Mees Hendrikx

Mees Hendrikx (born 8 August 2000) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Crelan–Corendon.

Mees Hendrikx

Hendrikx in 2023
Personal information
Born	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24) Valkenswaard, the Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team	Crelan–Corendon
Disciplines	Cyclo-cross Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
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 Men's cyclo-cross Representing  Netherlands World Championships 2020 Dübendorf Under-23 Race

Career

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

Cyclo-cross

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

1st Tábor

3rd Namur

3rd Dendermonde

3rd Flamanville

Under-23 X²O Badkamers Trophy

2nd Loenhout

2nd Lille

3rd Brussels

3rd National Championships

3rd Ardooie

2023–2024

3rd Rucphen

References

1. "Credishop-Fristads". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
2. "Alpecin-Fenix Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. 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.
4. "Nederlands 1-2'tje in Tabor: Mees Hendrikx klopt Ryan Kamp bij beloften". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
5. 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

• Mees Hendrikx at Cyclocross 24
• Mees Hendrikx at UCI
• Mees Hendrikx at Cycling Archives
• Mees Hendrikx at ProCyclingStats
• Mees Hendrikx at Cycling Quotient