Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugural season in 2020. He finished second to David Dekker, in his first UCI race with the team at the Ster van Zwolle, before he took three successive victories – either side of the enforced break from racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic – at the Trofej Umag, the Poreč Trophy and the GP Kranj. He competed at the Czech Cycling Tour for , with colleagues Lars Boven, Owen Geleijn and Michel Hessmann. In August 2020, it was announced that Kooij was to join UCI WorldTeam midway through the 2021 season, after spending the first part of the season with the ; he signed a contract until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he won the opening stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in a sprint finish, ahead of Ethan Hayter and Phil Bauhaus. In February 2021, Team Jumbo–Visma announced that Kooij would make an immediate move to the World Tour Team, thus becoming the first teenager cyclist to have a full season contract with the team since its creation. Major results 2018 1st Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1b & 4 2019 1st Stage 3 SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse Tour de DMZ 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships 4th Johan Museeuw Classic 5th La Route des Géants Saint-Omer–Ypres 6th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 7th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships 8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele 2020 1st Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 1st Trofej Umag 1st Poreč Trophy 1st GP Kranj 1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2nd Ster van Zwolle 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2021 CRO Race 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 3rd Gran Piemonte 2022 1st Overall ZLM Toer 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Münsterland Giro Danmark Rundt 1st Stages 1