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 | Lotto |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Beveren 2000 |
| 2006 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2009 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 2010–2016 | Quick-Step[2] |
| 2017–2020 | Lotto–Soudal[3][4] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2021– | Lotto–Soudal |
Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Etixx–Quick-Step and Lotto–Soudal teams.[5] He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam Lotto.[6]
Career
Born in Kortrijk, 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 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator cycle team.
On 9 September 2009 it was announced he would be joining Team RadioShack for the 2010 season.[7] However, his name was not on the team roster presented on 5 October 2009.[8] 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.
Major results
- 2004
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Circuit de Wallonie
- 3rd Kattekoers
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 5th La Côte Picarde
- 6th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 7th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen Belefton
- 8th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 9th Internatie Reningelst
- 2007
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 6th De 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
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain
- 2013
- 1st
Overall World Ports Classic - 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 8th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 2014
- 4th Halle–Ingooigem
- 7th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2015
- 5th Rund um Köln
- 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Nokere Koerse
- 2016
- 4th Halle–Ingooigem
- 2018
- 6th Dwars door het Hageland
References
- ^ "Nikolas Maes". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Steegmans, Terpstra re-up with Omega Pharma – Quick-Step". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Nikolas Maes (Lotto-Soudal) stopt: "Ik ben trots op mijn carrière"" [Nikolas Maes (Lotto-Soudal) stops: "I am proud of my career"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Maes to RadioShack in 2010", Cycling News, 2009-09-09. Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
- ^ "More names sneak out for Radio Shack Cycling". Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
External links
Media related to Nikolas Maes at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Nikolas Maes at ProCyclingStats
- Nikolas Maes at Cycling Archives (archive)