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Adri van der Poel (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch
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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 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 ...
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
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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
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and Mathieu are also cyclists. Mathieu van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in
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) and then matching his father's title in
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), and exceeding his father, winning titles in
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. 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) 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 ...
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 The (; ; popularly named ''De Frut'') is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra. 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,
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: 9th Overall Étoile des Espoirs ;1981 : 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd 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 ...
::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 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 ...
::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 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 ...
::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 The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...
::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 Andalucía ::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 Andalucía : 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

* 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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