Maikel Zijlaard

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Maikel Zijlaard Road cycling
Maikel Zijlaard (2017)
Maikel Zijlaard (2017)
To person
Date of birth June 1, 1999
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Road / train
To the team
Current team SEG Racing Academy
Last updated: May 7, 2020
Zijlaard at the Derny European Championships 2018 in Erfurt behind his father Ron

Maikel Zijlaard (born June 1, 1999 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch cyclist.

Athletic career

Maikel Zijlaard comes from a cycling family: his grandfather is the popular Derny pacemaker Joop Zijlaard , his aunt is the four-time Olympic champion Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel , who is married to the cyclist Michael Zijlaard . His older sister Nicky was also a cyclist. His father Ron Zijlaard is active as a pacemaker , also for his son.

In 2016 and 2017 Zijlaard had several successes in international junior races, for example he won a stage of the Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich in 2016 and the Tour of Flanders for juniors in 2017 . In 2018 he signed his first contract with Hagens Berman Axeon . In 2019 he became Dutch champion in the single pursuit as well as in the team pursuit on the track with Enzo Leijnse , Casper van Uden , Vincent Hoppezak and Philip Heijnen . The following year he switched to the SEG Racing Academy team .

successes

train

2019

Street

2016
2017

Teams

Web links

Commons : Maikel Zijlaard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schiewer successfully defends stayer title. In: bdr-medienservice.de. September 9, 2018, accessed May 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Maikel Zijlaard Nederlands kampioen achtervolging. In: dagblad010.nl. December 28, 2019, accessed May 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Zijlaard, Maikel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam