Rigard van Klooster
Rigardus Antonius "Rigard" van Klooster (born April 6, 1989 in Linschoten) is a former Dutch track racing cyclist and speed skater. Sport career. Speed skating. Rigard van Klooster started his sports career with speed skating. He started with speed skating when he was very young and started competing in 2002 and rode his first national junior championship in 2006 as a B-junior. Since the season 2007–2008 Van Klooster skated for Gewest Noord-Holland/Utrecht and was a trainee at the APPM-team since the 2008–2009 season. As an elite athlete Van Klooster competed in 2010 and  2011 at both the Dutch Allround Championships and Dutch Single Distance Championships. He finished 17th overall at the 2010 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and 22nd overall at the 2011 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships. A wingate test in early 2011 showed that Van Klooster had potential for track cycling. After some track cycling sessions the KNWU offered van Klooster a place in the development team and a room in Papendal, near the velodrome in Apeldoorn. Van Klooster took the offer and quit speed skating. He rode his first international competition at the Trois Jours d'Aigle where he finished 13th. Two weeks  after riding the two days of Wien, Van Klooster became the Dutch national sprint champion for Amateurs begin December. Later that month, after getting an elite license, he placed 4th in the 1 km time trial at Dutch national track championships and 7th in both the keirin and the sprint. Van Klooster competed in the International Track Grand Prix of Alkmaar, Perth, Colorado Springs, Cottbus and Vienna. In Vienna he won bronze in the team sprint. Based on his results he qualified for the 2012 European Track Championships where he finished 6th in the team sprint (together with Hylke van  Grieken and Matthijs Büchli) and 12th in the keirin. At the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic in Glasgow he competed in the keirin. He finished twice third and did not reach the second round.