Dominik Mink

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Dominik Mink Road cycling
Dominik Nerz (2015)
Dominik Nerz (2015)
To person
Date of birth August 25, 1989
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Street
End of career 2016
Team (s)
2008
2009
2010
2011–2012
2013–2014
2015–2016 		Team Ista
Continental Team Milram
Team Milram
Liquigas-Cannondale
BMC Racing Team
Bora-Argon 18
Most important successes

German champions German champion - road race (U23) 2009

Last updated: April 13, 2020

Dominik Nerz (born August 25, 1989 in Wangen im Allgäu ) is a former German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Mink started cycling at school age . At the age of 17 he became German track cycling champion in the junior class team pursuit in 2006 . The following year he won a stage in the junior class and the overall ranking at the Giro di Toscana . At the Trofeo Karlsberg , he won a section and was second overall. He was also first in the overall standings at the Tour du Valromey , the International Cottbus Tour and the Napoleon Cup . In 2007, Nerz finally became German mountain champion and won the overall ranking of the cycling Bundesliga in the junior class.

As a U23 driver, Nerz drove for the Ista team in 2008 and for the German Continental Team Milram in 2009 . For the farm team of the UCI ProTeam Milram he celebrated his greatest success in 2009 when he won the German U23 road championship. He then received a contract with ProTeam Milram in 2010.

After the team was disbanded, Nerz was signed by the Italian team Liquigas-Cannondale , for which he competed in two major national tours as assistant to Vincenzo Nibali with the Vuelta a España 2011 and the Tour de France 2012 and which he finished in 38th and 47th.

In 2013 he switched to the BMC Racing Team and, in fourth of the difficult 16th stage of the Vuelta a España 2013, narrowly missed a victory in a WorldTour race . He finished the tour in tenth place overall. At the Vuelta a España 2014 he finished 18th overall, although he lost more than six minutes on the 4th stage after he had to give his team captain Cadel Evans his front wheel after a defect.

In 2015, Nerz was hired by the German Professional Continental Team Bora-Argon 18 as captain for the Grand Tours . Due to illnesses caused by some racing accidents, however, he was unable to meet the team's expectations. At the end of the 2016 season, Nerz, who suffered several head injuries in races and complained of headaches, dizziness and disorientation, ended his career as a racing cyclist for health reasons at the age of 27.

Trivia

In 2019 he processed his experiences as a professional in road cycling in the book Falling .

successes

2006
2007
2008
  • bronze German Championship - Mountain (U23)
2009
2015

Placements in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - 47 - - DNF
Red jersey Vuelta a España 38 - 14th 18th -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mink missed the chance of a Vuelta stage victory. radsport-news.com, September 9, 2013, accessed November 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Outgrown the helper role. radsport-news.com, November 9, 2014, accessed November 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Health problems - Dominik Nerz ends his career. radsport-news.com, October 14, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016 .
  4. Jump up against the wall in the tunnel. sueddeutsche.de, November 3, 2016, accessed on November 3, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Mink, Dominik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German track and road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Wangen in the Allgäu