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
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 6 - Superprestige 98/99, 99/00, 01/02, 02/03, 04/05, 06/07 4 - Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy 02/03, 04/05, 05/06, 06/07

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.

Sven 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.

On December 31, 2006, Sven 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.