Adri van der Poel (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch
cyclist
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. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six classics, two stages of the
Tour de France
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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
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France thrice and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road Race World Championship twice, becoming t ...
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
Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...
behind Stephen Roche and second place in the La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
. 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
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. 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.Cadence Nutrition, Pdf
Family
Van der Poel is the
son-in-law of the famous French cyclist
Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor (; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (), was a French professional road bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rode for his entire career.
His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding ride ...
. His sons
David
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The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...
and
Mathieu are also cyclists. Mathieu van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
(
Koksijde
Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flanders, Flemish province of West Flanders.
The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the v ...
) and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
(
Louisville, Kentucky
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) and then matching his father's title in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
(
Tábor
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,
Czech Republic
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), and exceeding his father, winning titles in
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
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,
2021
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,
2023
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,
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
and
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
.
Mathieu is prolific also in professional road cycling, having won the
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in 2023, along with the wins at
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
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in 2020, 2022 and 2024,
Strade Bianche in 2021,
Milan-Sanremo in 2023 and 2025, and
Paris-Roubaix in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Mal ...
;1994–1995
: 3rd Overall
Superprestige
::1st
Overijse
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Mal ...
::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

Overall
UCI World Cup
::1st Praha
::1st
Koksijde
Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flanders, Flemish province of West Flanders.
The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the v ...
: 1st Overall
Superprestige
::1st
Gieten
::1st Milan
::1st
Sint Michielsgestel
::1st Harnes
: 1st Woerden
: 1st
Kalmthout
Kalmthout () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Kalmthout, Achterbroek, Heide, Kalmthout, Heide, and Nieuwmoer. In 2021, Kalmthou ...
: 1st
Nommay
: 1st
Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...
: 1st
Loenhout
: 1st Haegendorf
;1997–1998
: 2nd Overall
Superprestige
::1st
Diegem
::1st Wetzikon
::2nd
Gieten
::2nd
Overijse
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Mal ...
::2nd Harnes
::3rd Silvelle
::3rd Milano
: 2nd Overall
UCI World Cup
::2nd Eschenbach
::2nd Praha
::2nd
Koksijde
Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flanders, Flemish province of West Flanders.
The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the v ...
::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
Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flanders, Flemish province of West Flanders.
The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the v ...
: 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
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History and profile
was established in 1891. Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a Catholic. Shortly afterwards, the compa ...
::2nd
Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...
: 3rd Overall
Superprestige
::2nd
Overijse
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Mal ...
::2nd
Diegem
::3rd
Ruddervoorde
::3rd Surhuisterveen
::3rd Heerlen
: 2nd
National Championships
:
UCI World Cup
::3rd Leudelange
::3rd
Kalmthout
Kalmthout () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Kalmthout, Achterbroek, Heide, Kalmthout, Heide, and Nieuwmoer. In 2021, Kalmthou ...
Road
;1980
: 7th
Road race,
Olympic Games
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: 9th Overall
Étoile des Espoirs
;1981
: 1st Stage 1
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 2nd Overall
Paris–Nice
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::1st Stage 3
: 2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
: 2nd
Le Samyn
: 3rd
Road race, National Championships
: 4th
Scheldeprijs
: 6th Overall
Critérium International
: 6th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
: 6th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 6th
Ronde van Limburg
: 10th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
;1982
: 1st
Züri-Metzgete
: 1st Stage 4
Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...
: 2nd
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...
: 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
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
: 1st Prologue
Tour de Luxembourg
: 2nd
Road race,
UCI World Championships
: 2nd
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 2nd
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...
: 2nd
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Hennie Kuiper)
: 3rd
Road race, National Championships
: 3rd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
: 3rd
GP Union Dortmund
: 4th Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 4th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
: 4th
Paris–Brussels
: 4th
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...
:
4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
: 6th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 6th
Grand Prix de Cannes
: 7th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...
: 7th
Omloop Het Volk
: 8th Overall
Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...
: 9th Overall
Three Days of De Panne
;1984
: 4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
::1st

Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 4th
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
: 6th
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
: 6th
Paris–Brussels
: 6th
Grand Prix Impanis
:
Tour de France
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::Held

after Stage 4
;1985
: 1st
Brabantse Pijl
: 1st
Clásica de San Sebastián
: 1st
Paris–Brussels
: 1st
Scheldeprijs
: 1st
Binche-Tournai-Binche
: 1st
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...
: 1st
Grand Prix de Cannes
:
Tour de Luxembourg
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 2nd Overall
Nissan Classic
::1st Stage 5
: 2nd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
: 3rd Overall
Three Days of De Panne
: 4th Overall
Ronde van Nederland
: 5th
Omloop Het Volk
: 6th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 7th
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
: 7th
Critérium des As
: 9th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 10th Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
:
Tour de France
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::Held

after Stages 4–8
;1986
: 1st
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 1st
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
: 2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...
: 2nd
Dwars door België
: 2nd
Critérium des As
: 3rd
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 3rd
Züri-Metzgete
: 4th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 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
Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...
: 7th
Tour du Haut Var
: 7th
Nice–Alassio
: 8th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 10th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
;1987
: 1st
Road race, National Championships
: 1st
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 1st
Giro del Piemonte
: 1st
Druivenkoers Overijse
: 1st
Grand Prix des Fourmies
: 1st
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...
: 1st
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
: 1st Stage 9
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: 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 The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 8th
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Steven Rooks)
: 9th
Amstel Gold Race
: 9th
Clásica de San Sebastián
: 9th
Brabantse Pijl
;1988
: 1st

Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...
: 1st

Overall
Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stage 7b
: 1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...
: 1st Stage 16
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: 2nd
Road race, National Championships
: 3rd
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 3rd
Grand Prix La Marseillaise
: 4th Overall
Vuelta a AndalucÃa
::1st Stage 5
: 4th Overall
Nissan Classic
: 5th
Grand Prix Impanis
: 6th
Giro dell'Etna
: 6th
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...
: 6th
Giro del Lazio
: 6th
Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
: 7th
Milan–San Remo
Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...
: 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
Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...
: 1st Stage 5
Tour Méditerranéen
: 2nd
Brabantse Pijl
: 2nd
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 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
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...
: 1st
Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
: 2nd
Dwars door België
: 2nd
Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
: 3rd
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 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
The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
In 1 ...
: 6th
Giro del Piemonte
: 6th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 7th
Omloop Het Volk
: 7th
Veenendaal–Veenendaal
: 8th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 10th
GP Ouest-France
: 10th
Grand Prix de Lune
;1991
: 1st
Circuito de Getxo
The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo
Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...
: 1st Stage 4
Ronde van Nederland
: 2nd
Clásica de Sabiñánigo
: 3rd Overall
Vuelta a AndalucÃa
: 3rd Overall
Tour de Luxembourg
::1st

Points classification
: 4th Overall
Nissan Classic
: 4th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 4th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 4th
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...
: 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
The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo
Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...
: 6th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...
: 7th
Dwars door België
: 9th
Züri-Metzgete
;1993
: 4th
Veenendaal–Veenendaal
: 5th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 5th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 5th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
: 6th
Amstel Gold Race
: 7th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...
;1994
: 1st
Profronde van Heerlen
: 2nd
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
: 3rd
Druivenkoers Overijse
: 3rd
Grand Prix Impanis
: 4th
De Kustpijl
: 5th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 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
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
: 10th
Grand Prix de Denain
;1996
: 7th
Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
: 10th
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
;1997
: 4th
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
;1998
: 9th
De Kustpijl
;1999
: 1st
Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
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See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
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List of doping cases in cycling
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List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
References
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