Boy van Poppel

Boy van Poppel
Van Poppel at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameBoy van Poppel
Born (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 38)
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Lead-out man
Professional teams
2006–2010Rabobank Continental Team
2011–2012UnitedHealthcare
2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014–2018Trek Factory Racing
2019Roompot–Charles
2020–2024Circus–Wanty Gobert

Boy van Poppel (born 18 January 1988) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. He is the son of former cyclists Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden.

Professional career

On 12 September 2008, Utrecht-born van Poppel made a name for himself at the Tour of Missouri, winning the fifth stage. With that victory, he handed Mark Cavendish his first 'defeat' in a bunch sprint since the Giro d'Italia held in May. In the 2012 Tour of Britain, van Poppel finished consistently in the top ten in numerous stages, which helped him secure the Points Classification jersey before second-placed Mark Cavendish.

In late 2012, van Poppel signed a contract for the 2013 season with Vacansoleil–DCM, becoming the third member of his family to be part of the squad; his brother Danny van Poppel also joined the team for the 2013 season as a first-year professional, while his father Jean-Paul van Poppel worked as a directeur sportif for the team.

Van Poppel joined Trek Factory Racing for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2004–2005
1st National Junior Championships
3rd Junior Koksijde
2005–2006
1st UCI World Junior Championships
1st National Junior Championships
Junior Superprestige
1st Gieten
1st Hoogstraten
2nd Vorselaar
1st Junior Lille
1st Junior Loenhout
1st Junior Overijse
3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
2nd Hooglede-Gits
2nd Liévin
2nd Hoogerheide
2nd Junior Essen
2nd Junior Hofstade
2nd Junior Oostmalle
2006–2007
3rd National Under-23 Championships
3rd Under-23 Pijnacker
2007–2008
1st National Under-23 Championships
Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen
1st Loenhout
2008–2009
1st National Under-23 Championships

Road

2006
2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
10th Road race, UEC European Junior Championships
2008
1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri
9th Omloop van het Waasland
9th Ronde van Overijssel
2009
1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie
1st Prologue (TTT) Olympia's Tour
2nd Schaal Sels
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships
8th Antwerpse Havenpijl
9th Omloop van het Waasland
2010
1st Stage 4 Kreiz Breizh Elites
5th Châteauroux Classic
6th Zellik–Galmaarden
10th Dwars door Drenthe
2011
5th Overall Ronde van Drenthe
2012
3rd Nokere Koerse
7th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Points classification
8th Handzame Classic
2013
6th Vattenfall Cyclassics
6th Amstel Curaçao Race
2014
8th Halle–Ingooigem
2017
9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2018
7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
7th Omloop van het Houtland
2019
3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
4th Nokere Koerse
5th Ronde van Limburg
2021
5th Road race, National Championships
7th Dwars door het Hageland
7th Heistse Pijl
8th Ronde van Limburg

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 131 146 DNF — 137 — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 144 — — — — — — — 117 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 158 — — — — — — DNF 124
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Boy van Poppel joins Vacansoleil-DCM". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Trek signs van Poppel brothers, Felline for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Rob Lampard (13 September 2012). "De Maar wins alone in Stoke". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Monika (2010). "u23 Mock Last: Place 15 – Boy van Poppel". Place 15 – Boy van Poppel. cycling4fans.de. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Mark Zalewski (12 September 2008). "Young Rabobanks show-up sprinters in Missouri". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Rob Lampard (16 September 2012). "Tiernan-Locke wins Tour of Britain overall". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.