# Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classic one-day races including Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and Strade Bianche. She

## Career
### Junior career

Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year.

### Professional career

Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch AA-Drink Cycling Team and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team Team TIBCO–To The Top for a year.
In 2014, she joined Specialized–lululemon and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.
She transferred to the Boels–Dolmans team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens. She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.
2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.
In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) from the finish. In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018.
2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time. In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women.
She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation. She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.
In January 2025, she announced her retirement as she is expecting a second child – having originally planned to retire at the end of the 2025 season.

## Personal life

In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.

## Major results
### 2007

    1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    UCI Juniors World Championships
       5th Time trial
       10th Road race

### 2008

    6th Ronde van Gelderland

### 2009

    1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
    3rd Ronde van Drenthe
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    7th Omloop van Borsele
    8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    10th Ronde van Gelderland

### 2010

    2nd Holland Hills Classic
    5th Ronde van Drenthe
    6th Tour of Flanders
    7th Open de Suède Vårgårda
    9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2011

    1st Erondegemse Pijl
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    4th GP de Plouay
    5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stage 2

### 2012

    2nd Ronde van Gelderland
    3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    5th Holland Hills Classic
    5th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    8th Overall Energiewacht Tour

### 2013

    3rd Chrono Gatineau
    5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
    8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    9th Overall Belgium Tour

### 2014

    1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Drentse 8
    1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
    1st Stage 5 Energiewacht Tour
    4th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
    5th Novilon EDR Cup
    7th Ronde van Overijssel

### 2015

    1st Le Samyn
    1st RaboRonde Heerlen
    1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Omloop van het Hageland
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    4th Time trial, EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
    6th Holland Hills Classic
    9th Tour of Flanders
    9th Ronde van Overijssel

### 2016

    1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Overall Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Stage 2 (TTT)
    1st Le Samyn
    1st Ronde van Drenthe
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    Crescent Vårgårda
       1st Team time trial
       3rd Road race
    Energiewacht Tour
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
    5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
    6th Omloop van Borsele

### 2017

    UCI Road World Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Team time trial
    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT
    Healthy Ageing Tour
       1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 4
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia Femminile
    2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th Ronde van Drenthe

### 2018

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
    1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
       1st Stages 3b (TTT) & 4
    2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    4th Strade Bianche
    5th Tour of Flanders

### 2019

    1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2nd Time trial, European Games
    2nd Ronde van Drenthe
    7th Tour of Flanders
    10th Strade Bianche

### 2020

    1st Le Samyn des Dames
    1st Tour of Flanders
    4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

### 2021

    1st Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    1st Strade Bianche
    1st Dwars door het Hageland
    1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    10th Paris–Roubaix

### 2022

    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    7th Omloop van het Hageland
    8th Paris–Roubaix

### 2024

    1st Road race, National Road Championships

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour results timeline :
| Stage race | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia Femminile | 62 | 43 | — | — | 38 | 49 | — | 40 | 50 | — | 18 | DNF | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France Femmes | 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 | Race did not exist | 49 | — | — |
| Stage race results timeline ||||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Simac Ladies Tour | 26 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 19 | — | 1 | 6 | 15 | DNF | NH | 1 | 16 | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | — | — | — | 59 |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | 34 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 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 | Race did not exist | NH | 10 | 8 |
| 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 | 35 | 43 | 45 | 24 | 29 | DNF |
| Classic | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 64 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 7 | DNF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| Strade Bianche | 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 | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 16 |
| Ronde van Drenthe | 59 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 19 | DNF | 4 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 62 | 2 | NH | 21 | — |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | — | 8 | 59 | 6 | 68 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | NH | 31 | 4 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 31 | 71 | — | — | 44 |
| Amstel Gold Race | 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 | 11 | 1 | 43 | NH | 52 | 53 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 43 | 36 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 21 | — | 92 |
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | — | 26 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | 45 | — | 50 |
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | DNF | DNF | 7 | 52 | — | 47 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 44 | — | Not held | Not held | 57 |

### Major championship results timeline

| Event | Event | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| World Championships | Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Championships | Road race | — | 23 | DNF | 98 | — | — | 17 | 61 | 50 | 1 | 44 | 43 | 12 | 32 | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Road race | 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 | 45 | 62 | 23 | 28 | 4 | DNF | — | — | — |
| European Games | Time trial | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | — | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | NH |
| European Games | Road race | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | Event did not exist | DNF | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 66 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | NH |
| National Championships | Time trial | 11 | 9 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Road race | 42 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 26 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 26 | — | 1 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |