Jelle Nijdam (born 16 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist. Nijdam turned professional after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He participated in the Tour de France 10 times, winning six stages and wearing the yellow jersey for three days. Nijdam's father, Henk Nijdam, was a professional cyclist from 1962 to 1969, who won the 1962 world amateur track pursuit championship. He also competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Career achievements Major results 1984 Olympia's Tour 1st Prologue & Stage 7b (ITT) 1985 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Grand Prix Impanis Tour of Sweden 1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne 1986 1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden 1st Prologue 7th Ronde van Limburg 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne 1987 1st Overall Tour de l'Oise 1st Prologue 1st Dwars door België Tour de France 1st Prologue Held & after Prologue Held after Prologue & Stage 1 1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland 1st Prologue Danmark Rundt 1st Prologue Tour of Sweden 1st Prologue Four Days of Dunkirk 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1988 1st Amstel Gold Race Tour de France 1st Stage 5 Held after Stages 6–7 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Asturias 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne 5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Prologue & Stage 5 (ITT) 1989 1st Paris–Tours 1st Paris–Brussels Tour de France 1st Stages 4 & 14 1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 1 Nissan Classic 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Asturias 1st Prologue Tour of Sweden 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise 1st Stage 2 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal 9th Grand Prix de la Libération 1990 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Prologue 1st Binche-Tournai-Binche 1st Stage 6 Tour de France 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stages 5 & 6 (ITT) 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden 1st Prologue & Stage 4 3rd Amstel Gold Race 4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 4th Paris–Brussels 1991 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Stages 1b (ITT) & 3 1st Stage 5 Tour