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Dutch cyclist (born 1962)

Jean-Paul van Poppel
Personal information
Full name Jean-Paul van Poppel
Nickname Popeye
Born (1962-09-30) 30 September 1962 (age 62)Tilburg, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role RiderSports director
Rider type Sprinter
Professional teams
1985–1986 Skala–Gazelle
1987–1988 Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago
1989–1990 Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu
1991–1992 PDM–Concorde–Ultima
1993–1994 Festina–Lotus
1995 Le Groupement
Managerial teams
2000 Dutch national women's team
2001 Acca Due O
2003 American national women's team
2004 Farm Frites–Hartol
2005–2006 Buitenpoort–Flexpoint
2007–2008 Team Flexpoint
2009–2010 Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2014 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
2015–2019 Roompot–Charles
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1987) 9 individual stages (1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994) Giro d'Italia 4 individual stages (1986, 1989) Vuelta a España 9 individual stages (1991–1994)

Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, North Brabant) is a Dutch former 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] He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

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. With his first wife, cyclist Leontine van der Lienden, Jean-Paul van Poppel has two sons, Boy van Poppel who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.,[3] and Danny van Poppel currently riding for BORA-Hansgrohe and a daughter Kim.[4] Van der Lienden and Van Poppel have since divorced. Van Poppel remarried in 2004 with one of his team members, cyclist Mirjam Melchers.

From 2009 to 2010 he was one of the sports directors at the Cervélo Test Team based in Switzerland.[5] From 2011, he has served as a sports director for the Vacansoleil–DCM until 2014. From 2015 till the team folded in 2019, van Poppel serves as a sports director for the Dutch ProContinental Team Team Roompot, together with Erik Breukink and Michael Boogerd.

Source:[6]

  1. ^ Nederlandse helden: Jean-Paul van Poppel {{in lang|nl}}[usurped]
  2. ^ "Jean-Paul van Poppel Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ Rob Lampard (13 September 2012). "De Maar wins alone in Stoke". Cycling News. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  5. ^ Van Poppel signs with Cervelo
  6. ^ Jean-Paul van Poppel at Cycling Archives (archived)