Niki Terpstra

Niki Terpstra

Terpstra at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami.
Personal information
Full name Niki Terpstra
Born (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984
Beverwijk, the Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Team information
Current team Etixx–Quick-Step
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
2003–2004 Bert Story-Piels
2005 AXA
2006 Ubbink-Syntec
2007–2010 Team Milram
2011– Quick-Step
Major wins

Stage races

Tour of Qatar (2014, 2015)
Tour de Wallonie (2015)

Single-day races and Classics

Paris–Roubaix (2014)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2012, 2014)
World Team Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013)
National Road Race Championships (2010, 2012, 2015)
Infobox last updated on
2 March 2016

Niki Terpstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈniki ˈtɛrpstraː]; born 18 May 1984) is a Dutch racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Etixx–Quick-Step.[1] He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Mike Terpstra.[2]

Career

Niki Terpstra was born on 18 May 1984 in Beverwijk in the Netherlands. He was part of the silver medal winning team in the team pursuit in the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, together with Levi Heimans, Jens Mouris and Peter Schep. With a 4th place in the Three Days of de Panne followed by a 14th place at the 2008 Tour of Flanders, young Terpstra showed signs of considerable talent. In 2009 Terpstra won the 3rd stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, gaining the yellow leader jersey at the same time, keeping it for a day.[3]

In 2012, Terpstra took a prestigious victory at the Dwars door Vlaanderen, winning in solo fashion after being on the attack all day. He detached himself from the break on the Oude Kwaremont with Jelle Wallays of Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator. He dropped Wallays on the Paterberg and finished the race with an advantage of 47 seconds over Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel.[4]

Terpstra crossing the line to win the 2014 Paris-Roubaix

In 2014 he won his first short stage race with the victory in the Tour of Qatar. Terpstra continued his good form in the classics, placing fifth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, winning the Dwars door Vlaanderen for the second time in his career, and placing sixth in the Tour of Flanders. On 13 April 2014 he won the Paris–Roubaix race in solo fashion, after attacking from the leading group of 11 riders with 6 km (3.7 mi) remaining.[5]

In 2015, Terpstra defended his Tour of Qatar title, holding the race lead after winning the individual time trial on Stage 3.[6] At the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Terpstra made the decisive breakaway of four riders with teammates Tom Boonen and Stijn Vandenbergh, along with Ian Stannard (Team Sky). After Stannard closed down a Boonen attack in the closing stages Terpstra tried to counterattack, but Vandenbergh closed the gap, allowing Stannard to attack with only Terpstra able to follow. Stannard went on to beat Terpstra in the sprint finish.[7] In March Terpstra had some success, first by getting the second position in the Ronde van Zeeland Seaports. He then got on the second step of the podium of a very windy Gent–Wevelgem, as he won the two-man sprint for second position after Luca Paolini had crossed the line solo.[8] In his next race, the Tour of Flanders, he broke away from the peloton with Alexander Kristoff 30 kilometers from the finish but couldn't beat Kristoff in the final sprint, completing the race in second place.[9] In June, he won the National Road Race Championships in a bunch sprint, surprising the pure sprinters.[10]



Palmarès

Road racing

2004
1st Stage 2 Ronde van Midden-Brabant
1st GP Wielerrevue
2005
1st Omloop der Kempen
2006
1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 6 Tour of Normandy
1st Stage 2 OZ Wielerweekend
1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland
2nd Ronde van Overijssel
2007
1st Mountains Classification Deutschland Tour
3rd Hel van het Mergelland
2008
3rd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
4th Overall Three Days of de Panne
Combative Rider for Stage 13, Tour de France
5th Dutch Food Valley Classic
2009
1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2nd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
1st Prologue
9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
1st Ridderronde Maastricht
2010
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Overall Tour of Oman
2011
2nd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Overall Tour of Belgium
Combative Rider for Stage 15, Tour de France
10th Overall Tour of Beijing
2012
1st World Team Time Trial Championships
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
1st Amstel Curaçao Race
3rd Overall Eneco Tour
3rd Paris–Tours
5th Paris-Roubaix
5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
6th Tour of Flanders
2013
1st World Team Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
3rd Paris–Roubaix
5th National Road Race Championships
6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th Paris–Tours
2014
1st Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 1
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Amstel Curaçao Race
2nd E3 Harelbeke
2nd National Road Race Championships
3rd World Team Time Trial Championships
4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Tour of Flanders
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th National Time Trial Championships
2015
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 1
2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
8th European Games Road Race
2016
1st Le Samyn
10th Tour of Flanders

Track

2004
1st National Scratch Race Championships
2005
National Championships
1st Scratch Race
1st Points Race
2nd Team Pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
2006
National Championships
1st Individual Pursuit
1st Madison (with Wim Stroetinga)
2007
National Championships
1st Scratch Race
1st Madison (with Wim Stroetinga)
2011
2nd National Madison Championships (with Yoeri Havik)
2013
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Iljo Keisse)
2014
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Iljo Keisse)
1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Yoeri Havik)
2015
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Iljo Keisse)

Monuments Results Timeline

Year Milan–San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia
2011 38th - - - -
2012 45th 6th 5th - -
2013 DNF 113th 3rd - -
2014 - 6th 1st -
2015 - 2nd 15th
2016 - 10th

DNF = Did not finish; - = Did not compete

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Niki Terpstra dertiende in GP Samyn" [Niki Terpstra thirteenth in GP Samyn]. RTV N-H (in Dutch). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stage 3 Tournus -> Saint-Étienne 182km". cycling news.com. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ↑ Brecht Decaluwé (21 March 2012). "Terpstra victorious at Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Niki Terpstra solos to triumph on the Roubaix velodrome". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Terpstra defends Tour of Qatar title". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 13 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stannard sees off Quickstep to win incredible Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Nigel Wynn (29 March 2015). "Luca Paolini wins memorable edition of Ghent-Wevelgem". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Sports & Leisure network). Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Nigel Wynn (5 April 2015). "Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Flanders". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Sports & Leisure network). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Axelgaard, Emil (28 June 2015). "Terpstra takes Dutch road race title in a bunch sprint". Cycling Quotes (CyclingQuotes.com 2013). Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Koos Moerenhout		 Dutch National Road Race Champion
2010 		Succeeded by
Pim Ligthart
Preceded by
Pim Ligthart		 Dutch National Road Race Champion
2012 		Succeeded by
Johnny Hoogerland
Preceded by
Fabian Cancellara		 Winner of Paris–Roubaix
2014 		Succeeded by
John Degenkolb
Preceded by
Sebastian Langeveld		 Dutch National Road Race Champion Incumbent
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