Lucinda Brand (born 2 July 1989) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek in road racing,[4] and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team Baloise–Trek Lions in cyclo-cross.[5] After four years with Rabo–Liv, in August 2016 Team Sunweb announced that Brand had signed a two-year deal with the team, with a role as a team leader, road captain and as part of the team's sprint train.[1] In 2023, Brand collaborated with fellow professional cyclist Maghalie Rochette to create the cycling-focused podcast Dirty Talks.[6][7]

Lucinda Brand
Personal information
Full nameLucinda Brand
Born (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 (age 35)
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Team information
Current team
DisciplinesRoad
Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Professional teams
2009–2012leontien.nl
2013–2016Rabobank–Liv Giant
2017–2019Team Sunweb[2]
2019–Telenet–Fidea Lions (cyclo-cross)
2020–Trek–Segafredo (road)[3]
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2021)
European Championships (2021)
National Championships (2018, 2019, 2024)
World Cup (2020–21, 2021–22)
18 individual wins (2018–192021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25)
Superprestige (2020–21, 2021–22)
X²O Badkamers Trophy (2020–21, 2021–22)
Road

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2022)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2013, 2015)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2017)
GP de Plouay (2014)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Team relay
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Offida Under-23 road race
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Alkmaar Time trial
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ostend Elite
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bogense Elite
Silver medal – second place 2022 Fayetteville Elite
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tabór Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Valkenburg Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Dübendorf Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Hoogerheide Elite
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Wijster Elite
Silver medal – second place 2016 Pontchâteau Elite
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tabor Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rosmalen Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Pontevedra Elite

Major results

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Road

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2010
5th Holland Hills Classic
10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
10th Omloop van Borsele
10th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
2011
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
UEC European Under-23 Championships
3rd   Road race
9th Time trial
7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
9th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2012
3rd   Team time trial, UCI World Championships
3rd Road race, National Championships
4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
1st Stage 3
4th La Flèche Wallonne
5th Overall La Route de France
1st Stage 3
6th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
6th Holland Hills Classic
9th Tour of Chongming Island
9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2013
1st   Road race, National Championships
2nd   Team time trial, UCI World Championships
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
3rd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
6th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs
6th GP de Plouay
7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
8th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
10th Holland Hills Classic
2014
1st   Overall Energiewacht Tour
1st Stage 4
1st GP de Plouay
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Belgium Tour
2nd Road race, National Championships
Open de Suède Vårgårda
2nd Team time trial
9th Road race
9th Novilon EDR Cup
2015
1st   Road race, National Championships
Open de Suède Vårgårda
1st Team time trial
4th Road race
Giro Rosa
1st Stages 3 & 7
2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st   Points classification
2nd Sparkassen Giro
3rd   Team time trial, UCI World Championships
3rd Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
4th Overall Energiewacht Tour
1st Stage 2b
4th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
5th Time trial, EPZ Omloop van Borsele
8th La Course by Le Tour de France
2016
1st   Overall Tour of Norway
1st Stage 2
1st Erondegemse Pijl
3rd Overall Belgium Tour
1st Stage 1
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
4th RideLondon Grand Prix
5th Omloop van het Hageland
6th Overall Energiewacht Tour
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
7th Omloop van Borsele
2017
1st   Team time trial, UCI World Championships
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd Ronde van Drenthe
4th Time trial, UEC European Championships
4th Strade Bianche
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
7th Overall Giro Rosa
1st Stage 8
7th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
2nd Amstel Gold Race
2nd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
UCI World Championships
3rd   Team time trial
6th Time trial
9th Road race
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
4th Overall Giro Rosa
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
10th Overall Tour of Norway
1st (TTT)
2019
UCI World Championships
1st   Team relay
8th Time trial
2nd Overall Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta
1st   Points classification
3rd   Time trial, UEC European Championships
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
4th Time trial, National Championships
4th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st   Mountains classification
4th La Course by Le Tour de France
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Overall Giro Rosa
9th Tour of Flanders
2021
1st   Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
1st Stages 3 & 5
Giro Rosa
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
3rd Time trial, National Championships
4th Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar
9th Overall Tour of Norway
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
9th Brabantse Pijl
10th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Stage 7
2022
1st   Overall Tour de Suisse
1st   Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 4
Challenge by La Vuelta
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
3rd Paris–Roubaix
8th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
2024
1st Dwars door het Hageland

Cyclo-cross

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2016–2017
1st Woerden
2nd   UEC European Championships
UCI World Cup
2nd Hoogerheide
Superprestige
2nd Gieten
2nd National Championships
2nd Mol
2nd Contern
2017–2018
1st   National Championships
Soudal Classics
1st Sint-Niklaas
1st Mol
2nd   UEC European Championships
Superprestige
2nd Ruddervoorde
DVV Trophy
2nd Loenhout
3rd   UCI World Championships
3rd Overijse
2018–2019
1st   National Championships
UCI World Cup
1st Tábor
1st Namur
1st Hoogerheide
2nd Heusden-Zolder
DVV Trophy
1st Loenhout
2nd Antwerpen
Brico Cross
1st Bredene
2nd Essen
1st Overijse
2nd   UCI World Championships
3rd Woerden
2019–2020
UCI World Cup
1st Namur
1st Heusden-Zolder
1st Hoogerheide
2nd Koksijde
DVV Trophy
1st Kortrijk
2nd Baal
Rectavit Series
1st Niel
2nd Overijse
3rd   UCI World Championships
3rd National Championships
2020–2021
1st   UCI World Championships
1st   Overall UCI World Cup
1st Tábor
1st Namur
1st Dendermonde
2nd Hulst
2nd Overijse
1st Overall Superprestige
1st Niel
1st Merksplas
1st Boom
1st Gavere
1st Heusden-Zolder
3rd Gieten
3rd Ruddervoorde
3rd Middelkerke
1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
1st Kortrijk
2nd Koppenberg
2nd Antwerpen
2nd Herentals
2nd Baal
2nd Lille
Ethias Cross
1st Kruibeke
3rd Lokeren
3rd Leuven
3rd Eeklo
1st Mol
3rd   UEC European Championships
2021–2022
1st   UEC European Championships
1st   Overall UCI World Cup
1st Fayetteville
1st Tábor
1st Besançon
1st Namur
1st Dendermonde
1st Hulst
2nd Waterloo
2nd Zonhoven
2nd Rucphen
2nd Hoogerheide
3rd Overijse
3rd Koksijde
1st Overall Superprestige
1st Gieten
1st Niel
1st Merksplas
1st Boom
1st Heusden-Zolder
1st Gavere
1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
1st Kortrijk
1st Loenhout
1st Baal
1st Herentals
1st Hamme
1st Lille
2nd Brussels
1st Sint-Niklaas
2nd   UCI World Championships
2nd National Championships
3rd Oostmalle
2022–2023
Exact Cross
1st Meulebeke
2nd Beringen
2nd Mol
3rd Sint-Niklaas
2nd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
2nd Baal
2nd Herentals
2nd Brussels
3rd Koksijde
UCI World Cup
2nd Fayetteville
2nd Gavere
3rd Waterloo
Superprestige
2nd Middelkerke
3rd Heusden-Zolder
3rd   UCI World Championships
2023–2024
1st   National Championships
2nd   UCI World Championships
2nd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
1st Brussels
2nd Kortrijk
2nd Herentals
2nd Hamme
3rd Overall UCI World Cup
1st Dublin
1st Flammanville
2nd Dendermonde
2nd Antwerpen
3rd Troyes
3rd Namur
3rd Hoogerheide
4th Benidorm
Superprestige
1st Middelkerke
2nd Merksplas
Exact Cross
1st Mol
1st Sint-Niklaas
1st Oostmalle
2024–2025
UCI World Cup
1st Dublin
Superprestige
1st Overijse
2nd Niel
X²O Badkamers Trophy
1st Lokeren
2nd Koppenberg
1st Woerden
3rd   UEC European Championships
Exact Cross
3rd Beringen

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brand signs with Liv-Plantur". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Trek – Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Baloise Trek Lions". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. ^ Giuliani, Simone (8 November 2023). "Lucinda Brand's injury delayed cyclocross season starts at Dendermonde World Cup". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Dirty Talks". Podcast Addict. Appdictive Studio LLC. 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Lucinda Brand". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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