Maarten Wynants
Maarten Wynants is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the, and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam.
Career
Born in Hasselt, Wynants was awarded the Combativity award in the [Tour de France|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 were caught by the peloton just from the end of the stage.In June 2020, Wynants announced that he would retire from cycling in April 2021, after that year's Paris–Roubaix. 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.
Major results
;2004;2005
;2006
;2007
;2008
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2016
;2017
;2018
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 116 | — | DNF | 132 | 117 | — | 138 |
| / Vuelta a España | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |