Jean-Paul van Poppel

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Jean-Paul van Poppel


fullname = Jean-Paul van Poppel
nickname = Popeye
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|9|30
country = Netherlands
currentteam = Flexpoint
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Sprinter
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1985
1986
1987-1988
1989
1990
1991-1992
1993-1994
1995
proteams = Skala
Skala-Skil
Superconfex-Yoko
Panasonic-Isostar
Panasonic-Sportlife
PDM-Concorde
Festina-Lotus
Le Groupement/Individual sponsor
manageyears = 2000
2001
2003
2004
2005-2006
2007
manageteams = Dutch national woman team coach
Acca Dueo
American national woman team coach
Farm Frites - Hartol
Buitenpoort-Flexpoint
Team Flexpoint
majorwins = Tour de France: Maillot verte 1987, 9 stages overall
Vuelta a España: 7 stages overall
Giro d'Italia: 4 stages overall
updated = April 27 2007

Jean-Paul van Poppel (born September 30 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch cyclist, who was nicknamed "Popeye".

Van Poppel was one of the most successful Dutch road sprinters. In all great tours, he won stages in mass sprints, sometimes from positions that appeared lost. In the Tour de France he won 9 stages altogether. In 1988 he won 4 stages, the highest number by a Dutch cyclist won in one tour.

Van Poppel won the maillot vert in the 1987 Tour de France. After he ended his career in 1995, he started as team captain in women's cycling. He married one of his pupuls, cyclist Mirjam Melchers. Jean-Paul van Poppel has a son, Boy van Poppel, that is a member of the continental team of Rabobank.

Major victories

;1985: 7th stage Danmark Rundt: 5th stage Tour de l'Avenir: 3th stage part A Ronde van België;1986: Giro d'Italia: stages 2 and 13: 4th stage Tirreno-Adriatico;1987: Tour de France: stages 8 and 17:: winner maillot vert: Tour of Sweden: stages 5, 6a and 7;1988: Tour de France: stages 3, 10, 17 and 22.;1989: Giro d'Italia: stages 1 and 15: Veenendaal-Veenendaal;1991: Tour de France: stage 7: Vuelta a España: stages 6, 9, 13 and 21: 5th stage Paris-Nice;1992: Tour de France: stage 10: Vuelta a España: stages 3 and 5;1993: Vuelta a España: stages 4 and 8;1994: Tour de France: stage 2: Vuelta a España: stage 9: Étoile de Bessèges