Suzanne van Veen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Veen, not Veen.
Suzanne van Veen
Personal information
Full nameSuzanne van Veen
Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 37)
Naaldwijk, the Netherlands
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider

Suzanne van Veen (born 3 October 1987 in Naaldwijk) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.[1] Van Veen signed her first professional contract in 2005 when she became part of the Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team.[2] She still rides for the team, now known as Team Flexpoint.[2]

Her first professional success came in 2006 in the national track championship in Alkmaar. She came second in the scratch race, behind Adrie Visser.[3] During the Six-days of Rotterdam, van Veen and pacemaker Joop Zijlaard attacked with 17 laps to go in a women's derny race and lapped the field.[4]

A year later she took part in the AA Drink Four-day of Rotterdam, an event similar to six-day racing. Van Veen rode with Elise van Hage. They achieved several top-three rankings and won the scratch race on the third day .[5] They finished third overall.[6]

  1. ^ Van Veen at the cyclingwebsite.net Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, ret 2008-01-12
  2. ^ a b Teams of Suzanne van Veen Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, ret 2008-01-12
  3. ^ National Championship, Track, Scratch, Elite, The Netherlands (F) 2006 Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-12
  4. ^ Suzanne van Veen (Team Flexpoint) has won the GP AA Drinks during the 6-days of Rotterdam., cyclingfx.nl, pub 2007-01-09, ret 2008-01-12
  5. ^ AA Drink Women's Four Day Scratch race, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-07, ret 2008-01-12
  6. ^ AA Drink Women's Four Day Final Standings, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-08, ret 2008-01-12