Maarten Wynants
Belgian road bicycle racer
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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]
Hasselt, Belgium
Wynants at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maarten Wynants |
| Born | 13 May 1982 Hasselt, Belgium |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Amateur team | |
| 2004 | Jong Vlaanderen 2016 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Chocolade Jacques–T Interim |
| 2007–2010 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2011–2021 | Rabobank[2][3] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2021– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
Career
Born in Hasselt, Wynants was awarded the Combativity award, given to a rider judged to have shown 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
- 2004
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 10th Grand Prix de Waregem
- 2005
- 3rd Hel van het Mergelland
- 2006
- 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 7th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2007
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
- 5th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2008
- 3rd Trofeo Sóller
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th Paris–Brussels
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2010
Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France- 2011
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2012
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2013
- 2nd Trofeo Platja de Muro
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2014
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2016
- 9th Le Samyn
- 9th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2017
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 2018
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | 116 | — | DNF | 132 | 117 | — | 138 |
 / Vuelta a España |
113 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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