Michael Vink Explained

Michael Vink
Fullname:Michael Vink
Nickname:Vinkinator[1] [2]
Birth Date:1991 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Height:1.90 m
Weight:74 kg
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2009–2010
Amateurteam1:Subway-Avanti Cycling Team
Amateuryears2:2010
Amateurteam2:Isorex Cycling Team[3]
Amateuryears3:2011
Amateurteam3:[4]
Amateuryears4:2011–2012
Amateurteam4:Mico–Protrain Cycling Team
Amateuryears5:2012
Amateurteam5:VL Technics–Abutriek Cycling Team
Amateuryears6:2012–2014
Amateurteam6:Scotty Browns–Vision Systems
Amateuryears7:2014
Amateuryears8:2016–2017
Proyears1:2013–2014
Proteam1:Team Budget Forklifts
Proyears2:2015
Proyears3:2018
Proyears4:2019–2021
Proteam4:[5] [6]
Proyears5:2022
Proteam5:[7]
Proyears6:2023–
Proteam6:[8]
Majorwins:

Michael Vink (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was signed by on the strength of his results in the virtual cycling platform ‘MyWhoosh’.

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,”

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

Source:[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 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 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 Overall Tour de Vineyards
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Meulebeke Kermesse
  • 1st Mountains classification Triptyque Ardennais
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Côte-d'Or[19]
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
  • 2nd Road race, Christchurch Festival of Cycling[20]
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Southland[21]
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
  • 5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
    2013
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 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
  • 1st Prologue (TTT), Stages 4 & 6 (ITT)
  • 2nd La Route Bretonne
  • 7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
    2017
  • 1st Ronde du Porhoët
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Southland
  • 1st Stage 6 (ITT)[24]
    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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Vinkinator obliterates the U23 field . Roadcycling.co.nz . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220142922/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/vinkinator-obliterates-the-u23-field.html . 20 February 2012 . dmy-all .
    2. Web site: Vinkinator strikes again to win Le Race . Roadcycling.co.nz . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220142934/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/vinkinator-strikes-again-to-win-le-race.html . 20 February 2012 . dmy-all .
    3. Web site: Top junior cyclists off to Belgium . Roadcycling.co.nz . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220143001/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/TeamTalk/top-junior-cyclists-off-to-belgium.html . 20 February 2012 . dmy-all .
    4. Web site: Trek-Livestrong announces three more 2011 roster additions . Treklivestrongu23.com . 15 September 2010 . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313001513/http://www.treklivestrongu23.com/2010/09/trek-livestrong-announces-three-more-roster-additions-for-2011/ . 13 March 2012 . dmy-all .
    5. Web site: St George Continental Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503194355/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14128/1002083/257. 3 May 2020.
    6. Web site: St George Continental Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 24 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224224634/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15279/1002083/276. 24 February 2021.
    7. Web site: Michael Vink et Mark Stewart chez Black Spoke en 2022 . velo-club.net . 6 January 2022.
    8. Web site: MyWhoosh champion Vink set to step-up with UAE Team Emirates . 31 October 2022.
    9. Web site: Burdon . Nathan . 2021-11-06 . Michael Vink wins his third Tour of Southland . 2023-01-09 . Stuff . en.
    10. Web site: March 20, 2021 . Vink Sets Course Record To Claims Le Race Trifecta Scoop News . 2023-01-09 . www.scoop.co.nz.
    11. Web site: Chris Marshall-Bell . 2023-02-18 . Self-coached part-time worker Michael Vink on turning pro with UAE-Team Emirates aged 31: 'It's a big step up' . 2023-03-02 . cyclingweekly.com . en.
    12. Web site: Cycling Archives – Michael Vink . Cyclingarchives.com . 22 November 1991 . 17 January 2012.
    13. News: Saturday effort got Michael Vink to lead in cycling tour . 5 October 2008 . . 25 October 2011.
    14. Web site: Hall of Fame. Le Race. 22 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20190513044857/http://lerace.co.nz/lhistoire/hall-fame/. 13 May 2019. dead.
    15. Web site: Vink smashes long standing time trial record . Roadcycling.co.nz . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220142951/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/vink-smashes-long-standing-time-trial-record.html . 20 February 2012 . dmy-all .
    16. News: Cycling: Vink beats high-class opponents on Taieri . 19 September 2011 . . 25 October 2011.
    17. Web site: Vink shapes like a star in the making . stuff.co.nz . 8 January 2012.
    18. Web site: Michael Vink takes all the glory at NZ Champs . Roadcycling.co.nz . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110024939/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/michael-vink-rightly-takes-all-the-glory.html . 10 January 2012 . dmy-all .
    19. Web site: Michael Vink shares win with teammate. Roadcycling.co.nz. 30 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120529195511/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/michael-vink-shares-win-with-teammate.html. 29 May 2012. dmy-all.
    20. Web site: British rider continues winning streak at Festival of Cycling . Roadcycling.co.nz . 1 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208104227/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/british-rider-continues-winning-streak-at-festival-of-cycling.html . 8 February 2013 . dmy-all .
    21. News: Cycling: Northey wins Tour of Southland . The New Zealand Herald . 4 November 2012. 3 November 2012.
    22. Web site: Vink wins Coffee Culture Le Race in impressive-fashion . Roadcycling.co.nz . 24 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327192743/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/vink-wins-coffee-culture-le-race-in-impressive-fashion.html . 27 March 2013 . dmy-all .
    23. Web site: Vink takes surprise Benchmark Series win. Roadcycling.co.nz. 5 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122938/http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/michael-vink-takes-surprise-benchmark-series-win.html. 6 October 2014. dmy-all.
    24. Web site: Vink claims consecutive time trial victories=Roadcycling.co.nz . 5 November 2017.
    25. Web site: Michael Vink holds off Hamish Bond for Tour of Southland victory . 3 November 2018.
    26. Web site: Vink victorious in The Pioneer . 1 December 2018.
    27. Web site: Kiwi riders sweep top Pioneer categories. 7 December 2019.

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