Adri van der Poel

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Adri van der Poel

Personal information
Full name	Adri van der Poel
Date of birth	June 17, 1959 (1959-06-17) (age 48)
Country	Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Major wins
National Cyclo-cross Championships (6 times) Clásica de San Sebastián (1985) Paris-Brussels (1985) Ronde van Vlaanderen (1986) Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1988) Tour of France, 2 stages Amstel Gold Race (1990) World Cyclo-cross Championships (1996)
Infobox last updated on:
February 3, 2008

Medal record
Competitor for  Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver	1983 Altenrhein	Elite Men's Road Race
Cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold	1996	Elite Men's Race
Silver	1985	Elite Men's Race
Silver	1988	Elite Men's Race
Silver	1989	Elite Men's Race
Silver	1990	Elite Men's Race
Silver	1991	Elite Men's Race
Bronze	1992	Elite Men's Race
Bronze	1999	Elite Men's Race

Adrie van der Poel (born June 17, 1959 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch cyclist. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel is named after him. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included 6 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.

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

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Persondata
NAME	Poel, Adri van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	1959-06-17
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hoogerheide, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dieter Runkel	World cyclo-cross champion 1996	Succeeded by Daniele Pontoni