Kai Reus
Kai Reus (born 11 March 1985 in Niedorp, North Holland), is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Roompot–Oranje Peloton.
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| Full name | Kai Reus | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1985 Niedorp, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | WV West Frisia | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | A de Jong Groep | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Rabobank GS3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Cycling Team De Rijke | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Cyclingteam de Rijke | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Verandas Willems | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Roompot–Oranje Peloton | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As a junior, Reus won the Junior men's road race during the 2003 UCI Road World Championships.
After missing out on the 2007 Tour de France Reus was training at the Col de l'Iseran on 12 July 2007. Reus fell from his bike and slipped into a coma. After team mate Michael Rasmussen won the yellow jersey during the Tour he dedicated the jersey to Reus. Eventually Reus would remain in coma until 23 July. Reus returned to racing in the 2008 Tour of Missouri.[1]
Reus took a year off from cycling between 2010 and 2011 after he was diagnosed with mononucleosis and lost form.[2] He competed for Cycling Team De Rijke in 2011 and 2013, with a season at UnitedHealthcare in between.[3]
At the end of the 2016 season, Reus announced his retirement.[4]
Major results edit
- 2003
- 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 1st Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Junior Tour of Ireland
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Euregio Autolease Heuvelland Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Juniors
- 4th Overall Tour de Lorraine Juniors
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2004
- 1st Overall Triptyque des Barrages
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 4th Chrono des Nations U23
- 4th Overall Tweedaagse der Gaverstreek
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 6th Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Stages 3 & 5b (ITT) Circuito Montañés
- 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 6th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- 2006
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 6th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 7th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal
- 2009
- 4th Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 2
- 2011
- 1st Stage 1 Mi-Août en Bretagne
- 2012
- 1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal
- 2015
- 6th Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Duo Normand
References edit
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (2008-09-10). "Reus returns to racing". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ Reus takes time off from cycling, return is questionable
- ^ Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Kai Reus confirms he'll race with UnitedHealthcare in 2012". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Zonneveld, Thijs (27 September 2016). "Kai Reus is klaar met wielrennen". AD. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
External links edit
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Profile at Rabobank official website
- Kai Reus at trap-friis.dk
- Kai Reus at UCI
- Kai Reus at Cycling Archives
- Kai Reus at ProCyclingStats
- Kai Reus at Cycling Quotient
- Kai Reus at CycleBase
- in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Kai Reus at SpeedSkatingNews.info