Danny van Poppel

Danny van Poppel is a Dutch sprinter and lead-out rider who has ridden for Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe since 2022. He was born in Utrecht on 26 July 1993. He is the son of two former professional cyclists, Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden, and his older brother Boy and his cousin Bram Welten also race.

He began in cyclo-cross and won the Dutch junior title in 2010–2011 before concentrating on the road. In 2013 he started the Tour de France at the age of 19, the youngest rider in the race since the Second World War. He finished third on the opening stage and wore the white jersey of best young rider the next day. After Vacansoleil–DCM folded he rode for Trek Factory Racing in 2014 and 2015, and in 2015 he won stage 12 of the Vuelta a España. He then rode for Team Sky in 2016 and 2017, for LottoNL–Jumbo and Jumbo-Visma in 2018 and 2019, and for Circus–Wanty Gobert, later Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux, in 2020 and 2021.

His wins include Binche–Chimay–Binche in 2018 and 2021, Halle–Ingooigem in 2018, the Gooikse Pijl in 2020, the Egmont Cycling Race in 2021 and Rund um Köln in 2023. He was third overall at the 2023 Deutschland Tour and second overall in 2024. In 2025 he became Dutch national road race champion and won stages 1 and 2 and the points classification at the Tour de Hongrie, as well as stage 5 and the points classification at the Tour of Holland.

In 2026 he was fourth on stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under in January and second on stage 5 of the Four Days of Dunkirk on 24 May. He was fifth at the Copenhagen Sprint on 14 June. ProCyclingStats lists him as the winner of stage 4 of the Sibiu Cycling Tour on 7 July. In August he was second on stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour, and in September he finished eighth overall and third in the points classification at the ZLM Tour.