Jempy Drucker

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Jempy Drucker
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Personal information
Full nameJean-Pierre Drucker
NicknameJempy
Born (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 37)
Sandweiler, Luxembourg
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
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
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2017)
London–Surrey Classic (2015)

Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist. [6]

Contents

Career

Fidea (2004–2008)

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.

Team Differdange (2009–2010)

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.

Wanty–Groupe Gobert (2011–2014)

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.

BMC Racing Team (2015–2018)

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]

Retirement

Drucker announced his retirement via Twitter on 10 January 2022. [6] [9]

Major results

Road

Source: [10]

2003
National Junior Road Championships
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
2007
6th Overall Mainfranken-Tour
2008
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2009
5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
9th Arno Wallaard Memorial
10th Overall Flèche du Sud
10th Münsterland Giro
2010
1st Prologue Flèche du Sud
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
4th Ronde van Midden-Nederland
5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
7th Arno Wallaard Memorial
7th Ronde van Noord-Holland
2011
6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
2012
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
3rd Schaal Sels
6th Paris–Brussels
7th Omloop van het Houtland
9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
10th Grand Prix Criquielion
2013
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
5th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
5th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
7th Omloop van het Houtland
2014
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
5th Münsterland Giro
5th Paris–Bourges
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
6th Paris–Tours
8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
9th Nokere Koerse
10th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2015
1st RideLondon–Surrey Classic
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
10th Handzame Classic
2016
1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
9th E3 Harelbeke
10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
10th Paris–Tours
2017
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Primus Classic
2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
4th Overall Dubai Tour
4th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
5th Tour de l'Eurométropole
6th London–Surrey Classic
10th Paris–Tours
2018
2nd Tour de l'Eurométropole
5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
7th London–Surrey Classic
8th Overall Dubai Tour
2019
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2020
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2021
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Classics results timeline

Monument20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
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
Classic20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
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 general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20152016201720182019
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 118
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France Did not contest during his career
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 118 142 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NHNot held

Cyclo-cross

2002–2003
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Junior Championships
2003–2004
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Junior Championships
Junior Superprestige
2nd Sint-Michielsgestel
3rd Harnes
2004–2005
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Under-23 Championships
2005–2006
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Championships
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Under-23 Championships
2006–2007
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Under-23 Championships
1st Grand Prix Pierre Kellner
2nd Herdenkingscross Etienne Bleukx Under-23
3rd National Championships
3rd Gieten, Under-23 Superprestige
2007–2008
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Championships
1st Grand Prix Julien Cajot
2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
1st Hoogstraten
2nd Vorselaar
3rd Diegem
3rd Gieten
2nd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup
3rd GP Stad Hasselt Under-23
2009–2010
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Championships
2010–2011
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Championships

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