Anna van der Breggen

Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.

Anna van der Breggen
Van der Breggen in 2018
Personal information
Full nameAnna van der Breggen
Born (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990
Zwolle, Netherlands
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam SD Worx–Protime
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
WV Noordwesthoek
Professional teams
2009Team Flexpoint
2012–2013Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
2014–2016Rabo–Liv
2017–2021Boels–Dolmans
Managerial team
2022–SD Worx
Major wins
Stage races
Giro d'Italia Femminile
General classification (2015, 2017, 2020, 2021)
4 individual stages (2015, 2019, 2021)
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas (2021)
Tour of California (2017, 2019)
Ladies Tour of Norway (2014)
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs (2014, 2015)
Tour de Bretagne (2012)

One-day races and Classics

Olympic Road Race (2016)
World Road Race Championships (2018, 2020)
World Time Trial Championships (2020)
European Road Race Championships (2016)
European Time Trial Championships (2020)
National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2021)
National Road Race Championships (2020)
Tour of Flanders (2018)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2017, 2018)
La Flèche Wallonne (20152021)
Amstel Gold Race (2017)
Strade Bianche (2018)
GP de Plouay (2019)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2015, 2021)
La Course by Le Tour de France (2015)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race
2016 Rio de JaneiroTime trial
2020 Tokyo Time trial
World Championships
2018 InnsbruckRoad race
2020 ImolaRoad race
2020 ImolaTime trial
2015 RichmondRoad race
2015 RichmondTime trial
2017 BergenTime trial
2018 InnsbruckTime trial
2019 HarrogateRoad race
2019 HarrogateTime trial
European Championships
2016 PlumelecRoad race
2020 PlouayTime trial
2016 PlumelecTime trial
2018 GlasgowTime trial
2017 HerningTime trial
European Games
2015 BakuRoad race
Representing Rabo–Liv (2015)
Boels–Dolmans (2017–2018)
World Championships
2015 RichmondTeam time trial
2017 BergenTeam time trial
2018 InnsbruckTeam time trial

Considered one of the most versatile riders of her generation, Van der Breggen excelled in both the one-day classics and stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain. Apart from the Olympic road race title and three Giro Rosa titles, other notable wins include La Flèche Wallonne on seven consecutive occasions, Liège–Bastogne–Liège two times, the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Strade Bianche, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the European Road Race Championships. In addition, she has won the general classification and numerous stages in smaller stage races.

In 2017, she won all three Ardennes classics races in one week, which earned her the nickname Queen of the Ardennes. She went on to secure her second Giro d'Italia win the following summer. In April 2019, she won the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, her fifth-consecutive win in the race. In 2020, she won both the Individual Time Trial as well as the Road Race at the UCI World Championships.

Following her retirement at the end of the 2021 season, Van der Breggen now works as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.

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