Maarten Wynants
Maarten Wynants (born 13 May 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma.[4]
 Wynants at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maarten Wynants |
| Born | 13 May 1982 Hasselt, Belgium |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Jumbo–Visma |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2004 | Jong Vlaanderen 2016 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Chocolade Jacques–T Interim |
| 2007–2010 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2011– | Rabobank[2][3] |
Career
Born in Hasselt, Wynants was awarded the Combativity award, given to a rider judged to have showed exceptional attacking spirit during the race, following Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour de France on 4 July. Attacking in the first kilometre, he continued to lead from the front until both he and Alexandr Pliushin of Team Katusha were caught by the peloton just 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the end of the 225.5-kilometre (140.1-mile) stage.[5]
Major results
- 2004
- 1st
- 10th Grand Prix de Waregem
- 2005
- 3rd Hel van het Mergelland
- 2006
- 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 7th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2007
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
- 5th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2008
- 3rd Trofeo Sóller
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th Paris–Brussels
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2010
- 2011
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2012
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2013
- 2nd Trofeo Platja de Muro
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2014
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2016
- 9th Le Samyn
- 9th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2017
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 2018
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 |
— | 116 | — | DNF | 132 | 117 | — | 138 | — | — | — |
 |
113 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
gollark: Or more.
gollark: In a year or so probably?
gollark: The whole mess with testing for instance.
gollark: The US hasn't handled it well itself.
gollark: The "try and cover it up" thing wasn't very good of them.
References
- "Wynants, Maarten". Quick Step. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- "Former Rabobank (RAB) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "Profile: Maarten Wynants". Quick Step Cycling. 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
External links
- Maarten Wynants at ProCyclingStats
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