Nick Nuyens

Paris -Brussels 2004 Omloop Het Volk 2005 Tour of Flanders 2011

Nick Nuyens ( born May 5, 1980 in Lier ) is a Belgian racing cyclist. He is 1.77 meters tall, his racing weight is 72 kilograms.

Career

Nuyens was at Quickstep since 2003 Professional. His nicknames loud the Bom van Bevel, Kabouter and Sluipschutter. At the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he received his degree in Communication Studies. He is an excellent driver on cobblestones. As a junior he won the 2002 Tour of Flanders and became Belgian champion.

As a professional, he later won the two well-established Belgian classics Omloop Het Volk and Kuurne -Brussels- Kuurne, but also in smaller stage races in Europe as the Ster Elektrotoer in the Netherlands, he has already been successful on stages or in the overall standings. From 2007 to 2008 Nuyens rode at the French ProTour team Cofidis and since 2009 for the Rabobank team. For the 2011 season Nuyens joined the Danish team Saxo Bank SunGard. This year he was surprisingly decide the Tour of Flanders before Sylvain Chavanel and Fabian Cancellara for themselves and thus retract its greatest success.

Nuyens started his 2012 season in early February at the Mallorca Challenge, where he played the Trofeo Migjorn and the Trofeo Deia.

Achievements

2002

  • Tour of Flanders ( U23 )
  • Belgium Belgian Champion Road Race (U -23)

2004

  • A stage and Appreciation Ster Elektrotoer
  • Paris -Brussels
  • Grand Prix de Wallonie
  • GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

2005

  • Omloop Het Volk
  • Two stages and Appreciation Tour of Britain
  • Grand Prix de Wallonie

2006

  • Kuurne -Brussels- Kuurne
  • A stage in the Tour de Suisse

2007

  • A stage Appreciation Etoile de Bessèges
  • A stage Eneco Tour

2008

  • 2nd place Omloop Het Volk
  • 2nd Tour of Flanders

2009

  • Grand Prix de Wallonie

2010

  • A stage of the Tour of Austria

2011

Team

  • 2003-2004 Quick · Step - Davitamon
  • 2005 Quick · Step
  • 2006 Quick · Step - Innergetic
  • 2007-2008 Cofidis
  • 2009-2010 Rabobank
  • 2011-2012 Saxo Bank SunGard
  • From 2013 Garmin Sharp
Lier, Belgium 2011 Tour of Flanders 2006 Tour de Suisse 2007 Eneco Tour Paul Deman Marcel Buysse Jules Vanhevel Heiri Suter Alphonse Schepers Gaston Rebry Achiel Buysse Rik Van Steenbergen Fiorenzo Magni Roger Decock Wim van Est Louison Bobet Jean Forestier Fred De Bruyne Germain Derycke Rik Van Looy Tom Simpson Jo de Roo Edward Sels Eric Leman Evert Dolman Cees Bal Roger De Vlaeminck Jan Raas Michel Pollentier Hennie Kuiper Johan Lammerts Eric Vanderaerden Eddy Planckaert Edwig Van Hooydonck Moreno Argentin Jacky Durand Johan Museeuw Gianni Bugno Michele Bartoli Peter Van Petegem Andrea Tafi (cyclist) Steffen Wesemann Tom Boonen Alessandro Ballan Stijn Devolder
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