Ellen van Dijk - Leading by example
Ellen van Dijk has been competing for 18 seasons in professional cycling, having started her career in 2006. She is one of the most experienced and reliable domestiques in professional cycling and an all-around versatile athlete with numerous victories to her palmares, including the Tour of Flanders. Van Dijk enjoyed one of her most successful seasons in 2022, having smashed the UCI Hour Record in 49. 154km and then secured her third career world title in the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. Van Dijk is currently on maternity leave for the duration of 2023 and aims to return to competition in 2024, under contract with Trek-Segafredo, and with a target placed on the Olympic Games in Paris.