Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, [4] for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, [5] and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing, [6] and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.
At the 2012 London Olympics Wild finished sixth in the omnium, and was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder). [1]
After two seasons with Team Hitec Products, in September 2016 Cylance Pro Cycling announced that Wild would join them for the 2017 season. [7]
In October 2017, one day after the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin where Wild won gold at the elimination race, Wiggle High5 announced that Wild would join them for the 2018 season. [8] She then joined WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling in 2019. [9]
On 3 August 2019, after coming first in the RideLondon Classique, she was disqualified after her sudden change of direction before the finish line resulted in a crash involving several riders. [10]
Wild competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the madison, where she and Pieters finished fourth after crashing during the race, and the omnium, where she took the bronze medal. After taking over 100 wins on the road, Wild retired from road racing following the Holland Ladies Tour in August 2021. [6] Following this she returned to the track before ending her career at the end of the year, racing in the European Championships, the World Championships (where she and Pieters won gold in the madison for the third consecutive year), [11] and the Champions League. [4] [12]
Classics results timeline | |||||||||||||||||||
Classic | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | 61 | 17 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | |||
Ronde van Drenthe | — | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | 20 | 44 | 8 | NH | — | |||
Gent–Wevelgem | Race did not exist | — | 1 | 9 | 11 | — | — | 34 | 1 | — | 43 | ||||||||
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | — | 6 | 26 | 5 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | |||
Tour of Flanders | 54 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | — | — | 11 | 45 | — | — | |||
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
GP de Plouay – Bretagne | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Open de Suède Vårgårda | 9 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 | — | 10 | 2 | — | Not held |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
Wild was the last three times part of the 3000 m team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is together with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder the current national record holder, with a time of 3:20.013 (53.996 km/h) established at the 2012 Summer Olympics on 4 August 2012. After the 2011–12 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a 4000 m team pursuit with four riders.
Time | Speed (km/h) | Cyclists | Event | Location of race | Date | Ref |
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3:23.179 | 53.155 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Qualifying) | Manchester | 18 February 2011 | [13] |
3:21.550 | 53.584 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 | Astana | 4 November 2011 | [14] |
3:20.013 | 53.996 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2012 Summer Olympics (first round) | London | 4 August 2012 | [15] |
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