Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992 in

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) is a Dutch

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and Cyclo Cross Rider. From 2007 until 2010 he raced for the Merida-Combee mountain bike team, now he is racing for the

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cycling team. Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in

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, and a bronze medal at the Europeans in 2010 in

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. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time. In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in

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, making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished

References

* 1992 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclo-cross cyclists Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch European Games competitors for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Cyclists from North Brabant 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1990s-stub