Michiel van der Heijden

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 Cross-country, National Junior Championships

2nd Cross-country, European Junior Championships

3rd Mixed team relay, European Championships

2010

1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships

UCI Junior XCO World Cup

:1st Dalby Forest

:1st Offenbourg

:1st Houffalize

3rd Cross-country, European Junior Championships

2012

1st Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

:1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

:1st Windham

:2nd Nové Město

2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

2nd Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships

3rd Mixed team relay, European Championships

2013

1st Cross-country, National Championships

3rd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

:3rd Albstadt

:3rd Hafjell

:3rd Nové Město

2014

1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

1st 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 Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships

2015

1st Cross-country, National Championships

2016

3rd Cross-country, National Championships

2017

1st 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 European Junior Championships

3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige

4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup

:2nd Koksijde

2011–2012

3rd 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