Nick Nuyens
Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for Garmin–Sharp in the UCI World Tour.[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. His first wife was the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme, with whom he had three children. In 2015 he married Lynn Peeters.[2] He retired in 2015 after failing to secure a new contract.[3]
Nuyens at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nick Nuyens |
| Nickname | Bom van Bevel ("Bomb from Bevel") |
| Born | 5 May 1980 Lier, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2003–2006 | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| 2007–2008 | Cofidis |
| 2009–2010 | Rabobank |
| 2011–2012 | Saxo Bank–SunGard |
| 2013–2014 | Garmin–Sharp |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Career edit
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.[4] Two weeks later, Nuyens took one of the Monuments of cycling, the Tour of Flanders. After the Muur van Geraardsbergen, one of the big favourites, 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 better of Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step) and Cancellara in the three-man 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."[5]
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.[6]
Since 2017 Nuyens has been the general manager of the Vérandas Willems–Crelan cycling team, which is a road Pro Continental cycling team and one of the main Belgian cyclo-cross teams.
Career achievements edit
Major results edit
- 2002
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 5th La Côte Picarde
- 2003
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 6th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 7th Overall Uniqa Classic
- 7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 9th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 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
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st Young rider classification
- 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 2006
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Overall Tour of Britain
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 4th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 2007
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Halle–Ingooigem
- 2008
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2009
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2011
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 3rd Klasika Primavera
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 121 | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 78 | — | 127 | 161 | — | DNF |
Classics results timeline edit
| Monument | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 176 | 162 | 122 | 44 | 20 | 32 | 61 | 70 | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 15 | DNF | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 40 | 57 | DNF | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 40 | — | 1 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 55 | — | — | 65 | 62 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | DNF | 1 | 63 | DNF | 8 | DNF | — | — | NH | DNF |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 51 | — | 6 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 44 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | DNF | 38 | — | DNF | 59 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 22 | 34 | 23 | 23 | — | DNF | — | 39 | — | — | 116 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | 22 | — | — | — | 51 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | 121 | — | 8 | 25 | 27 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | 85 | DNF | 78 | 29 | — | 24 | 18 | 155 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ a b "Nuyens signs with Garmin-Sharp through 2015". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 October 2012.
- ^ "'Lynn heeft me leren kennen op mijn dieptepunt. Nu mag ze ook de mooie kant zien'". 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Nuyens set to announce retirement". 13 January 2015.
- ^ Nigel Wynn (23 March 2011). "Thomas second in Dwars door Vlaanderen as Nuyens wins". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc.
- ^ Ben Delaney (3 April 2011). "Nick Nuyens wins 2011 Tour of Flanders". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc.
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/features/gent_wevelgem109/GW_Rabobank_Nuyens_wood [bare URL]
External links edit
- Palmares on Cycling Base
- Palmares on CQ Ranking
- Nick Nuyens at Cycling Archives