Wynants at the 2016 Tour of Britain
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Maarten Wynants |
Born |
Hasselt, Belgium |
13 May 1982
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | LottoNL–Jumbo |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team(s) | |
2004 | Jong Vlaanderen 2016 |
Professional team(s) | |
2005–2006 | Chocolade Jacques–T Interim |
2007–2010 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
2011– | Rabobank |
Maarten Wynants (born 13 May 1982 in Hasselt) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team LottoNL–Jumbo.
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 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 km from the end of the 225.5 km stage.