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Amy Pieters

Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.[5] She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder).[6]

Amy Pieters
Pieters winning bronze at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 33)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam SD Worx–Protime
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Professional teams
2010Merida[2]
2011–2015Skil Koga[2]
2016Wiggle High5
2017–Boels–Dolmans[3][4]
Major wins
One day races & Classics
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2014)
Ronde van Drenthe (2018)
GP de Plouay (2018)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Women's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Madison
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Madison
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Madison
Silver medal – second place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Berlin Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Madison
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Road race
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay

On 23 December 2021, Pieters was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by a fall that day during a training ride near Alicante with the Dutch national track team.[7] After being repatriated to the Netherlands the following month,[8] Pieters had regained consciousness in April but, due to the brain injury sustained, doctors were unsure of her "residual symptoms and remaining abilities".[9][10] In October 2022, Pieters was able to take her first steps since the fall, at a neuro-rehabilitation centre in Woerden.[11]

Personal life

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Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy Pieters.[2]

Career achievements

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Major results

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Source:[12]

Road

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2006
National Novices Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
2007
National Novices Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
2008
National Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
4th Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
2009
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Overall Omloop van Borsele
2010
1st Draai rond de Kraai
2nd Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam
3rd Ronde van Barendrecht
2011
1st Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam
1st Berkelse Wielerdag
1st Ronde van Zwanenburg
2nd Molenomloop van de Schermer
2nd Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour
2nd Van Gogh Ronde van Nuenen
3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
3rd Draai rond de Kraai
3rd Noordwijk Classic
3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Young rider classification
7th Omloop van Borsele
8th Omloop van het Hageland
9th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
2012
1st Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour
1st Wielerronde van Lekkerkerk
1st Young rider classification Energiewacht Tour
2nd Regio Kampioenschap West
2nd Noordwijk Classic
3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
5th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2013
1st Regio Kampioenschap West
1st Noordwijk Classic
1st Profronde van Stiphout
2nd Omloop der Kempen
2nd Acht van Chaam
2nd Profronde van Surhuisterveen
3rd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda
3rd Wielerronde van Obdam
4th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
6th Overall Belgium Tour
1st   Young rider classification
9th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
2014
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda
3rd Holland Hills Classic
4th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
5th Overall Belgium Tour
6th Overall The Women's Tour
6th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
7th Le Samyn
8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
9th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
10th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
2015
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
1st Prologue La Route de France
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
3rd Marianne Vos Classic
3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
4th Novilon EDR Cup
4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
5th Gent–Wevelgem
6th Overall Belgium Tour
6th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda
7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Le Samyn des Dames
8th Omloop van het Hageland
9th Overall Tour of Qatar
9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
9th Holland Hills Classic
10th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
10th Acht van Westerveld
2016
1st Prologue La Route de France
3rd Le Samyn
4th Gent–Wevelgem
4th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
6th Overall Tour of Qatar
6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
7th Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 2
7th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
10th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
2017
1st Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT
1st Stage 2 The Women's Tour
2nd   Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Le Samyn
4th Tour de Yorkshire
6th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
1st Stages 1b & 2 (TTT)
7th Pajot Hills Classic
7th Amstel Gold Race
9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st   Combativity classification, Prologue
2018
1st   Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
1st Stages 2 & 3b (TTT)
1st Ronde van Drenthe
1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT
1st GP de Plouay – Bretagne
1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
UCI Road World Championships
2nd   Team time trial
8th Road race
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
2nd Tour of Flanders for Women
5th Overall The Women's Tour
5th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
2019
1st   Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships
UEC European Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Mixed team relay
2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 6
3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne
4th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
4th Ronde van Drenthe
4th Nokere Koerse
5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
5th Gent–Wevelgem
5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
5th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
10th Tour of Flanders
2020
2nd Tour of Flanders
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
9th Gent–Wevelgem
10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
2021
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Nokere Koerse
3rd   Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
1st   Points classification
6th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
6th Le Samyn
6th Dwars door de Westhoek
7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
9th Classic Brugge–De Panne

Track

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Pieters (left) together with Ellen van Dijk (right) and Kirsten Wild (centre) at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2006
1st   Omnium, National Novice Championships
2007
National Junior Championships
1st   500m time trial
1st   Individual pursuit
1st   Keirin
1st   Points race
2nd Scratch
2008
National Junior Championships
1st   500m time trial
1st   Individual pursuit
1st   Keirin
1st   Points race
1st   Scratch
3rd   Points race, UEC European Junior Championships
3rd Omloop van Borsele
3rd Six Days of Amsterdam
2009
2nd   Team pursuit, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
4th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
2010
National Championships
1st   Madison (with Roxane Knetemann)
2nd Points race)
5th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
9th Team pursuit, UEC European Championships (with Ellen van Dijk & Laura van der Kamp)
2011
1st   Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana (with Kirsten Wild & Ellen van Dijk)
National Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Madison (with Kelly Markus)
3rd Individual pursuit
2012
1st   Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
National Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison (with Kelly Markus)
3rd Scratch
6th Team pursuit, Olympic Games (with Ellen van Dijk & Kirsten Wild)
2014
2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester
2015
1st   Scratch, National Championships
2017
1st   Individual pursuit, National Championships
1st Madison, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (with Kirsten Wild)
3rd   Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
2018
National Championships
1st   Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
2nd   Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
3rd   Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
2019
1st   Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
3rd   Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
2020
1st   Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
2021
1st   Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)

National team pursuit records

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Main article: Dutch record progression track cycling – Women's team pursuit

After the introduction of the women's 3000m team pursuit at the 2007–08 track cycling season, Pieters was five times part of the team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is not the record holder anymore.

Time Speed
(km/h) 		Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref
3:31.045 51.250 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder 		2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (qualification)   Copenhagen 15 February 2009 [13]
3:29.730 51.494 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder 		2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (gold-medal race)   Copenhagen 15 February 2009 [14]
3:29.379 51.581 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder 		2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze-medal race)   Pruszków 26 March 2009 [15]
3:25.156 52.642 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder 		2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (qualifying)   Ballerup 25 March 2010 [16]
3:21.550 53.584 Ellen van Dijk
Kirsten Wild
Amy Pieters 		2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 (gold-medal race)   Astana 4 November 2011 [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Amy Pieters". Team Liv–Plantur. Retrieved 13 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c Amy Pieters at Cycling Archives (archive)
  3. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (3 December 2018). "Boels–Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad". Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Boels Dolmans". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Amy Pieters – Events and results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist in induced coma after surgery following collision". BBC Sport. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist to be transferred to hospital in Netherlands". BBC Sport. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  9. ^ Dabbs, Ryan (28 April 2022). "Amy Pieters regains consciousness and is communicating non-verbally". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist regains consciousness four months after training crash". BBC Sport. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist takes first steps since suffering brain damage in training crash". BBC Sport. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Amy Pieters". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  15. ^ "Results and Final Classification". Tissottiming.com. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  16. ^ "Qualifying Results". Tissottiming.com. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  17. ^ "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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