Nikolas Maes
 Maes at the 2013 World Ports Classic. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolas Maes |
| Nickname | Nike |
| Born |
9 April 1986 Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter/Rouleur[1] |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 | Beveren 2000 |
| 2006 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2007–2009 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 2010– | Quick-Step |
| Major wins | |
|
Infobox last updated on 18 May 2014 | |
Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Etixx–Quick-Step.[2]
Career
Maes gained the first professional win of his career on the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos around the province's capital city on 7 August 2009 while riding for the Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen cycle team.
On 9 September 2009 it was announced he would be joining Team RadioShack for the 2010 season.[3] However, his name was not on the team roster presented on 5 October 2009.[4] He subsequently signed with Quick-Step, winning the Young Rider classification of the Tour of Qatar in 2011 and the General Classification and Points Classification of the 2013 World Ports Classic in the Netherlands.
Palmarès
- 2006
- 3rd, Druivenkoers Overijse
- 5th, La Côte Picarde
- 6th, Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 7th Overall, Tour de Berlin
- 8th, Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 8th, Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 9th, Internatie Reningelst
- 2007
- 3rd, Druivenkoers Overijse
- 6th, Vlaamse Pijl
- 9th, Ronde van het Groene Hart
- 2008
- 9th Overall, Tour of Ireland
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3, Vuelta a Burgos
- 2010
- 5th, Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 2011
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour of Qatar
- 10th Overall, Tour de Wallonie
- 2013
- 1st
Overall World Ports Classic
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 6th, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th, Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 8th, Brussels Cycling Classic
- 2014
- 7th Overall, Tour de Picardie
- 8th, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2015
- 5th Rund um Köln
- 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Nokere Koerse
References
- ↑ "Nikolas Maes". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ "Steegmans, Terpstra re-up with Omega Pharma – Quick-Step". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Maes to RadioShack in 2010", Cycling News, 2009-09-09. Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
- ↑ More names sneak out for Radio Shack Cycling
External links
Media related to Nikolas Maes at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Nikolas Maes profile at Cycling Archives