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–Dstny.[6]
 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–Dstny |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| 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 |
Career
editBorn 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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
edit Media related to Nikolas Maes at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Nikolas Maes at ProCyclingStats
- Nikolas Maes at Cycling Archives (archived)
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