(1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 (age 36) Venray, Limburg, the Netherlands
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current team
Team Bahrain Victorious
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Climber[1] Super-domestique[1]
Professional teams
2006–2008
Fondas-P3Transfer Team
2009–2013
Vacansoleil
2014
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015–2019
Team Sky[2]
2020–
Bahrain–McLaren[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2023)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2011, 2023)
Stage races
Vuelta a Andalucía (2022)
One-day races and Classics
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2016)
Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels (born 1 October 1987) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[4]
^ ab"Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France". 21 July 2016.
^"Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^Farrand, Stephen (18 September 2019). "Wout Poels leaves Team Ineos for leadership role at Bahrain-Merida". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc.
^"Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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