Pieters competing in the time trial at the 2012 Women's Tour of Thuringia
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Amy Pieters |
Born |
Haarlem, Netherlands |
1 June 1991
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Wiggle High5 |
Discipline | Track and road |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional team(s) | |
2010 | Merida |
2011–2015 | Skil Koga |
2016– | Wiggle High5 |
Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991 in Haarlem) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder). In September 2015 it was announced that Pieters would join Wiggle High5 for the 2016 season, after spending five years with Team Liv–Plantur.
Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy Pieters.
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After the introduction of the women’s 3000m team pursuit at the 2007–08 track cycling season, Pieters was five times part of the team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is not the record holder anymore.