Mees Hendrikx (born 8 August 2000) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Crelan–Corendon.
 Hendrikx in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 August 2000 Valkenswaard, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Crelan–Corendon | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | Alpecin–Fenix (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Credishop–Fristads (cyclo-cross)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Alpecin–Fenix Development Team (road)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | IKO–Crelan (cyclo-cross) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Hendrikx was a promising junior rider, winning the junior race at the Grand Prix Nommay, part of the 2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup where he finished third in the overall classification with four podium finishes in 7 races. After a disappointing, injury-riddled winter season in 2018-2019 he couldn't find a team. As an independent rider, he achieved more success in the next cyclo-cross season, culminating in his selection for the Dutch team for the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Switzerland, where he won the bronze medal in the U23 category.[3]
In the 2021–2022 season, he won his first U23 World Cup race with the Cyklokros Tábor in the Czech Republic.[4] He also won the overall U23 World Cup, having finished 3rd in the three other races. He finished 9th in the Duinencross Koksijde, an elite World Cup race,[3][5] and was third in the Dutch cyclocross championships, and first of the U23 riders.
Major results edit
Cyclo-cross edit
- 2017–2018
- 3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 1st Nommay
- 2nd Bogense
- 3rd Hoogerheide
- 3rd Zeven
- 2nd National Junior Championships
- Junior Soudal Classics
- 2nd Sint-Niklaas
- 2019–2020
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd
UCI World Under-23 Championships - 2021–2022
- 1st
Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
- Under-23 X²O Badkamers Trophy
- 3rd National Championships
- 3rd Ardooie
- 2023–2024
- 3rd Rucphen
References edit
- ^ "Credishop-Fristads". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Alpecin-Fenix Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b Pertijs, Ad (22 November 2021). "Veldrijder Mees Hendrikx knokt zich helemaal terug: 'Als zij er niet waren geweest, had ik nu misschien niet meer op de fiets gezeten'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Nederlands 1-2'tje in Tabor: Mees Hendrikx klopt Ryan Kamp bij beloften". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Van der Salm, Tom (3 December 2021). "Onder de Radar. Van Kessel op de weg terug, jonge Hendrikx en talentvolle Amerikaanse". indeleiderstrui.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
External links edit
- Mees Hendrikx at Cyclocross 24
- Mees Hendrikx at UCI
- Mees Hendrikx at Cycling Archives
- Mees Hendrikx at ProCyclingStats
- Mees Hendrikx at Cycling Quotient
