Jempy Drucker

Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist.

Career

Fidea (2004–2008) Born in Sandweiler, Drucker signed with in 2004, a team specializing in cyclo-cross, at age 18. He rode with this team for five seasons, winning two elite national cyclo-cross championships. He was selected to represent Luxembourg at the World Road Race Championships in 2008, but failed to finish.

Team Differdange (2009–2010) For the 2009 season, Drucker joined . His success in cyclo-cross continued, winning two more national titles. Drucker went to the World Road Race Championships for the second time in 2009, but again did not finish. He won the prologue of the Flèche du Sud, a UCI 2.2 road race in 2010. Drucker also placed second in the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem that season.

Wanty–Groupe Gobert (2011–2014) After spending two seasons with , Drucker joined , a Belgian UCI Professional Continental team. Spending four seasons with the team, he booked no wins, but did finish second overall in the Tour de Luxembourg.

BMC Racing Team (2015–2018) In August 2014, Drucker signed a contract with . While riding for this team, he won the 2015 RideLondon–Surrey Classic, a one-day race in the United Kingdom. Later that year, he was selected to ride in the Vuelta a España. Drucker finished the race in 118th place overall. Drucker's success continued with this team the following year, winning the prologue of the Tour de Luxembourg and the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España.

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

Retirement Drucker announced his retirement via Twitter on 10 January 2022.

Major results Road Source:

2003 National Junior Road Championships 2nd Time trial 2nd Road race 2007 6th Overall Mainfranken-Tour 2008 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2009 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 9th Arno Wallaard Memorial 10th Overall Flèche du Sud 10th Münsterland Giro 2010 1st Prologue Flèche du Sud 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 4th Ronde van Midden-Nederland 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs 7th Arno Wallaard Memorial 7th Ronde van Noord-Holland 2011 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 2012 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 3rd Schaal Sels 6th Paris–Brussels 7th Omloop van het Houtland 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 10th Grand Prix Criquielion 2013 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues 5th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole 5th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie 7th Omloop van het Houtland 2014 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen 5th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic 5th Münsterland Giro 5th Paris–Bourges 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 6th Paris–Tours 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 9th Nokere Koerse 10th Binche–Chimay–Binche 2015 1st RideLondon–Surrey Classic 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 10th Handzame Classic 2016 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 9th E3 Harelbeke 10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer 10th Paris–Tours 2017

1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Primus Classic 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 4th Overall Dubai Tour 4th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz 5th Tour de l'Eurométropole 6th London–Surrey Classic 10th Paris–Tours 2018 2nd Tour de l'Eurométropole 5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche 7th London–Surrey Classic 8th Overall Dubai Tour 2019 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska 2021 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held

Cyclo-cross

2002–2003

2003–2004

Junior Superprestige 2nd Sint-Michielsgestel 3rd Harnes 2004–2005

2005–2006

2006–2007

1st Grand Prix Pierre Kellner 2nd Herdenkingscross Etienne Bleukx Under-23 3rd National Championships 3rd Gieten, Under-23 Superprestige 2007–2008

1st Grand Prix Julien Cajot 2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige 1st Hoogstraten 2nd Vorselaar 3rd Diegem 3rd Gieten 2nd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup 3rd GP Stad Hasselt Under-23 2009–2010

2010–2011