 Van Poppel at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Boy van Poppel |
| Born | (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 36) Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Intermarché–Wanty |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 2006–2010 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| 2011–2012 | UnitedHealthcare |
| 2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| 2014–2018 | Trek Factory Racing |
| 2019 | Roompot–Charles |
| 2020– | Circus–Wanty Gobert |
Boy van Poppel (born 18 January 1988) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty. He is the son of former cyclists Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden.
Professional career
On 12 September 2008, Utrecht-born van Poppel made a name for himself at the Tour of Missouri, winning the fifth stage. With that victory, he handed Mark Cavendish his first 'defeat' in a bunch sprint since the Giro d'Italia held in May. In the 2012 Tour of Britain, van Poppel finished consistently in the top ten in numerous stages, which helped him secure the Points Classification jersey before second-placed Mark Cavendish.
In late 2012, van Poppel signed a contract for the 2013 season with Vacansoleil–DCM, becoming the third member of his family to be part of the squad; his brother Danny van Poppel also joined the team for the 2013 season as a first-year professional, while his father Jean-Paul van Poppel worked as a directeur sportif for the team.
Van Poppel joined Trek Factory Racing for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2004–2005
- 1st
National Junior Championships - 3rd Junior Koksijde
- 2005–2006
- 1st
UCI World Junior Championships - 1st National Junior Championships
- Junior Superprestige
- 1st Gieten
- 1st Hoogstraten
- 2nd Vorselaar
- 1st Junior Lille
- 1st Junior Loenhout
- 1st Junior Overijse
- 3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 2nd Hooglede-Gits
- 2nd Liévin
- 2nd Hoogerheide
- 2nd Junior Essen
- 2nd Junior Hofstade
- 2nd Junior Oostmalle
- 2006–2007
- 3rd National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Under-23 Pijnacker
- 2007–2008
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen
- 1st Loenhout
- 2008–2009
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
Road
- 2006
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
- 10th Road race, UEC European Junior Championships
- 2008
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri
- 9th Omloop van het Waasland
- 9th Ronde van Overijssel
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Olympia's Tour
- 2nd Schaal Sels
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships
- 8th Antwerpse Havenpijl
- 9th Omloop van het Waasland
- 2010
- 1st Stage 4 Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 5th Châteauroux Classic
- 6th Zellik–Galmaarden
- 10th Dwars door Drenthe
- 2011
- 5th Overall Ronde van Drenthe
- 2012
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 7th Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 8th Handzame Classic
- 2013
- 6th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 6th Amstel Curaçao Race
- 2014
- 8th Halle–Ingooigem
- 2017
- 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2018
- 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2019
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 4th Nokere Koerse
- 5th Ronde van Limburg
- 2021
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 7th Dwars door het Hageland
- 7th Heistse Pijl
- 8th Ronde van Limburg
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 131 | 146 | DNF | — | 137 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 117 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 124 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Boy van Poppel joins Vacansoleil-DCM". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Trek signs van Poppel brothers, Felline for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Rob Lampard (13 September 2012). "De Maar wins alone in Stoke". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- Monika (2010). "u23 Mock Last: Place 15 – Boy van Poppel". Place 15 – Boy van Poppel. cycling4fans.de. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- Mark Zalewski (12 September 2008). "Young Rabobanks show-up sprinters in Missouri". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- Rob Lampard (16 September 2012). "Tiernan-Locke wins Tour of Britain overall". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
External links
- Boy van Poppel at UCI
- Boy van Poppel at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Boy van Poppel at ProCyclingStats
- Boy van Poppel at Cycling Quotient
- Boy van Poppel at CycleBase
- Boy van Poppel's profile on Cycling Base Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
