| Chantal van den Broek-Blaak | |
| Fullname: | Chantal van den Broek-Blaak |
| Nickname: | Blaaki |
| Birth Name: | Chantal Blaak |
| Birth Date: | 1989 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Zuidland, Netherlands |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Classics specialist |
| Proyears1: | 2008–2012 |
| Proyears2: | 2013 |
| Proyears3: | 2014 |
| Proyears4: | 2015–2020 |
| Proteam4: | [1] [2] |
| Proyears5: | 2021– |
| Majorwins: | UCI Road World Cup Open de Suède Vårgårda (2014)UCI Women's WorldTour Tour of Flanders (2020) Strade Bianche (2021)One day races World Road Race Championships (2017) National Road Race Championships Drentse 8 (2014) Le Samyn (2015, 2016, 2020) |
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[3] In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.[4]
Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year.
Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team for a year.
In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.
She transferred to the team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens.[5] She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.
2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.
In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders 8km (05miles) from the finish.[4] In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018.[6]
2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time.[7] In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women.[8]
She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation. [9] [10] She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.
In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.
| Grand Tour results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia Femminile | 62 | 43 | — | — | 38 | 49 | — | 40 | 50 | — | 18 | DNF | — | — | |
| Tour de France Femmes | 49 | — | |||||||||||||
| Stage race results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Simac Ladies Tour[11] | 26 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 19 | — | 1 | 6 | 15 | DNF | NH | 1 | 16 | — | |
| Tour de Suisse | Race not held | — | — | — | 59 | ||||||||||
| Monument | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | 34 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 35 | 43 | 45 | 24 | 29 | DNF | |||||||||
| Classic | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 64 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 7 | DNF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| Ronde van Drenthe | 59 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 19 | DNF | 4 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 21 | — | |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | — | 8 | 59 | 6 | 68 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 4 | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 31 | 71 | — | — | 44 | ||||
| Amstel Gold Race | 11 | 1 | 43 | 52 | 53 | ||||||||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 43 | 36 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 21 | — | 92 |
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | — | 26 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | 45 | — | 50 |
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | DNF | DNF | 7 | 52 | — | 47 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 44 | — | 57 |
| Event | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Road race | — | 23 | DNF | 98 | — | — | 17 | 61 | 50 | 1 | 44 | 43 | 12 | 32 | — | — | ||
| European Championships | Road race | 45 | 62 | 23 | 28 | 4 | DNF | — | — | |||||||||
| European Games | Time trial | — | 2 | colspan="5" rowspan="2" | ||||||||||||||
| Road race | DNF | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Championships | Time trial | 11 | 9 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Road race | 42 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 26 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 26 | — | 1 | |
| — | Did not compete | |
|---|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish | |
| NH | Not held |