | 59 | 67 | 18 | 49 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 14 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 National Championships
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3 | 18 | 3 | 11 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | 8 | 11 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
[edit]- List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
- List of doping cases in cycling
- List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adrie van der Poel.
Adrie van der Poel at ProCyclingStats
- ^ 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.
- ^ Adrie van der Poel Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records" (PDF) (in French). LeTour.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Wired article 'The Doping Excuses Hall of Fame'". Wired. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "The Sunday Herald, 12 December 1999 "A drugs cheat? not me!" by Richard Bath". Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Cadence Nutrition, Pdf Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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