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Adri van der Poel

1959 - Today

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Adri van der Poel (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six 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 Cyclo-Cross championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adri van der Poel is the 78th most popular cyclist (down from 55th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 482nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Adri van der Poel ranks 78 out of 1,613. Before him are Italo De Zan, Maurice De Waele, Attilio Pavesi, Bernard Thévenet, Jean Stablinski, and Julio Jiménez. After him are Bjarne Riis, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Charles Coste, Jacques Dupont, Greg LeMond, and Marcel Kint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Adri van der Poel ranks 169. Before him are Toni Servillo, Mark Meadows, Yoshitomo Nara, Kuniharu Nakamoto, Mark Williams, and Kim Duk-koo. After him are Chris Lowe, Vazgen Sargsyan, Nick Cassavetes, Luis Fernández, Majid Majidi, and Patrick Bruel.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adri van der Poel ranks 524 out of 1,646. Before him are Victor Marijnen (1917), Macropedius (1487), Jan Luyken (1649), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), and Nina Foch (1924). After him are Louis Andriessen (1939), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Teun A. van Dijk (1943), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), Kees Kist (1952), and Balthasar Bekker (1634).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Adri van der Poel ranks 4. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Jan Janssen (1940), and Hennie Kuiper (1949). After him are Jan Raas (1952), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Gerben Karstens (1942), Bernard Leene (1903), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Peter Post (1933), and Gerrit Voorting (1923).

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