Ellen van Dijk

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dijk, not Dijk.
Ellen van Dijk
Van Dijk after taking the silver medal at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameEleonora Maria van Dijk
NicknameThe Animal[1]
Born (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37)
Harmelen, Netherlands
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trial specialist
Professional teams
2006–2008Vrienden van het Platteland
2009–2011Team Columbia–High Road Women
2012–2013Team Specialized–lululemon
2014–2016Boels–Dolmans
2017–2018Team Sunweb
2019–Trek–Segafredo[3][4]
Major wins

UCI Women's World Cup

Tour of Flanders (2014)
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (2011, 2012, 2013)

Stage races

Ladies Tour of Qatar (2011)
Lotto–Belisol Belgium Tour (2012, 2013)
Energiewacht Tour (2013, 2016)
Holland Ladies Tour (2013)
Gracia–Orlová (2013)
Healthy Ageing Tour (2021)

One-day races & Classics

European Road Championships (2021)
National Time Trial Champion (2007, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2022)
Sparkassen Giro (2010)
Omloop van Borsele (2012)
Le Samyn des Dames (2013)
Chrono Champenois (2013)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Women's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Scratch
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pruszków Under-23 scratch
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pruszków Under-23 points race
Silver medal – second place 2008 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2008 Pruszków Under-23 individual pursuit
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tuscany Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Flanders Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 Wollongong Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Verona Junior road race
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Innsbruck Time trial
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pettenasco Under-23 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hooglede-Gits Under-23 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2016 Plumelec Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2017 Herning Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Trentino Road race
Silver medal – second place 2020 Plouay Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2021 Trentino Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2024 Limburg Time trial
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Time trial
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Antwerp Road race
Silver medal – second place 2006 Antwerp Time trial
Team Specialized–lululemon
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Team time trial
Boels–Dolmans
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2015 Richmond Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Innsbruck Team time trial

Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [eːleːjoːˈnoːraː maːˈrijaː ˈʔɛlə(ɱ) vɑn ˈdɛik]; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[5] Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time trial specialist and is five times world champion. She won her first world title on the track in the scratch race in 2008. She became Road World Champion in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with her respective trade teams in the team time trial and in 2013 also in the individual time trial. In 2015, she won the time trial at the first European Games and the silver medal in the team time trial at the world championships.

Van Dijk started as a speed skater and as part of her skating training she undertook cycling as part of cross-training in summer. She excelled at both, competing nationally at junior level. She gave up speed skating and switched to cycling full-time after winning the national cycling championship for the fifth time in 2007. Along with her world title successes, Van Dijk has also twice been European track champion, three times European time trial champion and has won six World Cup races. In 2012, she competed in three disciplines at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she helped Marianne Vos win the gold medal in the road race, finished eighth in the time trial and sixth in the team pursuit.

  1. ^ "Wereldtitel Van Dijk met Specialized–lululemon" (in Dutch). nieuws.nl. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Profile of Ellen van Dijk at the 2012 Olympic Games site". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Trek – Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.