Mischa Bredewold

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Mischa Bredewold
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Bredewold at the 2022 Amstel Gold Race
Personal information
Full nameMischa Bredewold
Born (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 23)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Team information
Current team SD Worx
DisciplineRoad cycling
RoleRider
Professional teams
2021–2023 Parkhotel Valkenburg
2023 SD Worx [1]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
European Road Race Championships (2023)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Drenthe Road race

Mischa Bredewold (born 20 June 2000) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team SD Worx. [2]

Contents

Starting racing in 2017 as a junior, the early part of her career was heavily disrupted when she was hit by a truck while training for the Dutch junior team prior to the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. [3] Despite three broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a serious brain injury [3] - Bredewold made a full recovery, and joined the professional peloton in 2020 with NXTG Racing. [4]

Signing for Parkhotel Valkenburg for the 2021 season, [5] her best result of the year was the young riders classification at the Baloise Ladies Tour, with three other top 5 finishes in the young riders classifications at other races. [6]

In 2022, she finished 3rd in the under 23 category at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, as well as 3rd in the under 23 category European Road Championships Mixed Relay Team Time Trial. [7] [8] In her first Grand Tour, Bredewold came second in the young riders classification at the Tour de France Femmes, five minutes behind Shirin van Anrooij. She finished the race 21st overall. [9] [10] Bredewold then won the À travers les Hauts-de-France later that year. [11]

In September 2022, it was announced that both Bredewold and Femke Markus would join SD Worx from 2023, signing a two year deal. [1]

Major results

2021
4th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2022
1st À travers les Hauts-de-France
Holland Ladies Tour
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 6
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team relay, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2023
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Road race, UEC European Road Championships
1st Classic Lorient Agglomération
1st Stage 2 Thüringen Ladies Tour

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