Niki Terpstra

Niki Terpstra
Terpstra at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke.
Personal information
Full nameNiki Terpstra
Born (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984 (age 40)
Beverwijk, the Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
2003–2004Bert Story–Piels
2005AXA
2006Ubbink–Syntec
2007–2010Team Milram
2011–2018Quick-Step
2019–2022Direct Énergie[1][2]
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Qatar (2014, 2015)
Tour de Wallonie (2015)
Eneco Tour (2016)

Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(2010, 2012, 2015)
Paris–Roubaix (2014)
Tour of Flanders (2018)
E3 Harelbeke (2018)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2012, 2014)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2012–2014)
Etixx–Quick-Step (2015–2016)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2018 Innsbruck Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2015 Richmond Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial
Men's track cycling
Representing  Netherlands
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Los Angeles Team pursuit

Niki Terpstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɪki ˈtɛr(ə)pstraː]; born 18 May 1984) is a Dutch former racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2003 and 2022 for six different teams. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Mike Terpstra.[4] He is the third Dutch cyclist to have won both of the cobbled Monument spring classics, Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, after Jan Raas and Hennie Kuiper.

  1. ^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (14 September 2022). "Niki Terpstra calls time on road racing career". Cyclingnews.com.
  4. ^ "Niki Terpstra dertiende in GP Samyn" [Niki Terpstra thirteenth in GP Samyn]. RTV N-H (in Dutch). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.