 Groenewegen in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dylan Groenewegen |
| Nickname | The Batman[1] |
| Born | (1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (age 32) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[2] |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[3] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2014 | Cycling Team De Rijke |
| 2015 | Team Roompot |
| 2016–2021 | LottoNL–Jumbo[4][5] |
| 2022–2025 | Team BikeExchange–Jayco[6] |
| 2026– | Unibet Rose Rockets[7] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Dylan Groenewegen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈdɪlə(ŋ)ˈɣrunəˌʋeːɣə(n)]; born 21 June 1993) is aDutch professional roadracing cyclist, who rides forUCI Pro team Unibet Rose Rockets. He has won six individualTour de France stages and oneteam time trial stage. He has also won theDutch National Road Race Championships, five stages of theTour of Norway, five stages of theTour of Britain and three stages ofParis–Nice. In 2020, Groenewegen received considerable attention for causing a serious crash at theTour de Pologne, which putFabio Jakobsen in hospital, and for which Groenewegen received a nine-month ban from racing.
Groenewegen was born to a working-class family inAmsterdam. 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 atrade school in order to follow his previous three generations as a frame-builder.[8]
Groenewegen said in an interview that he had to choose betweenTeam Roompot orBMC Racing Team to join in 2014. He chose the former as they gave him "a lot of confidence".[9]
In October 2015, Groenewegen announced that he had signed withLottoNL–Jumbo,[10] on an initial three-year deal from 2016.[11]
In June, Groenewegen won theDutch National Road Race Championships after outsprintingWouter Wippert.[12] During a review of Groenewegen'sBianchi Oltre XR4 bicycle,Simon Richardson ofGlobal Cycling Network said he is "a very easy rider to work with" in respect to the mechanics.[13] Groenewegen won stage 4 of theTour of Britain.[14][15]
In theDubai Tour, which ran from late January into early February, Groenewegen came second in the general classification,[16] having finished second in stages 1 and 2.[17][18] Despite narrowly missing out on victory in these areas, he did win the overall youth classification.[19] On 28 April, Groenewegen won the first stage of theTour de Yorkshire. The stage, which was 174 kilometres (108 mi) long fromBridlington toScarbrough, came down to a photo finish where he held off Australian sprinterCaleb Ewan.[20] He came fourth on the second stage which finished inHarrogate.[21] He continued this success when in May, he won two stages at theTour of Norway.[22][23]
TheTour de France started well for Groenewegen when he came fifth on stage 2, the first flat stage.[a][25] He produced two more top-10 results in the first week, with sixth in stages 6 and 7.[26][27] After two mountain stages and a rest day inDordogne,[28] he returned to finish third on stage 10 – a 178 kilometres (111 mi) route fromPérigueux toBergerac.[29][30] Groenewegen won the final stage of the race on thelast stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.[31][32]
In February, Groenewegen competed in theDubai Tour and won stage 1.[33] 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 toElia Viviani who started the day two seconds behind Groenewegen, who dropped out of the top 10.[34][35] 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".[34]
In theTour de France, Groenewegen won stage 7 after beatingFernando Gaviria andPeter Sagan, both of whom had won two stages to that point in the tour.[36] The stage was the longest in the tour at 231 km (143.5 mi) which started inFougères and finished inChartres, Northern France.[37] Groenewegen also won stage 8, beating Sagan andJohn Degenkolb inAmiens.[38][39] 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".[38]
In March, Groenewegen won the first two stages ofParis–Nice. On the second stage, he found himself at the head of the race in a group of 23 riders about 30 km (18.6 mi) from the finish line, and ended up winning the stage after another split left just 7 riders contesting for the win.[40] Later in March, he won theThree 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.[41]
Team Jumbo-Visma won theteam time trial on stage 2 of theTour de France, thus increasing the lead of Groenewegen's teammate,Mike Teunissen in the general classification.[42] Groenwegen went on to win stage 7 of the Tour de France, the longest stage in the tour at 230 km (142.9 mi) finishing inChalon-sur-Saône. He beatCaleb Ewan and Sagan, giving him his fourth Tour de France stage win.[43][44] Groenewegen won stages 1, 3 and 5 of theTour of Britain, beatingDavide Cimolai,Mathieu van der Poel, andMatthew Walls on the respective stages.[45][46][47]
Groenewegen's 2020 season started well, with victories on stages 1 and 3 as well as the points classification of theVolta a la Comunitat Valenciana.[48][49] Groenewegen had further success in theUAE Tour, winning stage 4 on 26 February. He beatFernando Gaviria andPascal Ackermann to the finish inDubai after 173 km.[50]
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During stage 1 of theTour de Pologne inKatowice, Poland on 5 August, Groenewegen pushedFabio Jakobsen into the barriers surrounding the finish line causing a very serious crash that put his rival in hospital and eventually in a medically inducedcoma.[51] Groenewegen crashed as well and suffered a broken collarbone. More riders were involved in the crash; French sprinterMarc Sarreau had to abandon the race due to his injuries resulting from the crash. Groenewegen was disqualified from the race and fined CHF 500.[52] Jakobsen's directeur sportif Patrick Lefevere said at the time that his team were considering bringing criminal charges against Groenewegen.[53]
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.[54] 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,[55][56] with Groenewegen saying he "deviated from [his] line" and also that he wanted to be a "fair sprinter".[57]
In December 2021, Groenewegen signed a three-year contract with AustralianUCI WorldTeamTeam BikeExchange–Jayco from 2022 season.[6] Early in the season he won stages in several smaller races including theTour de Hongrie, theTour of Slovenia as well as the2022 Saudi Tour where he won two stages and the points classification. In the2022 Tour de France he won stage 3, his first victory at the Tour since 2019.[58] Groenewegen won stage 6 of the2024 Tour de France in a photo finish after a mass sprint.[59][60]
During stage 5 of the2025 UAE Tour, Groenewegen crashed hard, and later had to abandon the race, due to sustaining a concussion.[61]
In August 2025, Groenewegen was announced as a new addition to theUCI ProTeamUnibet Rose Rockets on a two-year deal starting in 2026.[62]
Groenewegen won his first race for his new team in January 2026, when he wonClàssica Comunitat Valenciana in front ofPaul Magnier.[63]
As of 2017, Groenewegen lives inRivierenbuurt, a district in Amsterdam.[8]
Road race, National Road Championships
Points classification Points classification
Points classification Points classification
Young rider classification
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Points classification
Points classification
Points classification
Points classification Points classificationRoad race, National Road Championships| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 160 | 156 | DNF | 145 | — | — | 117 | 137 | 135 | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 47 | 44 | — | NH | 81 | — | — | — | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during career | ||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | |||||||||||
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | DNF | 4 | 18 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| Brugge–De Panne | Previously a stage race | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Gent–Wevelgem | DSQ | — | 80 | 93 | — | — | — | DNF | 44 | 9 | |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 32 | 58 | 5 | 81 | — | NH | — | 107 | — | — | |
| Scheldeprijs | 119 | 9 | 58 | DSQ | — | — | — | DNF | 4 | 3 | |
| Cyclassics Hamburg | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | Not held | 46 | 17 | — | ||
| Paris–Tours | — | — | 19 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Event | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships | Road race | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| National Championships | Road race | 4 | 1 | 3 | 31 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 1 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Dutch National Road Race Champion 2016 | Succeeded by |