_2022.jpg) Bredewold at the 2022 Amstel Gold Race | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mischa Bredewold | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 2000 Amersfoort, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Team SD Worx–Protime | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Parkhotel Valkenburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | SD Worx[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mischa Bredewold (born 20 June 2000) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team SD Worx–Protime.[3]
Starting racing in 2017 as a junior, the early part of her career was heavily disrupted when she was hit by a truck while training for the Dutch junior team prior to the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.[4] Despite three broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a serious brain injury[4] – Bredewold made a full recovery, and joined the professional peloton in 2020 with NXTG Racing.[5]
Signing for Parkhotel Valkenburg for the 2021 season,[6] her best result of the year was the young riders classification at the Baloise Ladies Tour, with three other top 5 finishes in the young riders classifications at other races.[7]
In 2022, she finished 3rd in the under 23 category at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, as well as 3rd in the under 23 category European Road Championships Mixed Relay Team Time Trial.[8][9] In her first Grand Tour, Bredewold came second in the young riders classification at the Tour de France Femmes, five minutes behind Shirin van Anrooij. She finished the race 21st overall.[10][11] Bredewold then won the À travers les Hauts-de-France later that year.[12]
In September 2022, it was announced that both Bredewold and Femke Markus would join SD Worx from 2023, signing a two-year deal.[2] In 2024, Bredewold won her first two UCI Women's World Tour stages at Itzulia Women, finishing 2nd overall behind teammate Demi Vollering.[13]
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold". Team SD Worx. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ a b "Mischa Bredewold and Femke Markus to Team SD Worx". teamsdworx.com. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "Parkhotel Valkenburg 2022". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ a b Been, José (2020-09-24). "Edo and Mischa: A cycling love story in the face of adversity". CyclingTips. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
Bredewold, just 18, was on the shortlist for the Dutch junior women's team for the Road World Championships in Innsbruck. She was out on her time trial bike when she was hit by a truck while crossing the road. The result: three broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a serious brain injury.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2020". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Five Dutch talents sign with Team Parkhotel Valkenburg". Team Parkhotel Valkenburg. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2021". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2022". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Muntslag, Gian (24 July 2022). "Mischa uit Hoogland gaat in de Tour de France voor vrouwen in beeld rijden: 'Wil mee in de aanval'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Tour de France Femmes - 8-Lure > La Planche des Belles Filles | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (2022-08-01). "Shirin van Anrooij: I learned to suffer more than ever at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
That gave the 20 year old a lead of more than five minutes on the second-placed rider in the youth category, Mischa Bredewold of Parkhotel Valkenburg.
- ^ "A Travers les Hauts de France". UCI. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Knöfler, Lukas (2024-05-12). "Itzulia Women: Demi Vollering takes overall victory with dominant stage 3 solo win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.