Michael Vink (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He was signed by UAE Team Emirates on the strength of his results in the virtual cycling platform ‘MyWhoosh’.[8]
.jpg) Vink in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Vink |
| Nickname | Vinkinator[1][2] |
| Born | 22 November 1991 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009–2010 | Subway-Avanti Cycling Team |
| 2010 | Isorex Cycling Team[3] |
| 2011 | Trek–Livestrong[4] |
| 2011–2012 | Mico–Protrain Cycling Team |
| 2012 | VL Technics–Abutriek Cycling Team |
| 2012–2014 | Scotty Browns–Vision Systems |
| 2014 | Breads of Europe–All About Plumbing Cycling Team |
| 2016–2017 | Sojasun Espoir ACNC |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Team Budget Forklifts |
| 2015 | CCT p/b Champion System |
| 2018 | Brisbane Continental Cycling Team |
| 2019–2021 | St George Continental Cycling Team[5][6] |
| 2022 | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling[7] |
| 2023– | UAE Team Emirates[8] |
| Major wins | |
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Vink has won the Tour of Southland three times (2018, 2019, 2021), a feat only achieved by four other riders. He said of his third win “I think we were the hot favourites from day one and to finish it off for me and for all the boys and the sponsors, it’s the best way to repay them, by taking the win,”[9] He has also won Le Race (Christchurch to Akaroa) three times (2010, 2013 and 2021) and holds the course record.[10] He said of his 2021 victory “Conditions were pretty good, and the record was on the cards, so I really pushed hard to get the record,”[10]
Vink, said of joining UAE Team Emirates, at the age of 31 “I’m a guy who just loves riding my bike. I would wake up, check the weather forecast, see how I felt, and then do what I wanted. I was working on and off, a few different things all cycling-related, including in shops. I’ve got too much experience in the cycling industry to do something different.”[11]
Major results
editSource:[12]
- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 1st Overall Yunca Junior Tour of Southland[13]
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit (national record)
- 1st Team pursuit (national record)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Yunca Junior Tour of Southland
- 1st Graperide
- 1st French Under 19 selection race
- 1st Time trial, Te Awamutu Junior Tour
- 1st Time trial, Rotorua Junior Tour
- Most aggressive rider, Grand prix Leclerc de Lune à Cholet
- 2nd Overall Vendée les 3 Rivières
- 1st Junior rider classification
- 3rd Team pursuit, Australian Youth Olympic Festival
- 9th Overall Tour of Southland
- 2010
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Overall Main Divide Cycle Race
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
Overall Monmort Chouilly Beaunay - 1st Le Race (course record)[14]
- 1st Ottergem Kermesse
- 1st Christchurch to Hanmer (course record)
- 1st Christchurch Time Trial Association 16 km (course record)[15]
- 2nd Gore–Invercargill
- 3rd Amateur race, Zierikzee
- 3rd Long Bays Classic
- 2011
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Taieri[16]
- 3rd Le Race
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race[17]
- 1st Under-23 road race[18] (1st overall and course record)
- 1st Under-23 time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Vineyards
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Meulebeke Kermesse
- 1st
Mountains classification Triptyque Ardennais - 2nd Overall Tour de Côte-d'Or[19]
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 1st
- 2nd Road race, Christchurch Festival of Cycling[20]
- 3rd Overall Tour of Southland[21]
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
- 1st
- 5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2013
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 1st Main Divide Cycle Race
- 1st Le Race (course record)[22]
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 4th Overall Tour of the Murray River
- 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2014
- 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 1st Graperide
- 1st Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series[23]
- 2015
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Tour of Southland
- 2nd La Route Bretonne
- 7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2017
- 1st Ronde du Porhoët
- 2nd Overall Tour of Southland
- 2018
- 1st Overall Tour of Southland
- 1st Stage 3[25]
- 1st Overall The Pioneer MTB Stage Race (with Tim Rush)[26]
- 1st Prologue, Stages 2, 3, 4 & 5
- 1st Graperide
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Tasmania
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2019
- 1st Overall Tour of Southland
- 1st Prologue (TTT)
- 1st Overall The Pioneer MTB Stage Race (with Tim Rush)[27]
- 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5
- 2nd Overall Tour de Ijen
- 3rd Overall PRUride Philippines
- 5th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 5th Overall Tour of Fuzhou
- 8th Overall Tour de Kumano
- 2020
- 2nd Overall Tour of Southland
- 2021
- 1st Overall Tour of Southland
- 1st Stages 2 & 7 (ITT, course record)
- 1st Le Race (course record)
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2022
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ "Vinkinator obliterates the U23 field". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Vinkinator strikes again to win Le Race". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Top junior cyclists off to Belgium". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Trek-Livestrong announces three more 2011 roster additions". Treklivestrongu23.com. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "St George Continental Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "St George Continental Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Michael Vink et Mark Stewart chez Black Spoke en 2022". velo-club.net. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ a b "MyWhoosh champion Vink set to step-up with UAE Team Emirates". Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Burdon, Nathan (6 November 2021). "Michael Vink wins his third Tour of Southland". Stuff. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Vink Sets Course Record To Claims Le Race Trifecta | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Chris Marshall-Bell (18 February 2023). "Self-coached part-time worker Michael Vink on turning pro with UAE-Team Emirates aged 31: 'It's a big step up'". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Cycling Archives – Michael Vink". Cyclingarchives.com. 22 November 1991. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Saturday effort got Michael Vink to lead in cycling tour". The Southland Times. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Le Race. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Vink smashes long standing time trial record". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Cycling: Vink beats high-class opponents on Taieri". Otago Daily Times. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Vink shapes like a star in the making". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Michael Vink takes all the glory at NZ Champs". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Michael Vink shares win with teammate". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "British rider continues winning streak at Festival of Cycling". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "Cycling: Northey wins Tour of Southland". The New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Vink wins Coffee Culture Le Race in impressive-fashion". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Vink takes surprise Benchmark Series win". Roadcycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Vink claims consecutive time trial victories=Roadcycling.co.nz". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Michael Vink holds off Hamish Bond for Tour of Southland victory". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Vink victorious in The Pioneer". Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Kiwi riders sweep top Pioneer categories". Retrieved 7 December 2019.
External links
edit- Michael Vink at UCI
- Michael Vink at Cycling Archives
- Michael Vink at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Vink at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Vink at CycleBase
