Julia Soek

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Julia Soek
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Personal information
Full nameJulia Soek
Born (1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 (age 33)
Groningen, Netherlands
Team information
Current team TDT–Unibet Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider type Lead out
Road captain [1]
Amateur teams
2010–2011Batavus Ladies Cycling Team [2]
2012Specialized DPD SRAM Cycling Team [2]
Professional teams
2013 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team [2]
2014–2021 Giant–Shimano [3] [4]
Managerial teams
2022 Le Col–Wahoo
2023– TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

Julia Soek (born 12 December 1990) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team DSM. [5] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. [6] In September 2021 Soek announced that she would retire from competition at the end of the season. The following month it emerged that she would join Drops–Le Col as a directeur sportif for 2022. [1] In the same year she followed a directeur sportif course at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland. In 2023 she joined the new Dutch UCI Continental team TDT–Unibet Cycling Team as directeur sportif, and took over the role of head sports director the following year. [7]

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Major results

2015
1st Jersey orange.svg Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour
2016
8th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
2017
1st Erondegemse Pijl
2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa

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References

  1. 1 2 Price, Matilda (13 October 2021). "Julia Soek to join Drops-Le Col as sports director in 2022". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Julia Soek at Cycling Archives (archived)
  3. "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. "World Championships WE – Team Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  7. "Tour de Tietema-Unibet presenteert Julia Soek als ploegleider". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 24 February 2023.