Wouter Wippert

Wouter Wippert
Wippert at the 2017 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full nameWouter Wippert
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Wierden, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2009–2012Davo–Lotto–Davitamon
Professional teams
2012Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)
2013Team3M[1]
2014–2015Drapac Professional Cycling[1][2]
2016–2017Cannondale
2018Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij[3]
2019–2020EvoPro Racing[4]
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Goes Under-23 road race

Wouter Wippert (born 14 August 1990) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally from 2013 to 2020. In 2015, Wippert took a stage win in the UCI World Tour race Tour Down Under.[5]

Career

In the 2015 Tour of California, he was on the podium three times in presence of Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan among other fast finishers.[6] He also won a pair of stages in that year's Tour de Taiwan and the Tour de Korea.

Major results

2010
1st Stage 8 Okolo Slovenska
2011
1st Stage 2 Tour de Berlin
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
6th Beverbeek Classic
7th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
7th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
7th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
10th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
2012
1st Stage 5 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
5th La Côte Picarde
5th ZLM Tour
6th Ronde van Drenthe
9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2013
2nd Ronde van Noord-Holland
4th Halle–Ingooigem
4th Dutch Food Valley Classic
6th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
7th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I
7th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
9th Arno Wallaard Memorial
2014
Tour de Kumano
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan
1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan
1st Stage 9 Tour of Hainan
5th Overall Tour of China II
1st Stage 4
2015
Tour de Taiwan
1st Stages 1 & 3
Tour de Korea
1st Stages 1 & 6
1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under
3rd Down Under Classic
2016
Czech Cycling Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Heistse Pijl
8th Scheldeprijs
2017
Tour of Alberta
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
5th London–Surrey Classic
2018
1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
2nd Heistse Pijl
2nd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
2019
Belgrade Banjaluka
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 5 Tour de Hongrie
4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

References

  1. ^ a b "Wouter Wippert". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014". 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Wouter Wippert signs for Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ "EvoPro Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (25 January 2015). "Wippert claims biggest win of young career". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ^ Axelgaard, Emil (27 June 2015). "WorldTour teams trying to sign Wippert". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2015.


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