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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 (age 65)
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)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1987)

Tour of Flanders (1986)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1988)

Brabantse Pijl (1985)

Clásica de San Sebastián (1985)

Paris–Tours (1987)

Amstel Gold Race (1990)

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), and exceeding his father, winning titles in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. Mathieu is less prolific in professional road cycling, having won the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race only once in 2024, along with the wins at Tour of Flanders in 2020, 2022, and 2024, Strade Bianche in 2021, Milan-Sanremo in 2023, and Paris-Roubaix in 2023 and 2024.

Van der Poel after winning the 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

9th Overall Étoile des Espoirs

1981

1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 3

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

3rd Road race, National Championships

4th Scheldeprijs

6th Overall Critérium International

6th Gent–Wevelgem

6th Grand Prix de Fourmies

6th Ronde van Limburg

10th Rund um den Henninger Turm

1982

1st Züri-Metzgete

1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice

2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

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

1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

2nd

Road race, UCI World Championships

2nd Paris–Tours

2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Hennie Kuiper)

3rd Road race, National Championships

3rd Giro di Lombardia

3rd GP Union Dortmund

4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

4th Gent–Wevelgem

4th Paris–Brussels

4th Trofeo Laigueglia

~~4th Rund um den Henninger Turm~~

6th Paris–Roubaix

6th Grand Prix de Cannes

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

7th Omloop Het Volk

8th Overall Paris–Nice

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

6th Paris–Brussels

6th Grand Prix Impanis

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

1st Grand Prix de Cannes

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

4th Overall Ronde van Nederland

5th Omloop Het Volk

6th Paris–Tours

7th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

7th Critérium des As

9th Paris–Roubaix

10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

Held

after Stages 4–8

1986

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2nd Dwars door België

2nd Critérium des As

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Züri-Metzgete

4th Paris–Tours

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

7th Tour du Haut Var

7th Nice–Alassio

8th Grand Prix de Fourmies

10th Road race, National Championships

10th Gent–Wevelgem

1987

1st

Road race, National Championships

1st Paris–Tours

1st Giro del Piemonte

1st Druivenkoers Overijse

1st Grand Prix des Fourmies

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

1st Stage 9 Tour de France

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

8th Trofeo Baracchi (with Steven Rooks)

9th Amstel Gold Race

9th Clásica de San Sebastián

9th Brabantse Pijl

1988

1st

Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st

Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 7b

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Stage 16 Tour de France

2nd Road race, National Championships

3rd Tour of Flanders

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

6th Giro del Lazio

6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

7th Milan–San Remo

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

1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen

2nd Brabantse Pijl

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

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

1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

2nd Dwars door België

2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

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

6th Giro del Piemonte

6th Grand Prix de Fourmies

7th Omloop Het Volk

7th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

8th Paris–Roubaix

10th GP Ouest-France

10th Grand Prix de Lune

1991

1st Circuito de Getxo

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

4th Grand Prix de Fourmies

4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

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; 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 7th Dwars door België; 9th Züri-Metzgete
1993: 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal; 5th Paris–Roubaix; 5th Paris–Tours; 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano; 6th Amstel Gold Race; 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 8th Road race, National Championships
1994: 1st Profronde van Heerlen; 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs; 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse; 3rd Grand Prix Impanis; 4th De Kustpijl; 5th Paris–Tours; 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; 10th Grand Prix de Denain
1996: 7th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland; 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
1997: 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
1998: 9th De Kustpijl
1999: 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
/ Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	71	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	102	37	DNF	51	110	105	84	DNF	111	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline
Monument	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Milan–San Remo	—	61	31	50	18	7	46	7	31	—	74	42	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour of Flanders	14	33	34	—	15	1	8	3	35	64	68	26	46	26	58	60	—	—	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	—	32	6	—	9	3	37	18	18	8	25	14	5	16	48	—	—	—	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	24	25	7	—	40	2	46	1	—	53	48	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	—	44	3	6	2	—	—	—	—	32	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Major championship results timeline

	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
World Championships	DNF	—	2	DNF	59	67	18	49	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—
National Championships	3	18	3	11	—	10	1	2	—	—	5	—	8	11	—	—	—	20	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adrie van der Poel.

Adrie van der Poel at ProCyclingStats

^ 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

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	1950: Jean Robic (FRA) 1951: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1952: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1953: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1954: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1955: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1956: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1957: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1958: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1959: Renato Longo (ITA)
1960–1979	1960: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1961: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1962: Renato Longo (ITA) 1963: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1964: Renato Longo (ITA) 1965: Renato Longo (ITA) 1966: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1967: Renato Longo (ITA) 1968: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1969: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1970: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1971: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1972: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1973: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1974: Albert Van Damme (BEL) 1975: Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1976: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1977: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1978: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1979: Albert Zweifel (SUI)
1980–1999	1980: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1981: Hennie Stamsnijder (NED) 1982: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1983: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1984: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1985: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1986: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1987: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1988: Pascal Richard (SUI) 1989: Danny De Bie (BEL) 1990: Henk Baars (NED) 1991: Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) 1992: Mike Kluge (GER) 1993: Dominique Arnould (FRA) 1994: Paul Herygers (BEL) 1995: Dieter Runkel (SUI) 1996: Adri van der Poel (NED) 1997: Daniele Pontoni (ITA) 1998: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 1999: Mario De Clercq (BEL)
2000–2019	2000: Richard Groenendaal (NED) 2001: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2002: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 2003: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2004: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2005: Sven Nys (BEL) 2006: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2007: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2008: Lars Boom (NED) 2009: Niels Albert (BEL) 2010: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2011: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2012: Niels Albert (BEL) 2013: Sven Nys (BEL) 2014: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2015: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2016: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2017: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2018: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2019: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
2020–2039	2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2022: Tom Pidcock (GBR) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919
1913: Paul Deman (BEL) 1914: Marcel Buysse (BEL) 1915: not held due to World War I 1916: not held due to World War I 1917: not held due to World War I 1918: not held due to World War I 1919: Henri Vanlerberghe (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN) 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2023: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners

1880–1899
1892: Léon Houa (BEL) 1893: Léon Houa (BEL) 1894: Léon Houa (BEL) 1895: Race not held 1896: Race not held 1897: Race not held 1898: Race not held 1899: Race not held

1900–1919

1900: Race not held
1901: Race not held
1902: Race not held
1903: Race not held
1904: Race not held
1905: Race not held
1906: Race not held
1907: Race not held
1908: André Trousselier (FRA)
1909: Victor Fastre (BEL)
1910: Race not held
1911: Joseph Van Daele (BEL)
1912: Omer Verschoore (BEL)
1913: Maurits Moritz (BEL)
1914: not held due to World War I
1915: not held due to World War I
1916: not held due to World War I
1917: not held due to World War I
1918: not held due to World War I
1919: Léon Devos (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1940: not held due to World War II
1941: not held due to World War II
1942: not held due to World War II
1943: Richard Depoorter (BEL)
1944: not held due to World War II
1945: Jean Engels (BEL)
1946: Prosper Depredomme (BEL)
1947: Richard Depoorter (BEL)
1948: Maurice Mollin (BEL)
1949: Camille Danguillaume (FRA)
1950: Prosper Depredomme (BEL)
1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)
1952: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)
1953: Alois De Hertog (BEL)
1954: Marcel Ernzer (LUX)
1955: Stan Ockers (BEL)
1956: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1957: Frans Schoubben & Germain Derycke (BEL)
1958: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1959: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Primož Roglič (SLO) 2021: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jos Lammertink	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1987	Succeeded by Peter Pieters

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