Wout Poels
.JPG) Poels at the 2015 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Wouter Poels |
| Born |
1 October 1987 Venray, Limburg, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sky |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2008 | Fondas-P3Transfer Team |
| 2009–2013 | Vacansoleil |
| 2014 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015– | Team Sky |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 24 April 2016 | |
Wouter Poels (born 1 October 1987 in Venray) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for the UCI WorldTeam Team Sky.
Career
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After competing with the Vacansoleil–DCM[1] squad since 2009, Poels moved to the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad for the 2014 season.[2]
He almost lost a kidney after a massive crash on the sixth stage of the 2012 Tour de France.[3]
In September 2014 Team Sky announced that Poels would join them from 1 January 2015.[4] His first win for the team came in the 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico, where he led the team following the withdrawal of Chris Froome. Poels won stage 4 into Castelraimondo with an attack on the final climb and a solo descent to the finish line. He moved into the lead of the race and went on to finish seventh in the overall standings.[5][6] He later finished second overall at the Tour of Britain, winning the toughest mountain stage with an uphill finish on Hartside Fell.
In 2016, Poels won his first one-day race after sprinting to victory from a four-man group in the 2016 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. It was the first monument for Team Sky and for Poels himself.[7][8]
Career highlights
- 2008
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 3rd Overall Volta a Lleida
- 3rd Rund um Düren
- 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 2010
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 9th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2011
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2012
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2013
- 7th Amstel Curaçao Race
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th Strade Bianche
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 4
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 5th Milano–Torino
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 8th GP Ouest-France
- 2016
- 1st Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | 21 | — |
| Tour de France |
DNF | DNF | 28 | — | 44 |
 Vuelta a España |
17 | — | DNF | 38 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (3 January 2012). "Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "OPQS Signs Wout Poels and Janier Acevedo". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Decolef). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ "Poels optimistic about return to racing in 2013". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ↑ "Team Sky sign Leopold König, Nicolas Roche, Wout Poels, Andy Fenn, Lars Petter Nordhaug". skysports.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ O'Shea, Sadhbh (15 March 2015). "Tirreno-Adriatico: Poels wins in Castelraimondo". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tirreno-Adriatico: Quintana wins overall". Cyclingnews.com. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Poels wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Cyclingnews.com. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wout Poels (Wins)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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