Dylan Groenewegen (born 21 June 1993) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won five individual

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stages and one

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stage. He has also won the

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, five stages of the

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, five stages of the Tour of Britain and three stages of Paris-Nice. In 2020, Groenewegen received considerable attention for causing a serious crash at the Tour de Pologne, which put Fabio Jakobsen in hospital, and for which Groenewegen received a nine-month ban from racing.

Early life

Groenewegen was born to a working-class family in Amsterdam. His grandfather,

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(1933–2021), assembled custom bike frames of which Groenewegen received his first bike at the age of seven. Zieleman owned a shop selling bike frames, a trade that his father had started in 1928, which Groenewegen's father, Gerrie, has continued. At the age of 17, Groenewegen went to a trade school in order to follow his previous three generations as a frame-builder.

Career

Pre-World Tour

Groenewegen said in an interview that he had to choose between or to join in 2014. He chose the former as they gave him "a lot of confidence".

LottoNL–Jumbo (2016–2021)

In October 2015, Groenewegen announced that he had signed with , on an initial three-year deal from 2016.

2016

In June, Groenewegen won the

after outsprinting Wouter Wippert. During a review of Groenewegen's

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Oltre XR4 bicycle, Simon Richardson of

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said he is "a very easy rider to work with" in respect to the mechanics. Groenewegen won stage 4 of the Tour of Britain.

2017

In the Dubai Tour, which ran from late January into early February, Groenewegen came second in the general classification, having finished second in stages 1 and 2. Despite narrowly missing out on victory in these areas, he did win the overall youth classification. On 28 April, Groenewegen won the first stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. The stage, which was long from Bridlington to Scarbrough, came down to a photo finish where he held off Australian sprinter

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. He came fourth on the second stage which finished in Harrogate. He continued this success when in May, he won two stages at the

. The Tour de France started well for Groenewegen when he came fifth on stage 2, the first flat stage. He produced two more top-10 results in the first week, with sixth in stages 6 and 7. After two mountain stages and a rest day in Dordogne, he returned to finish third on stage 10 – a route from Périgueux to Bergerac. Groenewegen won the final stage of the race on the last stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

2018

In February, Groenewegen competed in the Dubai Tour and won stage 1. Groenewegen held the general classification lead until the third stage when he was penalised 20 seconds after illegally drafting behind his team's car after suffering a mechanical fault. The blue jersey, given to the race leader, was lost to

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who started the day two seconds behind Groenewegen, who dropped out of the top 10. He expressed his anger, saying "I had problems with my bike, the mechanicals fucked it up for me. I actually think it was a good decision by the judges but it fucked it up for me" before placing the blame on his mechanics, saying that "it's the fault of my mechanics". In the Tour de France, Groenewegen won stage 7 after beating Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan, both of whom had won two stages to that point in the tour. The stage was the longest in the tour at which started in Fougères and finished in

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, Northern France. Groenewegen also won stage 8, beating Sagan and John Degenkolb in Amiens. In an interview, Groenewegen said that the sprint was "a bit messy" but he said that he "surged ahead" and took advantage of the "good opportunity".

2019

In March, Groenewegen won the first two stages of Paris-Nice. On the second stage, he found himself at the head of the race in a group of 23 riders about from the finish line, and ended up winning the stage after another split left just 7 riders contesting for the win. Later in March, he won the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, out sprinting Gaviria and Viviani after squeezing through a gap between Gaviria and the barrier in order to open up his sprint. Mike Teunissen en jaune

Team Jumbo-Visma won the

on stage 2 of the Tour de France, thus increasing the lead of Groenewegen's teammate,

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in the general classification. Groenwegen went on to win stage 7 of the Tour de France, the longest stage in the tour at finishing in

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. He beat

and Sagan, giving him his fourth Tour de France stage win. Groenewegen won stages 1, 3 and 5 of the Tour of Britain, beating Davide Cimolai, Mathieu van der Poel, and Matthew Walls on the respective stages.

2020

Groenewegen's 2020 season started well, with victories on stages 1 and 3 as well as the points classification of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Groenewegen had further success in the UAE Tour, winning stage 4 on 26 February. He beat Fernando Gaviria and Pascal Ackermann to the finish in Dubai after 173km. During stage 1 of the Tour de Pologne in

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, Poland on 5 August, Groenewegen pushed Fabio Jakobsen into the barriers surrounding the finish line causing a very serious crash that put his rival in hospital and eventually in a medically induced

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. Groenewegen crashed as well and suffered a broken collarbone. More riders were involved in the crash; French sprinter

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had to abandon the race due to his injuries resulting from the crash. Groenewegen was disqualified from the race and fined CHF 500. Jakobsen's directeur sportif Patrick Lefevere said his team are considering bringing criminal charges against Groenewegen. In November 2020, Groenewegen was handed a nine-month ban for causing the crash, backdated to the day of the incident, meaning the ban ended on 7 May 2021. The previous month, Jakobsen had to undergo facial surgery where his jaw was reconstructed and bone was transplanted. Both Groenewegen and his team Jumbo-Visma apologized and took responsibility, with Groenewegen saying he "deviated from isline" and also that he wanted to be a "fair sprinter".

Team BikeExchange–Jayco (2022–present)

In December 2021, Groenewegen signed a three-year contract with

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n UCI WorldTeam from 2022 season. Early in the season he won stages in several smaller races including the

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, the Tour of Slovenia as well as the

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where he won two stages and the points classification. In the

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he won stage 3, his first victory at the Tour since 2019.

Personal life

As of 2017, Groenewegen lives in

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, a district in Amsterdam.

Major results

;2011 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : Vuelta Ciclista a León ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Münsterland Giro : 4th

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 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 9th

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: 9th Omloop van het Houtland ;2013 : 1st Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren : 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland : 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen : 5th Overall

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: 6th

: 8th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I : 9th Antwerpse Havenpijl ;2014 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Normandie : 3rd Trofeo Palma : 3rd Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I : 10th

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

: 10th Gooikse Pijl ;2015 : 1st

Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic The Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic (known as Veenendaal–Veenendaal from 1985 until 2006 and The Dutch Food Valley Classic from 2007 until 2013) is a semi classic professional road cycling race in the Netherlands starting and finishing in the town ...

: 1st

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur even ...

: 5th

Handzame Classic The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from ...

: 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem ;2016 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still runn ...

: 1st Heistse Pijl : 1st

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: 1st

: Tour de Yorkshire ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : Ster ZLM Toer ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : Tour of Britain ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour : 1st Stage 1

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

: 1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 2nd

: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe : 3rd

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

: 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 6th EuroEyes Cyclassics : 6th Le Samyn : 9th Scheldeprijs ;2017 : Ster ZLM Toer ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

::1st Stages 2 & 4 : Tour de France :: 1st Stage 21 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Guangxi : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Yorkshire : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain : 2nd Overall Dubai Tour ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd EuroEyes Cyclassics : 3rd

Tacx Pro Classic Tacx Pro Classic is a professional road bicycle race in the Netherlands. The event is part of the UCI Europe Tour calendar of events with a ranking of 1.1. While considered a new event, it can be seen as a successor to the Delta Tour Zeeland and R ...

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 5th Münsterland Giro ;2018 : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st

: 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : Tour de France ::1st Stages 7 & 8 :

::1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 : Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 2

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 1 Tour of Guangxi : 1st Stage 1 Dubai Tour : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia : 7th Gooikse Pijl ;2019 : 1st Three Days of Bruges–De Panne : 1st

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : Tour of Britain ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 : Tour de France ::1st Stages 2 ( TTT) & 7 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 4 Volta ao Algarve : 1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 4th

Primus Classic The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Primus Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and around Kam ...

: 9th Overall ZLM Tour ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;2020 : Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Jersey orange

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 4 UAE Tour ;2021 :

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Ronde van Drenthe : 9th

Binche–Chimay–Binche Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was original ...

: 10th

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

;2022 : 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic : Saudi Tour ::1st Jersey red

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de France : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia : 1st Stage 2

Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arcti ...

: 1st Stage 4

: 2nd Classic Brugge–De Panne : 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 2nd

Paris–Chauny Paris–Chauny is a one-day cycling race held in France. It was first held in 1922 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, class ...

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importa ...

: 5th Gooikse Pijl : 7th Münsterland Giro

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References

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