Sven Nys

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**Sven Nys**
Personal information

Full name	Sven Nys
Date of birth	June 17, 1976 (age 30)
Country	Belgium
Height	1.81 m
Weight	70 kg
Team information
Current team	Rabobank
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
World ranking	1
World Cup rank	1
Professional team(s)
1998-	Rabobank
Major wins
1 - CX Worlds 04/05 1 - Belgian MTB Nationals 04/05 4 - Belgian CX Nationals 99/00, 03/04, 04/05, 05/06 2 - World Cup 99/00, 01/02 5 - Superprestige 98/99, 99/00, 01/02, 02/03, 04/05 3 - Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy 02/03, 04/05, 05/06
Infobox last updated on:
December 13, 2006

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

[edit] Early career

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

[edit] Recent news

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.