| Intro | South African racing cyclist | ||||
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Athlete Sport cyclist |
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| From | South Africa | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 6 December 1984, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||
| Age: | 35 years | ||||
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Daryl Impey (born 6 December 1984) is a South African professional road cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam Orica–Scott. Impey is an all-rounder, acting as a domestique for puncheur Simon Gerrans, and as a lead-out man for pure sprinters, in his own right, he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints. His best win to date has been the 2009 Tour of Turkey, despite a controversial incident where he was pushed into the barriers by Theo Bos.
Career
After riding for the South African team Barloworld in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 Impey joined Team RadioShack. 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. After riding for MTN–Qhubeka and Team NetApp in 2011, Impey joined GreenEDGE for the squad’s inaugural season in 2012. 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. In 2013, he became the first South African ever to lead theTour de France.
In July 2014 Impey announced that he had tested positive for the banned substance Probenecid at the South African road championships in February, though he denied any wrongdoing. Impey was subsequently cleared of the doping charges at a hearing in August 2014, which accepted his explanation that the Probenecid had entered his system after ingesting contaminated gel capsules he had bought at a pharmacist. Upon his return, he won the Tour of Alberta by a single second thanks to his victory in the last stage, which gave him enough bonus seconds to overtake Tom Dumoulin. Impey confirmed his good form a couple of days later by taking the fourth place on the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.
In 2015, Impey had to abandon the Tour de France after being involved in a massive crash on the third stage. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo
- 6th Overall Tour de Tunisie
- 2006
- 3rd Time trial, African Road Championships
- 2007
- Giro del Capo
- 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 Azerbaijan Tour
- 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
- 7th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Sprints classification
- 6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2016
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d’Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 111 | 74 | — | DNF | 38 | 47 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 84 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |