Kirsten Wild
Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021,[4] for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[5] and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing,[6] and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.
Career
[edit]At the 2012 London Olympics Wild finished sixth in the omnium, and was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder).[1]
After two seasons with Team Hitec Products, in September 2016 Cylance Pro Cycling announced that Wild would join them for the 2017 season.[7]
In October 2017, one day after the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin where Wild won gold at the elimination race, Wiggle High5 announced that Wild would join them for the 2018 season.[8] She then joined WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling in 2019.[9]
On 3 August 2019, after coming first in the RideLondon Classique, she was disqualified after her sudden change of direction before the finish line resulted in a crash involving several riders.[10]
Wild competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the madison, where she and Pieters finished fourth after crashing during the race, and the omnium, where she took the bronze medal. After taking over 100 wins on the road, Wild retired from road racing following the Holland Ladies Tour in August 2021.[6] Following this she returned to the track before ending her career at the end of the year, racing in the European Championships, the World Championships (where she and Pieters won gold in the madison for the third consecutive year),[11] and the Champions League.[4][12]
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2004
- 1st Young rider classification Holland Ladies Tour
- 2nd Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
- 2005
- 3rd Ronde van Gelderland
- 7th Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
- 7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 2006
- 1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
- 3rd Lowland International Rotterdam Tour
- 4th Ronde van Gelderland
- 4th Omloop van Borsele
- 9th Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 10th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 2007
- 1st Overall Tour de Pologne Feminin
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
- 1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour
- 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 5th Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
- 5th Ronde van Gelderland
- 5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 6th Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 8th Omloop van Borsele
- 10th Omloop Het Volk
- 2008
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 3rd Tour of Flanders for Women
- 3rd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
- 3rd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 8th Ronde van Drenthe
- 8th Ronde van Gelderland
- 8th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 10th GP Stad Roeselare
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar - 1st Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 1st GP Stad Roeselare
- Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 1st Team time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Multidigitaal.nl – Blauwe StadTTT
- 1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Prologue & Stage 9
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
- 4th Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 5th Ronde van Gelderland
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2010
- 1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2
- Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 1st Team time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 1st Ronde van Gelderland
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 1st GP Stad Roeselare
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
- 2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island Stage race
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Tour of Flanders for Women
- 3rd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
- 2011
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
- 2nd Ronde van Gelderland
- Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 2nd Team time trial
- 6th Road race
- 3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 3rd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 6th GP Stad Roeselare
- 2012
- 1st Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
- 1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour
- 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 4th Overall Belgium Tour
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 4th Omloop van het Hageland
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th Novilon Euregio Cup
- 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 1st Stage 4a
- 7th Ronde van Gelderland
- 8th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 2013
- 1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Ronde van Gelderland
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- Belgium Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3b & 4
- 1st
- 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen
- 5th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 10th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 2014
- 1st Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Ronde van Gelderland
- 1st Novilon EDR Cup
- 1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- La Route de France
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 2nd Ronde van Overijssel
- 2nd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 5th Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 6th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Sparkassen Giro
- 2015
- 1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Novilon EDR Cup
- 1st Ronde van Gelderland
- 1st EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 1st Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 1st Omloop van de IJsseldelta
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 3rd La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 4th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 7th Ronde van Overijssel
- 9th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 2016
- 1st Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st RideLondon Classique
- Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- Energiewacht Tour
- 1st Stages 4a & 5
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of California
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 5th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
- 2017
- 1st Stage 2 Holland Ladies Tour
- 2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Santos Women's Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 5th Prudential RideLondon Classique
- 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 7th Omloop van het Hageland
- 10th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 2018
- 1st RideLondon Classique
- Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Giro Rosa
- 2nd Crescent Vårgårda
- 5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3a
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Stage 3
- 2019
- 1st Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 8th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2021
- 6th Classic Brugge–De Panne
Classics results timeline
[edit]| Classics results timeline | |||||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | 61 | 17 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ronde van Drenthe | — | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | 20 | 44 | 8 | NH | — | |||
| Gent–Wevelgem | Race did not exist | — | 1 | 9 | 11 | — | — | 34 | 1 | — | 43 | ||||||||
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | — | 6 | 26 | 5 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | |||
| Tour of Flanders | 54 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | — | — | 11 | 45 | — | — | |||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | 9 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 | — | 10 | 2 | — | Not held | ||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
Track
[edit]- 2007
- 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2008
- National Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 2009
- 3rd Points race, National Championships
- 2010
- 2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2011
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison - 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana - 3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
- 3rd
Omnium, UEC European Track Championships - 2013
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd
Omnium
- 1st
- 2014
- 2nd Omnium, Grand Prix of Poland
- International Track Women & Men
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Points race
- 2015
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Omnium, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
- 1st Madison, National Championships
- Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch
- 6 giorni delle rose – Fiorenzuola
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- Irish International Track GP
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Scratch, UEC European Track Championships
- 2016
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Elimination race - 1st Points race
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- 1st Omnium, Apeldoorn Championships
- 2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Elimination race
- 2nd Omnium
- 3nd Madison
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- 1st Omnium, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków
- Belgian International Meeting
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Madison (with Nina Kessler)
- 1st Madison, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (with Amy Pieters)
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Points race
- 2nd
- 2nd Points race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow
- 8th Overall Six Day London
- 2018
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Scratch - 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Madison
- 1st
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Points race, National Championships
- Revolution Series Champions League, Round 3 – Manchester
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- Six Days of Bremen
- 1st Madison
- 1st Omnium
- 2019
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- European Games
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Elimination race
- 1st Omnium
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- 2021
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Madison
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 2nd Endurance, UCI Track Champions League
- 1st Scratch, London I
- 3rd
Omnium, Summer Olympics
National records
[edit]Wild was the last three times part of the 3000 m team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is together with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder the current national record holder, with a time of 3:20.013 (53.996 km/h) established at the 2012 Summer Olympics on 4 August 2012. After the 2011–12 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a 4000 m team pursuit with four riders.
| Time | Speed (km/h) |
Cyclists | Event | Location of race | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:23.179 | 53.155 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder |
2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Qualifying) |  Manchester
|
18 February 2011 | [13] |
| 3:21.550 | 53.584 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder |
2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 |  Astana
|
4 November 2011 | [14] |
| 3:20.013 | 53.996 | Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder |
2012 Summer Olympics (first round) | London
|
4 August 2012 | [15] |
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kirsten Wild – Events and results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ a b Jones, Amy (20 August 2021). "Kirsten Wild retires from her road racing career at Simac Ladies Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "The fastest sprinters write history on the final day of the UCI Track Worlds". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Kirsten Wild bids farewell on home roads in the Simac Ladies Tour". Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Kirsten Wild signs with Cylance for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Super Sprinter Kirsten Wild joins Wiggle High5 in 2018". wigglehighfive.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "RideLondon Classique: Kirsten Wild disqualified after crash". BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Wild time at track worlds as Dutch claim Madison treble". France24.com. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Snowball, Ben (7 November 2021). "UCI Track Champions League 2021 - GB's Katie Archibald leads endurance standings after impressing in Mallorca". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round Results". london2012.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Kirsten Wild at UCI
- Kirsten Wild at Cycling Archives
- Kirsten Wild at ProCyclingStats
- Kirsten Wild at CQ Ranking
- Kirsten Wild at CycleBase
- Kirsten Wild at Olympedia
- Kirsten Wild at Olympics.com
- Kirsten Wild at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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 UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's madison | |
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 Dutch National Track Champions – Women's madison | |
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