Wouter Wippert

{{short description|Dutch road bicycle racer}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Wouter Wippert | image = Wippert2017TOA.jpg | image_size = | caption = Wippert at the 2017 Tour of Alberta | fullname = Wouter Wippert | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wierden, Netherlands | height = 1.78 m | weight = 75 kg | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | amateuryears1 = 2009–2012 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|LTS U23|2009}} | proyears1 = 2012 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LTB|2012}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears2 = 2013 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|MMM|2013}}<ref name=ca>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=35630 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140621212913/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=35630 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 21, 2014 |title= Wouter Wippert|website=Cycling Archives|accessdate=25 January 2015}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2014–2015 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|DPC|2014}}<ref name=ca /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/drapac-cycling-announce-new-signings-for-2014|title=Drapac Cycling announce new signings for 2014|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=21 June 2014}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2016–2017 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|CPT|2016a}} | proyears5 = 2018 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|RNL|2018}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wouter-wippert-signs-for-roompot-nederlandse-loterij/|title=Wouter Wippert signs for Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=18 September 2017|accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> | proyears6 = 2019–2020 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|EVO|2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15065/2003305/257|title=EvoPro Racing|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=25 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325232818/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15065/2003305/257|archivedate=25 March 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wippert-claims-biggest-win-of-young-career/|title=Wippert claims biggest win of young career|last=Woodpower|first=Zeb|date=25 January 2015|work=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=5 April 2019}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/worldtour_teams_trying_to_sign_wippert/|title=WorldTour teams trying to sign Wippert|work=Cycling Quotes|publisher=CyclingQuotes.com 2013|date=27 June 2015|accessdate=27 June 2015|last=Axelgaard|first=Emil}}</ref> He also won a pair of stages in that year's Tour de Taiwan and the Tour de Korea.

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;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 15px 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 20px 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 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Heistse Pijl : 8th Scheldeprijs ;2017 : Tour of Alberta ::1st 20px 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 {{div col end}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wippert, Wouter}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Category:European Games competitors for the Netherlands Category:Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Category:Sportspeople from Wierden Category:Cyclists from Overijssel Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen