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Maarten Wynants

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Maarten Wynants
Wynants at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameMaarten Wynants
Born (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42)
Hasselt, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
Role
Amateur team
2004Jong Vlaanderen 2016
Professional teams
2005–2006Chocolade Jacques–T Interim
2007–2010Quick-Step–Innergetic
2011–2021Rabobank[2][3]
Managerial team
2021–Team Jumbo–Visma

Maarten Wynants (born 13 May 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen, Quick-Step and Team Jumbo–Visma teams.[4] He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4]

Career

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Born in Hasselt, Wynants was awarded the Combativity award, given to a rider judged to have showed exceptional attacking spirit during the race, following Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour de France on 4 July. Attacking in the first kilometre, he continued to lead from the front until both he and Alexandr Pliushin of Team Katusha were caught by the peloton just 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the end of the 225.5-kilometre (140.1-mile) stage.[5]

In June 2020, Wynants announced that he would retire from cycling in April 2021, after that year's Paris–Roubaix.[6][7] Following the postponement of Paris–Roubaix to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Wynants' final race occurred at the Tour of Flanders.[4]

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 116 DNF 132 117 138
A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España 113 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wynants, Maarten". Quick Step. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Maarten Wynants says goodbye after seventeen years as a professional cyclist". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Profile: Maarten Wynants". Quick Step Cycling. 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Wynants set for retirement after 2021 Paris-Roubaix". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Jumbo-Visma extend contracts with Eenkhoorn, Hofstede, Roosen and Pfingsten". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021. As announced in June, Maarten Wynants is also on a short 2021 contract, and will retire following next season's Paris-Roubaix to become a sports director on the team [...]
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