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Nick Nuyens
Nick Nuyens at 2009 Ronde van VlaanderenPersonal information Full name Nick Nuyens Born 5 May 1980
BelgiumTeam information Current team Saxo Bank-SunGard Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Classics specialist Professional team(s) 2003–2006
2007–2008
2009–2010
2011–Quick Step-Davitamon
Cofidis
Rabobank
Saxo Bank-SunGardMajor wins Ronde van Vlaanderen (2011)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2011)
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (2006)
Omloop Het Volk (2005)
Paris-Brussels (2004)
GP de Wallonie (2004, 2005, 2009)
Ster Elektrotoer (2004)
Tour of Britain (2005)
Étoile de Bessèges (2007)Infobox last updated on
23 March 2011Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980 in Lier) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Saxo Bank-SunGard. His biggest wins to date include the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He is generally viewed as a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme. During the 2009 season he used a wood block under his saddle to prevent it from sagging in wet conditions [1], as seen in a photo [2] taken before the start of the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem race.
Palmares
- 2002
- 1st National U-23 Road Race Champion
- 1st U-23 Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2004
- 1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 2006
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2007
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2008
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2009
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
- 2011
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 3rd Klasika Primavera
References
External links
Riders on Saxo Bank-SunGard Jonathan Bellis | Manuele Boaro | Mads Christensen | Alberto Contador | Baden Cooke | Laurent Didier | Volodymir Gustov | Juan José Haedo | Sebastian Haedo | Jesús Hernández | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Kasper Klostergaard | Gustav Larsson | Jarosław Marycz | Rafał Majka | Michael Mørkøv | Daniel Navarro | Benjamín Noval | Nick Nuyens | Richie Porte | Luke Roberts | Chris Anker Sørensen | Nicki Sørensen | André Steensen | David Tanner | Matteo Tosatto | Brian Vandborg | Manager: Bjarne Riis
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Belgian cyclists
- People from Lier, Belgium
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Belgian cycling biography stubs
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