Dylan Groenewegen
Dylan Groenewegen, born 21 June 1993, is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist with UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He boasts an impressive record with five individual Tour de France stage wins, one team time trial win at the Tour de France, a Dutch National Road Race Championship title, victories in five stages of the Tour of Norway, five stages of the Tour of Britain, and three stages of Paris–Nice. His career faced controversy in 2020 when he was involved in a crash at the Tour de Pologne that severely injured Fabio Jakobsen, resulting in a nine-month racing ban for Groenewegen.
Born into a working-class family in Amsterdam, Groenewegen was introduced to cycling through his grandfather, Ko Zieleman, a custom bike frame builder. Groenewegen initially trained as a frame-builder before pursuing professional cycling. He made his mark in cycling with Team Roompot before joining LottoNL–Jumbo in 2016, where he achieved significant successes, including his first Tour de France stage win in 2017.
Throughout his career, Groenewegen has shown resilience and skill, bouncing back from setbacks, including the ban in 2020. In 2022, he signed with Team BikeExchange–Jayco and added 7 wins to his achievement list including including stage wins in the Tour de France, Tour of Slovenia, and several other races.
In 2023 Groenewegen boasted an impressive 6 wins with stage wins in the Saudi Tour, Tour de Hongrie, UAE Tour, Tour of Slovenia and the Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic and notable finishes in other races such as the Scheldeprijs and Gooikse Pijl. 2024 started off strong with a win in the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969.
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- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
- This is not a gravel race. UCI fail, from the surface they are on to team tactics. In what country was the first "gravel race" in what country is the most popular gravel race? Go with the race model that created the discipline.
Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024