Mees Hendrikx

Mees Hendrikx
Hendrikx in 2023
Personal information
Born (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)
Valkenswaard, the Netherlands
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current teamCrelan–Corendon
Disciplines
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
2020Alpecin–Fenix (stagiaire)
2020–2021Credishop–Fristads (cyclo-cross)[1]
2021–2023Alpecin–Fenix Development Team (road)[2]
2021–IKO–Crelan (cyclo-cross)
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Dübendorf Under-23 Race

Mees Hendrikx (born 8 August 2000) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Crelan–Corendon.

Career

Hendrikx was a promising junior rider, winning the junior race at the Grand Prix Nommay, part of the 2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup where he finished third in the overall classification with four podium finishes in 7 races. After a disappointing, injury-riddled winter season in 2018-2019 he couldn't find a team. As an independent rider, he achieved more success in the next cyclo-cross season, culminating in his selection for the Dutch team for the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Switzerland, where he won the bronze medal in the U23 category.[3]

In the 2021–2022 season, he won his first U23 World Cup race with the Cyklokros Tábor in the Czech Republic.[4] He also won the overall U23 World Cup, having finished 3rd in the three other races. He finished 9th in the Duinencross Koksijde, an elite World Cup race,[3][5] and was third in the Dutch cyclocross championships, and first of the U23 riders.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2017–2018
3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
1st Nommay
2nd Bogense
3rd Hoogerheide
3rd Zeven
2nd National Junior Championships
Junior Soudal Classics
2nd Sint-Niklaas
2019–2020
2nd National Under-23 Championships
3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships
2021–2022
1st Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
1st Tábor
3rd Namur
3rd Dendermonde
3rd Flamanville
Under-23 X²O Badkamers Trophy
2nd Loenhout
2nd Lille
3rd Brussels
3rd National Championships
3rd Ardooie
2023–2024
3rd Rucphen

References

  1. ^ "Credishop-Fristads". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Pertijs, Ad (22 November 2021). "Veldrijder Mees Hendrikx knokt zich helemaal terug: 'Als zij er niet waren geweest, had ik nu misschien niet meer op de fiets gezeten'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Nederlands 1-2'tje in Tabor: Mees Hendrikx klopt Ryan Kamp bij beloften". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ Van der Salm, Tom (3 December 2021). "Onder de Radar. Van Kessel op de weg terug, jonge Hendrikx en talentvolle Amerikaanse". indeleiderstrui.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2022.