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Adrie van der Poel (born 17 June 1959 in Bergen op Zoom) 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
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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
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. In 1983 he tested positive for
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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. His sons David and Mathieu are also cyclists. Mathieu van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in
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( Koksijde) and
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( Louisville, Kentucky) and then matching his father's title in
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( Tábor, Czech Republic), 2019, 2020 and 2021, and added wins in the prestigious Tour of Flanders in 2020 and Strade Bianche in 2021. Van der Poel's brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.


Major results


Cyclo-cross

;1983–1984 :
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::1st Zürich-Waid ;1984–1985 : 2nd UCI World Championships :
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::3rd Gavere ;1986–1987 : 1st
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;1987–1988 : 2nd UCI World Championships ;1988–1989 : 1st
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: 2nd UCI World Championships :
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::2nd Wetzikon ;1989–1990 : 1st
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: 2nd UCI World Championships ;1990–1991 : 1st
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Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::1st Gavere ::2nd Gieten : 2nd UCI World Championships ;1991–1992 : 1st
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Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::2nd Gavere : 3rd UCI World Championships ;1992–1993 :
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::1st Valkenswaard ::3rd Roma ;1993–1994 : 1st
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::2nd Loenhout ::3rd Igorre :
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::2nd Overijse ;1994–1995 : 3rd Overall
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::1st Overijse ::1st Diegem ::2nd Harnes ::3rd Wetzikon ;1995–1996 : 1st UCI World Championships :
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::1st Pontchâteau : 3rd Overall
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::1st
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::2nd Wetzikon ::3rd Diegem ::3rd Harnes : 1st Surhuisterveen : 1st Vossem ;1996–1997 : 1st Overall
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::1st Praha ::1st Koksijde : 1st Overall
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::1st Gieten ::1st Milan ::1st
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::1st Harnes : 1st Woerden : 1st Kalmthout : 1st
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: 1st
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: 1st Loenhout : 1st Haegendorf ;1997–1998 : 2nd Overall
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::1st Diegem ::1st Wetzikon ::2nd Gieten ::2nd Overijse ::2nd Harnes ::3rd Silvelle ::3rd Milano : 2nd Overall
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling 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
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UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::1st
Nommay Nommay () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Nommay lies from Sochaux on the edge of the department. Population Sports Stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de France on 8 July raced ...
::3rd Koksijde : 3rd Overall
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::1st Harnes ::2nd Wetzikon ::3rd Silvelle ::3rd Diegem : 1st Pijnacker : 1st Montevrain : 3rd UCI World Championships ;1999–2000 : 1st Harderwijk : 1st Lutterbach :
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::2nd
Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') 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 D ...
: 3rd Overall
Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...
::2nd Overijse ::2nd Diegem ::3rd Ruddervoorde ::3rd Surhuisterveen ::3rd Heerlen : 2nd
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UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::3rd Leudelange ::3rd Kalmthout


Road

;1980 : 7th Road race, Olympic Games ;1981 : 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Overall
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::1st Stage 3 : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne ;1982 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 4
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional 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 Col d'Èze overlookin ...
;1983 : 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg : 2nd Road race, UCI World Championships : 3rd Giro di Lombardia ;1984 : 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 ;1985 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 1st Clásica de San Sebastián : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Scheldeprijs : 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 ;1986 : 1st Tour of Flanders : 1st
Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 1.1 may refer to: * 1.1.1.1, a Domain Name System service * 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun * Falcon ...
: 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 3rd Paris–Roubaix : 3rd Züri–Metzgete : 6th Overall Nissan Classic ;1987 : 1st Road race, National Championships : 1st
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: 1st
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: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 1st Stage 9 Tour de France : Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 1 & 2 ;1988 : 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 1st Stage 16 Tour de France : 3rd Tour of Flanders : 3rd
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...
;1989 : 1st Stage 6
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional 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 Col d'Èze overlookin ...
: 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen : 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen ;1990 : 1st Amstel Gold Race : 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 2nd
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...
;1991 : 1st Circuito de Getxo : 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland ;1992 : 2nd Overall Tour of Britain ;1994 : 1st Profronde van Heerlen


See also

* 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poel, Adrie Van Der 1959 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners Dutch sportspeople in doping cases People from Woensdrecht Doping cases in cycling Cyclo-cross cyclists UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men) UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists from North Brabant