# Danny van Poppel

Danny van Poppel (born 26 July 1993) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.

## Early and personal life

Danny van Poppel is the son of former professional cyclists Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden; his older brother Boy van Poppel and cousin Bram Welten are also professional cyclists.

## Career

Van Poppel started in the 2013 Tour de France at the age of 19, and thus became the youngest cyclist to ride the Tour de France since World War II. On the opening stage, he finished in third place and wore the white jersey (representing the young rider classification) the following day, as the classification's leader Marcel Kittel was wearing the yellow jersey of overall race leader. He remained in the race until the final week, when his team withdrew him on the second rest day.
Van Poppel joined Trek Factory Racing for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España, where he took the biggest win of his career to date on stage 12. Subsequently, it was announced that van Poppel would join Team Sky for the 2016 season.
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.

## Major results
### Cyclo-cross
#### 2009–2010

    UCI Junior World Cup
       2nd Hoogerheide
    Junior Superprestige
       2nd Diegem
    2nd Junior Sint-Michielsgestel
    Junior Gazet van Antwerpen
       3rd Loenhout

#### 2010–2011

    1st National Junior Championships
    Junior Gazet van Antwerpen
       1st Loenhout
       1st Koppenberg
    Junior Superprestige
       1st Diegem
       2nd Gavere
    UCI Junior World Cup
       2nd Pontchâteau

### Road

Source:

#### 2010

    1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel
       1st Stage 4
    2nd GP Bati-Metallo
    4th Overall Liège–La Gleize
       1st Stage 2 (TTT)
    10th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
       1st Stage 1

#### 2011

    2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
       1st Stage 5
    3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships
    8th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
       1st Stage 6

#### 2012

    Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
       1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 5
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a León
    2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
    5th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
    6th Arno Wallaard Memorial
    10th Overall Olympia's Tour

#### 2013

    3rd Handzame Classic
    5th Ronde van Drenthe
    5th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
    7th Brussels Cycling Classic
    8th Overall Tour de Picardie

#### 2014 (2 pro wins)

    1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
    3rd Scheldeprijs
    3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
       1st Stage 1

#### 2015 (4)

    1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
    2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    3rd Road race, National Championships
    4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    4th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
    5th Trofeo Santanyi–Ses Salines–Campos
    5th Scheldeprijs
    6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
       1st Stage 2
    6th Nokere Koerse
    8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

#### 2016 (4)

    Vuelta a Burgos
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Yorkshire
    1st Stage 2 Arctic Race of Norway
    1st Sprints classification, Three Days of De Panne
    4th EuroEyes Cyclassics
    6th Scheldeprijs

#### 2017 (2)

    1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne

#### 2018 (3)

    1st Halle–Ingooigem
    1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
    1st Stage 1 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    2nd Road race, National Championships
    2nd Clásica de Almería
    3rd Famenne Ardenne Classic
    7th Dwars door het Hageland

#### 2019

    5th Gent–Wevelgem
    7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    7th Omloop van het Houtland

#### 2020 (1)

    1st Gooikse Pijl
    3rd Paris–Chauny
    4th Clásica de Almería
    5th Milano–Torino

#### 2021 (2)

    1st Egmont Cycling Race
    1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
    1st Points classification, Benelux Tour
    2nd Dwars door het Hageland
    2nd Gooikse Pijl
    2nd Omloop van het Houtland
    3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
    4th Scheldeprijs
    4th Eurométropole Tour
    4th Antwerp Port Epic
    5th Paris–Tours
    6th Clásica de Almería
    6th Elfstedenronde
    7th Paris–Bourges
    8th Brussels Cycling Classic

#### 2022

    2nd Scheldeprijs
    2nd Rund um Köln
    3rd Ronde van Limburg
    4th Road race, UEC European Championships
    5th Overall Saudi Tour
    5th Eschborn–Frankfurt

#### 2023 (2)

    1st Rund um Köln
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain
    2nd Hamburg Cyclassics
    3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
    6th Münsterland Giro
    6th Paris–Bourges
    9th Gent–Wevelgem

#### 2024

    2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
    3rd Classic Brugge–De Panne
    6th Münsterland Giro

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 | 108 | 116 | 120 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 141 | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | 121 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |