Nico Sijmens

Nico Sijmens
Sijmens at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya.
Personal information
Full nameNico Sijmens
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978 (age 46)
Diest, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1999ASLK
Professional teams
2001–2003Vlaanderen–T Interim
2004–2008Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2009–2013Cofidis[1]
2014Wanty–Groupe Gobert[2]

Nico Sijmens (born 1 April 1978 in Diest, Belgium[3]) is a retired Belgian road racing cyclist,[4] who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Sijmens rodes for the Vlaanderen–T Interim, Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner, Cofidis and Wanty–Groupe Gobert teams over his career.[2][5]

Career achievements

Major results

2002
4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
5th Le Samyn
2003
Tour of Austria
1st Stages 4 & 6
9th Clásica de Almería
10th Classic Loire Atlantique
2004
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Brabantse Pijl
3rd Grand Prix de Denain
8th Rund um Köln
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2005
1st Overall Regio-Tour
1st Stage 2
1st Hel van het Mergelland
2nd Brussel–Ingooigem
6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2006
2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 3
6th Tour du Doubs
8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
10th Hel van het Mergelland
10th Le Samyn
2007
1st Beverbeek Classic
1st Hel van het Mergelland
7th Tour de la Somme
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2008
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
4th Le Samyn
8th Tour du Haut Var
9th Hel van het Mergelland
9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
10th Brabantse Pijl
2009
7th Paris–Brussels
2010
1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
2011
9th Halle–Ingooigem
2012
2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Stage 2
8th Overall Tour de Picardie
2013
1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2014
7th Boucles de l'Aulne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 68 — — — — — 104 — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — 96 73 87 78
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne (COF) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Nico Sijmens en Michel Kreder tekenen voor Wanty-Groupe Gobert" [Nico Sijmens and Michel Kreder sign for Wanty-Groupe Gobert]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Corelio. Belga. 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ "nicosijmens.be". Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  4. ^ "The Cyclingnews guide to rider transfers". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Nico Sijmens naar Cofidis" [Nico Sijmens to Cofidis]. De Standaard (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Belga. 3 September 2008.
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