Wout Poels

Wout Poels
Poels at the 2018 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameWouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels
NicknameWout, DJ Breadsticks
Born (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 (age 37)
Venray, Limburg, the Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber[1]
Super-domestique[1]
Professional teams
2006–2008Fondas-P3Transfer Team
2009–2013Vacansoleil
2014Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015–2019Team Sky[2]
2020–Bahrain–McLaren[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2023)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2011, 2023)

Stage races

Vuelta a Andalucía (2022)

One-day races and Classics

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2016)

Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels (born 1 October 1987) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France". 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ Farrand, Stephen (18 September 2019). "Wout Poels leaves Team Ineos for leadership role at Bahrain-Merida". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc.
  4. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.