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Dutch cyclist (born 1959)
In this Dutch name , the surname is van der Poel , not Poel .
Adri van der Poel (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. The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is named after him.
Career
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). 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.
Family
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.
Van der Poel after winning the Grote Prijs Raf Jonckheere 1989 in Westrozebeke . Van der Poel's brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
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
1st Gavere
2nd Gieten 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
2nd Loenhout
3rd Igorre Superprestige
2nd Overijse 1994–1995
3rd Overall Superprestige
1st Overijse
1st Diegem
2nd Harnes
3rd Wetzikon 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 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
1st Diegem
1st Wetzikon
2nd Gieten
2nd Overijse
2nd Harnes
3rd Silvelle
3rd Milano
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
1st Nommay
3rd Koksijde 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
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
1st Stage 4
4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
6th Giro di Lombardia
6th Paris–Brussels
6th Grand Prix Impanis
Tour de France
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 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 Étoile de Bessèges
1st 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
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 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
Classics results timeline
Major championship results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
See also
References
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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