{{Short description|Dutch cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Kai Reus | image = Aniche_-_Quatre_jours_de_Dunkerque,_étape_2,_5_mai_2016,_départ_et_arrivée_(A86).JPG | caption = Reus in 2016 | fullname = Kai Reus | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|3|11}} | birth_place = Niedorp, the Netherlands | height = {{convert|1.85|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Breakaway specialist | amateuryears1 = 2019 | amateurteam1 = WV West Frisia | amateuryears2 = 2020 | amateurteam2 = A de Jong Groep | proyears1 = 2004–2005 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RDT|2004}} | proyears2 = 2006–2010 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TLJ|2006}} | proyears3 = 2011 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2011}} | proyears4 = 2012 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|UHC|2012}} | proyears5 = 2013 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2013}} | proyears6 = 2014 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2014}} | proyears7 = 2015–2016 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2015}} | proyears8 = 2016 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|ROO|2016}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{NED}} }} {{MedalSport| Men's road bicycle racing }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold |2003 Hamilton|Junior road race}} }} [[File:Kai Reus.jpg|Reus during the 2007 Tour de Romandie|thumb]] '''Kai Reus''' (born 11 March 1985) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for {{UCI team code|ROO|2016}}.
As a junior, Reus won the Junior men's road race during the 2003 UCI Road World Championships.
After missing out on the 2007 Tour de France Reus was training at the Col de l'Iseran on 12 July 2007. Reus fell from his bike and slipped into a coma. After team mate Michael Rasmussen won the yellow jersey during the Tour he dedicated the jersey to Reus. Eventually Reus would remain in coma until 23 July. Reus returned to racing in the 2008 Tour of Missouri.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/sep08/sep10news2 |title=Reus returns to racing |first=Susan |last=Westemeyer |work=Cyclingnews |date=2008-09-10 |accessdate=2008-09-10}}</ref>
Reus took a year off from cycling between 2010 and 2011 after he was diagnosed with mononucleosis and lost form.<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/reus-takes-time-off-from-cycling-return-is-questionable Reus takes time off from cycling, return is questionable]</ref> He competed for {{UCI team code|RIJ|2011}} in 2011 and 2013, with a season at {{UCI team code|UHC|2012}} in between.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10215/Kai-Reus-confirms-hell-race-with-UnitedHealthcare-in-2012.aspx|title=Kai Reus confirms he'll race with UnitedHealthcare in 2012|first=Shane|last=Stokes|accessdate=15 January 2012|date=26 October 2011|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC}}</ref>
At the end of the 2016 season, Reus announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ad.nl/wielrennen/kai-reus-is-klaar-met-wielrennen~a7cd0df5/|title=Kai Reus is klaar met wielrennen|publisher=AD|date=27 September 2016|first=Thijs|last=Zonneveld|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2003 : 1st 20px Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st Overall UCI Junior World Cup : 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi : 1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ::1st Prologue : 1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Overall Junior Tour of Ireland ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Overall Euregio Autolease Heuvelland Tour ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Juniors : 4th Overall Tour de Lorraine Juniors ::1st Stage 4 (ITT) ;2004 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Triptyque des Barrages : 4th Overall Olympia's Tour : 4th Chrono des Nations U23 : 4th Overall Tweedaagse der Gaverstreek : 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 1 : 8th Ronde van Noord-Holland ;2005 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st Stage 4 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 1st Stages 3 & 5b (ITT) Circuito Montañés : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques ;2006 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st 20px Road race ::1st 20px Time trial : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st Prologue & Stage 5 : 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 : 3rd Rund um Köln : 6th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém : 7th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal ;2009 : 4th Overall Tour of Britain ::1st Stage 2 ;2011 : 1st Stage 1 Mi-Août en Bretagne ;2012 : 1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal ;2015 : 6th Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 8th Duo Normand {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|http://www.kaireus.nl}} {{in lang|nl}} * {{Official website|http://www.rabobank.nl/particulieren/sponsoring/wielrennen/proteam/riders_in_english/kai_reus|Profile at Rabobank official website}} *{{Sports links}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's junior road race}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reus, Kai}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:People from Niedorp Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Category:Cyclists from North Holland Category:20th-century Dutch people Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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