Christoff Van Heerden

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Christoff Van Heerden
Personal information
Born (1985-01-13) 13 January 1985 (age 36)
Benoni, South Africa
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2007–2008 Team Konica Minolta
2009–2011 MTN Cycling

Christoff Van Heerden (born 13 January 1985) is a South African former professional racing cyclist. [1] In 2010 he won the South African National Road Race Championships. [2]

Contents

Major results

2006
1st Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular
1st Stage 5 Tour of Mauritius
2007
1st Amashova National Classic
3rd Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo
8th Tour du Jura
2008
1st Overall Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai
1st Stages 1 & 6 (ITT) & 6
2nd Overall Tour of Pennsylvania
2nd Intaka Tech Worlds View Challenge 4
3rd Intaka Tech Worlds View Challenge 3
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2009
African Road Championships
1st Gold medal africa.svg Team time trial (with Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Ian McLeod and Jay Robert Thomson)
7th Road race
2nd Giro del Capo Challenge 1
6th Giro del Capo Challenge 4
2010
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2011
3rd Road race, National Road Championships

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References

  1. "Christoff Van Heerden". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. "National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2016.