Kirsten Wild

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 , in September 2016 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, announced that Wild would join them for the 2018 season. She then joined 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
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.
See also
List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
References
External links
1982 births
Living people
Dutch female cyclists
Sportspeople from Almelo
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
Dutch cyclists at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
Dutch track cyclists
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in cycling
European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in cycling
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women
Cyclists from Overijssel