Anna van der Breggen after winning the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Anna van der Breggen |
Born |
Zwolle, Netherlands |
18 April 1990
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Boels–Dolmans |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team(s) | |
2009 | Team Flexpoint |
2012–2013 | Sengers Ladies |
2014–2016 | Rabo–Liv |
2017– | Boels–Dolmans |
Major wins | |
UCI Women's World Cup UCI Women's World Tour Stage races & Grand Tours
One day races
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Medal record
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UCI Women's World Cup
UCI Women's World Tour
Stage races & Grand Tours
One day races
Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch racing cyclist. While participating in the Team Time Trial at the 2014 Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, van der Breggen broke her pelvis in a crash sustained by her Rabo Liv team. However, she recovered to win her first race of 2015, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. In 2015, she won a bronze medal in the Road Race at the inaugural European Games, and was awarded won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy for the best Dutch of cyclist of the year. She won gold in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
She turned professional in 2012 with the Sengers Ladies Cycling Team. In July, she won three of the four stages of women's Tour de Bretagne. She eventually won the overall classification, with a lead of almost three minutes. Van der Breggen also took victory in the time trial at the Tour Féminin en Limousin as well as the gold medal at the European cycling championships. As a result, she was selected for the 2012 UCI Road World Championships, whilst playing a domestique role for team leader, Marianne Vos, managed to finish fifth.
Van der Breggen had a low key 2013 season, with the highlight of the season being a fourth-place finish at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio. She was, however, selected to compete in the 2013 UCI Road World Championships where she finished fourth. In preparation for the 2014 season, she announced she would be joining the Dutch Rabobank–Liv Giant team.