Anne Terpstra Explained

Anne Terpstra
Birth Date:5 January 1991
Birth Place:Zierikzee, Netherlands
Discipline:Cross-country
Role:Rider
Majorwins:
Mountain bike
  • )
  • XC World Cup
  • 2 individual wins (2019, 2022)
  • Cape Epic (2024)
  • Anne Terpstra (born 5 January 1991 in Zierikzee) is a Dutch cross-country cyclist. She placed 15th in the women's cross-country race at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] She was on the start list of 2018 Cross-Country European Championships and was not allowed to finish.[3]

    In 2019, during the Mountain Bike World Cup in Andorra, she won her first World Cup by beating Jolanda Neff in the final lap.[4] Terpstra is the first Dutch female athlete to win a World Cup. During the 2019 UCI World Cup finals In Snowshoe, USA, she became 2nd and secured a 4th in the overall.

    In September 2019 she was leading the UCI World ranking for the first time.

    She has no relation to fellow Dutch cyclist, Niki Terpstra.

    Major results

    2018
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
    2019
  • 3rd Tokyo 2020 Test Event
  • 4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
  • 1st Vallnord
  • 2nd Lenzerheide
  • 2nd Snowshoe
  • 5th Albstadt
  • 4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
  • 4th Cross-country, UEC European Championships
    2020
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
  • 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
  • 2nd Nové Město I
  • 2nd Nové Město II
    2021
  • Internazionali d’Italia Series
  • 1st Andora
  • 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
  • 5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 5th Snowshoe
    2022
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 1st Vallnord
  • 2nd Petrópolis
  • 3rd Snowshoe
  • 5th Leogang
  • 5th Lenzerheide
  • UCI XCC World Cup
  • 2nd Leogang
  • 2nd Vallnord
  • 2nd Snowshoe
  • 3rd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
    2023
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 2nd Lenzerheide
    2024
  • 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Nicole Koller)
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 5th Araxá
  • 5th Les Gets

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Anne Terpstra . Rio 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829011354/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anne-terpstra . 29 August 2016 . dead .
    2. Web site: Women's Cross-country – Standings . Rio 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823115835/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-mountain-bike-standings-cm-womens-cross-country . 23 August 2016 . dead .
    3. Web site: European Championships Results – CROSS-COUNTRY WOMEN . UEC . 7 August 2018 . 7 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220319/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/en/mountain-bike/results-cross-country-women-fnl-000100-.htm . dead .
    4. Web site: Jones. Rob. 8 July 2019. Terpstra takes first-ever Dutch women's victory at World Cup in Vallnord. live. 3 June 2021. cyclingnews.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712050731/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/races/uci-mtb-world-cup-andorra-2019/xc-women/results/ . 12 July 2019 .