Danny van Poppel

Danny van Poppel (born 26 July 1993) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Early and personal life Danny van Poppel is the son of former professional cyclists Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden; his older brother Boy van Poppel and cousin Bram Welten are also professional cyclists.

Career

Van Poppel started in the 2013 Tour de France at the age of 19, and thus became the youngest cyclist to ride the Tour de France since World War II. On the opening stage, he finished in third place and wore the white jersey (representing the young rider classification) the following day, as the classification's leader Marcel Kittel was wearing the yellow jersey of overall race leader. He remained in the race until the final week, when his team withdrew him on the second rest day.

Van Poppel joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. where he took the biggest win of his career to date on stage 12. Subsequently, it was announced that van Poppel would join for the 2016 season.

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.

Major results Cyclo-cross

2009–2010 UCI Junior World Cup 2nd Hoogerheide Junior Superprestige 2nd Diegem 2nd Junior Sint-Michielsgestel Junior Gazet van Antwerpen 3rd Loenhout 2010–2011 1st National Junior Championships Junior Gazet van Antwerpen 1st Loenhout 1st Koppenberg Junior Superprestige 1st Diegem 2nd Gavere UCI Junior World Cup 2nd Pontchâteau

Road Source:

2010 1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel 1st Stage 4 2nd GP Bati-Metallo 4th Overall Liège–La Gleize 1st Stage 2 (TTT) 10th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors 1st Stage 1 2011 2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel 1st Stage 5 3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships 8th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors 1st Stage 6 2012 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 5 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a León 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy 5th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial 10th Overall Olympia's Tour 2013 3rd Handzame Classic 5th Ronde van Drenthe 5th RideLondon–Surrey Classic 7th Brussels Cycling Classic 8th Overall Tour de Picardie 2014 (2 pro wins) 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg 3rd Scheldeprijs 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Stage 1 2015 (4) 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami 3rd Road race, National Championships 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 5 4th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem 5th Trofeo Santanyi–Ses Salines–Campos 5th Scheldeprijs 6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Stage 2 6th Nokere Koerse 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2016 (4) Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 2 Tour de Yorkshire 1st Stage 2 Arctic Race of Norway 1st Sprints classification, Three Days of De Panne 4th EuroEyes Cyclassics 6th Scheldeprijs 2017 (2) 1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne 2018 (3) 1st Halle–Ingooigem 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche 1st Stage 1 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd Road race, National Championships 2nd Clásica de Almería 3rd Famenne Ardenne Classic 7th Dwars door het Hageland 2019 5th Gent–Wevelgem 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 7th Omloop van het Houtland 2020 (1) 1st Gooikse Pijl 3rd Paris–Chauny 4th Clásica de Almería 5th Milano–Torino 2021 (2) 1st Egmont Cycling Race 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche

2nd Dwars door het Hageland 2nd Gooikse Pijl 2nd Omloop van het Houtland 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 4th Scheldeprijs 4th Eurométropole Tour 4th Antwerp Port Epic 5th Paris–Tours 6th Clásica de Almería 6th Elfstedenronde 7th Paris–Bourges 8th Brussels Cycling Classic 2022 2nd Scheldeprijs 2nd Rund um Köln 3rd Ronde van Limburg 4th Road race, UEC European Championships 5th Overall Saudi Tour 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt 2023 (2) 1st Rund um Köln 1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain 2nd Hamburg Cyclassics 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour 6th Münsterland Giro 6th Paris–Bourges 9th Gent–Wevelgem 2024 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour 3rd Classic Brugge–De Panne 6th Münsterland Giro 2025 (4) 1st Road race, National Championships Tour de Hongrie 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 Tour of Holland 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 5th Hamburg Cyclassics 5th Scheldeprijs 8th Overall Deutschland Tour 2026 5th Copenhagen Sprint

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia — — — — — 121 — — — — — DNF — Tour de France DNF DNF — — — — — — 120 108 116 120 Vuelta a España — — 141 — — 132 — — — 121 — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish