Jean-Paul van Poppel
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Paul van Poppel |
| Nickname | Popeye |
| Date of birth | September 30, 1962 |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Flexpoint |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1985 1986 1987-1988 1989 1990 1991-1992 1993-1994 1995 |
Skala Skala-Skil Superconfex-Yoko Panasonic-Isostar Panasonic-Sportlife PDM-Concorde Festina-Lotus Le Groupement/Individual sponsor |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005-2006 2007 |
Dutch national woman team coach Acca Dueo American national woman team coach Farm Frites - Hartol Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Flexpoint |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France: Maillot verte 1987, 9 stages overall Vuelta a España: 7 stages overall Giro d'Italia: 4 stages overall |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| April 27, 2007 | |
Jean-Paul van Poppel (born September 30, 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch cyclist, who was nicknamed Popeye.
Van Poppel was one of the most successful Dutch road sprinters. In all great tours, he won stages in mass sprints, sometimes from positions that appeared lost. In the Tour de France he won 9 stages altogether. In 1988 he won 4 stages, the highest number by a Dutch cyclist won in one tour.
Van Poppel won the maillot vert in the 1987 Tour de France. After he ended his career in 1995, he started as team captain in women's cycling. He married one of his pupuls, cyclist Mirjam Melchers. Jean-Paul van Poppel has a son, Boy van Poppel, that is a member of the continental team of Rabobank.
[edit] Major victories
- 1985
- 7th stage Danmark Rundt
- 5th stage Tour de l'Avenir
- 3th stage part A Ronde van België
- 1986
- Giro d'Italia: stages 2 and 13
- 4th stage Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1987
- Tour de France: stages 8 and 17
winner maillot vert
- Tour of Sweden: stages 5, 6a and 7
- 1988
- Tour de France: stages 3, 10, 17 and 22.
- 1989
- Giro d'Italia: stages 1 and 15
- Veenendaal-Veenendaal
- 1991
- Tour de France: stage 7
- Vuelta a España: stages 6, 9, 13 and 21
- 5th stage Paris-Nice
- 1992
- Tour de France: stage 10
- Vuelta a España: stages 3 and 5
- 1993
- Vuelta a España: stages 4 and 8
- 1994
- Tour de France: stage 2
- Vuelta a España: stage 9
- Étoile de Bessèges
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Eric Vanderaerden |
Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1987 |
Succeeded by Eddy Planckaert |
Categories: 1962 births | Living people | Dutch cyclists | Dutch Tour de France stage winners | Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners | Vuelta a España stage winners | Giro d'Italia stage winners | Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands | People from Tilburg
