![]() Drucker at 2019 Vuelta a España | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean-Pierre Drucker |
Nickname | Jempy |
Born | Sandweiler, Luxembourg | 3 September 1986
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist [1] Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
2004–2008 | Fidea |
2009–2010 | Continental Team Differdange |
2011–2014 | Veranda's Willems–Accent |
2015–2018 | BMC Racing Team |
2019–2020 | Bora–Hansgrohe [2] [3] |
2021 | Cofidis [4] [5] |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist. [6]
Born in Sandweiler, Drucker signed with Fidea in 2004, a team specializing in cyclo-cross, at age 18. He rode with this team for five seasons, winning two elite national cyclo-cross championships. He was selected to represent Luxembourg at the World Road Race Championships in 2008, but failed to finish.
For the 2009 season, Drucker joined Continental Team Differdange. His success in cyclo-cross continued, winning two more national titles. Drucker went to the World Road Race Championships for the second time in 2009, but again did not finish. He won the prologue of the Flèche du Sud, a UCI 2.2 road race in 2010. Drucker also placed second in the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem that season.
After spending two seasons with Continental Team Differdange, Drucker joined Veranda's Willems–Accent, a Belgian UCI Professional Continental team. Spending four seasons with the team, he booked no wins, but did finish second overall in the Tour de Luxembourg.
In August 2014, Drucker signed a contract with BMC Racing Team. [1] While riding for this team, he won the 2015 RideLondon–Surrey Classic, a one-day race in the United Kingdom. Later that year, he was selected to ride in the Vuelta a España. [7] Drucker finished the race in 118th place overall. Drucker's success continued with this team the following year, winning the prologue of the Tour de Luxembourg and the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España.
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. [8]
Drucker announced his retirement via Twitter on 10 January 2022. [6] [9]
Source: [10]
Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | — | 56 | 30 | — | — |
Tour of Flanders | 102 | — | DNF | DNF | 28 | 19 | 99 | 31 | — | 37 | DNF |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 20 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 23 | — | NH | 43 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 13 | 6 | 49 | DNF | 34 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 82 |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | 22 | NH | 42 | 6 | 73 | 17 | 6 | 35 | 16 | 59 |
E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | DNF | 28 | 32 | 9 | 47 | 20 | 78 | NH | DNF |
London–Surrey Classic | — | — | — | — | 1 | 79 | 6 | 7 | 121 | Not held | |
Paris–Tours | DNF | 134 | 37 | 6 | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | 42 |
Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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![]() | — | — | — | 118 | — |
![]() | Did not contest during his career | ||||
![]() | 118 | 142 | — | — | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
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