# Kirsten Wild

Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing, and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.

## Career

At the 2012 London Olympics Wild finished sixth in the omnium, and was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder).
After two seasons with Team Hitec Products, in September 2016 Cylance Pro Cycling announced that Wild would join them for the 2017 season.
In October 2017, one day after the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin where Wild won gold at the elimination race, Wiggle High5 announced that Wild would join them for the 2018 season. She then joined WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling in 2019.
On 3 August 2019, after coming first in the RideLondon Classique, she was disqualified after her sudden change of direction before the finish line resulted in a crash involving several riders.
Wild competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the madison, where she and Pieters finished fourth after crashing during the race, and the omnium, where she took the bronze medal. After taking over 100 wins on the road, Wild retired from road racing following the Holland Ladies Tour in August 2021. Following this she returned to the track before ending her career at the end of the year, racing in the European Championships, the World Championships (where she and Pieters won gold in the madison for the third consecutive year), and the Champions League.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### Road
##### 2004

    1st Young rider classification Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe

##### 2005

    3rd Ronde van Gelderland
    7th Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
    7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum

##### 2006

    1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
    3rd Lowland International Rotterdam Tour
    4th Ronde van Gelderland
    4th Omloop van Borsele
    9th Open de Suède Vårgårda
    10th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt

##### 2007

    1st Overall Tour de Pologne Feminin
       1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
    1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
    5th Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
    5th Ronde van Gelderland
    5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
    6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
    6th Grand Prix de Dottignies
    8th Omloop van Borsele
    10th Omloop Het Volk

##### 2008

    1st Omloop Het Volk
    1st Omloop van Borsele
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Prologue
    2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
    3rd Tour of Flanders for Women
    3rd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
    3rd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
    8th Ronde van Drenthe
    8th Ronde van Gelderland
    8th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    10th GP Stad Roeselare

##### 2009

    1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
    1st Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
    1st Omloop van Borsele
    1st GP Stad Roeselare
    Open de Suède Vårgårda
       1st Team time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Multidigitaal.nl – Blauwe StadTTT
    1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
    Giro d'Italia Femminile
       1st Prologue & Stage 9
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
    2nd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
    4th Grand Prix de Dottignies
    5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
    5th Ronde van Gelderland
    10th Ronde van Drenthe

##### 2010

    1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2
    Open de Suède Vårgårda
       1st Team time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Grand Prix de Dottignies
    1st Ronde van Gelderland
    1st Omloop van Borsele
    1st GP Stad Roeselare
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island Stage race
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Tour of Flanders for Women
    3rd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe

##### 2011

    1st Omloop van Borsele
    2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
    2nd Ronde van Drenthe
    2nd Ronde van Gelderland
    Open de Suède Vårgårda
       2nd Team time trial
       6th Road race
    3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    3rd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
    5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
    6th GP Stad Roeselare

##### 2012

    1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
    1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Ronde van Drenthe
    3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    4th Overall Belgium Tour
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    4th Omloop van het Hageland
    4th Tour of Flanders for Women
    5th Novilon Euregio Cup
    7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
       1st Stage 4a
    7th Ronde van Gelderland
    8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele

##### 2013

    1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
    1st Ronde van Gelderland
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    Belgium Tour
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia Femminile
    3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2, 3b & 4
    3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen
    5th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
    10th Tour of Flanders for Women

##### 2014

    1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
    1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Ronde van Gelderland
    1st Novilon EDR Cup
    1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
    La Route de France
       1st Stages 4 & 6
    2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    2nd Ronde van Overijssel
    2nd La Course by Le Tour de France
    5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    5th Open de Suède Vårgårda
    6th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
    7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    9th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th Sparkassen Giro

##### 2015

    1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Novilon EDR Cup
    1st Ronde van Gelderland
    1st EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    1st Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
    1st Omloop van de IJsseldelta
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne Féminin
    2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
    3rd La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
    4th Dwars door de Westhoek
    5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    7th Ronde van Overijssel
    9th La Course by Le Tour de France

##### 2016

    1st Women's Tour de Yorkshire
    1st RideLondon Classique
    Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    Energiewacht Tour
       1st Stages 4a & 5
    1st Stage 4 Tour of California
    2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    5th Omloop van de IJsseldelta

##### 2017

    1st Stage 2 Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Santos Women's Tour
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    5th Prudential RideLondon Classique
    7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    7th Omloop van het Hageland
    10th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour

##### 2018

    1st RideLondon Classique
    Women's Tour de Yorkshire
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 2 Giro Rosa
    2nd Crescent Vårgårda
    5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3a
    7th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Stage 3

##### 2019

    1st Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    8th Ronde van Drenthe

##### 2021

    6th Classic Brugge–De Panne

##### Classics results timeline

Classics results timeline :
| Classic | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | 61 | 17 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — |
| Ronde van Drenthe | — | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | 20 | 44 | 8 | NH | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | 1 | 9 | 11 | — | — | 34 | 1 | — | 43 |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | — | 6 | 26 | 5 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 54 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | — | — | 11 | 45 | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | — |
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | 9 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 | — | 10 | 2 | — | Not held | Not held |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |

#### Track
##### 2007

    3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships

##### 2008

    National Championships
       2nd Individual pursuit
       2nd Points race

##### 2009

    3rd Points race, National Championships

##### 2010

    2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships

##### 2011

    National Championships
       1st Madison
       2nd Individual pursuit
    1st Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana
    3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
    3rd Omnium, UEC European Track Championships

##### 2013

    UEC European Championships
       1st Points race
       2nd Omnium

##### 2014

    2nd Omnium, Grand Prix of Poland
    International Track Women & Men
       3rd Omnium
       3rd Points race

##### 2015

    UCI World Championships
       1st Scratch
       3rd Omnium
    1st Omnium, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
    1st Madison, National Championships
    Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal
       1st Omnium
       1st Scratch
    6 giorni delle rose – Fiorenzuola
       1st Scratch
       2nd Omnium
       2nd Points race
    Irish International Track GP
       1st Scratch
       1st Omnium
    2nd Scratch, UEC European Track Championships

##### 2016

    UEC European Championships
       1st Elimination race
       1st Points race
       2nd Omnium
       3rd Scratch
       3rd Madison
    National Championships
       1st Madison
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Scratch
       1st Points race
    1st Omnium, Apeldoorn Championships
    2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships

##### 2017

    UEC European Championships
       1st Elimination race
       2nd Omnium
       3nd Madison
    National Championships
       1st Madison
       1st Omnium
       1st Scratch
    1st Omnium, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków
    Belgian International Meeting
       1st Omnium
       2nd Points race
       2nd Madison (with Nina Kessler)
    1st Madison, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (with Amy Pieters)
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Omnium
       3rd Points race
    2nd Points race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow
    8th Overall Six Day London

##### 2018

    UCI World Championships
       1st Scratch
       1st Omnium
       1st Points race
       2nd Madison
    UEC European Championships
       1st Scratch
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison
    1st Points race, National Championships
    Revolution Series Champions League, Round 3 – Manchester
       1st Points race
       2nd Scratch
    Six Days of Bremen
       1st Madison
       1st Omnium

##### 2019

    UCI World Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Points race
    European Games
       1st Omnium
       1st Scratch
       2nd Madison
    UEC European Championships
       1st Elimination race
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison

##### 2020

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison
       1st Scratch

##### 2021

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison
       3rd Points race
    2nd Endurance, UCI Track Champions League
       1st Scratch, London I
    3rd Omnium, Summer Olympics

### National records

Wild was the last three times part of the 3000 m team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is together with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder the current national record holder, with a time of 3:20.013 (53.996 km/h) established at the 2012 Summer Olympics on 4 August 2012. After the 2011–12 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a 4000 m team pursuit with four riders.
| Time | Speed (km/h) | Cyclists | Event | Location of race | Date |
| 3:23.179 | 53.155 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Qualifying) | Manchester | 18 February 2011 |
| 3:21.550 | 53.584 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 | Astana | 4 November 2011 |
| 3:20.013 | 53.996 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder | 2012 Summer Olympics (first round) | London | 4 August 2012 |