Jempy Drucker Explained
Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist.[5]
Career
Fidea (2004–2008)
Born in Sandweiler, Drucker signed with 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 . 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, Drucker joined, 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 .[6] 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.[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 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 ChampionshipsClassics results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Cyclo-cross
- 2002–2003
1st National Junior Championships
- 2003–2004
1st National Junior Championships
Junior Superprestige
2nd Sint-Michielsgestel
3rd Harnes
- 2004–2005
1st National Under-23 Championships
- 2005–2006
1st National Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
- 2006–2007
1st 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 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 National Championships
- 2010–2011
1st National ChampionshipsNotes and References
- News: With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019. . Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. 2 January 2019. 23 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090206/https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710. dead.
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe. Barry. Ryan. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Cofidis. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101063704/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15236/1000563/279. 1 January 2021.
- News: Le Luxembourgeois Jempy Drucker chez Cofidis en 2021. fr. Luxembourgish Jempy Drucker at Cofidis in 2021. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 13 November 2020. 13 November 2020.
- Web site: 'There is no other option left for me': Jempy Drucker retires from cycling. Adam. Becket. Cycling Weekly. Future plc. 11 January 2021. 29 January 2022.
- Web site: Jempy Drucker signs for BMC. 7 August 2014 . cyclingnews.com. 27 November 2014.
- Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
- Web site: 2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List . 3 May 2018 . ProCyclingStats.
- jempy_drucker . 1480565950172782600 . a very nice and beautiful chapter in my life comes to an end,but i am also looking forward to the next one.this is the last page.goodbye and thanks everybody for the ride...see you around.
- Web site: Jempy Drucker. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 19 September 2022.
