van der BREGGEN Anna

Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HASSELT

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : ZWOLLE

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Women's Road Race	15
	Women's Individual Time Trial	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's Road Race	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's Individual Time Trial	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1	3

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial	Team Time Trial
2020	Imola, ITA	1	1	-
2019	Harrogate, GBR	2	2	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	1	2	2
2017	Bergen, NOR	8	2	2
2016	Doha, QAT	87	13	8
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	2	2	3
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	-	-	14
2013	Florence, ITA	4	-	9
2012	Valkenburg, NED	5	11	-

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Cormons, ITA
1	2021	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2020	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2020	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Motta Montecorvino, ITA
1	2019	Road Race	GP de Plouay	Plouay, FRA
1	2019	Women's Individual	Tour of California	Pasadena, CA, USA
1	2019	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2018	Team Time Trial	Vargarda TTT	Vargarda, SWE
1	2018	Road Race	Liege - Bastogne - Liege	Ans, BEL
1	2018	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2018	Road Race	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Oudenaarde, BEL
1	2018	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA
1	2017	Team Time Trial	Vargarda TTT	Vargarda, SWE
1	2017	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Torre del Greco, ITA
1	2017	Women's Individual	Tour of California	Sacramento, CA, USA
1	2017	Road Race	Liege - Bastogne - Liege	Ans, BEL
1	2017	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2017	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Berg en Terblijt, NED
1	2016	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2015	Team Time Trial	Vargarda TTT	Vargarda, SWE
1	2015	Road Race	La Course by Le Tour	Paris, FRA
1	2015	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	San Domenico, ITA
1	2015	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
1	2014	Women's Individual	Ladies Tour of Norway	Halden, NOR

European Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2019	Minsk, BLR	55

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2018	Cross-country	80th	1 x 30th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
30	2018	Cross-country	Val di Sole, ITA

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Previous names:

Anna de Haan-Van der Breggen

Occupation:

Nursing - Viaa Zwolle, Netherlands

Husband Sierk-Jan de Haan

Languages spoken:

Team SD Worx [Netherlands] since 2017

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Sierk-Jan de Haan has competed in road cycling at international level. He has also served as her coach, as well as sporting director for Team Jumbo-Visma. (teamjumbovisma.nl, 17 Mar 2020; podomatic.com, 08 Feb 2020; procyclingstats.com, 01 Sep 2013)

Other sports:

She has represented the Netherlands in mountain biking and cyclo-cross. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Mar 2020; wielerflits.nl, 24 Mar 2019)

Turned professional in 2009

In September 2014 she fractured her pelvic bone after crashing in the team time trial at the 2014 World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. She was forced to walk with crutches for a few days, and had to delay her start to the 2015 season for several weeks. (cyclingnews.com, 26 Sep 2015; wielerflits.nl, 30 May 2015)

She was first introduced to the sport of cycling by going to watch her two older brothers ride at competitions. She was eventually allowed to try a couple of races on a regular bike, and soon started training at the WV Noordwesthoek cycling club. "After a couple of races, I was sold. I wanted to become a cyclist. When I turned eight I immediately started competing." (annavanderbreggen.nl, 07 Feb 2016; wielerflits.nl, 30 May 2015)

She was drawn to cycling by the social aspect of the sport and its competitive nature. "It was very social. After the training or races, we'd toss our bike stuff aside and play games. But the competitiveness was always there, too. My friends got me to training rides and to the races but once I was at the race, I wanted to win. I remember that before each race, my teammates and I would go and look at the trophies and that's what you were going for then - the idea of taking home that trophy." (cyclingtips.com, 29 Jul 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (destentor.nl, 08 Feb 2020)

Winning gold in the road race at the 2018 World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. (volkskrant.nl, 30 Sep 2018)

In 2015, 2016, and 2018 she received the Keetie van Oosten-Hage Trophy as the Dutch female cyclist of the year. (destentor.nl, 04 Dec 2018)

She was named Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau in recognition of her performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (destentor.nl, 24 Aug 2016)

General Interest

General
POST-TOKYO PLANS
In May 2020 she announced that she would retire after the 2021 season to take up a coaching role with the Boels-Dolmans team. "I've been thinking about a role as team leader / coach for some time. I was quickly excited about the team's proposal. I had gradually come to realise that I was looking for a new challenge in my life. In 2021, I want to get the best out of myself on my bike for one more season. After that, I will focus on this new job." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 11 May 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2018 she began serving as an ambassador for the Bake for Life Foundation, which sets up bakeries in Africa and gives training to the local population. Her uncle Dick van der Breggen is a member of the board. (annavanderbreggen.nl, 24 Feb 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/anna.vanderbreggen
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/annavdbreggen
https://instagram.com/annavdbreggen/
https://twitter.com/annavdbreggen
Athlete Website: http://www.annavanderbreggen.nl/

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos