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Historic Overview Jean-Paul van Poppel

Rider

Overall Rank869
NameJean-Paul VAN POPPEL
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth30-Sep-1962 - Tilburg (Noord Brabant)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Jean-Paul van Poppel

Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, North Brabant) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who was nicknamed Popeye.

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. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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 who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty., and Danny van Poppel currently riding for BORA-Hansgrohe and a daughter Kim. 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 to 2010 he was one of the sports directors at the Cervélo Test Team based in Switzerland. From 2011, he has served as a sports director for the Vacansoleil–DCM until 2014. From 2015 till the team folded in 2019, van Poppel serves as a sports director for the Dutch ProContinental Team Team Roompot, together with Erik Breukink and Michael Boogerd.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

9 4 9 2 2 48

Major Victories

Scheldeprijs - Schoten 1986, 1988
Etoile de Bessèges 1994
Tour de France - stages 1987 (2), 1988 (4), 1991 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1986 (2), 1989 (2)
Vuelta a España - stages 1991 (4), 1992 (2), 1993 (2), 1994 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1991 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1991 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1986 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 1989 (1), 1993 (1)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1994 (1)
Route du Sud - stages 1993 (1)
Etoile de Bessèges - stages 1993 (2), 1994 (1)
Vuelta a Murcia - stages 1992 (2), 1993 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1987 (2), 1989 (1), 1990 (2)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1985 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1986 (1), 1987 (1), 1989 (2)
More results

Seasons

Jean-Paul van Poppel - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1982 Individual 8 824
2. 1984 Individual 53 491
3. 1985 Skala 272 212
4. 1986 Skala - Skil 443 136
5. 1987 SuperConfex - Kwantum Hallen - Yoko 969 41
6. 1988 SuperConfex - Yoko 603 99
7. 1989 Panasonic - Isostar 780 59
8. 1990 Panasonic - Sportlife 369 168
9. 1991 PDM - Concorde - Ultima 739 81
10. 1992 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 705 81
11. 1993 Festina - Lotus 385 138
12. 1994 Festina - Lotus 424 133
13. 1995 Le Groupement 70 417
Overall: 5820 869