Mees Hendrikx

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| name = Mees Hendrikx

| image = Cyclocross Troyes 2023 ME 007.jpg

| caption = Hendrikx in 2023

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|5}}

| birth_place = Valkenswaard, the Netherlands

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 61 kg

| currentteam = Crelan–Corendon

| disciplines = {{ubl|Cyclo-cross|Road}}

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2020

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AFC|2020}} (stagiaire)

| proyears2 = 2020–2021

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| proyears3 = 2021–2023

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| proyears4 = 2021–

| proteam4 = IKO–Crelan (cyclo-cross)

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

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.{{cite news |last1=Pertijs |first1=Ad |title=Veldrijder Mees Hendrikx knokt zich helemaal terug: 'Als zij er niet waren geweest, had ik nu misschien niet meer op de fiets gezeten' |url=https://www.ed.nl/sport-regio/veldrijder-mees-hendrikx-knokt-zich-helemaal-terug-als-zij-er-niet-waren-geweest-had-ik-nu-misschien-niet-meer-op-de-fiets-gezeten~aab3b0be/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.be%2F |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=22 November 2021 |language=Dutch}}

In the 2021–2022 season, he won his first U23 World Cup race with the Cyklokros Tábor in the Czech Republic.{{cite news |title=Nederlands 1-2'tje in Tabor: Mees Hendrikx klopt Ryan Kamp bij beloften |url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/nederlands-1-2tje-in-tabor-mees-hendrikx-verslaat-ryan-kamp-in-u23-koers/ |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=Wielerflits.nl |date=14 November 2021 |language=Dutch}} 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,{{cite web |last1=Van der Salm |first1=Tom |title=Onder de Radar. Van Kessel op de weg terug, jonge Hendrikx en talentvolle Amerikaanse |url=https://www.indeleiderstrui.nl/veldrijden/onder-de-radar-van-kessel-op-de-weg-terug |website=indeleiderstrui.nl |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=Dutch |date=3 December 2021}} and was third in the Dutch cyclocross championships, and first of the U23 riders.