# Jelle Nijdam

Jelle Nijdam (born 16 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist. Nijdam turned professional after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He participated in the Tour de France 10 times, winning six stages and wearing the yellow jersey for three days. Nijdam's father, Henk Nijdam, was a professional cyclist from 1962 to 1969, who won the 1962 world amateur track pursuit championship. He also competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1984

    Olympia's Tour
       1st Prologue & Stage 7b (ITT)

#### 1985

    1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    1st Grand Prix Impanis
    Tour of Sweden
       1st Prologue & Stage 3
    1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
    3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde
    4th Overall Three Days of De Panne

#### 1986

    1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland
    1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
    3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Tour of Sweden
       1st Prologue
    7th Ronde van Limburg
    9th Overall Three Days of De Panne

#### 1987

    1st Overall Tour de l'Oise
       1st Prologue
    1st Dwars door België
    Tour de France
       1st Prologue
       Held & after Prologue
       Held after Prologue & Stage 1
    1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland
    1st Prologue Danmark Rundt
    1st Prologue Tour of Sweden
    1st Prologue Four Days of Dunkirk
    2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

#### 1988

    1st Amstel Gold Race
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 5
       Held after Stages 6–7
    1st Stage 3 Vuelta Asturias
    3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Prologue & Stage 5 (ITT)

#### 1989

    1st Paris–Tours
    1st Paris–Brussels
    Tour de France
       1st Stages 4 & 14
    1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland
    1st Stage 1 Nissan Classic
    1st Stage 3 Vuelta Asturias
    1st Prologue Tour of Sweden
    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
    2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
       1st Stage 2
    5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
    9th Grand Prix de la Libération

#### 1990

    1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Prologue
    1st Binche-Tournai-Binche
    1st Stage 6 Tour de France
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia
    Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stages 5 & 6 (ITT)
    2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    3rd Overall Tour of Sweden
       1st Prologue & Stage 4
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    4th Paris–Brussels

#### 1991

    1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stages 1b (ITT) & 3
    1st Stage 5 Tour de France
    Tour Méditerranéen
       1st Stages 2 & 3b (ITT)
    3rd Circuit des Frontières
    4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    5th Omloop Het Volk
    6th Le Samyn
    8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Prologue
    9th Amstel Gold Race

#### 1992

    1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Prologue & Stage 2b (ITT)
    1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
       Held after Stages 1–2a
    1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Aragón
    3rd Omloop van het Houtland
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    5th Gent–Wevelgem
    5th Baden-Baden (with Frans Maassen)
    6th Tour of Flanders
    7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    8th Grand Prix des Nations
    8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
    9th Amstel Gold Race
    9th Omloop Het Volk

#### 1993

    1st Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta Asturias
    1st Prologue Tour DuPont
    2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    5th Grand Prix des Nations
    6th Scheldeprijs
    9th Ronde van Limburg

#### 1994

    1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    1st De Kustpijl
    4th Le Samyn
    5th Overall Tour de l'Oise
    5th Scheldeprijs

#### 1995

    1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stage 5
    1st Overall Tour de l'Oise
       1st Stage 1
    1st Dwars door België
    1st Binche-Tournai-Binche
    1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Aragón
    2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    5th Omloop Het Volk
    6th Overall Danmark Rundt
    7th Time trial, National Road Championships
    7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    7th Omloop van het Houtland

#### 1996

    1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
    2nd Nokere Koerse
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    8th Omloop Het Volk

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 103 | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career | did not contest during his career |
| Tour de France | 115 | DNF | 124 | 122 | 121 | 127 | 117 | 113 | 129 | — | DNF |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |