Wout Poels Explained
Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels (born 1 October 1987) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4]
Career
Poels was born in Venray. He almost lost a kidney after a massive crash on the sixth stage of the 2012 Tour de France.[5]
After competing with the [6] squad since 2009, Poels moved to the squad for the 2014 season.[7]
Team Sky (2015–19)
In September 2014, announced that Poels would join them from 1 January 2015.[8] 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.[9] [10] 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 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. It was the first monument for Team Sky and for Poels himself.[11] [12]
Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present)
In September 2019, Poels announced that he was joining the team, later renamed as, for the 2020 season.[3] In his first season with the team, Poels finished sixth overall at the Vuelta a España.[13] The following year, he held the polka-dot jersey for four days at the 2021 Tour de France, and recorded his best finish at the race to that point – sixteenth overall. In 2022, Poels won the penultimate stage and the general classification at the Vuelta a Andalucía,[14] [15] his first overall stage race win since 2016.[16] Poels then won his first Tour de France stage in 2023; having been part of a large breakaway on stage fifteen, Poels and three other riders went clear following the Col des Aravis, with Poels soloing away on the final climb towards Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and he ultimately won the stage by more than two minutes.[17] [18]
Major results
Source: [19]
- 2007
10th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
1st Mountains classification
- 2008
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
3rd Overall Volta a Lleida
3rd Rund um Düren
9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 2010 (2 pro wins)
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 (1)
1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2012 (1)
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Young rider classification
- 2013 (1)
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 (1)
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Strade Bianche
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4
- 2015 (2)
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 (6)
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 4
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain
4th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2017 (1)
3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 7
4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Overall Vuelta a España
6th Milano–Torino
7th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 2018 (3)
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Paris–Nice
2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 6
- 2019 (1)
3rd Overall Tour Down Under
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 7
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2020
6th Overall Vuelta a España
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France
- 2021
4th Overall Tour de la Provence
Tour de France
Held after Stages 8 & 15–17
Combativity award Stage 8
- 2022 (2)
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 4
- 2023 (2)
1st Stage 15 Tour de France
1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
6th Overall UAE Tour
9th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2024 (1)
3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
1st Stage 5
6th Overall Tour of the AlpsGeneral classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France. 21 July 2016.
- Web site: Team Sky. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/. 5 January 2019.
- News: Wout Poels leaves Team Ineos for leadership role at Bahrain-Merida. Stephen. Farrand. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 September 2019.
- Web site: Bahrain Victorious. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101044146/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279. 1 January 2021.
- News: Poels optimistic about return to racing in 2013. 29 November 2012. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 April 2014.
- News: Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 3 January 2012. Ben. Atkins.
- News: OPQS Signs Wout Poels and Janier Acevedo. . Decolef. 1 September 2013.
- Web site: Team Sky sign Leopold König, Nicolas Roche, Wout Poels, Andy Fenn, Lars Petter Nordhaug. 30 September 2014 . . 30 September 2014.
- News: Tirreno-Adriatico: Poels wins in Castelraimondo. O'Shea. Sadhbh. 15 March 2015. Cyclingnews.com. 18 March 2015.
- News: Tirreno-Adriatico: Quintana wins overall. 17 March 2015. Cyclingnews.com. 18 March 2015.
- News: Poels wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege. 24 April 2016. Cyclingnews.com. 24 April 2016.
- Web site: Wout Poels (Wins). ProCyclingStats. 24 April 2016.
- News: Stephen. Puddicombe. Vuelta a España 2020 ratings: how did each team perform?. Cycling Weekly. Future plc. 9 November 2020. 23 August 2023. After losing time on both the opening two stages in the Basque Country, Wout Poels slowly but surely climbed up the rankings, eventually reaching sixth by the end of the second week and remaining there until Madrid..
- News: Ben. Goddard. Wout Poels wins stage 4 of Ruta del Sol. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 February 2022. 23 August 2023.
- News: Ben. Goddard. Kämna wins final stage of Ruta del Sol. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 February 2022. 23 August 2023.
- News: Poels ends drought by winning Tour of Andalusia. SuperSport. Agence France-Presse. 20 February 2022. 23 August 2023.
- News: Daniel. Ostanek. Tour de France: Wout Poels blasts to blockbuster stage 15 solo victory. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 July 2023. 23 August 2023.
- News: Poels, better late than never. Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 16 July 2023. 23 August 2023.
- Web site: Wout Poels. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 23 August 2023.
