Nick Nuyens

Nick Nuyens
Nuyens at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full nameNick Nuyens
NicknameBom van Bevel ("Bomb from Bevel")
Born (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 44)
Lier, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
2003–2006Quick-Step–Davitamon
2007–2008Cofidis
2009–2010Rabobank
2011–2012Saxo Bank–SunGard
2013–2014Garmin–Sharp
Major wins
Stage races
Étoile de Bessèges (2007)
Ster Elektrotoer (2004)
Tour of Britain (2005)

One-day races and Classics

Tour of Flanders (2011)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2011)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2006)
Omloop Het Volk (2005)
Grand Prix de Wallonie (2004, 2005, 2009)
Paris–Brussels (2004)

Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for Garmin–Sharp in the UCI World Tour.[1] His biggest wins included the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He was a classics rider. His first wife was the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme, with whom he had three children. In 2015 he married Lynn Peeters.[2] He retired in 2015 after failing to secure a new contract.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GRS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "'Lynn heeft me leren kennen op mijn dieptepunt. Nu mag ze ook de mooie kant zien'". 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Nuyens set to announce retirement". 13 January 2015.