Stage races One-day races and Classics Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels (born 1 October 1987) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.

He almost lost a kidney after a massive crash on the sixth stage of the 2012 Tour de France.

Poels won stage 4 into Castelraimondo with an attack on the final climb and a solo descent to the finish line.

In 2016, Poels won his first one-day race after sprinting to victory from a four-man group in Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

[14] The following year, he held the polka-dot jersey for four days at the 2021 Tour de France, and recorded his best finish at the race to that point – sixteenth overall.