Mirella van Melis (born 8 January 1979) is a retired female track and road racing cyclist from the

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. She was born in Venhorst,

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

, and started her career as a cyclo-cross rider.

Career

;1996 :2nd in Gieten, Cyclo-cross (NED) :2nd in Berlicum, Cyclo-cross (NED) :3rd in Amersfoort, Cyclo-cross (NED) ;1997 :1st in World Championship, Road, Juniors, San Sebastian (ESP) ;1998 :1st in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :2nd in Stage 1 Ster van Zeeland (NED) :3rd in Stage 4 Ster van Zeeland (NED) :3rd in Haak Voorjaarsrace (NED) :3rd in Prologue Greenery International (NED) :1st in Stage 2 Greenery International (NED) :2nd in General Classification Greenery International (NED) :3rd in European Championship, Road, U23, Uppsala (SWE) ;1999 :1st in European Championship, Track, Points race, U23 :2nd in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :2nd in Stage 4 Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden (NED) :3rd in Stage 1 GP Boekel (NED) :2nd in Stage 2 GP Boekel (NED) ;2000 :3rd in Stage 5 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (FRA) :3rd in Stage 7 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (FRA) :2nd in Canberra Women's Classic, Canberra (AUS) :2nd in European Championship, Road, U23, Kielce (POL) :1st in Stage 1

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

, Bergeijk (NED) :2nd in Stage 5 part a

, Dronten (NED) :2nd in Tour de Okinawa (JPN) ;2001 :3rd in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :2nd in National Championship, Track, Points race, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :3rd in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :2nd in Stage 5 Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen (GER) :1st in Stage 6 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (FRA) :2nd in Stage 10 Women's Challenge (USA) :1st in European Championship, Road, U23, Apremont (FRA) ;2004 :2nd in Stage 6

, Haaften (NED)

References

* 1979 births Living people Dutch female cyclists People from Boekel Cyclists from North Brabant Dutch track cyclists {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub