Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

, who currently rides for

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Career

Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugural season in 2020. He finished second to

David Dekker David Dekker (born 2 February 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the son of former professional cyclist Erik Dekker. In May 2021, Dekker was named in the startlist for the 2021 Giro d'Italia. Major results ...

, in his first UCI race with the team at the

Ster van Zwolle The Ster van Zwolle is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Zwolle, in the Dutch region of Overijssel. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

, before he took three successive victories – either side of the enforced break from racing due to the

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– at the

Trofej Umag Trofej Umag (also known as the Umag Trophy) is a men's one-day cycle race, which takes place in Croatia and is rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

, the

Poreč Trophy Poreč Trophy (through history held under names Trofej Plava Laguna, G. P. Istria, Trophy Riviera and G.P. Umag) is a road bicycle race held annually near the town of Poreč, in the Istrian peninsula. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI E ...

and the

GP Kranj GP Kranj is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Kranj, Slovenia. Since 2007, The race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were i ...

. He competed at the

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1 The Union Cycli ...

for , with colleagues Lars Boven, Owen Geleijn and

Michel Hessmann Michel Hessmann (born 6 April 2001) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2018 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championship ...

. In August 2020, it was announced that Kooij was to join

midway through the 2021 season, after spending the first part of the season with the ; he signed a contract until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he won the opening stage of the

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

in a sprint finish, ahead of

Ethan Hayter Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...

and

Phil Bauhaus Phil Bauhaus (born 8 July 1994 in Bocholt) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In August 2018 it was confirmed that Bauhaus would join for the 2019 season on an ...

. In February 2021, Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Kooij would make an immediate move to the World Tour Team, thus becoming the first teenager cyclist to have a full season contract with the team since its creation.

Major results

;2018 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1b & 4 ;2019 : Tour de DMZ ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 : 1st Stage 3

Driedaagse van Axel The SPIE Internationale Junioren Driedaagse van Axel ( en, Three Days of Axel) is a junior (ages 17-18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Netherlands. It was part of the UCI Junior World Cup UCI most commonly refers to: * University of ...

: 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Johan Museeuw Classic : 5th La Route des Géants Saint-Omer–Ypres : 6th

Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...

: 7th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele ;2020 (1 pro win) : 1st Jersey white

Overall

Orlen Nations Grand Prix The Orlen Nations Grand Prix is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Poland. It is part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competition for under-23 male road cyclists. It was creat ...

::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 2 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 1a

: 2nd

: 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2021 (2) :

CRO Race The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the UCI as a 2.1 event, the third tier of professional stage races. The e ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 3rd

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...

;2022 (12) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall ZLM Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hou ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries ...

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...

: 5th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 5th

Classic Brugge–De Panne The Classic Brugge–De Panne is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men's race on Wednesday and a women's race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Pa ...

;2023 (6) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall ZLM Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st

Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

::1st Stages 3 ( TTT) & 5 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 4th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 8th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

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* * 2001 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Hoeksche Waard Sportspeople from South Holland {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub