Jean-Paul van Poppel
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Paul van Poppel |
| Nickname | Popeye |
| Born | 30 September 1962 Tilburg, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Sports Director |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1985 1986 1987-1988 1989 1990 1991-1992 1993-1994 1995 |
Skala Skala-Skil Superconfex-Yoko Panasonic-Isostar Panasonic-Sportlife PDM-Concorde Festina-Lotus Le Groupement/Individual sponsor |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005-2006 2007-2008 2009-2010 2011-present |
Dutch national woman team Acca Dueo American national woman team Farm Frites - Hartol Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Flexpoint Cervélo TestTeam Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France: Maillot vert 1987, 9 stages overall Vuelta a España: 9 stages overall Giro d'Italia: 4 stages overall |
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Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch 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.[1]
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. He married one of his team members, cyclist Mirjam Melchers. Jean-Paul van Poppel has a son, Boy van Poppel, who is a member of the Vacansoleil-DCM cycling team.[2]
From 2009-2010 he was one of the Sports Directors at the Cervélo Test Team based in Switzerland.[3] From 2011, he has served as a Sports Director for the Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team.
Major victories
Source:[4]
- 1985
- 7th stage Danmark Rundt
- 5th stage Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd stage part A Tour of Belgium
- 1986
- Giro d'Italia: stages 2 and 13
- 4th stage Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1987
- Tour de France: stages 8 and 17
winner points classification
- Tour of Sweden: stages 5, 6a and 7
- 1988
- Tour de France: stages 3, 10, 17 and 22.
- 1989
- Giro d'Italia: stages 1 and 15
- Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1991
- Tour de France: stage 7
- Vuelta a España: stages 6, 9, 13 and 21
- 5th stage Paris–Nice
- 1992
- Tour de France: stage 10
- Vuelta a España: stages 3 and 5
- 1993
- Vuelta a España: stages 4 and 8
- 1994
- Tour de France: stage 2
- Vuelta a España: stage 9
- Étoile de Bessèges
References
- ^ Nederlandse helden: Jean-Paul van Poppel (Dutch)
- ^ 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 profile at Cycling Archives
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