Maria Wilhelmina Johanna "Mirjam" Melchers-Van Poppel (born 26 September 1975 in
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...
,
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
) is a female former
racing cyclist
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from the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
, married to former sprinter
Jean-Paul van Poppel
Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, North Brabant) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who was nicknamed ''Popeye''.
Van Poppel was one of the most successful Dutch road sprinters. He won stages in mass sprints in all three G ...
. She was one of the leading cyclists in the world, having held the
UCI number one ranking as well as winning highly rated races. She was a one-day specialist but has managed smaller stage races.
In 2003, she won the GP Feminas Castilla y Leon round of the World Cup and finished third overall in the series behind
Nicole Cooke
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...
and German sprinter
Regina Schleicher
Regina Schleicher (born 21 March 1974 in Würzburg) is a German professional cyclist.
Whilst young, Regina's family moved to Marktheidenfeld where she attended school. Her father, Hans Schleicher (born 1949) is a cycle racing coach and led her ...
. Melchers also finished first in the Damesronde van Drenthe and the Emakumeen Bira, before bringing her season to a close with a silver medal at the world championship road race in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
.
On 7 September 2006 Melchers crashed during the third stage of the
Euregio Tour. She broke her
pelvis
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The ...
, a
hip
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The hip region is ...
and her
jaw
The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term ''jaws'' is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serv ...
.
Palmares
Note: Beginning in 1997, the
Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland.
The UCI issues racing ...
awarded points to riders based on performances in races. Races were classified in categories. Although the system has evolved, major stage races are generally category 1 (strongest) and category 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands for
General classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
.
Road
;1998
:1st
Omloop der Groene Gemeente
:1st Stage 4
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 ...
:1st
Vlijmen
Vlijmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heusden, about 6 km west of 's-Hertogenbosch.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
Vlijmen was a separate mu ...
Criterium
;1999
:1st Stage 5
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 ...
:2nd Overall
Greenery International
:National Championship
::2nd Road Race
::2nd Time Trial
:2nd
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 ...
:3rd
Flevotour
;2000
:1st
![Jersey orange](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Jersey_orange.svg)
Overall
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 ...
::1st Stage 3
:1st
![MaillotHolanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MaillotHolanda.PNG)
Road Race, National Road Championships
:1st
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
Road Race
:1st
Haarsteeg Criterium
:1st
Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5 km east of Eindhoven city centre.
Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
Geldrop is noted ...
Criterium
:1st Stage 2
Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
Various professional women's cycle stage races across France have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, with the first of these races staged as a one off in 1955. From 1984, a women's Tour de France was staged consistently, ...
:2nd Overall
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude
Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occi ...
:2nd
Le Critérium International Féminin De Lachine
:3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
:3rd Overall
Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
:3rd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
:3rd
Canberra Women's Classic
The Canberra International (sponsored by Richard Luton Properties), was a women's tennis tournament held in Canberra, Australia. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was classed variously as a Tier III (2001), a ...
:3rd
Embrach
Embrach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Coat of arms
Blazon
'' Gules, two keys argent in saltire.''
Until the middle of the 16th century seals with the image of St. Peter were used. Today's ...
:5th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
;2001
:1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:1st
Westerbeek Criterium
:2nd Overall UCI Road World Cup
:2nd
Primavera Rosa
The Primavera Rosa was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1999 and 2005 in Liguria, Italy as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. The race was a female version of Milan–San Remo being organised on the ...
:2nd
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
:2nd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
:2nd
Hamilton City Criterium
:2nd
Canberra Women's Classic
The Canberra International (sponsored by Richard Luton Properties), was a women's tennis tournament held in Canberra, Australia. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was classed variously as a Tier III (2001), a ...
:5th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
;2002
:1st
Primavera Rosa
The Primavera Rosa was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1999 and 2005 in Liguria, Italy as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. The race was a female version of Milan–San Remo being organised on the ...
:1st
Oud-Vossemeer
Oud-Vossemeer (Zeelandic: ''Ou-Vossemaer'') is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 13 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of ...
Criterium
:2nd Overall UCI Road World Cup
:2nd Overall
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 ...
::1st Stage 7
:2nd Overall
Tour de Snowy
The Tour de Snowy was an international women's road bicycle race held in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia from 1998 to 2002. The Tour had from five to nine stages and attracted professional cyclists from around the world ...
::1st Stage 1
:2nd
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
:2nd
Rotterdam Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital. ...
Derny
:3rd Overall
Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
::1st Prologue
:3rd Road Race, National Road Championships
:3rd
GP Castilla y Leon
:3rd
Canberra Women's Classic
The Canberra International (sponsored by Richard Luton Properties), was a women's tennis tournament held in Canberra, Australia. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was classed variously as a Tier III (2001), a ...
:3rd
Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
History
Enkhuizen, like Hoorn and Amsterdam, was one of the harbor-towns of the VOC, from where overseas trade wi ...
Criterium
;2003
:1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
:1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...
::1st Stage 1
:1st
![Jersey orange](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Jersey_orange.svg)
Overall
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 ...
::1st Stage 2
:1st
Ronde van het Ronostrand
:1st
Oud-Gastel
:1st
GP Castilla y Leon
:1st
Oud-Vossemeer
Oud-Vossemeer (Zeelandic: ''Ou-Vossemaer'') is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 13 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of ...
:1st
Haarsteeg
:1st GP Montferland
:1st Stage 3 (TTT)
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 ...
:2nd Overall
Vuelta Castilla y Leon
:2nd Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
:2nd
Rotterdam Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital. ...
Derny
:2nd
Lekkerkerk
Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer an independent municipality.
Lekkerkerk is mos ...
:3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
:3rd Time Trial, National Road Championships
:3rd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
:3rd Janet Memorial
;2004
:1st
![MaillotHolanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MaillotHolanda.PNG)
Time Trial, National Road Championships
:1st
![Jersey red](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Jersey_red.svg)
Overall
Vuelta Castilla y Leon
::1st Stage 3
:1st
![Jersey orange](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Jersey_orange.svg)
Overall
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 ...
::1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 2
:1st
Holland Hills Classic
The Holland Hills Classic was a women's elite professional road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands. The race was categorised as a 1.1 UCI category race, and was ...
:1st
Luk Challenge Luk or LUK may refer to:
Surname
Luk or Loke is the Cantonese romanization of several (but not all) Chinese surnames that are romanized as Lu in Mandarin. It may refer to:
*Lu (surname 陆)
*Lu (surname 禄)
*Lu (surname 逯)
*Lu (surname 鹿)
Ot ...
:1st
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1, ...
Criterium
:1st
Oostvoorne
Oostvoorne is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westvoorne, and lies about north of Hellevoetsluis.
In 2001, the town of Oostvoorne had 5,403 inhabitants, the built-up area of the town was , and ...
Criterium
:2nd Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
:2nd
Primavera Rosa
The Primavera Rosa was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1999 and 2005 in Liguria, Italy as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. The race was a female version of Milan–San Remo being organised on the ...
:2nd
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 ( ...
:2nd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
:2nd
Made
Made or MADE may refer to:
Entertainment Film
* ''Made'' (1972 film), United Kingdom
* ''Made'' (2001 film), United States Music
* ''Made'' (Big Bang album), 2016
* ''Made'' (Hawk Nelson album), 2013
* ''Made'' (Scarface album), 2007
*'' M.A.D.E. ...
Criterium
:3rd Overall
Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
:3rd
GP Castilla y Leon
:3rd
Omloop van Borsele
Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 in women's road cycling, 2012, the event also contains a ...
:6th Road Race,
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
:9th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
;2005
:1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...
::1st Stage 3
:1st
Tour of Flanders Women
:1st
Emakumeen Saria
:1st Stage 5
Giro d'Italia Femminile
The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...
:1st
Lekkerkerk
Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer an independent municipality.
Lekkerkerk is mos ...
Criterium
:1st
Boxmeer
Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum.
Boxmeer, ...
Criterium
:1st
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1, ...
Criterium
:1st
Oostvoorne
Oostvoorne is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westvoorne, and lies about north of Hellevoetsluis.
In 2001, the town of Oostvoorne had 5,403 inhabitants, the built-up area of the town was , and ...
Criterium
:2nd
Luk Challenge Luk or LUK may refer to:
Surname
Luk or Loke is the Cantonese romanization of several (but not all) Chinese surnames that are romanized as Lu in Mandarin. It may refer to:
*Lu (surname 陆)
*Lu (surname 禄)
*Lu (surname 逯)
*Lu (surname 鹿)
Ot ...
:3rd
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, wome ...
:3rd Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
:3rd Overall
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 ...
::1st Stage 4b (TTT)
:3rd Overall
Memorial Michela Fanini
::1st Prologue
:3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
:3rd Time Trial, National Road Championships
:3rd
La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
:3rd
Sparkassen Giro Bochum
The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI ...
;2006
:1st
Tour of Flanders Women
:1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude
Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occi ...
:2nd
Omloop Het Volk
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Nort ...
:3rd
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 ( ...
:3rd
Oud-Vossemeer
Oud-Vossemeer (Zeelandic: ''Ou-Vossemaer'') is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 13 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of ...
Criterium
;2007
:1st
GP Gerrie Knetemann
:1st Maastricht, Omnium
:1st
Profronde van Pijnacker
:1st Stage 4b
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
:2nd
Emakumeen Saria
:2nd Oostvoorne Criterium
:3rd Overall
RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...
:3rd Time Trial, National Road Championships
:3rd
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is p ...
:3rd
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
Criterium
;2008
:National Road Championships
::1st
![MaillotHolanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MaillotHolanda.PNG)
Time Trial
::2nd Road Race
:1st Stage 2 (TTT)
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude
Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occi ...
:1st Prologue
Giro d'Italia Femminile
The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...
:3rd
Berner Rundfahrt
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Women' ...
:5th
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is p ...
;2009
:1st
GP Groenendaal
:3rd
Open de Suede Vargarda TTT
:3rd
Omloop van Stadshagen
:5th Overall
Ladies Tour of Qatar
The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first ...
:7th Time Trial, National Road Championships
:7th
Omloop Het Volk
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Nort ...
:9th
RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands
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, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...
;2010
:7th
Omloop Het Volk
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Nort ...
:9th
Heuvelland Classic
Cyclo-cross
;2003
:1st Amersfoort, Cyclo-cross
:1st Boxtel, Cyclo-cross
:1st Kerstveldrit om d'n Ouwe Brandtoren
:2nd Eindhoven, Cyclo-cross
;2004
:1st
![MaillotHolanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MaillotHolanda.PNG)
National Cyclo-cross Championships
:1st
Woerden
Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commu ...
, Cyclo-cross
:1st
Kerstveldrit om d'n Ouwe Brandtoren
:3rd
Moergestel
Moergestel () is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Oisterwijk, about 7 km East of Tilburg.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Gestele, and means "guest house". Moer (moor ...
, Cyclo-cross
:4th
Kersttrofee
:7th Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti
;2005
:1st
GP Adrie van der Poel
:1st Amersfoort, Cyclo-cross
:2nd Bakel, Cyclo-cross
:2nd Veldhoven, Cyclo-cross
:3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
:3rd
Vlaamse Druivencross
:3rd
Azencross
The Azencross is a cyclo-cross race held in Loenhout village, Wuustwezel, Belgium, which until 2021 was part of the DVV Trophy.
Past winners
References
Men's resultsWomen's results
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Cycle races in Belgium
Cyclo ...
:4th
Nommay
Nommay () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Nommay lies from Sochaux on the edge of the department.
Population
Sports
Stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de France on 8 July raced ...
, Cyclo-cross
:5th
Kersttrofee
:5th
Hooglede
Hooglede (; vls, Ooglee) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of and Hooglede proper. On January 1, 2006, Hooglede had a total population of 9,831. The total area is 37.84 k ...
, Cyclo-cross
;2006
:3rd
GP Adrie van der Poel
:4th
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, wome ...
:4th
Liévin
Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''.
Overview
The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...
, Cyclo-cross
;2007
:1st
Amersfoort
Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...
, Cyclo-cross
:2nd
Gieten
Gieten is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km east of Assen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear. Gieten is an ''e ...
, Cyclo-cross
:2nd
Huijbergen
Huijbergen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Woensdrecht, about southeast of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Belgian border.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1264 as in Huybergen. Th ...
, Cyclo-cross
:2nd
Azencross
The Azencross is a cyclo-cross race held in Loenhout village, Wuustwezel, Belgium, which until 2021 was part of the DVV Trophy.
Past winners
References
Men's resultsWomen's results
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Cycle races in Belgium
Cyclo ...
:3rd
Eerde
Eerde is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is part of the municipality of Meierijstad, located about 500 m west of the built-up area of Veghel and 3 km southwest of the town centre of Veghel.''ANWB Topografische A ...
, Cyclo-cross
:7th
Kersttrofee
:10th
Duinencross
;2008
:1st
![MaillotHolanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MaillotHolanda.PNG)
National Cyclo-cross Championships
:1st Amersfoort, Cyclo-cross
:6th
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, wome ...
:7th
GP Adrie van der Poel
;2009
:2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
:8th
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, wome ...
See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ...
References
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Living people
1975 births
Dutch female cyclists
Cyclo-cross cyclists
Sportspeople from Arnhem
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
Dutch cycling time trial champions
UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Gelderland