Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.
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 and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team for a year.
In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.
She transferred to the 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 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.
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-Comune di Cittiglio
10th Ronde van Gelderland
2010
2nd Holland Hills Classic
5th Ronde van Drenthe
6th Tour of Flanders for Women
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 – Bretagne
5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
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-Comune di Cittiglio
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 des Dames
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 Women World Cup 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 for Women
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 des Dames
1st Ronde van Drenthe
1st Gent–Wevelgem
Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
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 UCI Women's WorldTour 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 for Women
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
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 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-Comune di Cittiglio
4th Strade Bianche
5th Tour of Flanders for Women
2019
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Time trial, European Games
2nd Ronde van Drenthe
7th Tour of Flanders for Women
10th Strade Bianche
2020
1st Le Samyn des Dames
1st Tour of Flanders for Women
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 for Women
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
7th Omloop van het Hageland
8th Paris–Roubaix
General classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championship results timeline
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
Dutch female cyclists
Cyclists from Rotterdam
UCI Road World Champions (women)
UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in cycling
European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands