# Olav Kooij

Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.

## Career

Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the Jumbo–Visma Development Team for their inaugural season in 2020. He finished second to David Dekker, in his first UCI race with the team at the Ster van Zwolle, before he took three successive victories – either side of the enforced break from racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic – at the Trofej Umag, the Poreč Trophy and the GP Kranj. He competed at the Czech Cycling Tour for Team Jumbo–Visma, with Jumbo–Visma Development Team colleagues Lars Boven, Owen Geleijn and Michel Hessmann.
In August 2020, it was announced that Kooij was to join UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma midway through the 2021 season, after spending the first part of the season with the Jumbo–Visma Development Team; he signed a contract until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he won the opening stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in a sprint finish, ahead of Ethan Hayter and Phil Bauhaus.
In February 2021, Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Kooij would make an immediate move to the World Tour Team, thus becoming the first teenager cyclist to have a full season contract with the team since its creation.

## Major results
### 2018

    1st Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
       1st Points classification
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 1b & 4

### 2019

    Tour de DMZ
       1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
    1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van Axel
    4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    4th Johan Museeuw Classic
    5th La Route des Géants Saint-Omer–Ypres
    6th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
    7th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele

### 2020 (1 pro win)

    1st Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
    1st Trofej Umag
    1st Poreč Trophy
    1st GP Kranj
    1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    2nd Ster van Zwolle
    5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2021 (2)

    CRO Race
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
    3rd Gran Piemonte

### 2022 (12)

    1st Overall ZLM Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
    1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    1st Münsterland Giro
    Danmark Rundt
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Hongrie
    5th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
    5th Classic Brugge–De Panne

### 2023 (13)

    1st Overall ZLM Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 4
    1st Heistse Pijl
    Tour of Britain
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
    Paris–Nice
       1st Stages 3 (TTT) & 5
    Tour of Guangxi
       1st Stages 3 & 6
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Classic Brugge–De Panne
    2nd Gooikse Pijl
    2nd Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race
    3rd Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    8th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2024 (8)

    1st Hamburg Cyclassics
    1st Clásica de Almería
    Paris–Nice
       1st Stages 1 & 5
    Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 4 & 7
    1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 5 UAE Tour
    2nd Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Gooikse Pijl
    6th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2025 (3)

    Tour of Oman
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Tour de France | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |
| Vuelta a España | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 14 | |
| Tour of Flanders | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career | Has not contested during career |
| Classic | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 89 | — | — | — | — |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Brugge–De Panne | 74 | 5 | 2 | — | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | 8 | 6 | |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | — | 16 | 1 | |
| Gran Piemonte | 3 | 84 | — | — | |
| Paris–Tours | — | 12 | — | — | |

### Major championship results timeline

| Event | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| World Championships | — | — | 45 | — |
| European Championships | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| National Championships | 7 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |