Tessa Neefjes (born 7 December 1996) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team.[1] She's the 2022 European Champion Mountain bike Beach race and the 2022 Dutch Champion Mountain bike Marathon. In 2022 she won two UCI Gravel World Series races in Millau and Houffalize and the Dutch Gravel Series.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1996 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | Proximus-Alphamotorhomes-Doltcini |
| 2022 | Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team |
In 2016 she won the Dutch Road Championships in the category Elite without a contract. Later that year, during a training ride in the Ardennes, she was hit by a truck that drove on the wrong side of the road. The frontal collision caused 16 bone fractures in her back, shoulder, ribs and hand. After her recovery, she chose to ride additional off-road disciplines that she likes the most.[2][3]
Major results edit
Road edit
- 2016
- 1st
Dutch National Champion, Elite without a contract
Mountain biking edit
- 2019
- 3rd Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships
- 2020
- 3rd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st Beach races Egmond-pier-Egmond, ’s-Gravenzande, Katwijk, Julianadorp, Rockanje
- 2021
- 3rd Mitas 4 Islands MTB Marathon Stage Race, Croatia, with Rosa van Doorn
- 2022
- 1st
Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships - 1st Dutch National Champion Mountain Bike Marathon
- 1st Beach race Noordwijk
- 2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships[4]
Gravel edit
- 2022
- 1st Wish One Gravel Race, UCI Gravel World Series Millau[5]
- 1st Houffa Gravel, UCI Gravel World Series Houffalize[6]
- 1st Dutch Gravel series overall classification, and the races in Meerveld and Banholt
References edit
- ^ "Team and riders". Giant Bicycles. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Tom van der Salm (2022-10-08). "Interview, Gravelspecialiste Neefjes mag zich spiegelen aan Jakobsen: 'Sta er bij stil hoe dankbaar ik ben'". In de leiderstrui (in Dutch).
- ^ Michiel Baas (2022-12-12). "Tessa keek naar beneden, zag 'believe' staan, gaf extra gas en is nu Europees kampioen". NH Nieuws (in Dutch).
- ^ "Uitslag Subaru Beach Battle 2023, NK Strandrace Vrouwen". results.sporthive.com (in Dutch). 2023-02-18.
- ^ Simone Giuliani (2022-06-07). "Tessa Neefjes takes out Gravel World Series Millau race". Cycling News.
- ^ Simone Giuliani (2022-08-30). "Tessa Neefjes takes out another round of Gravel world Series in Belgium". Cycling News.
External links edit
- Tessa Neefjes at UCI
- Tessa Neefjes at ProCyclingStats
- Tessa Neefjes at Cycling Quotient
- Tessa Neefjes at MTB Data
- Tessa Neefjes at UCI
- "Tessa Neefjes". TheSports.org.
