Daphny van den Brand explained

Daphny van den Brand
Fullname:Daphny van den Brand
Birth Date:6 April 1978
Birth Place:Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height:1.580NaN0
Weight:51kg (112lb)
Discipline:Cyclo-cross
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2000
Proteam1:Kupfernagel
Proyears2:2003 - 2004
Proteam2:@Home
Proyears3:2005
Proteam3:Van Bemmelen - AA Drink
Majorwins:World Cyclo-cross Champion (2003)
European Cyclo-cross Champion (2006, 2007)
National Cyclo-cross Champion (10 times)
National MTB Champion (2002)

Daphny van den Brand, (born 6 April 1978 in Zeeland, North Brabant) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle and mountain bike racer.

Daphny van den Brand started her cycling at eight. She won races thanks to her sprint.

Van den Brand joined the Dutch junior team. She won her first medal as a junior in 1993 during the cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel, where she finished third .

Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 to race on a mountain bike. Van den Brand took part in a race in Bergschenhoek and finished in fifth position. She rode in the European and world junior mountain biking championships and finished seventh.

Van den Brand then concentrated on mountain biking and cyclo-cross. She won eight national cyclo-cross championships and the cyclo-cross world championship 2003 in Monopoli. She also won four world bronze medals, a silver at the European championship 2005 and a gold at the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships. In mountain biking she won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in national championships between 2001 and 2003.

Achievements

1994
  • 3rd in National championship cyclo-cross
    1997
  • 1st in Gieten
    1998
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Gieten
    1999
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Gieten
    2000
  • 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Gieten
    2001
  • 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Gieten
    2002
  • 2nd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike
  • 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Hoogerheide
    2003
  • 3rd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike
  • 1st in World Championship Cyclo-cross in Monopoli
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Hoogerheide
  • 1st in Torino
  • 1st in Vossem
  • 1st in Kalmthout
    2004
  • 2nd in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in National championship mountain bike
  • 1st in Oostmalle
  • 1st in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
  • 1st in Milan
  • 1st in Kalmthout
  • 1st in Overijse
  • 1st in Loenhout
    2005
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Hamburg
  • 1st in Kalmthout
  • 1st in Sint-Michielsgestel
  • 1st in Koppenberg
  • 2nd in UCI cyclo-cross European championship in Pont-Chateau
  • 1st in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
  • 1st in Milan
  • 1st in Hofstade
  • 1st in Hooglede
    2006
  • 1st in 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in LiĆ©vin
  • 1st in Hoogerheide
  • 3rd in World championship cyclo-cross
  • 1st in Oostmalle
  • 1st in Harderwijk
  • 1st in Frankfurt
  • 1st in Overijse
  • 1st in Veghel-Eerde
    2007
  • 1st in 2007 UCI cyclo-cross European championship
  • 1st in National championship cyclo-cross
    2009
  • 2nd in UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Treviso (ITA)

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