Jempy Drucker

Jempy Drucker
	Drucker at 2019 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Pierre Drucker
Nickname	Jempy
Born	3 September 1986 (age 38); Sandweiler, Luxembourg
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road; Cyclo-cross;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist; 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
2021	Cofidis
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]

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 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

Monument	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
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	—
Classic	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
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