Jean-Paul van Poppel
Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch racing cyclist, who was nicknamed Popeye.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean-Paul van Poppel |
Nickname | Popeye |
Born | Tilburg, the Netherlands | 30 September 1962
Team information | |
Current team | Roompot–Oranje Peloton |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Sports director |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
1985 | Skala |
1986 | Skala-Skil |
1987-1988 | Superconfex-Yoko |
1989 | Panasonic-Isostar |
1990 | Panasonic-Sportlife |
1991-1992 | PDM-Concorde |
1993-1994 | Festina-Lotus |
1995 | Le Groupement/Individual sponsor |
Managerial teams | |
2000 | Dutch national woman team |
2001 | Acca Due O |
2003 | American national women's team |
2004 | Farm Frites - Hartol |
2005-2006 | Buitenpoort-Flexpoint |
2007-2008 | Team Flexpoint |
2009-2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
2011-2014 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team |
2015-Present | Roompot-Charles |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours |
Van Poppel was one of the most successful Dutch road sprinters. He won stages in mass sprints in all three Grand Tours, sometimes from positions that appeared lost. In the Tour de France he won 9 stages altogether. In 1988 he won 4 stages, the highest won number by a Dutch cyclist in one tour.[1] He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]
Van Poppel won the points classification in the 1987 Tour de France. After he ended his career in 1995, he became a directeur sportif in women's cycling. With his first wife, cyclist Leontine van der Lienden, Jean-Paul van Poppel has two sons, Boy van Poppel and Danny van Poppel, who both race for Circus–Wanty Gobert, and a daughter Kim.[3] Van der Lienden and Van Poppel have since divorced. Van Poppel remarried in 2004 with one of his team members, cyclist Mirjam Melchers.
From 2009-2010 he was one of the Sports Directors at the Cervélo Test Team based in Switzerland.[4] From 2011, he has served as a Sports Director for the Vacansoleil–DCM until 2014. From 2015, van Poppel serves as a Sports Director for the Dutch ProContinental Team Team Roompot, together with Erik Breukink and Michael Boogerd.
Major results
Source:[5]
- 1985
- 1st Stage 7 Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 3a Tour of Belgium
- 1986
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2 & 13
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1987
- Tour de France
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 8 & 17
- 1st
- Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stages 5, 6a & 7
- 1988
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 3, 10, 17 & 22
- 1989
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1 & 15
- 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1991
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 6, 9, 13 & 21
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
- 1992
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de France
- 1993
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 4 & 8
- 1994
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
See also
References
- Nederlandse helden: Jean-Paul van Poppel (in Dutch) Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "Jean-Paul van Poppel Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- Rob Lampard (13 September 2012). "De Maar wins alone in Stoke". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- Van Poppel signs with Cervelo
- Jean-Paul van Poppel at Cycling Archives