Nikolas Maes

Nikolas Maes

Personal information
Full name Nikolas Maes
Nickname Nike
Born (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team Etixx–Quick-Step
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter/Rouleur[1]
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006 Beveren 2000
2006 Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2007–2009 Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen
2010– Quick-Step
Major wins

Stage races

World Ports Classic (2013)
Infobox last updated on
18 May 2014

Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Etixx–Quick-Step.[2]

Career

Maes gained the first professional win of his career on the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos around the province's capital city on 7 August 2009 while riding for the Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen cycle team.

On 9 September 2009 it was announced he would be joining Team RadioShack for the 2010 season.[3] However, his name was not on the team roster presented on 5 October 2009.[4] He subsequently signed with Quick-Step, winning the Young Rider classification of the Tour of Qatar in 2011 and the General Classification and Points Classification of the 2013 World Ports Classic in the Netherlands.

Major results

References

  1. "Nikolas Maes". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. "Steegmans, Terpstra re-up with Omega Pharma – Quick-Step". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. "Maes to RadioShack in 2010", Cycling News, 2009-09-09. Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
  4. More names sneak out for Radio Shack Cycling

External links

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