Personal information | |
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Born | Bunde, Limburg, Netherlands | 9 October 1995
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 61.5 kg (136 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Liv-Plantur |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur team | |
2013 | WCL Bergklimmers |
Professional teams | |
2014 | Giant-Shimano |
2015- | Team Liv-Plantur |
Major wins | |
2013 Dutch road champion (junior) |
Kyara Stijns (born 9 October 1995) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. [1] She started cycling with club team 'WCL Bergklimmers' in the south of the province of Limburg. In 2013, she won the Dutch junior national championships road race. As a result, she became pro riding for Giant-Shimano in 2014. [2] On Friday 31 July 2015 she became third in the Profronde Heerlen, after winner Chantal Blaak and second Anna van der Breggen. [3] On Sunday 6 September 2015 she started the last stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in her hometown Bunde. In the same month the team announced Stijns will also be riding for Liv-Plantur in 2016. [4]
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