Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

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Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Chantal Blaak - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Women's road race).jpg
Van den Broek-Blaak at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full nameChantal van den Broek-Blaak
NicknameBlaaki
BornChantal Blaak
(1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 34)
Zuidland, Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current team Team SD Worx–Protime
Discipline Road
RoleRider
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional teams
2008–2012 AA-Drink Cycling Team
2013 Team TIBCO–To The Top
2014 Specialized–lululemon
2015–2020 Boels–Dolmans [1] [2]
2021– Team SD Worx–Protime
Major wins
UCI Road World Cup
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2014)

UCI Women's WorldTour

Ronde van Drenthe (2016)
Gent–Wevelgem (2016)
Tour of Flanders (2020)
Strade Bianche (2021)

One day races

World Road Race Championships (2017)
National Road Race Championships
(2017, 2018, 2024)
Amstel Gold Race (2018)
Drentse 8 (2014)
Le Samyn (2015, 2016, 2020)
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Bergen Road Race
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Minsk Time trial
Representing Specialized–lululemon
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. [3] In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. [4]

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Career

Junior career

Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year.

Professional career

Van den Broek-Blaak wearing the rainbow jersey at the start of the 2018 Tour of Flanders RVV2018 ChantalBlaak.jpg
Van den Broek-Blaak wearing the rainbow jersey at the start of the 2018 Tour of Flanders

Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch AA-Drink Cycling Team and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team Team TIBCO–To The Top for a year.

In 2014, she joined Specialized–lululemon and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.

She transferred to the Boels–Dolmans team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens. [5] She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.

2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.

In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) from the finish. [4] In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018. [6]

2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time. [7] In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women. [8]

She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation. [9] [10] She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.

Personal life

In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.

Major results

2007
1st MaillotHolanda.svg Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
UCI Juniors World Championships
5th Time trial
10th Road race
2008
6th Ronde van Gelderland
2009
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
3rd Ronde van Drenthe
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Omloop van Borsele
8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
10th Ronde van Gelderland
2010
2nd Holland Hills Classic
5th Ronde van Drenthe
6th Tour of Flanders
7th Open de Suède Vårgårda
9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2011
1st Erondegemse Pijl
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th GP de Plouay
5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
1st Stage 2
2012
2nd Ronde van Gelderland
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
5th Holland Hills Classic
5th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
8th Overall Energiewacht Tour
2013
3rd Chrono Gatineau
5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
9th Overall Belgium Tour
2014
1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Drentse 8
1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
1st Stage 5 Energiewacht Tour
4th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
5th Novilon EDR Cup
7th Ronde van Overijssel
2015
1st Le Samyn
1st RaboRonde Heerlen
1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Time trial, EPZ Omloop van Borsele
5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
6th Holland Hills Classic
9th Tour of Flanders
9th Ronde van Overijssel
2016
1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
1st Le Samyn
1st Ronde van Drenthe
1st Gent–Wevelgem
Crescent Vårgårda
1st Team time trial
3rd Road race
Energiewacht Tour
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd Tour of Flanders
4th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
6th Omloop van Borsele
2017
UCI Road World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial
1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT
Healthy Ageing Tour
1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 4
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd Tour of Flanders
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
8th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Ronde van Drenthe
2018
1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Amstel Gold Race
1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
1st Stages 3b (TTT) & 4
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
4th Strade Bianche
5th Tour of Flanders
2019
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, European Games
2nd Ronde van Drenthe
7th Tour of Flanders
10th Strade Bianche
2020
1st Le Samyn des Dames
1st Tour of Flanders
4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2021
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Strade Bianche
1st Dwars door het Hageland
1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
10th Paris–Roubaix
2022
3rd Tour of Flanders
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
7th Omloop van het Hageland
8th Paris–Roubaix
2024
1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour results timeline
Stage race201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Giro d'Italia Femminile 62 43 38 49 40 50 18 DNF
Tour de France Femmes Race did not exist 49
Stage race results timeline
Stage race201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Simac Ladies Tour [note 1] 26 5 18 8 19 1 6 15 DNF NH 1 16
Tour de Suisse Race not held 59

Classics results timeline

Monument200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Tour of Flanders DNF 34 6 24 27 40 27 9 3 3 5 7 1 19 3
Paris–Roubaix Race did not existNH 10 8
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Race did not exist 35 43 45 24 29 DNF
Classic200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 644253 28 7 DNF 4 2 2 15 1 4 11 38
Strade Bianche Race did not exist 4 10 29 1 16
Ronde van Drenthe 59355519 DNF 4 26 1 9 62 2 NH21
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 859668 5 27 32 12 4 2 11 31 4
Gent–Wevelgem Race did not exist 1 8 31 71 44
Amstel Gold Race Race did not exist 11 1 43 NH 52 53
La Flèche Wallonne 433648 DNF 21 92
GP de Plouay – Bretagne 2611452 35 57 45 50
Open de Suède Vårgårda DNFDNF 7 52 47 1 27 3 34 44Not held57

Major championship results timeline

Event20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships Time trial 13
Road race 23 DNF 98 17 61 50 1 44 43 12 32
European champion jersey 2016.svg European Championships Road raceRace did not exist456223284 DNF
Gold medal blank.svg European Games Time trialEvent did not existNot Held 2 Not Held
Road race DNF 66
MaillotHolanda.PNG National Championships Time trial 11910943265NH
Road race 422113261910341113741261
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NHNot held

Notes

  1. Known as the Boels Ladies Tour until 2020

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