| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jean-Paul van Poppel | ||
| Nickname | Popeye | ||
| Born | 30 September 1962 Tilburg, the Netherlands |
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| Team information | |||
| Current team | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Sports Director | ||
| 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 |
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| Managerial team(s) | |||
| 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005-2006 2007-2008 2009-2010 2011-present |
Dutch national woman team Acca Dueo American national woman team Farm Frites - Hartol Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Flexpoint Cervélo TestTeam Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team |
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| Infobox last updated on 3 April 2009 |
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Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch 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]
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. He married one of his team members, cyclist Mirjam Melchers. Jean-Paul van Poppel has a son, Boy van Poppel, who is a member of the UnitedHealthcare cycling team.
From 2009-2010 he was one of the Sports Directors at the Cervélo Test Team based in Switzerland.[2] From 2011, he has served as a Sports Director for the Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team.
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