Daan Olivier

Daan Olivier
Personal information
Full nameDaan Olivier
Born (1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 31)
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2011–2013Rabobank Continental Team
→2012Rabobank (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2014–2015Giant–Shimano
2017–2019LottoNL–Jumbo[1]

Daan Olivier (born 24 November 1992 in Oegstgeest[2]) is a Dutch former cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2019 for the Team Giant–Alpecin and Team Jumbo–Visma squads.[3] He competed at one Grand Tour, the 2017 Vuelta a España.[4]

He was a member of the professional cycling team, Team Giant–Alpecin having come through the ranks at Rabobank Continental Team.[5] He retired in June 2015, citing disillusionment with the sport,[6] but returned in 2017 to race for LottoNL–Jumbo. He was forced to retire for a second time in 2019 due to a knee injury.[3]

  1. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Daan Olivier | ProCyclingStats". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ^ a b "Jumbo-Visma's Daan Olivier forced into retirement due to knee injury". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Dutch climbing talent announces retirement". www.cyclingquotes.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.