Michiel van der Heijden

This article is about the racing cyclist. For the footballer, see Michael van der Heijden.

Michiel van der Heijden

File:2018 European Mountain Bike Championships DSCF6238 (43007221225).jpg Van der Heijden (right)
Personal information
Born	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Mountain biking Cyclo-cross
Professional teams
2010	Merida–Combee
2011–2012	Rabobank–Giant
2013–2014	Giant Pro XC Team
2015–2017	Scott–Odlo
Medal record Men's mountain bike racing Representing Netherlands Men's mountain bike racing World Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Hafjell Under-23 cross-country Gold medal – first place 2010 Mont Sainte-Anne Junior cross-country Silver medal – second place 2012 Saalfelden-Leogang Under-23 cross-country Bronze medal – third place 2013 Pietermaritzburg Under-23 cross-country European Championships Silver medal – second place 2012 Moscow Under-23 Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2014 Sankt Wendel Under-23 Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2009 Zoetermeer Junior Cross-country Bronze medal – third place 2009 Zoetermeer Mixed team relay Bronze medal – third place 2012 Moscow Mixed team relay Bronze medal – third place 2010 Haifa Junior Cross-country Men's cyclo-cross World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2012 Koksijde Under-23 European Championships Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hoogstraten Junior

Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist. Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time. In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished

Major results

Mountain bike

2009

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Junior Championships

2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, European Junior Championships

3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Mixed team relay, European Championships

2010

1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Junior Championships

UCI Junior XCO World Cup

1st Dalby Forest

1st Offenbourg

1st Houffalize

3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Cross-country, European Junior Championships

2012

1st File:Jersey white.svg Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

1st Windham

2nd Nové Město

2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships

3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Mixed team relay, European Championships

2013

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Championships

3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

3rd Albstadt

3rd Hafjell

3rd Nové Město

2014

1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Championships

2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

2nd Nové Město

2nd Albstadt

2nd Pietermaritzburg

3rd Méribel

3rd Cairns

2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships

2015

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Championships

2016

3rd Cross-country, National Championships

2017

1st File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country, National Championships

2018

3rd Cross-country, National Championships

Cyclo-cross

2008–2009

3rd Zonnebeke Juniors

3rd Hoogstraten, Junior Superprestige

2009–2010

1st Kopenberg, Junior Gazet van Antwerpen

2nd National Junior Championships

3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg European Junior Championships

3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige

4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup

2nd Koksijde

2011–2012

3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships

3rd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup

2012–2013

1st Citadelcross Under-23

2nd Koksijde, UCI Under-23 World Cup

2013–2014

2nd Grand Prix Hotel Threeland

References

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