Ellen van Dijk

Eleonora "Ellen" van Dijk is a Dutch professional road an track racin cyclist ridin for Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling. Van Dijk is a time trial specialist an acame 2008 Warld Track Champion in the scratch race an 2012 Road Warld Champion in team time trial.

Ellen van Dijk

Van Dijk in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Eleonora Maria van Dijk
Nickname	The Animal
Born	(1987-02-11) 11 Februar 1987 Harmelen, Netherlands
Hicht	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team	Boels–Dolmans
Discipline	Road an umwhile track cyclist
Rider teep	Time trial specialist
Major wins
Road Cyclin Single-Day Races Warld Time Trial Champion (2013) Warld Team Time Trial Champion (2012, 2013) European Time Trial Champion (2008, 2009) Naitional Time Trial Champion (2007, 2012, 2013) Warld Cup: Tour o Flanders for Weemen (2014) Warld Cup: Open de Suede Vargarda TTT (2011, 2012, 2013) Sparkassen Giro (2010) Omloop van Borsele (2012) Le Samyn des Dames (2013) Chrono Champenois (2013) Stage Races Ladies Tour o Qatar (2011) Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour (2012, 2013) Energiewacht Tour (2013) Holland Ladies Tour (2013) Gracia-Orlová (2013) Track cyclin Warld Champion, scratch race (2008) U-23 European Champion, scratch race (2008) U-23 European Champion, pynts race (2008) Naitional Champion, individual pursuit (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Naitional Champion, madison (2011) Warld Cup: Individual pursuit (2008-09 Roond 5) Warld Cup: Team pursuit (2008-09 Roond 5, 2011-12 Roond 1) Warld Cup: Pynts race (2008-09 Roond 5)
Medal record Representin Team Specialized–lululemon Road Warld Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team Time Trial 2013 Florence Team Time Trial Representin Netherlands Road Warld Championships 2013 Florence Time Trial 2004 Verona Road race (junior) Track Warld Championships 2008 Manchester Scratch race Warld University Championships 2006 Antwerp Road race 2006 Antwerp Individual time trial European Road Championships 2009 Hooglede-Gits Time trial 2008 Pettenasco Time trial European Track Championships 2008 Pruszków Scratch race (U23) 2008 Pruszków Pynts race (U23) 2008 Pruszków Omnium 2008 Pruszków Individual pursuit (U23)

Van Dijk stairted as a speed skater an as part o her skatin training she unnerteuk cyclin as part o cross-trainin in simmer. She excelled at both, competin naitionally at junior level. Efter acomin a naitional cyclin champion for the fift time in 2007, she quit speed skatin an acame a full-time cyclist. Alang wi her warld title successes, Van Dijk has an aa twice been European track champion, twice European time trial champion an haes wan five warld cup races. In 2012 she competit in three disciplines at the 2012 Olympic Gemmes in Lunnon, whaur she helped Marianne Vos win the gowd medal in the road race, finished aicht in the time trial an sixt in the team pursuit.