Janneke Ensing (born 21 September 1986) is a Dutch former sportsperson, who competed in

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

in the 2000s before becoming a

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

, competing for seven different teams between 2009 and 2021.

Career

Speed skating

In 2002, she was the Dutch national C-junior champion. Two years later she won a bronze medal as a B-junior. At the

2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships The 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Assen at De Smelt ice rink on 3–5 November 2006. Although this tournament was held in 2006 it was the 2006 edition as it was part of the 2006–2007 speed skating season. Schedu ...

Ensing finished 10th over 1500 metres. She also represented her country at the

2007 Winter Universiade The 2007 Winter Universiade, the XXIII Winter Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy from January 17 to 27, 2007. Opening ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Winter Universiade Torino 2007 was held with a cast of acrobats, circus performe ...

held in

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where she won the gold medal at the team pursuit together with

Moniek Kleinsman Moniek Kleinsman (born 3 November 1982) is a Dutch speed skater who was born in Bentelo, Overijssel, and currently resides in Wolvega. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Kleinsman got her first speed skating lessons at the age of four. A ...

and Diane Valkenburg. In 2010, Ensing finished fifth in the

KNSB Dutch Allround Championships The Dutch Allround Championships of speed skating, organised by the KNSB, is the official Dutch championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems ...

Cycling

Ensing started riding a bicycle in the summer as a means of

cross-training Cross-training is athletic training in sports other than the athlete's usual sport. The goal is improving overall performance. It takes advantage of the particular effectiveness of one training method to negate the shortcomings of another. In gen ...

before starting to compete in cycle racing. She initially continued speed skating alongside bike racing in order to earn money. During her career, Ensing focused on cycling to a greater extent, resulting in two runner up places at

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(

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and

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) as well as second in the 2016

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and second in the 2017 Santos Women's Tour. She retired from cycling after the delayed 2021 edition of the

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...

, which passed through her hometown of Gieten.

Major results

;2007 : 5th Ronde Rondom de Bult van Usquert : 5th Lus van Roden : 6th Ronde van Heerenveen : 8th Profronde van Surhuisterveen : 9th Ronde van Noordhorn ;2008 : 3rd

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: 6th Ronde van Noordhorn : 7th Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships : 8th Profronde van Surhuisterveen : 8th Enschede ;2009 : 1st Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships : 2nd

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: 3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen ;2010 : 1st Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships : 1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen : 2nd Ronde van Enter : 2nd Ronde van Appelscha : 2nd

: 3rd Lus van Roden : 3rd Wielerronde van Obdam ;2011 : Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::3rd Road race : 1st

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: 1st

: 2nd Nacht van Hengelo : 2nd

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: 2nd Wielerronde van Obdam : 2nd Dwars door de Westhoek : 3rd

Ronde van Epe Ronde may refer to: * Rønde, a town in Denmark * '' Majin Tensei: Ronde'', a Japanese Sega Saturn game * Ronde script (calligraphy) * Ronde Barber, American sports broadcaster and former football player * Rondé, a Dutch indie pop band See also ...

: 3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen : 3rd

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: 3rd Ronde van Appelscha ;2012 : 1st

: 9th

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(with Martine Bras,

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, Pauliena Rooijakkers,

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& Emma Trott) ;2013 : 3rd

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: 3rd Ronde Rondom de Bult van Usquert ;2014 : 2nd

: 6th Novilon EDR Cup ;2015 : 2nd

: 4th Overall

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: 5th

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: 6th Marianne Vos Classic : 8th Trofee Maarten Wynants ;2016 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

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::1st

Mountains classification ;2017 : 1st Mountains classification

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: 2nd Overall Santos Women's Tour ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification : 4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ::1st Stage 1 : 6th Overall

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: 8th Overall

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::1st Stage 6 : 8th

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: 8th

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: 9th

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: 9th

Tour of Flanders for Women The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen), is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as t ...

;2018 : 1st

: 6th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name ''Strade Bianche'' (Italian for ''White Roads'') st ...

: 6th

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: 10th Overall

Women's Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour de Yorkshire is a women's road cycling race in Yorkshire, England. From 2015 to 2017, the event was a one-day race. From 2018 onwards, the event has been a two-day event, with a UCI race classification of 2.1. The event is the ...

;2019 : 2nd Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa : 4th

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: 5th Overall

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: 8th

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ensing, Janneke 1986 births Dutch female speed skaters Dutch female cyclists Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade People from Aa en Hunze Living people Sportspeople from Drenthe Universiade gold medalists for the Netherlands Universiade medalists in speed skating 21st-century Dutch women Cyclists from Drenthe