Michiel van der Heijden
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Born | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 3 January 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | Merida–Combee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Rabobank–Giant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Giant Pro XC Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Scott–Odlo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist.
Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time.
In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, 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
Major results
[edit]Mountain bike
[edit]- 2009
- 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2nd
Cross-country, European Junior Championships
- 3rd
Mixed team relay, European Championships
- 2010
- 1st
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- UCI Junior XCO World Cup
- 1st Dalby Forest
- 1st Offenbourg
- 1st Houffalize
- 3rd
Cross-country, European Junior Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 1st Windham
- 2nd Nové Město
- 2nd
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2nd
Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships
- 3rd
Mixed team relay, European Championships
- 2013
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships
- 3rd
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 3rd Albstadt
- 3rd Hafjell
- 3rd Nové Město
- 2014
- 1st
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 2nd Nové Město
- 2nd Albstadt
- 2nd Pietermaritzburg
- 3rd Méribel
- 3rd Cairns
- 2nd
Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships
- 2015
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships
- 2016
- 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2017
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships
- 2018
- 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2008–2009
- 3rd Zonnebeke Juniors
- 3rd Hoogstraten, Junior Superprestige
- 2009–2010
- 1st Kopenberg, Junior Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd National Junior Championships
- 3rd
European Junior Championships
- 3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige
- 4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
- 2nd Koksijde
- 2011–2012
- 3rd
UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup
- 2012–2013
- 1st Citadelcross Under-23
- 2nd Koksijde, UCI Under-23 World Cup
- 2013–2014
- 2nd Grand Prix Hotel Threeland
References
[edit]- Michiel van der Heijden at Cycling Archives
- Michiel van der Heijden at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Dutch male cyclists
- Dutch mountain bikers
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Dutch 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
- Dutch cycling biography, 1990s birth stubs