Jempy Drucker

Jempy Drucker

Drucker in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jean-Pierre Drucker
Nickname Jempy
Born (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986
Sandweiler
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road, cyclo-cross
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist[1]
Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2004–2008 Fidea
2009–2010 Continental Team Differdange
2011–2014 Veranda's Willems–Accent
2015– BMC Racing Team
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

London–Surrey Classic (2015)
Infobox last updated on
5 September 2016

Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986 in Sandweiler) is a Luxembourgish cyclist riding for BMC Racing Team.[2]

Career

Fidea (2004–2008)

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 at 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–)

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.[3] 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.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
Yellow jersey Tour de France — —
Red jersey Vuelta a España 118 142
Legend
—Did not compete
DSQDisqualified
WDWithdrew
IPIn progress

References

  1. 1 2 "Jempy Drucker signs for BMC". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jean-Pierre Drucker » Wanty – Groupe Gobert". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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