Nick Nuyens
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Nick Nuyens is a Belgian
professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins to date include the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders
. He is generally viewed as a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme
. During the 2009 season he used a wood block under his saddle to prevent it from sagging in wet conditions http://forums.competitor.com/topic/759, as seen in a photo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/features/gent_wevelgem109/GW_Rabobank_Nuyens_wood taken before the start of the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem race.
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Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins to date include the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders...
. He is generally viewed as a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme
Evy Van Damme
Evy Van Damme is a racing cyclist who was born in Lokeren, Belgium. She is a multiple national champion and has competed in many international events. Evy is the older sister of cyclist Charlotte Van Damme and the wife of UCI ProTour professional cyclist Nick...
. During the 2009 season he used a wood block under his saddle to prevent it from sagging in wet conditions http://forums.competitor.com/topic/759, as seen in a photo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/features/gent_wevelgem109/GW_Rabobank_Nuyens_wood taken before the start of the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem race.
Palmares
2002- 1st National U-23 Road Race Champion
- 1st U-23 Ronde van Vlaanderen
2004
- 1st Overall Ster ElektrotoerSter ElektrotoerThe Ster ZLM Toer is a stage race cycling race, held in the Netherlands as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996.-Name of the race:...
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Overall Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
2005
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
2006
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de SuisseTour de Suisse 2006The 70th edition of the Tour de Suisse took place from June 10 to June 18, 2006. It consisted of nine stages covering a total of 1,468 km, starting in Baden and finishing in Bern....
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2007
- 1st Overall Étoile de BessègesÉtoile de BessègesThe Étoile de Bessèges is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Southern France, around Bessèges. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and features as one of the first stage races of the European season.-Palmarès:...
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour of BeneluxEneco Tour of BeneluxThe Eneco Tour of Benelux is a road bicycle racing stage-race. Its name refers to its main sponsor, the energy company Eneco Energie. It is part of both the UCI ProTour and the UCI World Ranking calendar.-History:...
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen2007 Ronde van VlaanderenThe 2007 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 91st edition of this monumental classic and took place on April 8.The day's break formed at kilometer 29 and included José Vicente García , Laurent Mangel , Enrico Franzoi , Maarten Tjallingii , Aleksandr Kuschynski , Evert Verbist and David Boucher...
2008
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen2008 Ronde van VlaanderenThe 2008 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 92nd edition of this monumental classic and took place on April 6. The course was 264 km long and went from Brugge to Meerbeke....
2009
- 1st GP de Wallonie
- 8th Amstel Gold Race2009 Amstel Gold RaceThe 2009 Amstel Gold Race was the 44th edition of the Amstel Gold Race classic cycle race and took place on April 19, 2009. It was held on a course from Maastricht to Cauberg, Holland as the fifth event of the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the ninth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series...
2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
2011
- 1st Dwars door VlaanderenDwars door VlaanderenDwars door Vlaanderen is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. Traditionally, it is the start of the Flemish cycling week, with Gent–Wevelgem , the Three Days of De Panne and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Dwars door Vlaanderen has always been contested on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the...
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen2011 Tour of FlandersThe 2011 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 95th edition of this monumental classic and took place on 3 April. The course was long and was held between Brugge and Ninove. The race was won by Nick Nuyens ahead of Sylvain Chavanel and Fabian Cancellara....
- 3rd Klasika PrimaveraKlasika PrimaveraThe Klasika Primavera is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....