Daryl Impey

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

Daryl Impey
Personal information
Full nameDaryl Impey
Born (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamIsrael Start-Up Nation
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Super-domestique[1]
Professional teams
2008–2009Barloworld
2010Team RadioShack
2011MTN–Qhubeka
2011Team NetApp
2012–2020GreenEDGE[2][3]
2021–Israel Start-Up Nation
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)

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.

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.[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 MTN–Qhubeka and Team NetApp in 2011, Impey joined GreenEDGE 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 Israel Start-Up Nation from the 2021 season – alongside his former Barloworld 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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia DNF — — — — — — — —
Tour de France 111 74 — DNF 38 47 46 72 97
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. "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  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. "Impey joins Armstrong at RadioShack". Cyclingnews.com.
  9. "Impey and Van Goolen find new teams". Velonation.com. 25 January 2011.
  10. "GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  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.
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