# Floortje Mackaij

Floortje Mackaij (born 18 October 1995) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
After switching from speed skating to road cycling she became the 2013 junior Dutch National time trial Champion and won a silver medal in the junior time trial at the 2013 European Road Championships. In the same year she represented her country at the UCI Road World Championships in the junior time trial and road race.

## Personal life

Mackaij lives with her parents in Woerden and has one older brother. Her father, Ron Mackay, was also a professional cyclist. Mackaij graduated from the Minkema College, Woerden, in 2012 and went to the Johan Cruijff College afterwards.

## Career
### Early career

Mackaij started her career as a speed skater. When she was seven years old she became a member of a local speed skating club. As a 'Junior C' and 'Junior B' she skated at national level and was part of the regional selection. Between 2011 and 2013 she participated every year at the Dutch Junior Championships. Her best result was 6th place as a Junior B in the 3000 metres at the Single Distance Championships in 2012. As part of her skating training she undertook cycling as part of cross-training in summer. She joined the local road cycling club and started riding official races a few years later when she was 14 years old. At the end of 2012 she joined the national selection and changed her main sport from speed skating to cycling.

### 2013

In one of the most prestigious stage races for junior riders, the Energiewacht Tour, Mackaij won one stage and the overall points classification, as she finished third in the general classification. In June she became Dutch National Time Trial Champion for juniors. A month later she won the silver medal in the time trial for junior riders at the 2013 European Road Championships and finished 21st in the road race. After training several times during the year with Argos–Shimano she joined the team in August. Mackaij was selected to ride the time trial and road race at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships where she finished 8th and 13th respectively. Mackaij was awarded the title for sport talent of Woerden of the year 2013.

### 2014

Mackaij won the Parel van de Veluwe in June. She was selected to ride the road race at the 2014 European Road Championships where she finished seventh.

### 2015

On 22 March Mackaij won the non-UCI race Rabo Koepel Race in Lierop, after riding clear from a front group. Three days later she finished second behind Amy Pieters in Dwars door Vlaanderen. She finished the week with winning Gent–Wevelgem, her first elite UCI victory. She escaped in the last three kilometres from a front group three and was not pulled back by the others.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 2013

    1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour (juniors)
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

#### 2014

    1st Parel van de Veluwe
    7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Overall Belgium Tour

#### 2015

    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Stage 3 Belgium Tour
    2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    3rd 94.7 Cycle Challenge
    9th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
       10th Time trial
       10th Road race

#### 2016

    2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd Omloop van Borsele
    3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta
    3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire
    4th Le Samyn des Dames
    4th Diamond Tour
    7th Ronde van Drenthe
    8th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
    9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    10th Overall The Women's Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    10th Ronde van Gelderland

#### 2017

    1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    6th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
    9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

#### 2018

    Ladies Tour of Norway
       1st Team time trial
       8th Overall Stage race
    2nd Le Samyn des Dames
    2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
    3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    6th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    8th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
    9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    9th Ronde van Drenthe

#### 2019

    1st Team relay, UEC European Road Championships
    2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
    5th Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik
    6th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
    7th Omloop van het Hageland
    7th Ronde van Drenthe
    9th Overall Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta
    10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

#### 2020

    3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    3rd Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik

#### 2021

    1st Overall Trophée des Grimpeuses
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
    3rd Team relay, UEC European Road Championships
    5th Ronde van Drenthe
    7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    7th GP Oetingen
    8th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
    10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

#### 2022

    3rd Omloop van het Hageland
    3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    6th Paris–Roubaix

#### 2023

    1st Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
    10th Strade Bianche

#### Championship results

| Event | Event | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Olympic Games | Time trial | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | Not Held | Not Held | — |
| Olympic Games | Road race | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | Not Held | Not Held | — |
| World Championships | Time trial | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| World Championships | Road race | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 92 | — | 36 | — | |
| European Championships | Time trial | 2 | — | 10 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| European Championships | Road race | 21 | 7 | 10 | — | 9 | 11 | — | — | 12 | 42 | 47 | |
| European Championships | Mixed Team Relay | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1 | — | 3 | NH | — | |
| National Championships | Time trial | 1 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | NH | 18 | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Road race | — | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 7 | DNF | 10 | — | 8 | 27 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |

### Speed skating records

Speed Skating :
| Distance | Time | Date | Ice Rink |
| 500 meter | 42.74 | 20 December 2012 | Thialf, Heerenveen |
| 1000 meter | 1:26.16 | 2 December 2012 | De Westfries, Hoorn |
| 1500 meter | 2:06.94 | 20 December 2012 | Thialf, Heerenveen |
| 3000 meter | 4:30.35 | 27 October 2012 | Thialf, Heerenveen |
| 5000 meter | 8:03.48 | 18 March 2012 | IJsbaan Twente, Enschede |