(1959-06-17) 17 June 1959 (age 65) Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road Cyclo-cross
Role
Rider
Professional team
1981–1983
DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or
1984–1986
Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1987–1988
PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1989–1990
Domex–Weinmann
1991–1992
Tulip Computers
1993
Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini
1994–1995
Collstrop–Willy Naessens
1996–2000
Rabobank
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (1996)
National Championships (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1999)
World Cup (1996–97)
Superprestige (1996–97)
Road
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1987, 1988)
Stage races
Étoile de Bessèges (1988)
Herald Sun Tour (1988)
One-Day Races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (1987)
Tour of Flanders (1986)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1988)
Amstel Gold Race (1990)
Brabantse Pijl (1985)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1985)
Paris–Brussels (1985)
Paris–Tours (1987)
Scheldeprijs (1985)
Züri-Metzgete (1982)
Medal record
Representing Netherlands
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
1983 Altenrhein
Road race
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
1996 Montreuil
Elite
1985 Munich
Elite
1988 Hägendorf
Elite
1989 Pontchâteau
Elite
1990 Getxo
Elite
1991 Gieten
Elite
1992 Leeds
Elite
1999 Poprad
Elite
In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Poel, not Poel.
Adri van der Poel[1][2] (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six classics, two stages of the Tour de France and the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 1996. He also obtained the second place and silver medal in the World Road Championships in 1983 behind Greg LeMond and five second places in the World Cyclo-Cross championships.[3] The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is named after him.
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Delpher. "Tour van dag tot dag" [Tour from day to day]. Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 27 July 1987. p. 12 – via Delpher. Martin 1987, pp. 130–131. van den Akker...
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