Dylan Groenewegen

Dylan Groenewegen (born 21 June 1993) is a Dutch people, Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won five individual Tour de France stages and one team time trial stage. He has also won the Dutch National Road Race Championships, five stages of the Tour of Norway, five stages of the Tour of Britain and three stages of Paris-Nice. In 2020, Groenewegen received considerable attention for causing a serious crash at the 2020 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne, which put Fabio Jakobsen in hospital, and for which Groenewegen received a nine-month ban from racing.

Early life

Groenewegen was born to a working-class family in Amsterdam. His grandfather, Ko Zieleman (1933–2021), assembled custom bike frames of which Groenewegen received his first bike at the age of seven. Zieleman owned a shop selling bike frames, a trade that his father had started in 1928, which Groenewegen's father, Gerrie, has continued. At the age of 17, Groenewegen went to a Vocational school, trade school in order to follow his previous three generations as a frame-builder.

Career

Pre-World Tour

Groenewegen said in an interview that he had to choose between or to join in 2014. He chose the former as they gave him "a lot of confidence".

LottoNL–Jumbo (2016–2021)

In October 2015, Groenewegen announced that he had signed with , on an initial three-year deal from 2016.

2016

In June, Groenewegen won the Dutch National Road Race Championships after outsprinting Wouter Wippert. During a review of Groenewegen's Bianchi (company), Bianchi Oltre XR4 bicycle, Simon Richardson (English cyclist), Simon Richardson of Global Cycling Network said he is "a very easy rider to work with" in respect to the mechanics. Groenewegen won stage 4 of the 2016 Tour of Britain, Tour of Britain.

2017

In the 2017 Dubai Tour, Dubai Tour, which ran from late January into early February, Groenewegen came second in the general classification, having finished second in stages 1 and 2. Despite narrowly missing out on victory in these areas, he did win the overall youth classification. On 28 April, Groenewegen won the first stage of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Tour de Yorkshire. The stage, which was long from Bridlington to Scarbrough, came down to a photo finish where he held off Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan. He came fourth on the second stage which finished in Harrogate. He continued this success when in May, he won two stages at the 2017 Tour of Norway, Tour of Norway.

The 2017 Tour de France, Tour de France started well for Groenewegen when he came fifth on stage 2, the first flat stage. He produced two more top-10 results in the first week, with sixth in stages 6 and 7. After two mountain stages and a rest day in Dordogne, he returned to finish third on stage 10 – a route from Périgueux to Bergerac, Dordogne, Bergerac. Groenewegen won the final stage of the race on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, last stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

2018

In February, Groenewegen competed in the 2018 Dubai Tour, Dubai Tour and won stage 1. Groenewegen held the general classification lead until the third stage when he was penalised 20 seconds after illegally drafting behind his team's car after suffering a mechanical fault. The blue jersey, given to the race leader, was lost to Elia Viviani who started the day two seconds behind Groenewegen, who dropped out of the top 10. He expressed his anger, saying "I had problems with my bike, the mechanicals fucked it up for me. I actually think it was a good decision by the judges but it fucked it up for me" before placing the blame on his mechanics, saying that "it's the fault of my mechanics".

In the 2018 Tour de France, Tour de France, Groenewegen won stage 7 after beating Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan, both of whom had won two stages to that point in the tour. The stage was the longest in the tour at which started in Fougères and finished in Chartres, Northern France. Groenewegen also won stage 8, beating Sagan and John Degenkolb in Amiens. In an interview, Groenewegen said that the sprint was "a bit messy" but he said that he "surged ahead" and took advantage of the "good opportunity".

2019

In March, Groenewegen won the first two stages of 2019 Paris-Nice, Paris-Nice. On the second stage, he found himself at the head of the race in a group of 23 riders about from the finish line, and ended up winning the stage after another split left just 7 riders contesting for the win. Later in March, he won the 2019 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, out sprinting Gaviria and Viviani after squeezing through a gap between Gaviria and the barrier in order to open up his sprint.

Team Jumbo-Visma won the team time trial on stage 2 of the 2019 Tour de France, Tour de France, thus increasing the lead of Groenewegen's teammate, Mike Teunissen in the general classification. Groenwegen went on to win stage 7 of the Tour de France, the longest stage in the tour at finishing in Chalon-sur-Saône. He beat Caleb Ewan and Sagan, giving him his fourth Tour de France stage win. Groenewegen won stages 1, 3 and 5 of the 2019 Tour of Britain, Tour of Britain, beating Davide Cimolai, Mathieu van der Poel, and Matthew Walls on the respective stages.

2020

Groenewegen's 2020 season started well, with victories on stages 1 and 3 as well as the points classification of the 2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Groenewegen had further success in the 2020 UAE Tour, UAE Tour, winning stage 4 on 26 February. He beat Fernando Gaviria and Pascal Ackermann to the finish in Dubai after 173km.

During stage 1 of the 2020 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne in Katowice, Poland on 5 August, Groenewegen pushed Fabio Jakobsen into the barriers surrounding the finish line causing a very serious crash that put his rival in hospital and eventually in a medically induced coma. Groenewegen crashed as well and suffered a broken collarbone. More riders were involved in the crash; French sprinter Marc Sarreau had to abandon the race due to his injuries resulting from the crash. Groenewegen was disqualified from the race and fined CHF 500. Jakobsen's directeur sportif Patrick Lefevere said his team are considering bringing criminal charges against Groenewegen.

In November 2020, Groenewegen was handed a nine-month ban for causing the crash, backdated to the day of the incident, meaning the ban ended on 7 May 2021. The previous month, Jakobsen had to undergo facial surgery where his jaw was reconstructed and bone was transplanted. Both Groenewegen and his team Jumbo-Visma apologized and took responsibility, with Groenewegen saying he "deviated from [his] line" and also that he wanted to be a "fair sprinter".

Team BikeExchange–Jayco (2022–present)

In December 2021, Groenewegen signed a three-year contract with Australian UCI WorldTeam from 2022 season. Early in the season he won stages in several smaller races including the Tour de Hongrie, the Tour of Slovenia as well as the 2022 Saudi Tour where he won two stages and the points classification. In the 2022 Tour de France he won stage 3, his first victory at the Tour since 2019.

Personal life

As of 2017, Groenewegen lives in Rivierenbuurt (Amsterdam), Rivierenbuurt, a district in Amsterdam.

Major results

;2011
: 2nd Dutch National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2012
: Vuelta Ciclista a León
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Münsterland Giro
: 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
: 9th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic, Dutch Food Valley Classic
: 9th Omloop van het Houtland
;2013
: 1st Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren
: 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland
: 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23, Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
: 4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
: 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
: 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
: 8th PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I
: 9th Antwerpse Havenpijl
;2014
: 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23, Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Normandie
: 3rd Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Palma
: 3rd PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I
: 10th Ronde van Overijssel
: 10th Gooikse Pijl
;2015
: 1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
: 1st Brussels Cycling Classic
: 5th Bredene Koksijde Classic, Handzame Classic
: 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
;2016
: 1st Dutch National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Rund um Köln
: 1st Heistse Pijl
: 1st Tour de l'Eurométropole
: 1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
: 2016 Tour de Yorkshire, Tour de Yorkshire
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 1
: ZLM Tour (UCI ProSeries), Ster ZLM Toer
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 2016 Tour of Britain, Tour of Britain
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 1st Stage 1 2016 Eneco Tour, Eneco Tour
: 1st Stage 1 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
: 1st Stage 3 2016 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic, Handzame Classic
: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
: 3rd Nokere Koerse
: 4th 2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 6th 2016 EuroEyes Cyclassics, EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 6th Le Samyn
: 9th 2016 Scheldeprijs, Scheldeprijs
;2017
: ZLM Tour (UCI ProSeries), Ster ZLM Toer
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 2017 Tour of Norway, Tour of Norway
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 2017 Tour de France, Tour de France
:: 1st Stage 21
: 1st Stage 5 2017 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi
: 1st Stage 1 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Tour de Yorkshire
: 1st Stage 7 2017 Tour of Britain, Tour of Britain
: 2nd Overall 2017 Dubai Tour, Dubai Tour
::1st Young rider classification
: 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd Dutch National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships
: 3rd 2017 EuroEyes Cyclassics, EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 3rd Tacx Pro Classic
: 5th 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 5th Münsterland Giro
;2018
: 1st 2018 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
: 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 2018 Tour de France, Tour de France
::1st Stages 7 & 8
: 2018 Tour of Norway, Tour of Norway
::1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
: 2018 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 1st Stage 2 2018 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice
: 1st Stage 1 2018 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi
: 1st Stage 1 2018 Dubai Tour, Dubai Tour
: 1st Stage 2 2018 Tour of Slovenia, Tour of Slovenia
: 7th Gooikse Pijl
;2019
: 1st 2019 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
: 1st Tacx Pro Classic
: 2019 Four Days of Dunkirk, Four Days of Dunkirk
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
: 2019 Tour of Britain, Tour of Britain
::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
: 2019 Tour de France, Tour de France
::1st Stages 2 (Team time trial, TTT) & 7
: 2019 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st Stage 4 2019 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve
: 1st Stage 5 2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 4th 2019 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 4th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem, Primus Classic
: 9th Overall 2019 ZLM Tour, ZLM Tour
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
;2020
: 2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 3
: 1st Stage 4 2020 UAE Tour, UAE Tour
;2021
: 2021 Tour de Wallonie, Tour de Wallonie
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 1st Stage 1 2021 Danmark Rundt, Danmark Rundt
: 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
: 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
: 10th Elfstedenronde
;2022
: 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
: 2022 Saudi Tour, Saudi Tour
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 1st Stage 3 2022 Tour de France, Tour de France
: 1st Stage 2 2022 Tour of Slovenia, Tour of Slovenia
: 1st Stage 2 2022 Arctic Race of Norway, Arctic Race of Norway
: 1st Stage 4 2022 Tour de Hongrie, Tour de Hongrie
: 2nd 2022 Classic Brugge–De Panne, Classic Brugge–De Panne
: 2nd 2022 Grand Prix de Fourmies, Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 2nd Paris–Chauny
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd Omloop van het Houtland
: 3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
: 5th Gooikse Pijl
: 7th 2022 Münsterland Giro, Münsterland Giro

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

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1993 births
Living people
Dutch male cyclists
Cyclists from Amsterdam
Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
Dutch Tour de France stage winners
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people