Nick Nuyens
Nuyens at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nick Nuyens |
Nickname | Bom van Bevel ("Bomb from Bevel") |
Born |
Lier, Flanders, Belgium | 5 May 1980
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Cannondale–Drapac |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Professional team(s) | |
2003–2006 | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
2007–2008 | Cofidis |
2009–2010 | Rabobank |
2011–2012 | Saxo Bank–SunGard |
2013–2014 | Garmin–Sharp |
Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 12 January 2014 |
Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980 in Lier) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Cannondale–Drapac.[1] His biggest wins included the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He was a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme. He retired in 2015 after failing to secure a new contract.[2]
Career
The year 2011 was a good one for him, since he took the victory on two classics in Flanders. At the end of March, he prevailed in a sprint at the Dwars door Vlaanderen, after desperately trying to steer clear of the group in the last 20 kilometres (12 mi) of the race. Geraint Thomas of Team Sky finished second, while the lead group was a few seconds away.[3] Two weeks later, Nuyens took one of the Monument of cycling, the Tour of Flanders (Tour of Flanders). After the Muur van Geraardsbergen, one of the big favorite Fabian Cancellara was caught by the bunch. Nuyens was part of the chasers that bridged to the leading group in the final kilometers, and a trio of riders were left to battle it out for the finish while another group was very close to them in the final meters. Nuyens got the best of Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step) and Cancellara in the three men sprint. Nuyens said of his biggest win of his career:“It was only in the final 50 meters that I started to fully realize what was happening, that I was about to win this beautiful race.”[4]
Nuyens left Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Garmin–Sharp on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
During the 2009 season he used a wood block under his saddle to prevent it from sagging in wet conditions.[5]
Career achievements
Major results
Source:[6]
- 2002
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 1st Under-23 Tour of Flanders
- 2003
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2004
- 1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2006
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2007
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 2008
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 9th UCI Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
- 2011
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Klasika Primavera
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro | WD | — | — | WD | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour | — | — | WD | — | — | — | — | 121 | — |
Vuelta | — | — | — | 78 | — | 127 | 161 | — | WD |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- 1 2 "Nuyens signs with Garmin-Sharp through 2015". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nuyens-set-to-announce-retirement
- ↑ Nigel Wynn (23 March 2011). "Thomas second in Dwars door Vlaanderen as Nuyens wins". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ Ben Delaney (3 April 2011). "Nick Nuyens wins 2011 Tour of Flanders". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/features/gent_wevelgem109/GW_Rabobank_Nuyens_wood
- ↑ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=1290&idtitle=1
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nick Nuyens. |
- Palmares on Cycling Base
- Palmares on CQ Ranking
- Nick Nuyens profile at Cycling Archives