Daryl Impey Explained
Daryl Impey (born 6 December 1984) is a South African former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2023. Impey is an all-rounder; he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints.[5] [6]
Impey is a two-time winner of the Tour Down Under, and the only rider to have won the race in consecutive years, winning in 2018,[7] and 2019. He has won the South African National Road Race Championships twice, and is a nine-time winner of the South African National Time Trial Championships, including eight consecutive titles between 2013 and 2020. In 2013, Impey became the first African rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, doing so for two days; six years later, he won his first individual stage at the race, winning the ninth stage in Brioude.
Career
After riding for the South African team in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 Impey joined .[8] Impey had originally signed for 2011 with the Australian team called Pegasus, but was forced to seek employment elsewhere after that team failed to secure a UCI license.[9] After riding for and in 2011, Impey joined for the squad's inaugural season in 2012.[10] He won a stage of the Tour of the Basque Country in April of that year, before making his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d'Italia in May.[11] In 2013, he became the first South African ever to lead the Tour de France.[12]
He won the Tour of Alberta in 2014 by a single second thanks to his victory in the last stage, which gave him enough bonus seconds to overtake Tom Dumoulin.[13] Impey confirmed his good form a couple of days later by taking the fourth place on the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.[14]
In 2015, Impey had to abandon the Tour de France after being involved in a massive crash on the third stage.[15] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[16]
In August 2020, it was announced that Impey was to join from the 2021 season – alongside his former teammate Chris Froome – on a two-year contract.[4]
Major results
- 2003
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2004
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo
6th Overall Tour de Tunisie
- 2006
African Road Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
- 2007
1st Road race, All-Africa Games
Giro del Capo
1st Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 2
1st Stage 10 Tour du Maroc
- 2008
1st Stage 6 Herald Sun Tour
6th Memorial Viviana Manservisi
9th World's View Challenge 1
9th World's View Challenge 2
- 2009
1st Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Giro del Capo II
7th Giro del Capo IV
- 2011
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Maroc
1st Stage 7
3rd Overall Tour of South Africa
9th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
- 2012
1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
- 2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Tour de France
1st Stage 4 (TTT)
Held after Stages 6–7
1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 2 Bayern–Rundfahrt
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
5th Overall Eneco Tour
5th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2014
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Tour of Alberta
1st Stage 5
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
7th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
1st Stage 3
7th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2015
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
3rd 947 Cycle Challenge
6th Overall Tour des Fjords
6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
7th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Sprints classification
- 2016
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2017
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st 947 Cycle Challenge
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
- 2018
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Tour Down Under
Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
8th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
10th Brabantse Pijl
- 2019
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
1st Stage 9 Tour de France
3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2020
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2021
2nd La Drôme Classic
- 2022
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
2nd Road race, Commonwealth GamesGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and References
- Web site: Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France. Stephen. Puddicombe. 21 July 2016. Cycling Weekly.
- News: Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. 3 January 2019.
- News: Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020. . New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. 2 January 2020. 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102212524/https://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/wins-from-january-to-october-mitchelton-scott-men-confirm-roster-and-goals-for-2020. dead.
- News: Impey joins Chris Froome at Israel Start-Up Nation as Tour de France road captain. Daniel. Benson. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 August 2020. 5 August 2020.
- Web site: ORICA GreenEDGE Cycling Australia : News : In His Own Words: Daryl Impey on Tour of Oman Stage 4. Orica GreenEdge Cycling Australia. 24 January 2015. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123132632/http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/in-his-own-words--daryl-impey-on-stage-5. dead.
- Web site: CyclingQuotes.com Bonus seconds a goal for Impey. cyclingquotes.com.
- News: Daryl Impey wins Santos Tour Down Under, Andre Greipel claims final stage. 2018-01-21. CyclingTips. 2018-01-23. en-US.
- Web site: Impey joins Armstrong at RadioShack. Cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2009 .
- Web site: Impey and Van Goolen find new teams . Velonation.com . 25 January 2011 .
- News: GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier. 11 October 2011. 1 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
- News: Decaluwe. Brecht. Goss spearheads GreenEDGE at Giro. 12 May 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 April 2012.
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-6/resultsImpey becomes first South African in yellow jersey
- News: Impey wins Tour of Alberta. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2014. 11 September 2014. Pat Malach.
- News: Gerrans wins Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. 12 September 2014.
- News: Disastrous day for Orica-GreenEdge at Tour de France. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 July 2015. 6 July 2015. O'Shea. Sadhbh.
- Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
