Rien Schuurhuis
Rien John Schuurhuis (born August 12, 1982) is a Dutch-born Vatican road cyclist and industrial design engineer who competed for the Vatican City in the 2022 and 2023 UCI Road World Championships. He was the first cyclist and athlete who represented the Vatican City as a regular scoring competitor.

Career
Schuurhuis started competing internationally for teams such as Oliver's Real Food Racing and Blank Inc Cycling Team under a Dutch sporting nationality.

In 2020 when he moved to Rome, he was "immediately drawn to the values ​​and community spirit of Athletica Vaticana," and in 2021 he started competing for the Vatican City.

Major results

2015
 N/A Tour de Perth
 18th Melbourne-Warrnambool
 33th Tour of Southland
2016
 45th New Zealand Cycle Classic
 65th Tour de Ijen
 75th Tour de Flores
 DNF  Road race, Dutch National Road Race Championships
 N/A Tour of the Great South Coast
 N/A Tour of Gippsland
 46th Jelajah Malaysia
2017
 5th Tour of the Great South Coast
 N/A Tour of the King Valley
2018
 DNF Herald Sun Tour
 DNF Road race, Dutch National Road Race Championships
 N/A Tour Tahiti Nui
 2nd Stage 1
 N/A Tour of New Caledonia
2019
 N/A Tour Tahiti Nui
  1st Stage 2 and Stage 4
 22nd Tour of New Caledonia
 3rd Stage 6
2021
 40th Time trial, Dutch National Road Race Championships
2022
 11th Limburg Cycling Time Trial
 DNF Road race, World Championships
2023
 DNF Road race, World Championships

Personal life
Schuurhuis was introduced to cycling at a young age saying he "could ride a bike before I could walk," due to the Cycling culture of the Netherlands.

Schuurhuis holds Dutch citizenship due to his birth, Australian citizenship as his wife Chiara Porro is Australian, and Vatican citizenship since he resides there and as his wife is the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See. He moved to Rome in 2020. He has two children, Thomas and George.

References

External links
Rien Schuurhuis at Eurosport
Rien Schuurhuis at World Cycling Stats
Rien Schuurhuis at Pro Cycling Stats
Rien Schuurhuis at First Cycling
Rien Schuurhuis at Sito del Ciclismo

1982 births
Living people
Vatican cyclists
Vatican sportspeople
Dutch cyclists
People from Groningen (city)
Sport in Vatican City
21st-century Dutch people
Design engineering