Guy Nulens

Guy Nulens

To person
Date of birth	October 27, 1957
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
End of career	1995
Team (s)
1979–1982 1983 1984–1985 1986 1987–1989 1990–1992 1993–1994 1995	DAF Trucks Jacky Aernoudt-Rossin Panasonic-Raleigh Panasonic-Merckx-Agu Panasonic-Isostar Panasonic-Sportlife Novemail-Histor-Laser Computer Collstrop-Lystex
Most important successes
one stage Tour de France 1980 two stages Tour de Suisse 1981, 1986
Last updated: June 6, 2020

Guy Nulens (born October 27, 1957 in Hasselt , Limburg Province ) is a former professional Belgian cyclist . He was a professional from 1979 to 1995.

Career

Nulens began his professional career at DAF Trucks and during this time he won a stage each in the Tour de Suisse and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré . After moving to Peter Post's Panasonic-Raleigh , he won another stage in the Tour de Suisse and a stage in the Tour de France in 1990 . From 1993 to 1994 he drove for Novemail-Histor-Laser Computer and switched to Collstrop-Lystex in 1995. Here he ended his career at the end of the season.

Between 1980 and 1994, Nulens competed 15 times in the Tour de France , a total of 19 Grand Tours . During his playing days, the Belgian was known as strong domestics , i.e. as a noble helper to his respective captain, and drove for some of the strongest teams of his era. He allegedly said of himself, "I am and will remain a driver in the service of . I was never a real winner. I am a very good driver. I am so humble I can say that. I have driven many races at who I had to be in the lead every day, for kilometers ... because that's what I'm part of the team: driving ahead. "

successes

1979

• Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi
• a stage of the Etoile des Espoirs

1981

• one stage Tour de Suisse

1984

• a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1985

• Overall ranking and a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges

1986

• one stage Tour de Suisse

1990

• a stage of the MZF Tour de France

1993

• Belgian championship - road racing

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	26th	-	-	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	DNF	52	22nd	DNF	24	113	54	61	38	55	54	62	-	-	88

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Monuments-of-cycling placements

Monument to cycling	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Milan – Sanremo	100	-	-	13	25th	-	-	84	26th	27	-	-	81	21st	59	-
Tour of Flanders	24	-	-	5	26th	-	-	-	-	32	54	-	62	-	32	-
Paris – Roubaix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	26th	-
Liège – Bastogne – Liège	-	-	-	21st	50	-	-	31	-	-	106	-	-	-	23	-
Lombardy tour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Guy Nulens in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Guy Nulens in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tour de magellan - celebrities. In: tour-de-magellan.de. Retrieved June 6, 2020 .