Maarten Wynants
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Career
Born in Hasselt, Wynants was awarded the Combativity award, given to a rider judged to have shown exceptional attacking spirit during the race, following Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour de France on 4 July. Attacking in the first kilometre, he continued to lead from the front until both he and Alexandr Pliushin of Template:Cycling data KAT were caught by the peloton just Script error: No such module "convert". from the end of the Script error: No such module "convert". stage.[2]
In June 2020, Wynants announced that he would retire from cycling in April 2021, after that year's Paris–Roubaix.[3][4] Following the postponement of Paris–Roubaix to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Wynants' final race occurred at the Tour of Flanders.[1]
Major results
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- 2004
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Grand Prix de Waregem
- 2005
- 3rd Hel van het Mergelland
- 2006
- 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 7th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2007
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
- 5th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2008
- 3rd Trofeo Sóller
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th Paris–Brussels
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2010
- File:Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France
- 2011
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2012
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2013
- 2nd Trofeo Platja de Muro
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2014
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2016
- 9th Le Samyn
- 9th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2017
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 2018
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | 116 | — | DNF | 132 | 117 | — | 138 |
| A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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External links
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