Adri van der Poel

Adri van der Poel

Van der Poel in 1980

Personal information

Full name

Adri van der Poel

Born

17 June 1959
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Height

1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

70 kg (154 lb)

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Road
Cyclo-cross

Role

Rider

Professional team

1981–1983

DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or

1984–1986

Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko

1987–1988

PDM–Ultima–Concorde

1989–1990

Domex–Weinmann

1991–1992

Tulip Computers

1993

Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini

1994–1995

Collstrop–Willy Naessens

1996–2000

Major wins

Cyclo-cross: World Championships (1996); National Championships (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1999); World Cup (1996–97); Superprestige (1996–97)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France

2 individual stages (1987, 1988)

Stage races

Étoile de Bessèges (1988)

Herald Sun Tour (1988)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1987)

Tour of Flanders (1986)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1988)

Amstel Gold Race (1990)

Brabantse Pijl (1985)

Clásica de San Sebastián (1985)

Paris–Brussels (1985)

Paris–Tours (1987)

Scheldeprijs (1985)

Züri-Metzgete (1982)

Medal record

Representing Netherlands

Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
	1983 Altenrhein	Road race
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
	1996 Montreuil	Elite
	1985 Munich	Elite
	1988 Hägendorf	Elite
	1989 Pontchâteau	Elite
	1990 Getxo	Elite
	1991 Gieten	Elite
	1992 Leeds	Elite
	1999 Poprad	Elite

Adri van der Poel^[1]^[2] (born 17 June 1959) 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.^[3] 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 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).^[4] 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. 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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 2012 (Koksijde) and 2013 (Louisville, Kentucky) and then matching his father's title in 2015 (Tábor, Czech Republic), 2019, 2020 and 2021, and added wins in the prestigious Tour of Flanders in 2020, Strade Bianche in 2021 and Milan-Sanremo in 2023.

Adri van der Poel after winning Grote Prijs Raf Jonckheere 1989 in Westrozebeke.

Van der Poel's brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1983–1984

1st Zürich-Waid

1984–1985

2nd

UCI World Championships

1986–1987

1st

National Championships

1987–1988

2nd

UCI World Championships

1988–1989

1st

National Championships

2nd

UCI World Championships

2nd Wetzikon

1989–1990

1st

National Championships

2nd

UCI World Championships

1990–1991

1st

National Championships

2nd

UCI World Championships

1991–1992

1st

National Championships

3rd

UCI World Championships

1992–1993

1st Valkenswaard

3rd Roma

1993–1994

1st

National Championships

1994–1995

3rd Overall Superprestige

2nd Harnes

3rd Wetzikon

1995–1996

1st

UCI World Championships

1st Pontchâteau

3rd Overall Superprestige

1st Sint Michielsgestel

2nd Wetzikon

3rd Harnes

1st Surhuisterveen

1st Vossem

1996–1997

1st

Overall UCI World Cup

1st Praha

1st Overall Superprestige

1st Milan

1st Sint Michielsgestel

1st Harnes

1st Woerden

1st Haegendorf

1997–1998

2nd Overall Superprestige

1st Wetzikon

2nd Harnes

3rd Silvelle

3rd Milano

2nd Overall UCI World Cup

2nd Eschenbach

2nd Praha

2nd Heerlen

3rd Pontchâteau

1st Harderwijk

1st Niel

1st Rijkevorsel

1st Zeddam

1st Surhuisterveen

1998–1999

1st

National Championships

3rd Overall Superprestige

1st Harnes

2nd Wetzikon

3rd Silvelle

1st Montevrain

3rd

UCI World Championships

1999–2000

1st Harderwijk

1st Lutterbach

Gazet van Antwerpen

3rd Overall Superprestige

3rd Ruddervoorde

3rd Surhuisterveen

3rd Heerlen

2nd National Championships

3rd Leudelange

Road

1980

7th Road race, Olympic Games

1981

1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 3

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

1982

1st Züri-Metzgete

1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice

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

2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Züri-Metzgete

6th Overall Nissan Classic

1987

1st

Road race, National Championships

1st Paris–Tours

1st Grand Prix des Fourmies

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

1st Stage 9 Tour de France

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

1989

1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice

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

1991

1st Circuito de Getxo

1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland

1992

2nd Overall Tour of Britain

1994

1st Profronde van Heerlen

1999

1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

See also

References

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↑ Wired 15.01: The Doping Excuses Hall of Fame. Wired.com (2009-01-04). Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
↑ Nieuwsselectie: Sport. Retro.nrc.nl. Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
↑ Adrie van der Poel Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
↑ "Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records" (PDF) (in French). LeTour.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
↑ "Wired article 'The Doping Excuses Hall of Fame'". Wired. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
↑ "The Sunday Herald, 12 December 1999 "A drugs cheat? not me!" by Richard Bath". Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Cadence Nutrition, Pdf Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine

UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	Jean Robic (1950) Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953) André Dufraisse (1954–1958) Renato Longo (1959)
1960–1979	Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961) Renato Longo (1962) Rolf Wolfshohl (1963) Renato Longo (1964–1965) Erik De Vlaeminck (1966) Renato Longo (1967) Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973) Albert Van Damme (1974) Roger De Vlaeminck (1975) Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980) Hennie Stamsnijder (1981) Roland Liboton (1982–1984) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985) Albert Zweifel (1986) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987) Pascal Richard (1988) Danny De Bie (1989) Henk Baars (1990) Radomír Šimůnek (1991) Mike Kluge (1992) Dominique Arnould (1993) Paul Herygers (1994) Dieter Runkel (1995) Adri van der Poel (1996) Daniele Pontoni (1997) Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Richard Groenendaal (2000) Erwin Vervecken (2001) Mario De Clercq (2002) Bart Wellens (2003–2004) Sven Nys (2005) Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007) Lars Boom (2008) Niels Albert (2009) Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011) Niels Albert (2012) Sven Nys (2013) Zdeněk Štybar (2014) Mathieu van der Poel (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021) Tom Pidcock (2022) Mathieu van der Poel (2023)

Tour of Flanders winners
1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Vanlerberghe (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gerard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gerard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard De Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)
1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)
1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)
1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)
2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016) Philippe Gilbert (2017) Niki Terpstra (2018) Alberto Bettiol (2019)
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (2020) Kasper Asgreen (2021) Mathieu van der Poel (2022) Tadej Pogačar (2023)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)
1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)
1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valère Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)
1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015) Wout Poels (2016) Alejandro Valverde (2017) Bob Jungels (2018) Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
2020–2039	Primož Roglič (2020) Tadej Pogačar (2021) Remco Evenepoel (2022–2023)

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