Olav Kooij

Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon CMA CGM.

Career

Developmental Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugural season in 2020. He finished second to David Dekker, in his first UCI race with the team at the Ster van Zwolle, before he took three successive victories – either side of the enforced break from racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic – at the Trofej Umag, the Poreč Trophy and the GP Kranj. He competed at the Czech Cycling Tour for , with colleagues Lars Boven, Owen Geleijn and Michel Hessmann.

UCI World Team In August 2020, it was announced that Kooij was to join UCI WorldTeam midway through the 2021 season, after spending the first part of the season with the ; he signed a contract until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he won the opening stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in a sprint finish, ahead of Ethan Hayter and Phil Bauhaus.

In February 2021, Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Kooij would make an immediate move to the World Tour Team, thus becoming the first teenager cyclist to have a full season contract with the team since its creation.

He signed for Decathlon CMA CGM ahead of the 2026 season.

Major results

2018 1st Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz 1st Points classification 1st Sprints classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1b & 4 2019 Tour de DMZ 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van Axel 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships 4th Johan Museeuw Classic 5th La Route des Géants Saint-Omer–Ypres 6th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 7th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships 8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele 2020 (1 pro win) 1st Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 1st Trofej Umag 1st Poreč Trophy 1st GP Kranj 1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2nd Ster van Zwolle 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2021 (2) CRO Race 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4

3rd Gran Piemonte 2022 (12) 1st Overall ZLM Tour 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Münsterland Giro Danmark Rundt 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 1 Tour de Hongrie 5th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 5th Classic Brugge–De Panne 2023 (13) 1st Overall ZLM Tour 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 4 1st Heistse Pijl Tour of Britain 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 Paris–Nice 1st Stages 3 (TTT) & 5 Tour of Guangxi 1st Stages 3 & 6 1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Classic Brugge–De Panne 2nd Gooikse Pijl 2nd Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race

4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 4 8th Gent–Wevelgem 2024 (8) 1st Hamburg Cyclassics 1st Clásica de Almería Paris–Nice 1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour de Pologne 1st Stages 4 & 7 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 5 UAE Tour

2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Gooikse Pijl 6th Gent–Wevelgem 2025 (11) 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 12 & 21 Tour of Britain 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 Tour of Oman 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 3rd Bretagne Classic 5th Overall Renewi Tour 1st Stage 2 8th Milan–San Remo 2026 (4) Boucles de la Mayenne 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 5 Tour de France 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium 3rd Overall Renewi Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia DNF 149 — Tour de France — — IP Vuelta a España — —

Classics results timeline Monument 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — — — 148 — Tour of FlandersHas not contested during career Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Classic 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 89 — — — — — Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — — — —2 — Brugge–De Panne 7452 — 140 — Gent–Wevelgem — —86 DNF — Hamburg Cyclassics — — 161 — Bretagne Classic — — — —3 Gran Piemonte3 84 — — — Paris–Tours — 12 — — 70

Major championships results timeline Event 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 World Championships — — 45 — — European Championships — —32 — National Championships7 40222 —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish