Amy Pieters Explained
Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[4] 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).[5]
On 23 December 2021, 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.[6] After being repatriated to the Netherlands the following month,[7] Pieters had regained consciousness in April but, due to the brain injury sustained, doctors were unsure of her "residual symptoms and remaining abilities".[8] [9] In October 2022, Pieters was able to take her first steps since the fall, at a neuro-rehabilitation centre in Woerden.[10]
Personal life
Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy Pieters.
Career achievements
Major results
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Road
- 2006
National Novices Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
- 2007
National Novices Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
- 2008
National Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
4th Time trial, UCI Junior 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
9th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 2014
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
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
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 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
4th Gent–Wevelgem
4th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
5th Overall Energiewacht Tour
6th Overall 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
4th 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
9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Combativity classification, Prologue
- 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 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
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
- 2020
2nd Tour of Flanders
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
6th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
6th Le Samyn
6th Dwars door de Westhoek
7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
9th Classic Brugge–De PanneTrack
- 2006
1st Omnium, National Novice Championships
- 2007
National Junior Championships
1st 500m time trial
1st Individual pursuit
1st Keirin
1st Points race
2nd Scratch
- 2008
National Junior Championships
1st 500m time trial
1st Individual pursuit
1st Keirin
1st Points race
1st Scratch
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)
5th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk)
9th Team pursuit, UEC European Championships (with Ellen van Dijk & Laura van der Kamp)
- 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
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
See main article: article and Dutch record progression track cycling – Women's team pursuit. 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.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Amy Pieters. . 13 August 2015 .
- News: Boels–Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. 3 December 2018. 6 February 2019.
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Boels Dolmans. Kirsten. Frattini. Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2020. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: Team SD Worx. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210113004021/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15273/1001654/281. 13 January 2021.
- Web site: Amy Pieters – Events and results. london2012.com. 29 August 2012. 26 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120826085101/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pieters-amy-1066177/events/. dead.
- News: Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist in induced coma after surgery following collision. BBC Sport. 24 December 2021. 1 May 2022.
- News: Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist to be transferred to hospital in Netherlands. BBC Sport. 5 January 2022. 1 May 2022.
- News: Ryan. Dabbs. Amy Pieters regains consciousness and is communicating non-verbally. Cycling Weekly. 28 April 2022. 1 May 2022.
- News: Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist regains consciousness four months after training crash. BBC Sport. 28 April 2022. 1 May 2022.
- News: Amy Pieters: Dutch cyclist takes first steps since suffering brain damage in training crash. BBC Sport. 25 October 2022. 11 December 2022.
- Web site: Amy Pieters. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 11 December 2022.
- Web site: Qualifying. Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. 16 June 2013.
- Web site: Finals. Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. 16 June 2013.
- Web site: Results and Final Classification. Tissottiming.com. 26 March 2009. 31 July 2014.
- Web site: Qualifying Results . Tissottiming.com. 25 March 2010. 31 July 2014.
- Web site: Finals. Tissottiming.com. 4 November 2011. 16 January 2013.
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