Daryl Impey

Daryl Impey (born 6 December 1984) is a South African professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[4] Impey is an all-rounder; he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints.[5][6]

Daryl Impey

Impey at the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name	Daryl Impey
Born	(1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Mitchelton–Scott
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder Super-domestique[1]
Professional teams
2008–2009	Barloworld
2010	Team RadioShack
2011	MTN–Qhubeka
2011	Team NetApp
2012–2020	GreenEDGE[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2019) 1 TTT stage (2013) Stage races Tour of Turkey (2009) Tour of Alberta (2014) Tour Down Under (2018, 2019) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2018, 2019) National Time Trial Championships (2011, 2013–2020)
Medal record Representing Orica–GreenEDGE (2013) Orica–BikeExchange (2016) Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2013 Tuscany Team time trial 2016 Doha Team time trial

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 South 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.

For the 2021 season, Impey will join Israel Start-Up Nation on a two-year contract.[8]

Career

Impey wearing the yellow jersey at the 2013 Tour de France

After riding for the South African team Barloworld in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 Impey joined Team RadioShack.[9] 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.[10] After riding for MTN–Qhubeka and Team NetApp in 2011, Impey joined GreenEDGE for the squad's inaugural season in 2012.[2] 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 Israel Start-Up Nation from the 2021 season – alongside his former Barloworld teammate Chris Froome – on a two-year contract.[8]

Major results

2004

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

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Vuelta a La Rioja

3rd 94.7 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 94.7 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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	111	74	—	DNF	38	47	46	72
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	84	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/tour-de-france/super-domestiques-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-tour-de-france-263143
2. "GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. "ORICA GreenEDGE Cycling Australia : News : In His Own Words: Daryl Impey on Tour of Oman Stage 4". Orica GreenEdge Cycling Australia.
6. "CyclingQuotes.com Bonus seconds a goal for Impey". cyclingquotes.com.
7. "Daryl Impey wins Santos Tour Down Under, Andre Greipel claims final stage". CyclingTips. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
8. Benson, Daniel (5 August 2020). "Impey joins Chris Froome at Israel Start-Up Nation as Tour de France road captain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
9. "Impey joins Armstrong at RadioShack". Cyclingnews.com.
10. "Impey and Van Goolen find new teams". Velonation.com. 25 January 2011.
11. Decaluwe, Brecht (23 April 2012). "Goss spearheads GreenEDGE at Giro". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
12. becomes first South African in yellow jersey, cyclingnews.com
13. Pat Malach (7 September 2014). "Impey wins Tour of Alberta". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
14. "Gerrans wins Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
15. O'Shea, Sadhbh (6 July 2015). "Disastrous day for Orica-GreenEdge at Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
16. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

External links

• Official website