Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam .
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 cycle team.
On 9 September 2009 it was announced he would be joining for the 2010 season."Maes to RadioShack in 2010", Cycling News, 2009-09-09. Retrieved on 2009-10-02. However, his name was not on the team roster presented on 5 October 2009. He subsequently signed with , 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
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