Maarten Wynants

Maarten Wynants (born 13 May 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen, Quick-Step and Team Jumbo–Visma teams.^[4] He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.^[4]

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Maarten Wynants
Wynants at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Maarten Wynants
Born	(1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 43) Hasselt, Belgium
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)^[1]
Team information
Current team	Visma–Lease a Bike
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Amateur team
2004	Jong Vlaanderen 2016

Professional teams
2005–2006	Chocolade Jacques–T Interim
2007–2010	Quick-Step–Innergetic
2011–2021	Rabobank^[2]^[3]

Managerial team
2021–	Team Jumbo–Visma

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 Team Katusha were caught by the peloton just 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the end of the 225.5-kilometre (140.1-mile) stage.^[5]

In June 2020, Wynants announced that he would retire from cycling in April 2021, after that year's Paris–Roubaix.^[6]^[7] 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.^[4]