Adri van der Poel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Adri van der Poel
Occupation	Cyclo-Cross Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1959(1959-06-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Hoogerheide
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Brabant
Horoscope	Gemini

Adri van der Poel Biography

Adri van der Poel is one of the most popular and richest Cyclo-Cross Cyclist who was born on June 17, 1959 in Hoogerheide, North Brabant, Netherlands. Adrie van der Poel (born 17 June 1959 in Bergen op Zoom) 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 Cylo-Cross championships. The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is named after him.

Van der Poel began his career on the road and during his first season as a professional he obtained second place in Paris–Nice behind Stephen Roche and second place in the La Flèche Wallonne. In the Tour de France, he won two stages; his stage win in 1988 set the record for fastest stage (since then only surpassed by three cyclists). Van der Poel also competed in cyclo-cross during the winter and obtained great results – that he turned full-time to cyclo-cross in the latter part of his career where he won the World Championships in 1996 and the World Cup and Superprestige classifications in

1997. Van der Poel retired after the 2000 Cyclo-Cross World Championships where he finished fourth and which was won by his teammate Richard Groenendaal.

Van der Poel is the son-in-law of the famous French cyclist Raymond Poulidor. His sons David and Mathieu are also cyclists. Mathieu van der Poel became cyclo-cross world champion himself in the junior race in 2012 (Koksijde) and 2013 (Louisville, Kentucky) and then matching his father’s title in 2015 (Tábor, Czech Republic), 2019 and 2020.

Adri van der Poel Net Worth

Adri van der Poel is one of the richest Cyclo-Cross Cyclist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Adri van der Poel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1983 he tested positive for strychnine. He said that his father-in-law had served a pigeon pie for Sunday lunch, and only when he tested positive did he realise that the pigeons had been doped with strychnine.

Van der Poel’s brother Jacques was also a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1992.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Adri van der Poel height 5 ft 11 in Grant weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Adri van der Poel Dating?

According to our records, Adri van der Poel married to Corinne Poulidor. As of December 1, 2023, Adri van der Poel’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Grant Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclo-Cross Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Adri van der Poel celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

Are Nils van der Poel and Mathieu van der Poel related?

But if Jumbo-Visma or EF Education-EasyPost have their way, another van der Poel, first name Nils, could join Mathieu in the peloton. The two are not related.

Who is Matthew van der Poel?

Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix.

Why did Van der Poel retire?

Nils van der Poel has ‘conviction’ to retire after admitting speed skating ‘sucks’ at Winter Olympics 2022 – Eurosport.

What does Van der Poel mean in Dutch?

Vanderpoel Name Meaning Dutch (Van der Poel): topographic name for someone who lived near a pond , Middle Dutch poele, or habitational name from any of the many places in the Netherlands named with this word.

Is Nils van der Poel Dutch?

Van der Poel snapped a streak of nine consecutive world allround titles for Dutchmen , a run that also included Sven Kramer (five titles), Koen Verweij (one) and Roest (three). The last Swede to win was Göran Claeson in 1973.