page_title: Niki Terpstra
section_title: Early life and career
hierarchical_section_title: Niki Terpstra / Career / Early life and career
caption_attribution_description: Niki Terpstra aux Quatre Jours de Dunkerque 2008
context_page_description: Niki Terpstra is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Mike Terpstra. He is the third Dutch cyclist to have won both of the cobbled Monument spring classics, Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, after Jan Raas and Hennie Kuiper.
context_section_description: Niki Terpstra was born on 18 May 1984 in Beverwijk in the Netherlands. 
  He was part of the silver medal winning team in the team pursuit in the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, together with Levi Heimans, Jens Mouris and Peter Schep. With a 4th place in the Three Days of De Panne followed by a 14th place at the 2008 Tour of Flanders, young Terpstra showed signs of considerable talent. 
  Between 2007 and 2010, Terpstra rode for the German Team Milram. In 2009 Terpstra won the 3rd stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, gaining the yellow leader jersey at the same time, keeping it for a day.
caption: Terpstra in 2008
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