Rien John Schuurhuis (born 12 August 1982) is a Dutch-born Australian road cyclist and industrial design engineer who competed for the Vatican City in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI Road World Championships. He was the first cyclist and athlete who represented the Vatican City as a regular scoring competitor.
Biography Schuurhuis was introduced to cycling at a young age saying he "could ride a bike before I could walk," due to the cycling culture of the Netherlands. Schuurhuis holds Dutch citizenship due to his birth, Australian citizenship as his wife Chiara Porro is Australian, and held Vatican citizenship when his wife was the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See. He moved to Rome in 2020. Schuurhuis and Porro have two children, Thomas and George.
Schuurhuis started competing internationally for teams such as Oliver's Real Food Racing and Blank Inc Cycling Team under a Dutch sporting nationality. In 2020 when he moved to Rome, he was "immediately drawn to the values and community spirit of Athletica Vaticana", and in 2021 he started competing for the Vatican City.
Schuurhuis was the first athlete to represent Vatican City as a regular scoring competitor after competing in the men's road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. He also represented Vatican City at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the world championships, and the 2024 European Championships, all in the same event.
Major results 2015 N/A Tour de Perth 18th Melbourne-Warrnambool 33rd Tour of Southland 2016 45th New Zealand Cycle Classic 75th Tour de Ijen 65th Tour de Flores DNF Road race, Dutch National Road Race Championships N/A Tour of the Great South Coast N/A Tour of Gippsland 46th Jelajah Malaysia 2017 5th Tour of the Great South Coast N/A Tour of the King Valley 2018 DNF Herald Sun Tour DNF Road race, Dutch National Road Race Championships 8th Tour Tahiti Nui N/A Tour of New Caledonia 2019 11th Tour Tahiti Nui 22nd Tour of New Caledonia 2021 40th Time trial, Dutch National Road Race Championships 2022 11th Limburg Cycling Time Trial DNF Road race, World Championships 2023 DNF Road race, World Championships 2024 DNF Road race, World Championships DNF European Road Championships 2026 DNF Road race, 2026 Australian National Road Race Championships
References
External links Rien Schuurhuis at Eurosport Rien Schuurhuis at World Cycling Stats Rien Schuurhuis at Pro Cycling Stats Rien Schuurhuis at First Cycling Rien Schuurhuis at Sito del Ciclismo