Suzanne van Veen

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Suzanne van Veen
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Full nameSuzanne van Veen
Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 35)
Naaldwijk, the Netherlands
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RoleRider

Suzanne van Veen (born 3 October 1987 in Naaldwijk) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. [1] Van Veen signed her first professional contract in 2005 when she became part of the Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team. [2] She still rides for the team, now known as Team Flexpoint. [2]

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Her first professional success came in 2006 in the national track championship in Alkmaar. She came second in the scratch race, behind Adrie Visser. [3] During the Six-days of Rotterdam, van Veen and pacemaker Joop Zijlaard attacked with 17 laps to go in a women's derny race and lapped the field. [4]

A year later she took part in the AA Drink Four-day of Rotterdam, an event similar to six-day racing. Van Veen rode with Elise van Hage. They achieved several top-three rankings and won the scratch race on the third day . [5] They finished third overall. [6]

Career highlights

Dutch National Championships
2006 - 2nd, 2006 Dutch National Track Championships, scratch race [3]
Four-day cycling events
2008 - Rotterdam, 3rd madison (with Elise van Hage) [7]
2008 - Rotterdam, 2nd points race (with Elise van Hage) [8]
2008 - Rotterdam, 3rd madison (with Elise van Hage) [9]
2008 - Rotterdam, 3rd madison (with Elise van Hage) [10]
2008 - Rotterdam, 1st scratch race (with Elise van Hage) [5]
2008 - Rotterdam, 3rd overall (with Elise van Hage) [11]
Other achievements
2007 - 1st, Rotterdam, Six Days, Grand Prix AA Drinks, derny [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Van Veen at the cyclingwebsite.net Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine , ret 2008-01-12
  2. 1 2 Teams of Suzanne van Veen Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine , ret 2008-01-12
  3. 1 2 National Championship, Track, Scratch, Elite, The Netherlands (F) 2006 Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine , cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-12
  4. 1 2 Suzanne van Veen (Team Flexpoint) has won the GP AA Drinks during the 6-days of Rotterdam., cyclingfx.nl, pub 2007-01-09, ret 2008-01-12
  5. 1 2 AA Drink Women's Four Day Scratch race, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-07, ret 2008-01-12
  6. ↑ AA Drink Women's Four Day Final Standings, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-08, ret 2008-01-12
  7. ↑ AA Drink Women's Four Day Elite Women, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-03, ret 2008-01-12
  8. ↑ AA Drink Women's Four Day Race 1, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-06, ret 2008-01-12
  9. ↑ AA Drink Women's Four Day Race 2, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-06, ret 2008-01-12
  10. ↑ AA Drink Women's Four Day Madison, cyclingnews.com, pub 2008-01-07, ret 2008-01-12
  11. ↑ Vierdaagse van Rotterdam (V) 2008 Archived 2008-01-06 at the Wayback Machine , cyclingwebsite.net, ret 2008-01-12
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