Nikolas Maes

Nikolas Maes
	Maes at the 2013 World Ports Classic.
Personal information
Full name	Nikolas Maes
Nickname	Nike
Born	9 April 1986 (age 35); 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–Soudal
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Rider type	Sprinter; Rouleur;
Amateur teams
2005–2006	Beveren 2000
2006	Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2007–2009	Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen
2010–2016	Quick-Step
2017–2020	Lotto–Soudal
Managerial team
2021–	Lotto–Soudal

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–Soudal.^[6]

Career[]

Born 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[]

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

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[]

^ "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.