Daryl Impey’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African racing cyclist
Is Athlete 
Sport cyclist 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 6 December 1984, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Age: 35 years
Stats
Height: 183
Weight: 70

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
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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