Nick Nuyens

Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for EF Pro Cycling 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]

Nick Nuyens
Nuyens at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full nameNick Nuyens
NicknameBom van Bevel ("Bomb from Bevel")
Born (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980
Lier, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
2003–2006Quick-Step–Davitamon
2007–2008Cofidis
2009–2010Rabobank
2011–2012Saxo Bank–SunGard
2013–2014Garmin–Sharp
Major wins
Stage races
Étoile de Bessèges (2007)
Ster Elektrotoer (2004)
Tour of Britain (2005)

One-day races and Classics

Tour of Flanders (2011)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2011)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2006)
Omloop Het Volk (2005)
Grand Prix de Wallonie (2004, 2005, 2009)
Paris–Brussels (2004)

Career

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

Major results
2002
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
2003
1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
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
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
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 Vattenfall Cyclassics
2007
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
2nd Brabantse Pijl
4th Omloop Het Volk
7th Tour of Flanders
2008
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Omloop Het Volk
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2009
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
8th Amstel Gold Race
2010
1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
2011
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
3rd Klasika Primavera

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
gollark: WHYJIT.
gollark: Also, it isn't a language.
gollark: I refuse to offer any support unless I don't.
gollark: minoteaur-nim is far superior.
gollark: Minoteaur-legacy is bad, yes.

References
  1. "Nuyens signs with Garmin-Sharp through 2015". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 October 2012.
  2. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20140224_00996925
  3. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nuyens-set-to-announce-retirement
  4. Nigel Wynn (23 March 2011). "Thomas second in Dwars door Vlaanderen as Nuyens wins". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc.
  5. Ben Delaney (3 April 2011). "Nick Nuyens wins 2011 Tour of Flanders". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc.
  6. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/features/gent_wevelgem109/GW_Rabobank_Nuyens_wood
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