Floortje Mackaij (born 18 October 1995) is a Dutch professional

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, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After switching from

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to road cycling she became the 2013 junior Dutch National time trial Champion and won a silver medal in the junior time trial at the 2013 European Road Championships. In the same year she represented her country at the

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in the junior time trial and road race.

Personal life

Mackaij lives with her parents in

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and has one older brother. Her father, Ron Mackay, was also a professional cyclist. Mackaij graduated from the Minkema College, Woerden, in 2012 and went to the Johan Cruijff College afterwards.

Career

Early career

Mackaij started her career as a

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. When she was seven years old she became a member of a local speed skating club. As a 'Junior C' and 'Junior B' she skated at national level and was part of the regional selection. Between 2011 and 2013 she participated every year at the Dutch Junior Championships. Her best result was 6th place as a Junior B in the 3000 metres at the Single Distance Championships in 2012. As part of her skating training she undertook cycling as part of

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in summer. She joined the local road cycling club and started riding official races a few years later when she was 14 years old. At the end of 2012 she joined the national selection and changed her main sport from speed skating to cycling.

2013

In one of the most prestigious stage races for junior riders, the Energiewacht Tour, Mackaij won one stage and the overall points classification, as she finished third in the general classification. In June she became Dutch National Time Trial Champion for juniors. A month later she won the silver medal in the time trial for junior riders at the 2013 European Road Championships and finished 21st in the road race. After training several times during the year with she joined the team in August. Mackaij was selected to ride the time trial and road race at the

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where she finished 8th and 13th respectively. Mackaij was awarded the title for sport talent of Woerden of the year 2013.

2014

Mackaij won the Parel van de Veluwe in June. She was selected to ride the road race at the 2014 European Road Championships where she finished seventh.

2015

On 22 March Mackaij won the non-UCI race ''Rabo Koepel Race'' in

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, after riding clear from a front group. Three days later she finished second behind

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. She finished the week with winning

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, her first elite UCI victory. She escaped in the last three kilometres from a front group three and was not pulled back by the others.

Career achievements

Major results

2013 European Road Championships, women's junior time trial

;

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: 1st

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, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal europe

, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour (juniors) ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 8th

, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;

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: 1st Parel van de Veluwe : 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Overall

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;

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: 1st

: 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Overall

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Young rider classification : 2nd

: 3rd

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: 9th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey white dots on red

Mountains classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::10th

::10th Road race ;2016 : 2nd Overall

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Young rider classification : 2nd

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: 3rd

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: 3rd

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: 4th

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: 4th

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: 7th

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: 8th

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: 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 10th Overall

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::1st

Young rider classification : 10th

Ronde van Gelderland The Ronde van Gelderland ( en, Tour of Gelderland) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race, and was primarily centred around Apeldoorn Apeldoorn ( ...

;2017 : 1st Gold medal blank

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: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 6th

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: 6th

: 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Overall

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;2018 :

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::1st Team time trial ::8th Overall Stage race : 2nd

: 2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT : 3rd

: 6th Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 8th Overall

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::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 8th

: 8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic : 9th Overall

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: 9th

;2019 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Team relay, UEC European Road Championships : 2nd

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: 3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT : 5th Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik : 6th Overall

: 7th

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: 7th

: 9th Overall

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: 10th

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;2020 : 3rd

: 3rd Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik ;2021 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Trophée des Grimpeuses ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Team relay, UEC European Road Championships : 5th

: 7th

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: 8th Overall

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: 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio ;2022 : 3rd

: 3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 6th

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;2023 : 1st

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: 10th

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Championship results

Speed skating records

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackaij, Floortje 1995 births Living people Dutch female cyclists People from Woerden Road racing cyclists UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Utrecht (province) 21st-century Dutch women