Sven Nys

Personal information
Full name	Sven Nys
Nickname	▪ The Cannibal from Baal ▪ The General
Born	(1976-06-17) 17 June 1976 (age 36) Bonheiden, Belgium
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team	Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
Discipline	Cyclo-cross Mountain bike racing Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1998–2008 2008–	Rabobank Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner
Major wins
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Overall standings (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) 46 individual races Cyclo-cross Superprestige Overall standings (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) 55 individual races GvA Trophy Overall standings (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 42 individual races Cyclo-cross World Champion (2005) National Cyclo-cross Champion (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) National Mountainbike Champion (2005)
Medal record Competitor for  Belgium Cyclo-cross World Championships Gold Sankt Wendel 2005 Elite Men's Race Silver Sankt Wendel 2011 Elite Men's Race Bronze Sint-Michielsgestel 2000 Elite Men's Race Bronze Zolder 2002 Elite Men's Race Bronze Treviso 2008 Elite Men's Race Bronze Hoogerheide 2009 Elite Men's Race Bronze Tábor 2010 Elite Men's Race
Infobox last updated on 20 January 2012

Nys at Middelkerke in December 2007

Sven Nys (born 17 June 1976 in Bonheiden, near Antwerp, Belgium) is a professional cyclist who has won his most important victories in cyclo-cross races.

Nys began racing BMX at the age of 8. He won eight BMX National titles before switching his focus to cyclocross and road racing.

In 2005 he became the first cyclo-crosser to achieve the Grand Slam: he won both championships, ended as #1 at the UCI Rankings and won the Superprestige and the GvA Trophy.

In only his second race as a mountain bike racer he won the Belgian Championships and he ended ninth at the Olympic Games in 2008, ahead of the more experienced Belgian competitors.

On 31 December 2006, Nys scored his 150th career win at Superprestige #6 Diegem, Belgium – C1 and went on to win the first race of 2007, the race named after him, the Grand Prix Sven Nys. 4 years later, Nys scored his 300th career win at the Koppenbergcross, one of the toughest races in the season.

Nys is considered one of the greatest cyclo-cross racers ever by his peers and prominent figures of the cyclo-cross world; and the leading man in cyclo-cross in the 21st century.

Victories [link]

Results [link]

Championships [link]

World Cup [link]

NP: not participated

NH: not held

Superprestige [link]

Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trophy [link]

References [link]

• Sven Nys profile at Cycling Archives

External links [link]

• Official web site (Dutch)
• Video of Sven in Oostmalle

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race 1950 Jean Robic 1951–1953 Roger Rondeaux 1954–1958 André Dufraisse 1959 Renato Longo 1960–1961 Rolf Wolfshohl 1962 Renato Longo 1963 Rolf Wolfshohl 1964–1965 Renato Longo 1966 Erik De Vlaeminck 1967 Renato Longo 1968–1973 Erik De Vlaeminck 1974 Albert Van Damme 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck 1976–1979 Albert Zweifel 1980 Roland Liboton 1981 Hennie Stamsnijder 1982–1984 Roland Liboton 1985 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1986 Albert Zweifel 1987 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1988 Pascal Richard 1989 Danny De Bie 1990 Henk Baars 1991 Radomír Šimůnek 1992 Mike Kluge 1993 Dominique Arnould 1994 Paul Herygers 1995 Dieter Runkel 1996 Adri van der Poel 1997 Daniele Pontoni 1998–1999 Mario De Clercq 2000 Richard Groenendaal 2001 Erwin Vervecken 2002 Mario De Clercq 2003–2004 Bart Wellens 2005 Sven Nys 2006–2007 Erwin Vervecken 2008 Lars Boom 2009 Niels Albert 2010–2011 Zdeněk Štybar 2012 Niels Albert