Steven van Heerden

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Steven van Heerden
Personal information
Full nameSteven van Heerden
Born (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 30)
Kempton Park, South Africa
Team information
Current teamTeam Enza
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017–2018BCX
2019 Team VanderGroup
2021–Team Enza
Professional team
2019–2020 ProTouch [1]

Steven van Heerden (born 6 August 1993) is a South African racing cyclist, who currently rides for South African amateur team Enza. [2]

Contents

Major results

2015
African Track Championships
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Madison
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Jac-Johann Steyn, Jared Poulton and Jean Spies)
2016
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2017
African Track Championships
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Team pursuit (with Nolan Hoffman, Jean Spies and Joshua van Wyk)
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Individual pursuit
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Points race
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Madison (with Nolan Hoffman)
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Points race, National Track Championships
2018
African Track Championships
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Team pursuit (with Gert Fouche, Jean Spies and Joshua van Wyk)
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Points race
2nd Scratch
3rd Individual pursuit
1st Stage 4 Tour de Limpopo
2019
African Track Championships
1st AfricanChampionJersey.png Madison (with Joshua van Wyk)
2nd Omnium

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References

  1. "ProTouch". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Team Enza opts for a mix of youth and experience for 2021". In the Bunch. Full Stop Communications. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.