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Full name
  
Niels Albert

Height
  
1.82 m

Role
  
Cyclist

Disciplines
  
Cyclo-cross

Name
  
Niels Albert

Spouse
  
Chantal Albert (m. 2013)

Current team
  
Retired

Weight
  
66 kg


Niels Albert

Born
  
5 February 1986 (age 38) Bonheiden, Belgium (
1986-02-05
)

2005–2014
  
Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop

Similar People
  
Sven Nys, Kevin Pauwels, Klaas Vantornout, Bart Wellens, Wout Van Aert

Marriage location
  

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Niels Albert (born 5 February 1986 in Bonheiden, near Antwerp, Belgium) is a former professional cyclo-cross racing cyclist who currently resides in Tremelo. He became World Champion twice, in 2009 and 2012.

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Career

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Similarly to Sven Nys, Albert began BMX racing, in which he was two times Belgian National Champion, before switching to cyclo-cross. On 8 October 2006 Albert took his first major senior victory at Grote Prijs Pro Cycling Neerpelt, Belgium. Albert won the first International cyclo-cross of the 2007/08 season with a victory in Erpe-Mere, Belgium. Albert scored another big victory with the Superprestige in Gieten, the Netherlands where riding for the first time in the Elite category of the annual Gieten race, he beat Sven Nys and Lars Boom.

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He finished second at the 2008/09 Belgian Cyclo-cross Championships (behind Sven Nys).

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In 2009, he became the Cyclo-cross world champion in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands. He took a second World Champion title in 2012, after a solo victory in Koksijde.

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His career ended abruptly on 19 May 2014, when Albert, aged 28, announced his retirement as a professional cyclist, due to heart problems.


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References

Niels Albert Wikipedia


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