Nick van der Lijke
Nick van der Lijke (2015) | |
To person | |
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Nickname | Nicky |
Date of birth | September 23, 1991 |
nation | Netherlands |
discipline | Road / train |
To the team | |
Current team | Roompot-Charles |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: September 9, 2018 |
Nick "Nicky" van der Lijke (born September 23, 1991 in Middelburg ) is a Dutch cyclist who competes in races on the road and track .
Athletic career
Van der Lijke was runner-up in the 2007 Dutch championships for young people in road racing . A year later he finished on the podium in the overall rankings of the junior stage races Ronde van Antwerpen and West-Brabantse Pijl . In 2009 he was sixth in the final classification of the Giro della Lunigiana . For the 2010 season van der Lijke received a contract with the Rabobank Continental team . In the 2012 season he won both a stage and the overall ranking of the Tour de Gironde , with which van der Lijke celebrated his first victories on the UCI Europe Tour . In 2015 he started at the Giro d'Italia and finished 86th overall. In 2016 he won the junior ranking of the Tour des Fjord and was third in the overall ranking, in 2017 he finished second in the mountain ranking of the Tour de Suisse .
In 2018 Nick van der Lijke started on the track and became European champion in the derny race behind pacemaker René Kos . The following year he was unable to defend his European Championship title because he fell on the first stage of the Tour of Norway in May of that year and had to undergo shoulder surgery. He was not able to compete again until the end of August.
successes
- 2012
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour de Gironde
- Mountain classification Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2013
- Beverbeek Classic
- Overall ranking, one stage and junior ranking Kreiz Breizh Elites
- Beverbeek Classic
- Young talent Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
- 2016
- Young talent tour of the fjord
- 2018
- European Champion - Derny (behind René Kos )
Teams
- 2010 Rabobank Continental
- 2011 Rabobank Continental Team
- 2012 Rabobank Continental Team
- 2013 Rabobank Development Team
- 2014 Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
- 2015 Team Lotto NL-Jumbo
- 2016 Roompot Oranje Peloton
- 2017 Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
- 2018 Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
- 2019 Roompot-Charles
Web links
- Nick van der Lijke in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Nick van der Lijke in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim De Vries: Nick van der Lijke wordt vandaag geopereerd aan ontwrichte schouder. In: WielerFlits. June 11, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 (Dutch).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lijke, Nick van der |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lijke, Nicky van der |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelburg |