Amy Pieters
 Pieters winning bronze at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 June 1991 Haarlem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | SD Worx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010 | Merida[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Skil Koga[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Wiggle High5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Boels–Dolmans[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One day races & Classics
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Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx.[5] She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder).[6]
Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy Pieters.[2]
On 23 December 2021 Amy Pieters was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by a fall that day during a training ride near Alicante with the Dutch national track team.[7]
Career achievements[]
Major results[]
Road[]
- 2006
- National Novices Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2007
- National Novices Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2008
- National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 2009
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Omloop van Borsele
- 2010
- 1st Draai rond de Kraai
- 2nd Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam
- 3rd Ronde van Barendrecht
- 2011
- 1st Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam
- 1st Berkelse Wielerdag
- 1st Ronde van Zwanenburg
- 2nd Molenomloop van de Schermer
- 2nd Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour
- 2nd Van Gogh Ronde van Nuenen
- 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 3rd Draai rond de Kraai
- 3rd Noordwijk Classic
- 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
- 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Young rider classification
- 7th Omloop van Borsele
- 8th Omloop van het Hageland
- 9th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 2012
- 1st Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour
- 1st Wielerronde van Lekkerkerk
- 1st Young rider classification Energiewacht Tour
- 2nd Regio Kampioenschap West
- 2nd Noordwijk Classic
- 3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 5th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2013
- 1st Regio Kampioenschap West
- 1st Noordwijk Classic
- 1st Profronde van Stiphout
- 2nd Omloop der Kempen
- 2nd Acht van Chaam
- 2nd Profronde van Surhuisterveen
- 3rd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 3rd Wielerronde van Obdam
- 4th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 6th Overall Belgium Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 9th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 2014
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 3rd Holland Hills Classic
- 4th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 5th Overall Belgium Tour
- 6th Overall The Women's Tour
- 6th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
- 7th Le Samyn des Dames
- 8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
- 9th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 10th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 2015
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Prologue La Route de France
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 3rd Marianne Vos Classic
- 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 4th Novilon EDR Cup
- 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Overall Belgium Tour
- 6th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda
- 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Le Samyn des Dames
- 8th Omloop van het Hageland
- 9th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 9th Holland Hills Classic
- 10th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
- 10th Acht van Westerveld
- 2016
- 1st Prologue La Route de France
- 3rd Le Samyn des Dames
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 7th Overall The Women's Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 10th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
- 2017
- 1st Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT
- 1st Stage 2 The Women's Tour
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 2nd Le Samyn des Dames
- 4th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 6th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st Stages 1b & 2 (TTT)
- 7th Pajot Hills Classic
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st
Combativity classification, Prologue
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 3b (TTT)
- 1st Ronde van Drenthe
- 1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT
- 1st GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 8th Road race
- 2nd
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th Overall The Women's Tour
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 2019
- 1st
Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships - UEC European Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st
Mixed team relay
- 1st
- 2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall The Women's Tour
- 1st Stage 6
- 3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 4th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 4th Ronde van Drenthe
- 4th Nokere Koerse
- 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 5th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
- 10th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 2020
- 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 2021
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Nokere Koerse
- 3rd
Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships - 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 4th Overall The Women's Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 6th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 6th Le Samyn
- 6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
Track[]
Pieters (left) together with Ellen van Dijk (right) and Kirsten Wild (centre) at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- 2006
- 1st Omnium, National Novice Championships
- 2007
- National Junior Championships
- 1st 500m time trial
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- 2008
- National Junior Championships
- 1st 500m time trial
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- 3rd Points race, UEC European Junior Championships
- 3rd Omloop van Borsele
- 3rd Six Days of Amsterdam
- 2009
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
- 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 4th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
- 2010
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Roxane Knetemann)
- 2nd Points race)
- 1st
- 5th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
- 9th Team pursuit, UEC European Championships (with Ellen van Dijk & )
- 2011
- 1st Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana (with Kirsten Wild & Ellen van Dijk)
- National Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Madison (with Kelly Markus)
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2012
- 1st
Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships - National Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Madison (with Kelly Markus)
- 3rd Scratch
- 6th Team pursuit, Olympic Games (with Ellen van Dijk & Kirsten Wild)
- 2014
- 2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester
- 2015
- 1st Scratch, National Championships
- 2017
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 1st Madison, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (with Kirsten Wild)
- 3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 1st
- 2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
- 3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
- 2019
- 1st
Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild) - 3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
- 2020
- 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
- 2021
- 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Kirsten Wild)
National team pursuit records[]
After the introduction of the women's 3000m team pursuit at the 2007–08 track cycling season, Pieters was five times part of the team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is not the record holder anymore.
| Time | Speed (km/h) |
Cyclists | Event | Location of race | Date | Ref |
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| 3:31.045 | 51.250 | Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder |
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (Qualification) |  Copenhagen
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15 February 2009 | [8] |
| 3:29.730 | 51.494 | Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder |
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (Gold medal race) | Copenhagen
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15 February 2009 | [9] |
| 3:29.379 | 51.581 | Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder |
2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Bronze medal race) |  Pruszków
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26 March 2009 | [10] |
| 3:25.156 | 52.642 | Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder |
2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying) | Ballerup
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25 March 2010 | [11] |
| 3:21.550 | 53.584 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters |
2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 (Gold medal race) |  Astana
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4 November 2011 | [12] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Amy Pieters". Team Liv-Plantur. Retrieved 13 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Amy Pieters at Cycling Archives
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (3 December 2018). "Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad". Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Boels Dolmans". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Amy Pieters – Events and results". london2012.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist in induced coma after surgery following collision
- ^ "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Results and Final Classification". Tissottiming.com. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Qualifying Results". Tissottiming.com. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
External links[]
- Amy Pieters at Cycling Archives
- Amy Pieters at ProCyclingStats
- Amy Pieters at Olympedia
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's madison | |
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 Dutch National Track Champions – Women's madison | |
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Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Dutch female cyclists
- Dutch track cyclists
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
- UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
- Dutch cyclists at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- European Games competitors for the Netherlands
- Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics