Ellen van Dijk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ellen van Dijk
Occupation	Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1987(1987-02-11)
Age	37
Birthplace	Harmelen
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Utrecht
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ellen van Dijk Biography

Ellen van Dijk is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on February 11, 1987 in Harmelen, Utrecht, Netherlands. Dutch road racer who went on to become a multi-time Road Cycling World Champion. She was an all-time track cyclist up to 2012 after she had been the first woman to win the UCI Track Cycling World Championship in 2008.

She as well as the German’s She and Germany’s Judith Arndt are both UCI Road Cycling World Champions. are both UCI Road Cycling World Champions.

Eleonora Maria “Ellen” van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌeːleːjoːˈnoːraː maːˈrijaː ˈʔɛlə(n) vɑn ˈdɛik] ; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women’s WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. 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.

When she was ten years old, Van Dijk started, together with her two brothers and Mariëlle Kerste, cross-training on a bike during the summer and she began competing in regional races. Because Van Dijk performed well, she started competing in national races at the age of 15 in 2002. In the same year, in her first national championship, she finished in fourth place. The following year, she won the Dutch national road championship in the novice category. In 2004, Van Dijk won two more national titles, this time as a junior, in the road race and in the road individual time trial. In the latter, she beat Marianne Vos, though Vos would avenge her defeat in Road World Championships in Verona, Italy. Vos won the junior road race world title, with Van Dijk finishing third. In 2005, Van Dijk again won the Dutch national junior title in the individual time trial but finished second in the road race, again behind Vos. In 2007, when Van Dijk was considered for selection in regional speed skating, she had to choose between speed skating and cycling– ultimately, she chose cycling.

She has two brothers. Her parents have names: Nico as well as Anneke.

Ellen van Dijk Net Worth

Ellen van Dijk is one of the richest Cyclist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ellen van Dijk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was raised at Harmelen, Utrecht participating a range of sports, such as volleyball and gymnastics.

She was an avid speed skater who used cycling to aid in fitness. She was attracted to cycling, and stopped speed skating altogether in 2007.

Van Dijk won the first stage in the Tour of Chongming Island and finished second in the general classification. At the national time trial championships she became for the first time Dutch champion in the elite category. In the time trial at the European Championships (under-23) she finished fifth. Due to her good results in the time trials she was chosen to represent the Netherlands in the time trial at the Road World Championships in Stuttgart where she finished 17th. Due to her good results she became sportswomen of the year of Woerden. Because Van Dijk had more spare time in the winter after quitting speed skating, she was invited to join the Dutch national track cycling team. At the national track championships she became Dutch champion in the individual pursuit, ahead of Marianne Vos and Kirsten Wild, and finished fourth in the scratch race and points race.

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Van Dijk achieved two stage victories in the Tour Féminin en Limousin and in the Giro della Toscana. In the middle of the season, Van Dijk suffered a clavicle fracture and as a result was hampered in the national championships. She finished 10th at the U-23 European Championships in Valkenburg and at the World University Cycling Championship, Van Dijk won the individual time trial and finished second in the road race. At the end of the season, Van Dijk was a reserve at the road world championships but she did not race. At the Dutch National Track Championships she won bronze in the individual pursuit.

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Ellen Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Ellen van Dijk celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

Van Dijk started the season with a third place in the general classification of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. During the season openers Van Dijk rode very well highlighted by her victory in the Le Samyn des Dames. In the first three UCI World Cup races Van Dijk finished two times second (Ronde van Drenthe, Tour of Flanders) and rode to a third place in the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy. Her second stage race of the season, the Energiewacht Tour included the first individual time trial of the season which she won with a big difference. After also finishing two times second she won the general classification. About the time trial she said later that she had been tested on her time trial position during her stay in Italy . After a day of testing and adjusting the position of the sadle and the steer she found a better position which she was able to maintain for almost half an hour. She also said that she rode at a higher power than in the time trials at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 World Championships. Van Dijk also improved riding uphill and finished sixt in the fourth World Cup race, the hilly La Flèche Wallonne. Her time trial continued to go well and she won the time trials at the EPZ Omloop van Borsele and two time trial stages in the Gracia-Orlová. She also won a mountain stage, the queen stage, in the Gracia-Orlová and so the general classification. In June she successfully defended her National Time Trial title in Winsum. A few days later she rode in medal position during the National Road Race Championships but had to abandon the race due to a broken derailleur in the second last lap. At the Giro d’Italia Femminile, the most prestigious stage race in women’s cycling, she won stage 8, an individual time trial. With Specialized–lululemon she won World Cup team time trial at the Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT. After the last two World Cup races, the Open de Suède Vårgårda where she finished fourth and the GP de Plouay which she did not ride to prepare for the last stage races, she finished third in the overall World Cup standings. She rode strong during the stage races and won the general classification of the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour as well as of the Holland Ladies Tour, including the team time trial stages.

Top Facts about Ellen van Dijk

1. Born on February 11, 1987 in Harmelen, Netherlands.
2. Has won multiple world championships in road cycling and time trial events.
3. Competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in London.
4. Rides for Trek-Segafredo women’s team.
5. Holds the world record for the fastest individual time trial (54.23 km/h).
6. Has won numerous stage races including Tour of Flanders and Boels Ladies Tour.
7. Started cycling at age seven with her father as coach.
8. Known for her strong time trial abilities and aggressive racing style.
9. Was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 2013 and 2014.
10. Advocates for gender equality in professional cycling through initiatives like La Course by Le Tour de France.